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Thank you @art_lust_ for this awesome breakdown !!

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Did you know I was selected to go to space as an artist & poet?

As a result, I got to draw and paint in space! ☺️🎨🚀🐲

A dragon’s tale
Isn’t true
Unless it burns
Inside of you!

#SpacePoet #space2inspire #art

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Unless you live entirely off Instagram, you’ll have seen Christopher Anderson’s extraordinary photographic essay for Vanity Fair—a body of work that already feels historical.

I initially resisted adding to the commentary. Others were doing it brilliantly and loudly—Seema Rao at @art_lust_, @underthedesknews, @jaytibbitts. But the more I sat with the images, the more it became clear that what’s most interesting here is not that these portraits “expose” their subjects in any crude or gotcha sense. In fact, quite the opposite.

So hi. Welcome to my Ted Talk in two parts.

To be explicit: Anderson was not trying to make anyone look bad. This is his style. He has photographed politicians from both sides of the political aisle this way. The tight crops, the intimate lighting, the unsettling proximity—this is a consistent aesthetic choice, not a political attack. He obviously sees beauty in this closeness. He was not trying to make people look ugly, and that’s not what we should be focusing on either.

These portraits are formally beautiful. Faces are rendered raw, contemporary, and deeply human—flawed in a way that feels deliberate and dignified. They sit squarely within Anderson’s visual language, and within a longer lineage of portraiture that insists on intimacy as a form of truth rather than harm—think @nick_knight In Your Face, or @imagesbyblairecatherine.

If there’s something to talk about here, it’s not mockery or degradation. It’s about what happens when power is photographed without distance and without retouching and is more honest.

Part two coming soon: why this isn’t journalism@and shouldn’t be called that.

📸 @christopherandersonphoto for @vanityfair
✍️ Commentary inspired by all of the beautiful and thoughtful conversations around this work.

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MASH UP of @art_lust_ and @thinkbigger_tv RABBITSNAKE reels! 🎥🧲👊🐰🐰🥁🫜

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“Another Beginning” - inspired by ‘The Egg’, by Andy Weir
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For those who haven’t, please read the story/inspiration of this shoot: https://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg.html
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Concept, model, headpiece: Kat as AYIY
Photographer: @purple_shoelace_productions
Python handler: @pan_tastic_katherine
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#theegg #andyweir #goddessphotography #goddess #goddessphotoshoot #divinefeminineenergy #divinefeminine #creation #grassrootsartist #selffunded #selffundedartist #rebirth #vidaperfecta #fotografia #foto #diosa #diosas #fotografía #fotografíadiosa #reptilephotography #morphballpython

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Sharing a review of my work by @art_lust_ #art #carmencarpena

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When we’re told to protest “the right way”—the “peaceful” way, the “acceptable” way—the example often used is Gandhi. But this is based on a deliberate flattening of history that serves the status quo, that serves the establishment.

Gandhi wasn’t a passive saint. He was a master of provocation. His strategy wasn't about avoiding confrontation. Instead, he forced it.

Case in point: the 1930 Salt March. The goal wasn’t to make salt.

So when comfortable voices start policing resistance today, demanding it stay within "acceptable" nonviolent lines, ask yourself: who does that serve? The "violent vs. nonviolent" binary is a cage. It's a tactic to control dissent and protect the establishment from any real threat.

The lesson from resistance history isn’t a single tactic. It’s that sustained, multi-front withdrawal of consent is what makes oppression unworkable.

#resistancehistory #resistance #historyofresistance #gandhi #nonviolence #civildisobedience #thoreau

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I got sick of seeing @justinbua on my feed with his “wiggity-whack” opinions about art. Regurgitating the same old Eurocentric ideas of the last 100+ years of art history. Old-headz never change: set in their ways. He claims to “keep it real” but his critiques are more like dis-track mixtapes combining the male insecurity of the 80s and 90s with the type of contempt-for-ones-peers that you could only get from a disgruntled art teacher fighting for their significance in a culture that is increasingly less interested in maximalist bullshit. If you also are tired of this guy, check out @art_lust_ who has done a few great videos reminding people of what real art crit looks like. #justinbua #artcritic #cartoon #fart

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HOOD MORNING, PEOPLE OF COLOR.

YOUR ANTI-BLACKNESS WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL.

#metgala #metgala2025 #antiblackness

Video from @art_lust_

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I'm glad she spoke out about this

Credits @art_lust_

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#rg @art_lust_ Yes this happened at the Met Gala. And even if u don’t care about a gala, addressing how anti-blackness/Misogynoir can/does show up is not a “distraction”, it’s part of a global problem. Normally wouldn’t even look twice at this outfit but for celebrities/k pop idols etc who live under a microscope, yes people r literally zooming in on your underwear. And when supposedly isolated behavior becomes a larger pattern might want to look into that. I’ll also add that for some who find this post “insufferable”, celebrity culture/influencerdom/platform capitalism etc is literally built off perception. Also this is one take- not the whole “conversation” lol.. if this post isn’t for you then, keep it moving.

“If you look closely, Lisa’s Met Gala look is made up of multiple portraits on both her blazer and her underwear. Shortly after Lisa took to the red carpet, people shared closeups of Lisa’s outfit with several people theorising that one of the portraits on her underwear looks like civil rights activist Rosa Parks. The posts quickly went viral with people criticising Lisa for being “insensitive” to Rosa Parks and Black women more generally.

Now, Louis Vuitton have spoken out. According to Vogue, artist Henry Taylor embroidered portraits into Lisa’s outfit. In a statement, Louis Vuitton said that Lisa’s look features multiple “portraits of figures who have been a part of the artist’s life.”

They did not confirm or deny if one of the portraits on Lisa’s underwear was of Rosa Parks.” https://www.capitalfm.com/news/met-gala-2025-lisa-rosa-parks-louis-vuitton/
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“K-pop band Blackpink faces backlash for pre-debut clips showing members saying the N-word. This sparked discussions on cultural insensitivity among K-pop idols. An alleged insider, ‘YG Leaker’, threatens to reveal confidential information about several top K-pop agencies, fueling controversy. Reactions have been mixed, with some defending the members’ cultural ignorance, while others criticize the exploitation.” https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/blackpink-faces-the-heat-as-clips-of-them-saying-the-n-word-racial-slur-gets-leaked-by-former-yg-employee/amp_articleshow/119792188.cms

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