When people scrutinize this moment as an era-defining case study, it will be worth assessing: What was it about this intervention that enabled it to so dramatically achieve its aims? – Artnet
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Men Earn 60% More Than Women At Edinburgh Fringe: Study
“Their pay packet for the month is said to be nearly £200 more than for the average female worker — both on and off-stage. The disparity is despite the research finding that women are “dominating” almost every sector of the Fringe, apart from stand-up comedy.” – The Scotsman
After Months Of Protests, Whitney Museum Vice Chairman Warren Kanders Resigns
“Protesters had demanded Mr. Kanders’s resignation, or removal from the board, after reports that [his company] Safariland’s tear-gas grenades had been used against migrants at the United States-Mexico border and elsewhere.” – The New York Times
Can Protesting The Donors And Board Members Of Museums Really Right The World’s Wrongs?
Sebastian Smee: “Let’s be clear: the idea of moral purity in the arts is a fantasy. We are not going to return to innocence by hanging out with like-minded people at the Whitney as we contemplate a biennial where some of the works are poignantly missing. … I hope the drama at the Whitney has positive outcomes. But it is not a revolution. It is a spectacle.” – The Washington Post
How ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Changed Television And What We Expect From It
“Six years ago, conversations about diversity and representation had yet to become the lingua franca, in part because Orange had yet to start them. People of color, LGBT people, immigrants, and the disabled are not a trend. These communities predate any single show, as does art representing them, as does the desire for more of said art. But Orange did more to thrust these issues into the popular consciousness than any single show before or since.” – The Ringer
Social Workers Are Joining The Staffs Of Some U.S. Public Libraries
With public libraries open to the entire public, librarians in recent years have been seeing needs for services that their MLS programs didn’t train them to provide — from aiding job seekers to assisting growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness to treating drug overdoses. So some library systems have begun hiring resident social workers, who say that the lack of any stigma around going to a library makes it easier for people who need their help to ask for it. – NPR
Will Other Museums Follow The Louvre In Removing The Sackler Name? Probably Not, And Here’s Why
Other institutions have said they’ll stop accepting Sackler money, but none have said they’ll drop the name from any existing buildings. “That is because removing a name, even one that has become culturally toxic, is an enormously complicated decision, mined with legal, financial and moral concerns. Here are some of those issues.” – The New York Times
Cultural Appropriation And The Erasing Of Culture
“There is no pride in using Indigenous peoples as props in a settler fantasy; there is no pride in racist caricatures; and there is no pride in cultural appropriation. Because my culture is not a costume. My culture is alive in the here and now. It is memory, flesh, and fire. It is the strength of all my relations.” – Hyperallergic
PBS Launches Native Alaskan Kids Show
The show that the producers dreamed up, called “Molly of Denali,” ended up becoming a PBS cartoon about a 10-year-old Athabascan girl with a video blog about life in rural Alaska. PBS says it is the first nationally distributed children’s series with a Native American lead. – The New York Times
Speakers Of Endangered Languages Find Model For A Comeback
“As thousands of languages around the world are threatened—hundreds of which are in the United States—Indigenous communities are learning from the successes of the Māori and the Hawai‘ians. Revitalization has proved to be as dynamic as the communities who undertake it: fluency, intergenerational learning, and engagement with a deeper understanding of cultural contexts and traditions are just some of the aspects of language revival.” – Emergence Magazine