As with any event overflowing with art — in this case, Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies' graduate show — there is always the wonderfully irritating sense that we’ll miss something. That feeling aside, this beast of an exhibition, featuring more than 50 artists, made a strong impression.
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio."
Neil Young
Remembering:
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Schroeder, 19
4 May 1970
A papier-mâché sculpture, made to resemble an old Bell System payphone, hanging on a white background.
Mornin'. Have some Bernie Kaminski to start your day. #Art
“Most people know who Flannery O’Connor was; now they know that she was also a painter. Studying her visual art adds a whole new dimension to her writing.” —Seth Walker, key organizer of O’Connor’s centennial event at her alma mater GCSU.
Yukako Manabe.
BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
In 1997, Trenton Doyle Hancock wrote on a scrap of blank paper: LIKE GUSTON BUT BLACKER AND WORSE. This note marked the beginning of his long engagement with Philip Guston’s cartoonish depictions of hooded figures.
I’m in the middle of five books so of course all my library holds have become available at once
This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
Ah ah ah!
Before y’all start, keep it a bean.
When it comes to the slaughter of the Palestinians both sides are united.
Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
Known for its fuschia exterior and lush courtyard, Mexico City’s La Cuadra San Cristóbal will become a public cultural campus carrying on the legacy of its architect, Luis Barragán.
some hands
We Must Fight In Solidarity With Trans Youth is available below.
"This brief is intended to help organizers working to stop the violence of surveillance, policing, and punishment and advance racial, reproductive, gender, LGBTQ, migrant, and disability justice. ... This fight belongs to all of us."
some lovely moments of light