Delusional Quixote

aliencells: Bjork ~ Sugarcubes ~ Rokk í Reykjavík (1982)

8ddi — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:50:06 -0400

aliencells:

Bjork ~ Sugarcubes ~ Rokk í Reykjavík (1982)

fyeahwomenartists: The Dinner Party (via The Dinner Party (1974...

8ddi — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:53:49 -0400

fyeahwomenartists:

The Dinner Party

(via The Dinner Party (1974 – 1979) « Judy Chicago)

hyperallergic: Taj Bourgeois, “Nonsombersaults — Twombly’s...

8ddi — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:53:09 -0400

hyperallergic:

Taj Bourgeois, “Nonsombersaults — Twombly’s Dead” (2013)

dinosaurparty: (via In Defense of the Artist Statement) I’m...

8ddi — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:08:12 -0400

dinosaurparty:

(via In Defense of the Artist Statement)

I’m into artist’s statements. I think they should be written in real language and not opaque jargon, but I still think they’re a good idea.

neo-constructivist: (via lebbeus woods drawings and models on...

8ddi — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:17:05 -0400

neo-constructivist:

(via lebbeus woods drawings and models on view at SFMOMA)

christiannightmares: ‘The Next Day’: David Bowie as Jesus...

8ddi — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:35:25 -0400

christiannightmares:

‘The Next Day’: David Bowie as Jesus Christ (For a related post, click image or here http://christiannightmares.tumblr.com/post/23137249425/jesus-freddie-mercury-and-gay-marriage-for-more)

"Five things everyone should know about U.S. incarceration"

8ddi — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400

"Five things everyone should know about U.S. incarceration":

1. The US incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation in the world: Approximately 1 in 100 adults or more than 2.2 million people are behind bars in the US, according to the Pew Center on the States. In addition, another 4.6 million (or a total of almost 7 million) people live under some form of correctional supervision.

Although the US is widely recognised as a “land of liberty”, it could also be described as a nation of prisons. It incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation. Its imprisonment rate (per capita) is almost 50 percent higher than Russia’s and 320 percent higher than China’s.

Within the western hemisphere, the US incarcerates five times as many people per capita as Canada and almost 2.5 times as many as Mexico.

2. Mass incarceration is not a result of higher crime rates: The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world not because it has higher crime rates, but because it imprisons more types of criminal offenders, including non-violent and drug offenders, and keeps them in prison longer.

With the exception of homicide, US crime rates are comparable to other European countries with much lower incarceration rates.

High incarceration rates are the result of “truth in sentencing”, “mandatory minimum” and “three strikes” laws which have limited judicial discretion in sentencing and parole release. As a result, sentences are now mainly determined by what the prosecutor decides to charge. And prosecutors routinely over-charge defendants in order to encourage plea agreements.

An egregious, but not unusual, recent example illustrates this point. In 2012, a Florida woman, who fired a “warning shot” in the direction of her physically abusive ex-husband (who was not hit by the bullet), was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The judge, as a result of mandatory sentencing legislation, was given no discretion in her sentencing. He sentenced her to 20 years in prison.

3. Mass incarceration disproportionately impacts US racial minorities: Mass incarceration has had a devastating effect on blacks and Hispanics in the US. African Americans are six times more likely to be incarcerated than a white person and non-white Latinos are almost three times more likely to be incarcerated, according to the Pew Center on the States.

Incarceration hits hardest at young black and Latino men without high school education. An astounding 11 percent of black men, aged between 20 and 34, are behind bars.

Much of the racial disparity is a result of the US’ war on drugs - started by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. By 1988, blacks were arrested on drug charges at five times the rate of whites.

By 1996, the rate of drug admissions to state prison for black men was 13 times greater than the rate for white men. This is despite the fact that African Americans use drugs at roughly the same rate as white Americans.

4. Mass incarceration is expensive: Imprisoning people is not cheap. The average cost of housing an inmate is approximately $20,000 to $30,000 per year. This price tag comes at the direct expense of public money that could be spent on public education, medical care and public assistance. And it is one reason why so many states face fiscal crises today.

To put this in perspective, the state of California spends 2.5 times more money housing and feeding its inmates than it does educating students. California is not alone: five states “spend more on corrections than higher education”, a 2008 Pew Center study revealed.

5. Mass incarceration disguises the US’ real unemployment rate and exacerbates inequality: The current unemployment rate in the US is high. And if we factored in all the people who are not looking for work because they are behind bars, it would be higher - especially among young black Americans and people without a high school diploma.

A recent research by Becky Petit reveals:

“Employment-population rates adjusted to include inmates suggest that only 26 percent of young black, male dropouts were employed in 2008, while over 37 percent were in prison or jail. Over half of the joblessness of young, black, and male dropouts is linked to incarceration.”

Incarceration also negatively impacts former prisoner’s ability to earn a decent living. Several studies suggest that there are at least six million “ex-prisoners” living within society and when they look for a job, they are 50 percent less likely to be hired than job seekers without a criminal record.

Former prisoners are paid less than those who have not been to prison. In addition, incarceration of a parent reduces a child’s prospects for economic mobility.

jesuisperdu: Ayuel 2010 c-print viviane sassen

8ddi — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:12:35 -0400

jesuisperdu:

Ayuel

2010

c-print

viviane sassen

forgetpolitics: genderbitch: knittedlampshade: inquestain: sc...

8ddi — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:09:10 -0400

forgetpolitics:

genderbitch:

knittedlampshade:

inquestain:

schakall:

thepinupprincess:

whatwasisupposetodo:

itssosunnylikeyoumakemefeel:

life-energy-intelligence:

olibomb:

condensce:

yeahiwasintheshit:

that is the christian thing to do

jesus fucknig christ that would feel so terrible how could you do that to your fucking daughter you PIECES OF SHIT

this makes me sick

What the actual flying fidgety fuck. This is out fucking rageous.

I’ll adopt her and raise her to her full gay potential and release her to the world to be a supergay

while this is a horrible thing to do to your child atleast they didnt try and force her to be something she wasnt and gave her a chance to be herself instead of doing even worse things. I am actually very proud of these parents.

They practically disowned their daughter because of her sexuality. They put her up for adoption because they don’t “agree” with her lifestyle, as if she chose it. If you even try to defend these parents for what they did, you should be ashamed of yourself.

I’m disgusted and ashamed of being a Christian right now.

^^^

oh look, people who never should have had children in the first place

People who should never have been born in the first place, holy fuck

This is fucking disgusting oh man I am so pissed right now

The sentiment would be mutual if this were not satire. ChristWire hit a little too close to the belt.

littlebrownmushroom: The LBM camp counselors: Galen Fletcher,...

8ddi — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:56:08 -0400

littlebrownmushroom:

The LBM camp counselors: Galen Fletcher, Carrie Thompson, Alec Soth (with Jason Polan), Brad Zellar, Ethan Jones.

One week left to apply to The LBM Camp for Socially Awkward Storytellers!

Sandi Haber Fifield Sunday Morning, 2012

8ddi — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:30:11 -0400

Sandi Haber Fifield Sunday Morning, 2012

Don/Dean: Gregg Evans

8ddi — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:23:45 -0400

Don/Dean: Gregg Evans:

annotatedimages:

don-dean:

Gregg Evans is an artist based in Chicago who is currently working towards his MFA in photography from Columbia College.

Your series title “We Only See the Sky as It Was” casts an objective field over the perception of the work. Do you see your models in a…

Thanks so much to Jessica Dean Camp and Cole Don Kelley for including me on Don/Dean! Very exciting!

Photo

8ddi — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:41:01 -0400

hyperallergic: A World Where Kids Go to Mapplethorpe Museums...

8ddi — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:22:10 -0400

hyperallergic:

A World Where Kids Go to Mapplethorpe Museums and the Gov’t Pays for it #NSFW

The Onion satirical site has decided to “go there” for their latest art-related story titled, “Rob…

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