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Looking at Jen Davis across the sudden divide between us, she seems to be saying, "You don't own me." And she is right.
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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is an oil painter / illustrator whose work focuses on portraiture and social/political themes and her street harassment art.
home decor
I've figured out some inexpensive yet fancy ways to personalize your homestead.
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I OBVIOUSLY am not all, "Don't I look like Kate Moss?" I posed like this to get a good photo for this story for Jane goddamn Pratt who demands such annoying craziness, endlessly. Also, I took it on no sleep at 6:30 AM and that's not lipstick on my face again, it's acne, so fuck off.
affirmations
The power of positive thinking saved me from vomiting in a car, and it can help you too.
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I promised Bryan that if I won this contest, I would frame the photo & do something fun with it. And I keep promises.
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Feb 8, 2012 at 12:00pm | 79 comments

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Madison Young, national treasure, opens up about being sex positive, knowing your body, misconceptions about bdsm, sexuality during pregnancy, not projecting heteronormative roles on children and more.
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Part of what art is supposed to do is upset sensibilities and shake up the status quo. But there are other, unintended consequences.
love is art
Basically, you lay out the plastic sheet, then the canvas, squirt on some paint, and have sex on top of it all, creating an abstract design on the canvas.
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I work at Seagull Salon on the weekends. Johanna Fateman, one of my favorite feminists, is my boss. But it all started with “Bruise Violet” by Babes in Toyland.
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Somewhere in the midst of all of this is a Chelsea-like gallery, small like our apartment, but showing much promise. The owner is a woman close to my age who is already well known to the art and fashion worlds. And though she is a stranger to me, the photos on her four white walls change me forever.
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Sep 24, 2012 at 6:00pm | 30 comments

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I have twigs in my yard, you have twigs in your yard -- let's make the neighbors think we're weirdos by wandering around picking up the sticks that look the most like antlers. OK?
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In another life, Sherman would’ve made a great drag queen. She is comfortable becoming characters like wealthy society people or the poor heartbroken or clowns or Caravaggio’s Bacchus.
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I don't know how to further sell this concept.
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Sep 12, 2011 at 5:00pm | 0 comments

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I never thought when I became a nanny that I would leave with a much bigger and much more broken heart. Can a four-year-old be your hero?
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Lisa's comics include weird illustrated lists, ridiculous stories starring anthropomorphic animals, revolting drawings of medical mishaps and products that don't exist. I'm smitten!
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Oct 7, 2011 at 10:00am | 0 comments

90s nostalgia
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Reality TV stars inspire blogs, clothing lines, fragrances, and even foods (SkinnyGirl™ Margarita, anyone?). So why NOT a series of quilts?
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It takes a lot of work to make such a mess.
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Allow me one more Friday obsession -- when major contemporary artists comes out with beauty products!