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- An article from The Guardian claims that Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign tried to offset sexist perceptions of the candidate by playing offense when it came to gender. But her 2016 campaign (yep, she’s running) will address it head-on, recasting Clinton as a sage “grandmother-in-chief.” Will adopting a “folksy” persona win over so-called “traditional” voters? Will re-claiming the grandma throw a wrench into inevitable agist and sexist narratives? Given all the ways it could backfire, we really hope that #grandmothersknowbest [The Guardian]
- RIP Gunter Grass. [The Guardian]
- While Hillary takes back the grandma, feminist cooking magazines like Render reclaim the kitchen. [Flavorwire]
- Sometimes, life really does imitate art. When a large truck-mounted construction crane tipped over and crashed into the Dallas Museum of Art last week, confused onlookers mistook it for a new installation. [Laughing Squid via CBS Dallas/Fort Worth]
- The tallies are in: Over half of the 2015 Venice Biennale participants are solo male artists. Female solo artists comprise 33-percent and collectives make up 13-percent of the biennale pie. Womp womp. [Art News]
- Using holograms to stick to the man is so hot right now. First an Edward Snowdon monument, then a full-on hologram protest in Spain. Futuristic ghost demonstrators marched outside the Spanish Parliament on Friday in response to amendments to the National Security act that make it illegal for Spaniards to publicly protest Congress. [Revolution News]
- For New York City couples, the new norm isn’t married, with children. It’s married, with roommates. [New York Times]
- That Medieval Reactions twitter is back on our Massive Links radar, only this time it’s because the Huffington Post got a bunch of art historians to explain what’s really going on in those bizarre illustrations. [Huffington Post]
- Acclaimed actress and world’s most patronizing white woman Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to know that she’s rising to the #FoodBankNYCChallenge, an ice bucket-style campaign meant to raise awareness about hunger. Accepting the challenge means limiting your meals to the $29-per-week budget of families who rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The cause is a good one, but remember that time Ms. Paltrow said she’d rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin? Time to put up or shut up, Gwyn. [Huffington Post]
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