Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All 📸 mine, unless stated
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#FolkWitchFriday#FolkWitchFriday: Handcrafted Harvest 🌽 From corn dollies and masks to woven grain, harvest rites rely on physical craft. What ritual tool or object do you make or use for this tide? Show or tell us about the crafted pieces anchoring your seasonal work! #WitchSky #FolkWitch #FolkMagic #Folklore
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0
Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.goodlawproject.org
To mark the second anniversary of Edna O'Brien's passing, read Maureen O'Connor's wonderful article on "Edna O’Brien’s Neglected Widows and Spinsters", published as part of our Humanities open-access Special Issue "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing" 🔗 www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/15...
Betye Saar, the LA–based artist whose assemblages tackled the brutality of racism, anti-Blackness, and the stereotypes they engender, died in her sleep Sunday morning, July 26, Robert Projects gallery announced. She was 99 years old - just 4 days shy of turning 100 July 30. More in the alt text 👇
Derwentwater at dusk on Saturday. Unusually free of folk; any sound was mainly waters lapping and owls calling #WeekDforDark #AlphabetChallenge #Cumbria
🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 27 Jul is the start of Week D and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Dark. Dark in any sense of the word- dark hair, dark eyes, dark humour, dark arts, dark places, or just night shots. You get to be creative😊 Use the # below and have fun!
Remembering the great haunting and transgressive outsider photographer Diane Arbus (née Diane Nemerov) died otd 55 years ago. Her stark portraits of societal outsiders continue to fascinate and disturb. image : Woman with eyeliner, NYC 📸 : Diane Arbus, 1964 More description in the alt text 👇
"It strikes me that this was her true offense, the reason she was seen as inappropriate: her anger exposed the reality of institutional abuse, made it so immediate and present that the rest of us would have to stop and think about it."
A.R. MoxonThinking again about Sinead O'Connor on the third anniversary of her passing. www.the-reframe.com/this-is-the-...
In the age of Trump, Reform, Restore and the rest of the bad faith actors, @asharangappa.bsky.social explores how "we develop moral muscle to stand up for #democracy" open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Will Todd Blanche Get Confirmed? Ask Stanley MilgramWhat the psychology behind "just following orders" tells us about changing course once you've already started down the wrong path.open.substack.com
