“LaBeija’s photos flip the script, offering up her experiences for our consumption on her specific terms, and requiring us to look her in the eyes while we do so. LaBeija is still young. Some of the influences in her work — David LaChapelle, Cindy Sherman — lie a little close to the surface. But through her subject matter, she makes these techniques her own.”
Tag: 06.06.15
Why Writers Should Keep A ‘Writing Diary’
“Surveying this at the end of a project provides a fascinating vision of the evolution of a book – though I invariably find that it’s a catalogue of complaints (‘horrible day,’ ‘appalling day,’ ‘realised that most of what I wrote last week was rubbish’), relieved only rarely by moments of insight and sweaty euphoria: ‘Think I’m getting there at last, thank Christ!'”
Ronnie Gilbert Of The Weavers Has Died At 88
“‘We sang songs of hope in that strange time after World War II, when already the world was preparing for Cold War,’ Ms. Gilbert recalled in ‘The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time,’ a 1982 documentary about the group. ‘We still had the feeling that if we could sing loud enough and strong enough and hopefully enough, it would make a difference.'”