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My artwork, and the art and creative writings of folks all over Richmond, will be displayed at VCU's Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Department's late Spring/Summer art show entitled "On Our Own Doorstep."

Trigger warning: This show will display work that references resisting institutionalized violence and oppression. So please visit and view with care!

Opening April 23rd 5:00-7:00PM 919 W. Franklin Street, 1st FL (Crenshaw House)

You can RSVP on Facebook here.

This show is being coordinated by students in the service-learning class focused on the Prison-Industrial Complex in our department, and the art has been contributed by VCU students, faculty, and community members. Also on display will be an engaging installation of creative writing from the Richmond City Jail.

Gary Llama's work will also be there, so I'm excited about that. Last year, Gary and I had the installation, "Home: An Exploration" together at Onetribe. We've been wanting to do another show together lately, so this is a good warmup for a possible show duo in the future.

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"Full Frontal Psychology" blog title is horribly dehumanizing

I was checking my email just now and I came across an email to members of APS (Association for Psychological Science). I opened it and saw that there was a blog post on an APS blog entitled "Full Frontal Psychology." I was floored and immediately felt sick to my stomach. I had to say something. I couldn't just sit there and watch such depravity happen in a field that I care about. You can find the blog here. -MO

We urge everyone to copy and paste the below letter, or write your own letter and send it to the Association for Psychological Science here using their contact form, on their Facebook page as a comment, through mail, or phone:

APS website contact form: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/contact/index-new.cfm

APS Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PsychologicalScience?ref=ts

APS President, Douglas L. Medin, Ph.D. Phone: (847) 467-1660 E-mail: [email protected]

APS Office Mailing Address:

Association for Psychological Science 1133 15th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 USA

Contact Information:

+1 202.293.9300 (phone) +1 202.293.9350 (fax) Feel free to copy and paste the below letter, or write your own letter and send it to APS to speak out against the dehumanizing blog title, "Full Frontal Psychology." "Hello,

I have come across the blog titled "Full Frontal Psychology" on the Association for Psychological Science website. I think it is great that APS is publishing on psychological topics. I wanted to say, however, that the title of your blog is troublesome at best. I realize that it is a play on "full frontal lobotomy" and may even be joking about how the field of psychology came from such crass roots. However, it is disturbing that your blog is titled this, especially as a blog on the APS website. There is nothing funny about frontal lobotomies. There is nothing humorous about people losing their ability to have emotions, autonomy, and full range of life that a lobotomy steals from the patient. It is not enough to say that this is all in the past, either, as anti-psychotics that are being prescribed today for psychiatric conditions were first given as a "chemical frontal lobotomy."

There are people still alive today that have been affected by frontal lobotomies. To have your blog name be a play on words referring to such a dehumanizing procedure is horrific and depraved. Psychology is a field meant to help people, not laugh at its horrific roots and the lives the frontal lobotomy procedure have ruined.

There are people that visit the APS website and wish to read news and blog articles, APS members, psychological researchers, practitioners, consumers, mental health advocates, and activists that are offended and saddened by the wording of your blog title. As the Association for Psychological Science is often seen as the face of the field of psychology, the blog title "Full Frontal Psychology" is reckless. I cannot visit the APS website or be affiliated with APS in good faith now that I know APS has been careless in producing a blog with such a title. I urge you to change the name of your blog, as it makes a mockery of lives that have been ruined and people that have been dehumanized through frontal lobotomies.

Thank you,

[Signed]"

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For my birthday, my present to you: my new art website.

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Relevant to my side project "One More Home"

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Fulton and Urban Exploring Tips

I just love urban exploring; I can't get enough of it. These pictures are from when I went wandering around Fulton Gas Works here in Richmond with a friend of mine.

Pro tip: Always bring a trusted friend

If you do take the risk of going exploring in ruins, remember to always take a trusted friend and always be ready for the unexpected. You never know if you may come across an aggressive animal, a person's living space, or accidentally get injured on the dilapidation.

Pro tip: Do not escalate random encounters

It's always a possibility that an abandoned building or space may have someone living in it, whether temporary or more permanently. If you come across someone, make sure to let them know you mean them no harm. If they tell you to leave, do so. Don't risk getting seriously hurt by someone upset that you're in their sleeping quarters just for some good photos.

Pro tip: Watch where you walk at all times

When it comes to accidental injuries, keep an eye out for caved-in ceilings, rusted ladders, missing ladder rungs or steps on a staircase, holes in the floor, broken glass, and various debris that you could trip over in the dark. Make sure every step you make is deliberate and your footing is stable. If you do this you can decrease your potential for accidental injuries drastically.

Pro tip: Get a tetanus shot and always carry a flashlight

Make sure you've had a tetanus shot within the past 10 years--it is very benefitial if you happen to step on a nail or get cut by rusted metal. And ALWAYS make sure you take a flashlight and extra batteries with you.

Safe travels!

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