Original Target logo. 1962. Image via Wikipedia Recently, Change.org‘s Michael A. Jones covered a “public relations” misstep by the highly-recognized corporation, Target. It was revealed that the chain had donated $150,000 to a known antigay political figure in Minnesota (home to Target HQ). The matter of whether or not Target officials will work on rebuilding [...]
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Amid all of Lady Gaga’s gender-bending and hot topic love affairs (most recently, her Phoenix concert appearance in which she bore writing on her body in protest of AZ SB 1070), a work of art was made found. I mean, made. Found…well, here it is: In an act of art historical savviness, Lady Gaga has [...]
A week prior to its July 13th release, M.I.A.’s new album, /\/\/\Y/\ (or Maya), was made available streaming on the artist’s MySpace page. The agitprop-meets-cyberpunk video for “Born Free” is the most inspiring thing I’ve seen all year (a clear indication that M.I.A.’s message is as much visual as it is aural), and my guess [...]
Last month, I attended a 20th Anniversary screening of Maria’s Story at The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco. Prior to the screening, I had a very abbreviated understanding of El Salvadorian politics, and the subject of the documentary, Maria Serrano. Filmed in 1989 by two young American women, Maria’s Story reveals [...]
When it comes to Catholicism, women have had a simultaneously prominent and highly scrutinized presence throughout its history. Recently, the excommunication of Sister Margaret McBride has illustrated that it’s no less difficult for nuns. When I heard about the scandal in Phoenix, I admired the hospital staff for defending the decision to save a woman’s [...]
“Born Free” was released on April 23rd to promote M.I.A.’s latest album, which will be released on June 29, 2010. Recently, the L.A. Times reported that the video had been banned by YouTube. Although this was untrue, the production did incite strong reactions-so strong, that YouTube ultimately obscured the video in order to appease angry [...]
So, Erykah Badu got naked in her new video, the song for which–”Window Seat”–is on her latest album, New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh (release date: March 30, 2010). The video gained notoriety shortly after being made available via YouTube but–as Larry Fitzmaurice noted two days before the album was officially released–the “highlight [...]
