Alison Lapper, British disabled artist who is probably most famous for having a nude marble sculpture of her when pregnant placed on a plinth in Trafalgar Square. (The statue was made by a non-disabled sculptor… I think it’s kind of ironic that it took that, rather than her own work, to make her famous.) This is a triptych of nude self-portraits.
Flood the lines at DPS!!! Please Share Widely!!
Because I’m not the greatest at transcription, i’m going to just copy and paste an email i got which basically states what is stated above. the first document above is in english, the second document is in spanish. if anybody can transcribe the spanish one or can translate the email below into spanish, please feel free to add on!
PLEASE CALL IF YOU CAN!!!!
~~MMM
Dear Friends,
We need your help right away.
On Wednesday, April 25 in Detroit, hundreds of Western International High School students walked out in solidarity with fellow students from nearby Southwestern High School to protest the state-imposed Emergency Manager’s decision to shut down Southwestern at the end of the school year.
(http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120426/METRO01/204260493/1026/schools/180-Detroit-high-school-students-suspended-after-protesting-closures).
Students from both schools gathered peacefully in Clark Park in a jubilant speak out and celebration of their demand for quality education for all Detroit students.
Today at least 100 students (possibly more than 180) at Western International High School and 20 students at Southwestern were suspended—some for up to ten days—for the walk out. A large proportion of those suspended are Latino, in a city where the immigrant population is under constant assault over status issues. Many of the youth and their families are fearful for what the near term future will bring.
Consistent with their demand to receive a quality, relevant education, students from both schools are forming the Southwest Detroit Freedom School in Clark Park, which holds its first class this morning at 10:55 a.m. (consistent with the time of their joint walkouts).
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/390675970977100/?ref=ts#!/groups/390675970977100/members/)
The students are now asking all of us, as their allies, to contact the following Detroit Public Schools officials immediately to demand:
(1) that the suspensions of the Southwestern and Western International High School students be rescinded;
(2) that public schools be kept open; and
(3) that spaces are created for students, families, and community members to have legitimate dialogue about decisions concerning their schools.
Roy S. Roberts, Emergency Manager, Detroit Public Schools
Phone: (313) 870-3772
Fax: (313) 870-3726
Steve Wasko, DPS Chief Communications Officer
steven.wasko@detroitk12.org
Phone: (313) 873-4892
Fax: (313) 873-4565
Karen Ridgeway, DPS Superintendent of Academics
karen.ridgeway@detroitk12.org
Phone: (313) 576-0050
Fax: (313) 873-6446
Please share and forward this message broadly.
The students’ direct facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/390675970977100/?ref=ts#!/groups/390675970977100/members/
Some extra links to news articles:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120425/SCHOOLS/204250404/1361/About-200-students-walk-out-of-DPS-school-in-protest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/detroit-high-school-walkout-southwestern-western_n_1453086.html
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120426/METRO01/204260493/1026/schools/180-Detroit-high-school-students-suspended-after-protesting-closures
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/apr2012/detr-a27.shtml
Got my dog some hilarious pyjamas in the hope that she’ll stop waking me up like 3+ times every night complaining about being cold. It’s a blanket she can’t get off, you know? The other day Glen asked me where whippets originated from in the wild and I was like, “I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t be able to survive without human intervention, unless they lived in Hawaii or something.” You silly sighthounds.
Wooden dreaming places and such.
Rad idea: Shoot portraits under different wavelengths than our eyes are used to seeing.
Cara Phillips shot these photos under UV light.
via Fubiz
I tried to simulate this once but bringing down the orange and pushing the blues and purples before making it B&W… lotsss of freckles.
AWESOME.
I want this so bad.
siiiick
BRILLIANT
