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• The story of a cancer survivor who went on to create her own line of empathic, cliché-free greetings cards

  25-05-2015 19:10
  
  When 38-year-old Emily McDowell was diagnosed with cancer 14 years ago, she found herself taken aback at some of the words of “comfort” that were sent her way.
  
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• Amazon Starts Paying Sales Tax In Europe Amid Ongoing Investigation

  25-05-2015 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Amazon’s move marks a sea change in its approach to tax in Europe. Depending on how the company allocates costs, it could significantly boost the firm’s tax bill in many EU countries. It could also put pressure on other companies to do the same.”
  
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• Dealing With Bad Reviews

  25-05-2015 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The poison of a bad review is not the public shame, although that doesn’t feel great. And it’s not the fact that an expert believes you may be an untalented writer or a horrible mother or a sub-standard teacher. It’s that a bad review can confirm your worst suspicions about yourself.”
  
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• Barbara Hepworth: a brief look into the artist's life as three shows open at The Hepworth Wakefield

  25-05-2015 17:59
  
  This could be called the summer of Barbara Hepworth but the question one needs to ask is whether she is worthy of all the attention. Recently a fellow critic dismissed her as merely provincial. The Hepworth Wakefield pre-empts the upcoming Tate Britain’s retrospective with three shows – Hepworth in Yorkshire, A Greater Freedom: Hepworth 1965-75 and Plasters: Casts and Copies – placed alongside its holdings of the Hepworth Family Gift.
  
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• Women Are Studying Animation In Record Numbers, But The Workforce Skews Very, Very Male

  25-05-2015 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  “‘People can share their artwork on Tumblr and Vimeo and YouTube and DeviantArt,’ she says, ‘and see that it’s actually a thing that a lot of people are interested in, not just men.'”
  
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• One Last Convo With American Ballet Theatre’s Three Retiring Stars

  25-05-2015 17:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Each recognizes that it’s time. But that doesn’t make it easy. As Ms. Reyes pointed out, ‘It’s a heartbreak, don’t get me wrong.'”
  
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• Mary Renault And The Drug-Fueled Sensuality Of The Ancient World

  25-05-2015 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Cutting-edge science now tells us ancient warriors would indeed consume vast vats of liquid opiates and a ferocious honey-mead, retsina and wine cocktail. There was cannibalism. Girls and boys did oil one another with rose and saffron-scented olive oil. Renault heard and smelt the ancient world many millennia after it had died and decades before […]
  
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• Playing Haydn And Mozart Behind Bars In Kansas City

  25-05-2015 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Several times during the concert, inmates burst into boisterous, spontaneous applause. And at concert’s end, the prisoners gave the players a standing ovation.”
  
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• Cannes Has A Shoe Problem

  25-05-2015 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  “High heels, it turns out, appeared to be part of the unwritten red-carpet dress code. Wearing heels changes how you stand, how you walk and how you are perceived. Even if they are visible only in small flashes, when a hem moves to one side, they are, in essence, a foundation garment: shoes that keep […]
  
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• ISIS Militants Have Entered The Palmyra Museum

  25-05-2015 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Antiquities director Maamoun Abdulkarim said they had destroyed some modern plaster statues and also raised their flag on the ancient castle overlooking the Roman ruins. Most of the museum’s antiquities had been transferred to Damascus, he said.”
  
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• Disney’s Dying For Millennial Fans, But Can’t Let Its News Partners Do Their Own Thing

  25-05-2015 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The cultures of the companies and Fusion have already clashed. For instance, according to two senior Fusion staff members, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Disney put the organization on notice that it would not take kindly to coverage that might dent its standing with consumers. The warning came after Fusion published several stories […]
  
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• Our Relationship To Depictions Of Death, From Painting To Instantly Released Video

  25-05-2015 16:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When you see death mediated in this way, pinned down with such dramatic flair, the star is likely to be death itself and not the human who dies. The fact that a photograph exists of a man being shot in the head in Vietnam is easier to remember than Lem’s biography or even his name.”
  
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• Great Comedian And Actor Anne Meara Dies At 85

  25-05-2015 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “During the heyday of Stiller and Meara, Meara also pursued a separate career as an actress. She had already amassed an impressive list of stage credits before beginning her comedy career, including an Obie Award-winning performance in “Madchen in Uniform” in 1955 and roles in several Shakespeare in the Park productions.”
  
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• French Film About Sri Lankan Refugees Wins The Palme D’Or At Cannes (Plus A List Of Other Winners)

  25-05-2015 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Director Jacques Audiard, “who previously made A Prophet and Rust and Bone, said: ‘To receive a prize from the Coen brothers is something pretty exceptional. I’m very touched.'”
  
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• The Historic Mosque-Cathedral In Córdoba Stands At The Center Of A Much Wider Dispute

  25-05-2015 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The Mosque-Cathedral is currently the focus of a fierce dispute pitting local activists against the Catholic Church and casting a shadow over Córdoba’s legacy of religious tolerance. It has even become a hot-button issue in local elections here amid accusations that the Mosque-Cathedral’s Islamic past is being airbrushed out of history.”
  
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• Stolen Instagram photo sells for $90,000

  25-05-2015 13:50
  
  An Instagram user whose photograph was reproduced without permission by controversial artist Richard Prince and subsequently sold for more than $90,000 has said she’s not going to "go after him" for a share of the money.
  
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• What This Professor Has Learned From Five Years Of Arts And Culture Blogging

  25-05-2015 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When I started, I had absolutely no idea that I was capable of writing so much or so often. Blogging has been a huge surprise for me: It has been a life-transforming experience and a door-opener.”
  
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• The insider's cultural guide to São Paulo: city of contrast, contradiction and chaos

  25-05-2015 11:35
  
  From dreamy-hued Instagrams and Tropicália to artistic hubs in beautiful but neglected buildings, Luísa Graça takes us inside the city’s diverse urban scene“Efferverscent chaos of mashed cultures.” Continue reading...
  
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• Australia's street art mecca: Powerhouse Geelong – in pictures

  25-05-2015 09:37
  Over the past six months, Powerhouse Geelong in Victoria, Australia, has been transformed by the creative endeavours of more than 350 street artists. The 3,000sqm building, which sits on six acres facing Corio Bay, has been empty since it was abandoned 45 years ago. The six storey high walls, industrial staircases, windows and rooms have lately become a canvas for innovative designs, among them a giant piece by the world-renowned street artist Rone Continue reading...
  
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• Go East review – Ai Weiwei's overcoat and other ambiguities of Asian art

  25-05-2015 06:41
  
  Art Gallery of NSW / Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
  ‘Everything is art,’ says Ai Weiwei, but this peek into one of Australia’s most significant private collections lacks a coherent geography or signpostsGo East is a curious exhibition. The name suggests a grand and sweeping overview of the art of an entire region of the world and it’s certainly that. But it’s also a curious venture because of the way the show is curated, staged and promoted. Split into two parts, the bulk
  
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• Top Posts From AJBlogs For 05.24.15

  25-05-2015 06:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  My Trajectory Leads Back to Provence AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2015-05-23 Highlights from the beauty class visiting artists (post 1of 2) AJBlog: JumperPublished 2015-05-22 Highlights from the beauty class visiting artists (post 2 of 2) AJBlog: JumperPublished 2015-05-23 Ron Crotty, Bassist, 1929-2015 AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-05-22 The old story AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2015-05-22 Whether Villains or Martyrs They’re Lions’ Lunch AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2015-0
  
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• John And Alicia Nash – Of ‘A Beautiful Mind’ Fame – Killed While Returning Home From Receiving Prize

  25-05-2015 03:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  “‘John’s remarkable achievements inspired generations of mathematicians, economists and scientists,’ the president of Princeton, Christopher L. Eisgruber, said on Sunday, ‘and the story of his life with Alicia moved millions of readers and moviegoers who marveled at their courage in the face of daunting challenges.'”
  
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• Untitled( The one man next to me had big strong white teeth.)

  25-05-2015 01:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  H’s legs were skinny and lucent. I wasn’t there for her when she was grieving.I had only known her for a week. She was done with me and she has been done with herself for some time. Some people stay with me even when we don’t get to know each other. The nicotine mouth alcoholic ... Continue ReadingThe post Untitled( The one man next to me had big strong white teeth.) appeared first on Zouch.
  
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• Untitled(H speaks her mind)

  25-05-2015 01:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  H: baby i need you. asshole. you asshole. don’t you leave me. there you are fuck face. come here baby. i need you. you need me don’t you? yeah you do. you need me like i need you.sometimes i need you more than you need me and other times you need me more than I ... Continue ReadingThe post Untitled(H speaks her mind) appeared first on Zouch.
  
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