A lot of my male heroes have been assholes. Dr. Seuss, they say, was a philandering bigot. John Lennon, by all accounts, was abusive. J. D. Salinger and Charlie Chaplin preyed on young women. And, as we know, Thomas Jefferson actually bought and sold human beings, at least one of whom he had sexual relations […]
Tag Archives: 2006
Facing sexual assault allegations, Al Franken forces Democrats to confront the fact that sexual abuse isn’t a partisan issue
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged Al Franken, Beverly Young-Nelson, black lives matter, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, cognitive dissonance, Cosby Show, Donald Trump, friend zone, J.D. Salinger, John Edwards, kissing, Leeann Tweeden, Michale Jackson, pedophilia, Roger Stone, Roman Polanski, Roy Moore, Sean Hannity, sexism, sexual harassment, sexual predator, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Thriller, toxic masculinity, USO, Women's March on Washington, Woody Allen, Zelig 89 Comments
Beneath the Concrete
I was recently introduced to a woman by the name of Emilia Javanica, who has created a piece of interdisciplinary visual theater on the subject of a devastating earthquake that hit Indonesia in May, 2006. The piece, Entitled Beneath the Concrete is scheduled to be performed Friday and Saturday evenings at the Contemporary Art Institute […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged bricks, CAID, concrete, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, earthquakes, Emilia Javanica, globalization, Indonesia, inspired by real life events, Mt. Merapi, natural disasters, Patrick Elkins, Posko Tuntungan, puppetry, Sumarni, theater, volcanos, Yogyakarta 2 Comments