i would wear this in a new york minute
This haunting piece is referenced in John Rechy’s City of Night (1963)
Part of AIGA Talk in London
November 22, 20011. YOU CAN ONLY WORK FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE.
This is a curious rule and it took me a long time to learn because in fact at the beginning of my practice I felt the opposite. Professionalism required that you didn’t particularly like the people…
i like what he says about doubt and trangression
(via jtruss)
i love all of the bracelets!
And In The What Do You Have to Do To Get Respect Around Here Dept.
The only time you’ll see the nation’s media rally around a Latino who is facing a murder charge is…(wait for it)…
WHEN HE GUNS DOWN A BLACK MAN!
And that’s the only time.
sad but true.
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thinking today about John Rechy and Mexico. Who he might have read from Mexico (Salvador Novo? According to McKee Irwin, possibly Samuel Ramos and Xavier Villarrutia), who might have read him— Novo? Also just learned of the Chilean author Jose Donoso— did he read any of Rechy’s work?? So much to do!
well worth an hour of your time. eve though i’m latina, i have fair skin, and like the speaker in this video, i benefitted from it in school. my teachers treated me differently in my elementary school— i saw how they treated the hmong students, african americans.
