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“When I found out about ‘La Bamba’ going into the registry, the first thing that went through my mind was a memory of the home girls in east L.A. I’d see them walking by looking all royal with their teased-up hair and their eye makeup, a pack of Marlboro reds and a brush in one hand, and the other hand had a finger looped through a stack of 45s. And ‘La Bamba’ was always somewhere in that stack.”
Stored on: 2019-03-23 12:49
Tags: #1950s #art #rock #music #arts #latinx #songwriting #culture
What Anthropologie's New Plus-Size Clothing Means for Women - The Atlantic
At its best, fashion is fun. It’s a way to give visual form to your identity and tell people a little about yourself. But fashion, at its corporate core, is also about the maintenance of social hierarchies. The companies that dominate American malls and e-commerce help decide which bodies get to be perceived as professional or capable or sexy.
Stored on: 2019-03-19 13:38
Tags: #fashion #power #business #corporations #women #presence #identity #social #shopping
What’s Next for Stacey Abrams?
“Conversion is hard. Conversion is miraculous. We have entire religions built around the idea of conversion. Politics is not a religion. Politics is about persuasion.”
Stored on: 2019-03-19 00:12
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now
"[O]ur politics occurs within the imagination of the citizen. If I don’t believe that black people are human, it really doesn’t matter what you say to me about policy. So the question is: How do we decide who gets to be human and who doesn’t? How do we decide who our heroes are, and who our heroes aren’t? All of that is tied together in the stories we tell ourselves. [...]"
Stored on: 2019-03-17 20:53
Tags: #storytelling #law #politics #narrative #black #BlackLivesMatter #citizenship #democrats #democracy #usa
The Modern Trap of Feeling Obligated to Turn Hobbies Into Hustles
We don’t have to monetize or optimize or organize our joy. Hobbies don’t have to be imbued with a purpose beyond our own enjoyment of them. They, alone, can be enough.
Stored on: 2019-03-14 00:04
Tags: #creativity #work #art #capitalism #business #attention #careers #career
On Stevie Wonder’s “Living for the City” and the NYC Skyline
Far more ideology than art, the skyline, as Stevie knew, signifies nothing. This is why you don’t look up. New York is what’s in front of you.
Stored on: 2019-03-13 14:41
Tags: #nyc #attention #presence #newyork #music #cities #safety #architecture #language #surveillance
The Six Main Arcs in Storytelling, as Identified by an A.I. - The Atlantic - Pocket
“This is an active area of research,” Reagan says, “and there are a lot of hard problems yet to be solved. In addition to the plot, structure, and emotional arc, to write great stories, a computer will need to create characters and dialogue that are compelling and meaningful.”
Stored on: 2019-03-13 01:19
Tags: #story #storytelling #AI #computers #narrative #creativity #design #fiction
“A lot of days, I don’t want to talk, believe it or not . . . The reality of the situation is that if I don’t define this moment, and if I don’t use my voice, then they will fill the void.”
Stored on: 2019-03-12 13:49
Tags: #politics #democrats #nyc #communication #attention #reputation #presence #washington
“Random Acts of Flyness” Creator Terence Nance On Making Solange’s When I Get Home Film | Pitchfork
The first jobs I had in film were making music for TV shows, opening theme songs and bumpers. Then I’d compose music for my friends’ short films. Then I would design posters and obviously, I was editing and animating and doing all that stuff. But I didn’t have a business card that said all those things. I was just like, trying to survive.
Stored on: 2019-03-11 14:09
Tags: #creativity #business #film #cinema #television #friendship #design #identity
Meet duendita, a Spiritual Soul Singer Who Worships at the Altar of Self-Love | Pitchfork
I also think about how being alive is not a consensual experience. Late at night, when things get really weird, I ask my friends, like, “You would tell me if you asked to be born, right? And if you find out that you did ask, let me know as soon as possible, because I want to know if I agreed to this shit.”
Stored on: 2019-03-10 19:08
Tags: #identity #music #nyc #creativity #awyeah #presence #religion #spirituality
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