Kelly and Death

chicago-based researcher and artist, mostly pertaining to / MACABRE / MORBID / ARCHIVES / ANTIQUITY / and other pertinent subject matters

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Last Week Tonight s02e19

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John Oliver’s been killing it lately. His piece on harassment of women online was also top-notch.

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It is impossible to think of a time when photos of war and destruction weren’t plastered on the front page of newspapers. Order member Kelly Christian explores just such a time, and how the Civil War and technology came together to change our relationship to the visuals of death.

I also write this! Getting it done.

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Re-Enacting Whiteness - Dilettante Army

Race politics and the erasure of emancipation--the re-enactment of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in Springfield, Illinois.

Oh hey, I wrote this for Dilettante Army last month.

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My first infographic.

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Sources:

http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/

http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/survey-analysis/measuring-the-extent-of-gang-problems

http://maps.google.com

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130803/ISSUE01/308039974/a-business-of-life-and-death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xIZGw01il4

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LITTLE EMBROIDERED BONES: T.C. Hutchinson of tinycup needleworks 

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White women’s feminisms still center around equality…. Black women’s feminisms demand justice. There is a difference. One kind of feminism focuses on the policies that will help women integrate fully into the existing American system. The other recognizes the fundamental flaws in the system and seeks its complete and total transformation.

Brittney Cooper | Feminism’s ugly internal clash: Why its future is not up to white women   (via funeral)

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We are all going to die. For most, avoiding the topic is easy.

After years of trying to figure out how to write about Matt, I finally put something into words. Thanks to everyone who helped me navigate and sort this out; it is truly appreciated. Also, thanks to Dilettante Army for being rad - as always.

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From Miasma to Ebola: The History of Racist Moral Panic Over Disease

On October 1st, the New York Times published a photograph of a four-year-old girl in Sierra Leone. In the photograph, the anonymous little girl lies on a floor covered with urine and vomit, one arm tucked underneath her head, the other wrapped around her small stomach. Her eyes are glassy, returning the photographer's gaze. The photograph is tightly focused on her figure, but in the background the viewer can make out crude vials to catch bodily fluids and an out-of-focus corpse awaiting disposal.

Totally incredible article.

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