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A Van Gogh And A Rothko Head To Auction With $40 Million Price Tags

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NEW YORK (AP) — A late Vincent van Gogh painting and a 1954 work by Mark Rothko from the collection of Rachel "Bunny" Mellon are going on the auction block next month.

Van Gogh's "The Allee of Alyscamps" from 1888 could sell for more than $40 million at Sotheby's on May 5. It was created during a two-month period when the artist was working side-by-side with Paul Gauguin.

The current van Gogh record is $82.5 million.

The auction house also is offering Rothko's "Untitled (Yellow and Blue)" on May 12.

It's estimated at $40 million to $60 million. It was acquired by Mellon shortly after Rothko's death in 1970 and exhibited at the National Gallery of Art for 10 years. The widow of philanthropist Paul Mellon died in 2013.

The current Rothko record is $86.9 million.

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15 Feminist Artists Respond To The Censorship Of Women's Bodies Online

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In March, artist and poet Rupi Kaur uploaded an image to Instagram, depicting Kaur curled up on the bed in sweats and a t-shirt. She's also on her period, and the blood has dripped through her pants onto the sheets. The image was flagged and removed from Instagram -- twice.

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Kaur responded to the act of censorship on Facebook and Tumblr; her posts on both of these platforms were shared over 11,000 times. "Their patriarchy is leaking. Their misogyny is leaking. We will not be censored," she wrote. Instagram eventually responded, explaining the image was "accidentally removed" -- twice.

The incident speaks to a larger issue, the way women's bodies are sexualized and silenced, shaved and shamed by the mainstream media. We reached out to a group of feminist artists we admire, all of whom use their work to address in some way this so-called "feminine grotesque" -- the conversion of the female body into something monstrous, abnormal, obscene. The artists graciously shared their responses to Kaur's image, and the wider problems surrounding women's bodies online.

Below, 14 other artists respond to the way women's bodies are still judged and muffled in 2015:

1. Ellie Hunter

"It's interesting that Kuar's image would 'violate' Instagram's terms and conditions, when women and women's bodies are violated on social media thousands of times every day."

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Ruin Aesthetic, 2014, 60 x 28 x 12 inches, Cement, steel rod, tulle, fabric, and natural dye


"The online world is constantly morphing and updating, and creating new systems of power along the way. While it's positive that Kuar was able to rally enough activists for Instagram to restore her photo, it's so typical of Instagram's hetero-fascist technocracy to sidestep the issue with the excuse that it's removal was a mistake. I'm interested in work that's exploring the so called 'feminine grotesque' as it addresses everyday, low-level anxiety I feel about my inherent attributes as a human woman, despite my constant efforts to counteract this shame. For me, exposing these tensions is a dual gesture of intimacy and of aggression or activism."

2. Katya Grokhovsky

"There is a clear message here: cover it up, erase it, shut up, be pretty and clean, don’t show us you are a human woman. In fact, we prefer you were a hairless, ageless, oh-so-cool-sexy, tiny, easily-manipulated, shiny machine-object, not a visceral, bleeding, odor-and-noise-and-fluids-producing, food-needing, bathroom-going, valuable, capable, ambitious, smart, emotion-and pain-feeling, gloriously human being."

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Katya Grokhovsky, One Fine Day, 2014, photo Yan Gi Cheng


"The issue of censorship of women’s bodies in general makes me VERY ANGRY. Bear with me, as I clear my thoughts, whilst scampering around the block, amidst the smoke fumes spattering out of my scorching volcano of fury, quickly filling up my breathing space. The persistent, relentless, frightening removal of the reality of women’s bodies by the media and society at large is simply another tool of misogynistic oppression. Thank you for your work, Rupi Kaur. This is important, and we need to consistently bring this problem to light. Ruthlessly. Please excuse me, as I lie down, due to another volatile bout of extreme, nauseating patriarchy fatigue. "

3. Marilyn Minter

"The culture industry creates these impossible robotic ideals through Photoshopping and editing the human body. I think what Rupi Kaur and others are doing is really kind of a punk rebellion against these images, and it's about time."

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"I think the work of Rupi Kaur and Petra Collins, as well as anyone else who's work is involved in the feminine grotesque, is a backlash to the cultural ideal that is perpetuated on women, especially young women. The culture industry creates these impossible robotic ideals through Photoshopping and editing the human body. I think what Rupi Kaur and others are doing is really kind of a punk rebellion against these images, and it's about time. This type of work is an important counterweight to the images we're inundated with every day."

4. Rhiannon Schneiderman

"Why is everyone still so terrified of vaginas?"

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"I've always loved period-themed photographs. I just love having that mutual understanding with another woman of 'holy shit, my body does this, we are superior!' To have that connection with the earth, that natural rhythm -- that's a pretty big fucking deal. These women, like Rupi Kaur, are recognizing that cycle and how important it is and how powerful they are for experiencing it. For Instagram to remove those images is over the effing top -- I've seen blood before, I've definitely seen it on Instagram. How can you censor blood? Because the implication is that it fell out of someone's vagina? Really?? Then maybe you should censor newborn babies, too. Why is everyone still so terrified of vaginas? I hope Rupi fights this, because it's bullshit. And if she needs help, give her my contact info."

5. Rebecca Morgan

"I think the larger scope of the problem comes with the long held taboos of women's bodies and menstruation, seeing them as something dirty we should hide or be ashamed of. The problem is a societal one."

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Show Off, 2014 Ink on vellum 12.75” x 11”


"There is a lot of creative freedom for women artists within our often insular art world; some of the most challenging and interesting work that is being made on both large and small scale is being made by women artists, some even using the language of femininity, craft, gender roles and subverting and reclaiming it. It's a powerful and exciting thing to see. [...] It is when images like Rupi and Prabh Kaur's reach the masses that the subjugating and stigmatizing of women is so glaringly obvious and discouraging. The photographs serve as examples reminding women that they have a voice, a vision and a mark to leave, as well as a reminder that they have nowhere to leave it, and no ears to listen. The more that images like Rupi Kaur's cross over with social and mainstream media and the more this conversation is articulated publicly, the more normalized and de-stigmatized the female body will hopefully be."

6. Carolee Schneemann

"Many cultures have envied or demonized this bleeding, which is not of an injury, but rather embodies the power of maternity."

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Blood Work Diary (Detail), 1972 Menstrual Blottings on Tissue, Five 29x23” Panels. Photo by Anthony McCall. Courtesy of the Artist.


"'Blood Work Diary' [seen above] was a 1972 sequence of menstrual blottings which established the structural form of a fluid physiological process. Through their repetition I developed a visual continuum which charted the permutation of this bleeding over time. Menstruation is often subject to overflow, noting the commonality of menstrual occurrence, women would tell each other, 'Once again, I’ve just left my mark!' Many cultures have envied or demonized this bleeding, which is not of an injury, but rather embodies the power of maternity. Profound taboos sustain traditions of cultural revulsion, which attempt to make women’s biology the site of shame."

7. Melanie Bonajo

"Perhaps I have become lost in a world so technologically advanced and impersonal that, without me noticing, we reached the point where nobody is born naked anymore."

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"As [I am] so often censored, flagged and deleted after showing a naked female body -- which for me speaks of nothing more then trust and innocence, humor, play -- the only thing I can add for now is: We are taught there is nothing more normal to watch than executions which look like they are produced by Hollywood's best production teams without blinking an eye, while at the same time we need to be protected from the sight of a nipple, because such a thing can shock us so greatly we might end up on the psychiatric couch. All this just raises one question to me. Perhaps I have become lost in a world so technologically advanced and impersonal that, without me noticing, we reached the point where nobody is born naked anymore."

8. Audrey Wollen

"I think there is something very powerful about being labeled monstrous. Perhaps an alternative feminist strategy might be to reframe Instagram's censorship as a positive thing -- because it reveals the point at which we exceed the limits of the status quo."

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"I think the censorship of certain parts of women's bodies [...] is complicated, because our initial reaction is to insist on the 'naturalness' of those parts, to insist on our own normalcy. We end up begging to be assimilated. But I think there is something very powerful about being labeled monstrous. Perhaps an alternative feminist strategy might be to reframe Instagram's censorship as a positive thing -- because it reveals the point at which we exceed the limits of the status quo. Instagram (and other social media) is an inherently normalizing, policing force and our exclusion from that is a sign that the female body still has the ability to horrify, to disrupt. Our very existence, in its unedited, embodied form, is threatening, and I think that is something to revel in, rather than resist."

9. Zhu Tian

"I think my work says better than I."

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Babe’, 2013, Rubber, human hair, pigment


10. Lessa Millet

"People need to keep speaking up about their Facebooks being shut down, or their images being flagged, to encourage others to ask questions about who is deciding what is 'offensive,' and inspire conversations about how that reflects on our society."

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"Both women and art have been censored for centuries. But now, because of the internet -- and the fact that we have access to multiple channels of communication where we can share our thoughts -- we are able to bring attention to who is censoring us and what is being censored. People need to keep speaking up about their Facebooks being shut down, or their images being flagged, to encourage others to ask questions about who is deciding what is 'offensive,' and inspire conversations about how that reflects on our society. To me, one of the fundamental functions of art is precisely that: starting conversations, asking challenging questions, and helping us understand the society and moment we live in. I don’t think censorship is going to disappear, but neither are people going to stop fighting it and standing up for our freedom of expression."

11. Kenya (Robinson) -- as CHEEKY LaSHAE

"That’s how you can tell someone is a feminine. Period. Oh, and birthing a baby, who, not coincidentally, also has a powder named after them, an honor that is shared with foot."

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CHEEKY LaSHAE + The Red Bath Mat, Performance at Mike Shultis Studio, Photo by: Jackson Ray Petty, 2014


"I suppose CHEEKY should be up in box about the Instagram reaction to period blood poetics. CHEEKY prefers to turn the focus on itself -- reminiscing about its own menarche -- which actually looked like melted chocolate in the crotch of its pantydraws. Having mistaken those first cramps for diarrhea, made for a temporarily confusing discovery. Fortunately, Mama LaSHAE had prepared young CHEEKY with a toolbox of all things menstruation –- tampons, flightless pads, ibuprofen, vaginal (b)itch cream, disposable douches, moist towelettes, newspaper (for disposal) and, of course, feminine powder -- because CHEEKY was most certainly a feminine now. ‘Cause of the period. That’s how you can tell someone is a feminine. Period. Oh, and birthing a baby, who, not coincidentally, also has a powder named after them, an honor that is shared with foot."

12. Casey Jenkins

"The reality is that no one censors dominant cultures, no one censors the most powerful and prevalent points of view -- they're the ones who censorship panders to and minorities and those less powerful just have to cop it while having their own expressions silenced."

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"In theory I'm all for people having the choice to either view or avoid viewing whatever they choose. A whole plethora of things might be triggering and traumatic for people and giving advance notice about the nature of content about to be viewed seems to be a considerate and humane thing to do. There are certainly days when I would rather be prepared before having the visages of either of the leaders of the major political parties in my country slapped in my face, or endless reports about male-dominated sports, all of which I find offensive and depressing. The reality is though that no one censors dominant cultures, no one censors the most powerful and prevalent points of view -- they're the ones who censorship panders to and minorities and those less powerful just have to cop it while having their own expressions silenced.

"All of this just perpetuates and strengthens the positions of already powerful cultural norms. Recently the news report of my 'Casting Off My Womb' performance work, posted to YouTube by TV station SBS2 as 'Vaginal Knitting', had restrictions around it tightened and it's now available for viewing only to those 18 years or older (this is after almost 6.5 million views though so it's probably fair to say that ship has sailed). Most other news reports about the piece had big 'Warning!' banners plastered across them also and I'd be curious to hear exactly what it was that self-appointed censors considered so potentially harmful about the piece -- the fleeting shot of my pubic hair? The stain of my menstrual blood? [...] When artwork is wrapped in a censorship banner people gear themselves up for horror and tend to see what they're primed to, rather than what it actually there."

13. Jenny Sharaf

"Politics aside, this is pretty good marketing on Rupi Kaur's part. People aren't usually writing about poems and period art in the breaking news category."

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14. Doreen Garner

"The idea of feminine and grotesque in the negative sense existing as a combined term encourages us to despise biological truths regarding physical progress into womanhood which includes pubic hair, stains, menstrual blood, secretions, and other pungent qualities."

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The Observatory, 2014, Video, Hour Performance inside Glass Box


"Originally, grotesque as a 15th century term is a style of elaborate curves and decorative elements of paintings found in the ruins of Roman caves or grottoes. Today we use it to describe qualities of a person place or object that is repulsive, strange or disgusting. Grotesque as a descriptive element functions in a space of perversion which is simultaneously occupied by my creative practice. The feminine grotesque is a term that I am very much confused by as a woman and as an artist. Constructed by White American misogyny, the idea of feminine and grotesque in the negative sense existing as a combined term encourages us to despise biological truths regarding physical progress into womanhood which includes pubic hair, stains, menstrual blood, secretions, and other pungent qualities. All of which coexist with publicly embraced signifiers of beauty."



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This International Public Art Event Asks Us All To Confront Catcallers

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Ever since the world caught wind of Tatyana Fazlalizadeh's public art project, "Stop Telling Women to Smile," the phrase has become a battle cry for activists around the globe.

By pasting sketches of women, adorned with phrases like "My outfit is not an invitation," and "Women are not outside for your entertainment," on the streets of cities like New York and Philadelphia, Fazlalizadeh gave a voice to victims of gender-based street harassment. Now, after taking her "STWTS" project to Mexico earlier this year, the artist is finally realizing the global power of her street art series to affect the way we think about catcalling. So, she's hosting an international wheat pasting night this month to encourage people around the world to join her #stoptellingwomentosmile movement.

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"The idea behind the wheat pasting night is to create a night of solidarity," she stated in a press release. "People from all all over can participate in a night of action, knowing that hundreds of people in different parts of the world are doing the same thing."

Fazlalizadeh outlines the particulars of the event on her website, part of International Anti-Street Harassment Week. She asks that interested individuals gather groups of at least three people and plan to paste posters on the night of April 17. Those picking up her mantel can log their plans -- where they intend to paste posters, and in what language -- on the "Stop Telling Women to Smile" website. In return, participants will receive a PDF with images for download.

"On April 18, walls across the world will bear the faces and words from women protesting street harassment," she proclaims.

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Fazlalizadeh has long been asking fans to get involved with "STWTS", calling for artists, volunteers, building owners, photographers, art centers, and activist organizations to help "amplify" her work. But this is the first organized, Internet-based attempt to bring the project to a greater audience.

According to a 2014 study commissioned by the nonprofit organization Stop Street Harassment (SSH), 65 percent of women surveyed experienced street harassment in their lives. Furthermore, 57 percent experienced verbal harassment, 41 percent experienced physical aggression, 23 percent had been sexually touched in public and 20 percent had been followed. "In many ways, persons of color, lower-income people, and persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender were disproportionately affected by street harassment overall," the study concluded.

Fazlalizadeh's efforts are just one example of the recent push to define and combat street harassment today. "There are always those who want to tell women that their experiences are not valid or not important whenever they speak up," she explained in a previous interview with The Huffington Post. "Wanting the basic right of feeling comfortable and safe and not sexualized as I walk out of my house is very much worth prioritizing."

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'Doodle Diary Of A New Mom' Shows What Nobody Tells You About The First Year Of Parenthood

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When Scottish illustrator Lucy Scott became a mom, she started doodling some of her daily parenting battles. "I wanted to document the tough bits, the things nobody told me about, the stuff that you don’t read about in parenting books," she told The Huffington Post. "The truth is, it was a wonderful, magical year, but anyone who has been a parent doesn’t really need to see drawings documenting the crazy love you feel -- for most people it’s a given."

Scott's spot-on doodles are an honest look at the first year of parenthood -- from the changing table messes to the daily exhaustion.

"It was cathartic to get a laugh out of events that at the time were often quite erm ... challenging," the storyboard artist said. Last week, Running Press released Doodle Diary of a New Mom, an illustrated book featuring 120 of Scott's drawings.

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When Scott shared her some of her parenting doodles with friends who also had babies, they instantly related to them and said the images made them feel less alone. "The first year can be a strangely solitary time -- sharing silly stories and drawings with other mums can be a lifeline," the artist recalled. With her friends' encouragement, the mom continued illustrating her parenting experiences and by the end of that first year "had built up quite a pile."

The artist's favorite drawings are the ones that show her breastfeeding. "I’m immensely proud that my body managed to do it, produce actual milk!" she said.

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Looking back on her early days as a mom, Scott said, "I’ve learned that today’s crisis will be looked back with huge sentimental affection." Today, Lucy Scott's daughter is almost 3 years old and has grown to be "the kindest, funniest person" in her life, she said. "All the stresses and strains, aches and pains have been worth it. Ultimately it is the most rewarding job that you could ever wish for."

Keep scrolling for a sample from Doodle Diary of a New Mom.





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21 Movies And Events To Look Out For At The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

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Lower Manhattan will soon be crawling with the stars of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday with the premiere of "Saturday Night Live" documentary "Live From New York!" and runs through April 26. In between, the fest's panels are the place to be -- Courtney Love will gab about Kurt Cobain, George Lucas is set to discuss his career with Stephen Colbert and the "Goodfellas" cast will reunite for a conversation moderated by Jon Stewart. You can also catch Sundance holdovers ("The Overnight," "Sleeping with Other People," "Grandma," "The Wolfpack") or get cozy with potential Tribeca standouts starring Nat Wolff, Lake Bell, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Olivia Wilde and a slew of others. Here are 21 films and events to keep on your radar throughout this year's festival:

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Allaire Bartel's 'Boundaries' Captures Just How Intrusive Everyday Sexism Feels

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A striking photo series shows the sexism women face in their everyday lives.

"Boundaries," by artist and photographer Allaire Bartel, is a jarring visual symbolization of male entitlement in a woman's everyday life.

"In this series you will see one woman, an average young professional, depicted in routine daily situations," Bartel's website explains. "The concept of male entitlement is represented by male arms and hands performing a variety of actions that are overwhelmingly intrusive on her body and her life. In each situation she maintains a blank expression, a visual choice that demonstrates how conditioned we as women have become to accept this atmosphere as excusable and even normal."

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Bartel produced the series through 2014 Young Photographers' Alliance Mentoring Program, working with her model to come up with situations where they had felt oppressed or singled out because of their gender.

"Every photo in the series, while not an exact replica of an event, is modeled to represent a situation in which [myself or the model] had experienced sexism or harassment," Bartel told The Huffington Post.

Check out more images from the series below.

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Artist Creates Quick Fix That Humanizes Ebola Aid Workers Inside Their Intimidating Suits

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An artist is revealing to Ebola patients the human beings behind the protective masks.

Mary Beth Heffernan, a professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, recently returned from a trip to Liberia, where she had been implementing the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) Portrait Project, according to the school's website. The artist photographed the faces of more than 100 Ebola healthcare workers, and taped the photos to the front of their protective suits in an effort to make them appear less intimidating to patients, she told The Huffington Post in an email.

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Ruth Johnson, RN, Melissa Kemokai, RN, and Lawrence Mulbeh, Hygienist, and, at the ELWA 2 Ebola treatment center.

The simple idea seems to already have had an effect.

"The response from patients has been unequivocally positive," Heffernan told HuffPost. "Every patient polled expressed deep appreciation for the labels, with comments like, 'I like that I can see who is taking care of me,' [and] 'I had no idea what you looked like before now.'"

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Eddie Johnson, hygienist at ELWA 2.

Heffernan explains that it's important for patients to see the faces behind the PPE. Because they must stay isolated from others during treatment, people who have Ebola often long for human connection.

"The harm of not seeing a human face for days on end cannot be underestimated," Heffernan said, according to Occidental College's website. "At a moment when patients are experiencing abject physical suffering, the isolation, terrifying facelessness and lack of touch make them feel abandoned by humanity."

With the help of a $5,000 grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the artist aimed to remedy this, and traveled to Liberia, setting up photo-printing stations at treatment facilities. By the time she left, she had set up two stations, which are still in use, and left a printing kit with the Liberian Ministry of Health's Case Management team to be used wherever it was needed, LA Weekly reported.

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Melissa Kemokai, RN entering a "hot zone" at ELWA 2.

Heffernan says that her work was just an easy way to establish some trust between patients and health care workers.

"It's not a sophisticated response," she told NPR, adding, "It's almost stupidly simple."

The artist told HuffPost that after seeing the positive feedback from her project, she hopes that going forward, her idea can be integrated into the PPE protocol.

To learn more about the PPE Portrait Project, visit Heffernan's website here.


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Listen To The First Episode Of 'Undisclosed,' The New Adnan Syed Podcast

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"Serial" fans still itching for more investigation into Adnan Syed's case are in luck. The first episode of the new podcast "Undisclosed: The State v. Adnan Syed,” which delves deeper into Syed's case from "an investigatory perspective instead of a narrative one", is now available to stream.

The podcast, which has no affiliation with Sarah Koenig or "Serial," comes from a group of attorneys behind the defense for Syed, including Rabia Chaudry, who initially brought the case to Koenig's attention, as well as Susan Simpson and Colin Miller. The Adnan Syed Legal Trust, which funded the podcast, has raised nearly $94,000.

"We want our listeners to know that this podcast will not give you purely pro-Adnan information or intentionally slant it in his favor," reads the official website for "Undisclosed." "We will present a smart, nuanced legal argument based on the totality of the facts in the case. As attorneys, we pride ourselves on looking dispassionately at facts, analyzing those facts, and applying the appropriate law in our analysis."

Syed, 33, became famous last year when "Serial" investigated the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, for which Syed received a life sentence at age 17. The first episode of "Undisclosed," a bi-weekly podcast, is now available online.



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The Other Entrepreneurs: High Style In Hong Kong

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Raymond Lun runs his fashion store on Haven Street, a quiet back street just a few hundred meters from the heart of Causeway Bay, one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping districts. A fashion designer and tailor, after graduating from fashion design school, he worked with a local tailor for six years, then went and lived in Australia for a year.

Returning to his hometown five years ago, he decided to launch his own brand of tailor-made suits and leather shoes for men. The first several months were tough for a “no-name” fashion designer, but slowly his designs and craftsmanship attracted recognition. Now in his mid-30s, his clients include a handful of local celebrities and performing artists.

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong | Photographer: Leo Kwok

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"The Other Hundred" is a series of unique photo book projects aimed as a counterpoint to the Forbes 100 and other media rich lists by telling the stories of people around the world who are not rich but whose lives, struggles and achievements deserve to be celebrated.

The second edition of "The Other Hundred" focuses on the world's everyday entrepreneurs. The book offers an alternative to the view that most successful entrepreneurs were trained at elite business schools. Here are people who have never written a formal business plan, hired an investment bank, planned an exit strategy or dreamt of a stock market floatation.


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This Mandala Coloring Book For Grown Ups Is The Creative's Way To Mindful Relaxation

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For the unfamiliar, a mandala is a sacred symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, made from a nest of squares and circles, that represents the cosmos. As the Asian Art Museum put it: "mandalas are not just images to view, but worlds to enter -- after recreating the image in their mind’s eye, meditators imaginatively enter its realm."

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The coloring book, on the other hand, is a method of art making most rigorously employed in elementary school, teaching kids life-long lessons such as "color inside the lines." However, recent studies have shown the joys of coloring apply to the adult set just as strongly if not more so, for it "brings out our imagination and takes us back to our childhood."

If you're wondering how you could possibly combine the zen magic of the mandala with the nostalgic bliss of the coloring book, we bring you Coloring Flower Mandalas, a new book featuring 30 handmade illustrations by artist Wendy Piersall, designed to lead you through a relaxing journey into your inner safe space. Each black-and-white image depicts a kaleidoscopic plant life, blossoming in multiple directions with symmetrical grace.


Two hours of coloring condensed to less than a minute

Below, we've attached a preview of the soothing depictions, some in black-and-white and others in their full, vibrant state. If you feel so inclined, you can pick up a copy for yourself and get to (seriously relaxing) work. Just one tip -- use crayon. As Spanish cartoonist Antonio Fraguas once told us: "Despite how highly stressed you may be, the most important thing is to not use pen markers with alcohol that go through the paper. The proper thing is to use crayons."

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Mike Posner's 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza' Previews A Completely New Sound

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Mike Posner seemed to disappear from the pop music world after his hit single "Cooler Than Me" peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010. It appeared on his first album, "31 Minutes To Takeoff," a coolly-received electro-pop collection that even now sounds outdated. After that, he took a step away from the spotlight, working on tracks for other artists like Justin Bieber, Big Sean and most recently, Maroon 5.

But Posner also spent time trying to figure out what he wanted to say as an artist. He finished two entire albums on RCA records that will probably never be released, switched labels to Island Records and discovered a completely different, stripped-down sound.

In his first new song, "I Took A Pill In Ibiza," premiering below on The Huffington Post, Posner trades dance music production for an acoustic guitar, and begins to tell his truth. The first line puts his "Cooler Than Me"-era image through a funhouse mirror: "I took a pill in Ibiza to show Avicii I was cool."

When asked if he's referencing an actual trip to Ibiza or just a metaphor for life as a pop star, Posner said it's all true. "I told that story in the way I wanted to in the song," he told The Huffington Post on a recent phone call from his Los Angeles studio. According to Posner, his new music, which will be released on an untitled album later this year, shows the ways in which he's matured since releasing "Cooler Than Me."

"It’s not the job of the art to accommodate me and make me more money, make me more famous and get me more girls," he said. "I think I was in that mindset after 'Cooler Than Me' came out. I started getting some of those things, and I thought, ‘How about if I get more?’ I think for a period of time I did think art was there to serve me, but it took me a minute to reset."

Posner acknowledges his persona as a pseudo one-hit wonder in another wrenching line halfway through "Ibiza." "I'm just a singer who already blew his shot/ I get along with old timers 'cause my name's a reminder of a pop song people forgot." And that's actually how Posner viewed himself for a while.

"The irony of that line is that those lines have sort of earned me another shot, it seems," he said. "You’re putting this song on your big website and you’re interviewing me right now about it. If a song about blowing your shot becomes popular, that’s really funny."

Hear the premiere of Mike Posner's "I Took A Pill In Ibiza":

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Photographer Gray Malin Goes Global With Le Méridien's 'Follow Me' Campaign

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For Los Angeles-based photographer Gray Malin, the best part about travel is how much an adventure can take you out of your comfort zone, thus “deepening your perspective and widening your mind.”

Of course, Malin, 29, is aware that an extended European holiday or a backpacking venture through Asia isn’t on every traveler’s agenda (or within everyone’s price range). Hence, he’s always aimed to give exotic locales such as South Africa and Australia a playful, colloquial touch in his photos, which comprise bird’s-eye views of sun-drenched beaches and other dreamy landscapes.

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“As a travel photographer, I’m responsible for opening the minds of those who haven’t been [to a specific destination],” Malin said. Still, he said he sees his finished work as more than just a series of still images: “Each one is a shared moment in time that invites everyone to an adventurous lifestyle and the idea that every day can be a getaway.”

As a young gay man growing up in Texas, Malin found photography to be “an amazing outlet” for self-expression, and says he was inspired by the likes of André Kertész, Aline Smithson and Man Ray. After graduating from Boston's Emerson College, he relocated to the West Coast, and now works primarily out of his L.A. studio.

“While many other people in school were excelling at sports or literature, I excelled with a camera,” he quipped.

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Now, however, his photos are going global as part of Le Méridien Hotels’ new “Follow Me” campaign, which incorporates physical installations as well as digital media. The effort, which tales its cue from the title of the hit 2002 film, “Catch Me if You Can,” allows Le Méridien patrons to experience a “24-hour visual journey” through Malin’s photos in the lobbies of the hotels they visit and on room key cards.

Meanwhile, a social media contest will offer contestants a chance to share their own “spontaneous travel” images on Instagram, with a chance to win Malin prints as well as points toward a stay at a Le Méridien location.

The first of the “Follow Me” images to be released, the “Inner Tube” series was shot at Le Méridien Ra Beach & Spa Resort near Barcelona. Malin will venture to another Le Méridien location in Bhutan for a forthcoming effort, while visits to Dubai, Croatia and Seychelles are also in the works.

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The social media element of “Follow Me” is particularly fitting, given that Le Méridien’s Vice President of Global Brand Management George Fleck encountered Malin’s work on Instagram after a quick glance at a piece displayed in a colleague’s office, and quickly became a follower and fan.

Calling Malin's work “engaging, delightful and original,” Fleck noted, “His modern perspective on photography invites the creative and curious-minded traveler into his world.”

Malin, who credits the Le Méridien team for embracing his creative ideas, says he ultimately would like to publish a book of his work. Although the running list of places he’d like to visit “changes all the time,” Malin said that his top destination these days is Norway, where he would like to experience the Northern Lights.

Mostly, however, he's content to see where the “Follow Me” campaign takes him next.

“The more I get to see, the more I get to learn, feel and touch,” he said. “I’m inspired to create work that is, in turn, inspiring.”

Head here to read more on “Follow Me,” and be sure to check out Gray Malin’s official site, too.

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'Black' Artist Dresses Up As Her 'White' Ancestors, Revealing The Complexity Of Multiracial Identity

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"I grew up in a North American society where up until very recently there were very specific categories for where one is placed in terms of their race and heritage," artist Stacey Tyrell explained to The Huffington Post. "The binaries that this creates, in particular that of black and white, do not create any space for the nuanced relationship that lies between them."

For Tyrell, the child of immigrant parents from the island of Nevis in the West Indies, her ethnic identity was often more complex than those of her peers.

From her youth and continuing into adulthood, the Caribbean-Canadian artist identified as a black woman. However, she simultaneously recognizes the parts of her heritage tied to ancestors in England, Scotland and Ireland. The descendants of West African slaves, Tyrell's family was forced to work in plantations and often coerced into sexual relationships that resulted in a European lineage.

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"I’ve always felt slightly conflicted about not really being able to openly discuss this except mainly amongst my family," she noted. "Over the years I have found that a lot of people (often white) get very uncomfortable at the mention of such a connection because they half expect me to launch into a diatribe about colonialism and slavery when all I really seek is an inclusive conversation about the fact that all of us are more related than we think."

To more deeply explore the branches of her family tree, Tyrell embarked upon "Backra Bluid," a photography project meant to dismantle fixed perceptions of race and family origin. In the images, Tyrell undergoes a physical transformation, dressing up and posing as past and present relatives.

"The process normally takes about an hour," Tyrell recounted. "I do almost all of the makeup myself. I have a studio assistant whom I trust very much that helps me to reach the spots that I cannot reach myself and does touch-ups once I’m in costume. I do as much as possible in camera because part at what I am getting at with the series is the fact that by merely changing my skin color it brings to the surface the markers of other races that are genetically present. I do very minor changes to my face in Photoshop that are mainly tweaks to my nose and lips."

"While I’m applying the makeup there is always a moment towards the end of the process where I am confronted with a white stranger staring back at me," she added. "It can be quite disconcerting because even though I know that it’s me in there I subconsciously begin to place myself under a different gaze."

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Resulting in polished yet eerily unnatural portraits, Tyrell, in many wigs, ensembles and guises, stares straight at the viewer, as if challenging them to undermine the complexity of her identity. Like a socially conscious Cindy Sherman, Tyrell's images collapse disparate eras and destinations to capture the tangled connections that form each of our individual identities.

"I want to show that all of us are more inter-twined than we realize and that there is more to the physical appearance of a person than meets the eye," she said.

Tyrell is not the only artist to employ art as a means of illuminating the nebulous realm of multiracial identity. Samantha Wall's stunningly drawn portraiture series presents a different approach to communicating what often goes unsaid, or cannot be put into words, when it comes to one's perceived and projected identity.

By placing herself in the role of her white ancestors, Tyrell destabilizes the entire method of categorization, revealing how arbitrary racial classification is in the first place.

"The characters in my images are a way of trying to subvert and maybe even co-opt the white mainstream gaze that I feel that myself and every other non-white person is constantly under," she concluded. "Too often the term 'black' is used to describe millions of people worldwide without consideration that within that category there is a rich tapestry of thousands of cultures, identities and genetic makeups that are interconnected with other races. I really wish to contribute to a greater discourse that I feel needs to open up surrounding the very loaded notion of racial identity."







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One Of These 31 Movies Will Be Summer's Biggest Blockbuster

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Summer movie season seems to stretch wider and wider as blockbusters' budgets swell. Just look at this month's "Furious 7," the latest behemoth in a franchise whose first three installments opened in June. That movie is cruising around with summer-style box-office figures, marking the first in a long line of films gunning for the coveted $1 billion threshold -- and we haven't even hit the May benchmark yet. Come August, we'll still be awaiting titles like "Fantastic Four," which could also coast to 10-figure sums. Celebrate it or castigate it, summer movie season is upon us, and this year's lineup is hardly lacking adrenaline. In the coming weeks, we'll preview a slew of smaller releases that will relieve your glassy eyes from the next four month's special-effects spectacles, but for now, it's all about the box-office benjamins. Here are 31 movies -- most of which we are quite excited for -- that are competing to win the picnic days' blockbuster crown.

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Larry Kramer On His New Book, 'The American People,' Which Identifies George Washington, Ben Franklin And More As Gay

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Playwright and legendary AIDS activist Larry Kramer expounded on his new book, The American People: Volume 1: A Search for My Heart, which is billed by its publisher as "a novel" but which Kramer says is a "history," and which, as usual with Kramer, is creating controversy.

In The American People, Kramer describes George Washington as a man who had sex with men -- a “big queen,” he said in an interview -- and writes the same of Alexander Hamilton, who “was in love with George,” Ben Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and “the most powerful gay man” in American history, J. Edgar Hoover. Historic Jamestown was a hotbed of gay sex, Kramer writes, partly because the settlement for a long time only included men. And not only did Abraham Lincoln have intimate affairs with men – a thesis that was seen as far-fetched a number of years ago, but which more historians now support – but, Kramer writes, Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth was queer, too, and Joshua Speed, thought to be Lincoln’s lover, was a “hustler” as well as “gift” from Booth.

But it’s all much more complicated than that, detailed in over 700 pages (and Volume 2 is on the way next year). In an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress Kramer talked about his version of history, and again criticized his long-time friend, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, for not queering Lincoln in the Steven Spielberg 2012 film, "Lincoln," for which he wrote the screenplay.



“We were very close friends,” Kramer said of Kushner. “We speak to each other again, but he was very mad with me that I publicized the issue. I really thought that he had a responsibility as a gay artist to indicate that about Lincoln, that there was enough known. I put him in touch with all kinds of academic people who support that there was enough to indicate” that Lincoln was involved with men.

“I’m not asking for a love scene in the movie,” Kramer said, “but just some touch that would indicate that it was there. And for all I know Spielberg was not in favor of what? I don’t know. But I just...I lost a little respect for Tony, because I think a gay artist has a gay responsibility. There, I said it.”

Kramer also talked about what he sees in studying history that many historians didn’t see with regard to who was queer.



“In the case of Washington, he was a big queen, basically,” Kramer said. “He decorated everything. He designed all the uniforms, the buttons. The correspondence exists with all the dealers he dealt with in England to make everything. And then there was a man called Baron von Steuben, who was German, who designed all the maneuvers for all the troops of all the great armies in Europe. And he kept getting thrown out after he made the armies real – like Rockettes [laughs]. He got kicked out and he came to George. And he and George hit it off like nobody’s business.”

“George put him to work right away and they designed all these maneuvers and it was like putting on show,” Kramer said. “That’s for starters. And there’s no question, that Alex [Alexander Hamilton], really-- whether it was a father/son thing -- that Alex was very much in love with him. And Alex Hamilton was very handsome. And George was much older. And that’s been written about. There was a mutual attraction between them…Hamilton also had a young lover, a fellow officer, John Laurens is his name. There were letters between the two. Even the [Ron] Churnow book mentions that.”

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These Saudi Women Are Turning Oppression Into Art

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Filwa Nazar, Micro Chat. 2014.






A Saudi Arabian woman is like a flightless bird. So wrote the famed Saudi activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider in 2010, while looking out on the Gulf of Mexico after the worst oil spill in U.S. history. The oil-slicked birds unable to fly reminded her of her countrywomen, who even today cannot perform the simplest of acts without the approval of government-assigned male "guardians."

"I know that kind of pain," she wrote. "I have been living it most of my life.”

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Shadia Alem, Beyond. 1993.


Paradoxically perhaps, flight of a kind can be seen indoors in Saudi Arabia. For decades, Saudi women have thwarted restrictions by asserting artistic freedom. Cities are finally bottling this energy. In the capital city of Riyadh and the ritzy coastal town of Jeddah, a crop of new galleries focus exclusively on women.

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Nawal Mussali, A Shepherdess From The South. 1990.


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Nora Alissa, Untitled 9. 2012.


At Hafez Gallery, run by a local male artist, the recently closed show, "Anonymous: Was a Woman," looked at depictions of women by female artists. Saudi women tend not to go down in the history books. The works in "Anonymous" built a portrait of female life based on oral histories passed down for generations. The exhibit took its name from the famous Virginia Woolf quote tracing the credit "Anonymous" to the extinguished record of women writers throughout history.

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Nabilah Al Bassam, Folklore Dance. 1973.


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Maha Al Mallwuh, Merwed. 2008.


Fundamental problems persist for Saudi women, from guardianship to self-censorship. But art offers a special liberation. Just two years after Al-Huwaider wrote her letter, Telegraph writer Catherine Milner surveyed the growing ranks of Saudi female artists. She found two discrete identities at play, a seeming fallacy by which women artists suddenly ceased to feel female because of the nature of their work. "Being a woman in Saudi may be really restricting," the young installation artist Abu Abdallah told her, "but being a female Saudi artist is very good at the moment."

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Tarfa Fahad, Epiphany 8. 2014.


The works in "Anonymous" spanned 20 years, and seemed to track a shift. The abstract weirdscapes of modern Saudi artists reflect the head space of Internet users. But even realist works show change. Subjects painted by Safeya Binzagr, a leading artist of the late sixties, were women of the cosmopolitan Hijaz region. As Binzagr's portraits show, they were confined to mostly domestic roles, limited to the company of children or other women.

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Sarah Al Abdali, Exhale. 2014.


Contrast this scene with the one inhabited by a contemporary artist included in the exhibit, Manal Al Dowayan. A former employee of the mammoth Saudi energy company ARAMCO, Al Dowayan is perhaps best known for her photographs of professional Saudi women, from doctors to engineers to musicians. Like Al Dowayan herself, they interact with men and earn money. These birds exist too: Even with weight on their wings, they get off the ground.

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Spectacular Drone Photos Catch Famous Places 'The Way They Were Designed To Be Seen'

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Who needs a helicopter tour when you've got a drone?

This stunning photo series from photographer Amos Chapple features crystal-clear images of bucket-list tourist sites -- mostly in India and Russia -- that were shot entirely from a drone. The result is a heaping plate of EarthPorn that's anything but touristy.

"This is the way buildings were designed to be seen," he told BBC News. "This is their best side."

We're inclined to agree. Buckle up for the most dizzying virtual tour you'll ever take.




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K.A. Holt On Writing Poems For Kids, And Why Gender-Related Reading Habits Are A Myth

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K.A. Holt's poems have energy; to read one of her books is to go on an adventure. Which is why it's great that she's currently so focused on penning poetry for kids and young adults -- she takes the medium back to its playful roots.

"I do think that this insatiable, damaging focus on testing is making it harder for all children to be able to just pick up a book and read for fun," Holt says. As a mother of elementary-aged kids, she feels personally impacted. "It's pretty harrowing," she adds.

Though the heroes of Holt's books -- which are typically compilations of poems that collectively tell a story -- are frequently rebellious boys, she rejects the idea that books should aim to interest young male readers. "I see just as many boys with books in their hands I as I see girls," she says.

Holt's new book, House Arrest, is out later this year. Read her views on humor, and why reading "is not really a girl thing or a boy thing," along with an excerpt from her previous book, Rhyme Schemer:


What do you think poetry offers that other mediums don’t?
Poetry has this amazing ability to take everything you get in literature and boil it all down to its essence. The drama, mood, character ... everything is tighter but in a way that requires trust from your audience. You give them these ingredients and then you have to trust your reader to share the emotions you're trying to convey.

What led you to fall in love with poetry?
I'm a verbose kind of person, so being forced to take my thoughts and ideas and convey them through metaphor and imagery (and sometimes syllable counts and rhythm and rhyme) is such a lovely challenge. Being forced to get to the point is something I need and love.

What is the most important thing to do when reading a poem?
Read it more than once. Go through it first and enjoy the sounds, the rhythm, then read it again and find the hidden assonance and consonance. Go through it again and look for patterns in words and meanings. By the time you're done, you realize that this one poem is really four or five poems depending on how you read it.

Which contemporary poets do you think people should read?
I think if you have someone who is skeptical about poetry, or who thinks it's complicated and awful, sit them down and read Billy Collins to them out loud. His poetry is so accessible. It's full of literary and historic references, and pathos, but it's also funny and relatable. I also really enjoy Tracy K. Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, the blackout poetry of Austin Kleon, and, of course, middle grade verse novels like the ones written by Kwame Alexander and Jacqueline Woodson.

You often write verse about young boys. What do you like about them as subjects?
I have two young boys of my own (and a daughter) and I always find myself wondering what they're thinking. How can I see the world through their eyes, where everything is so bright and then so dark, so light and then so heavy? My boys are sensitive souls and I work hard to help them understand that emotion is okay. I enjoy writing about kids who will appeal to everyone, because everyone has complicated inner workings they are trying to sort out. It's not really a girl thing or a boy thing.

Boys are often discussed as being less inclined to read fiction or poetry than girls. Why do you think that is?
I'm not so sure this is true. I think there is a prevalent assumption that boys read less than girls, but in my experience (and I am at the elementary and middle school every day picking up my kids) I see just as many boys with books in their hands I as I see girls. I do think that this insatiable, damaging focus on testing is making it harder for all children to be able to just pick up a book and read for fun, and that is pretty harrowing.

Your poetry is described as humorous. What makes a poem funny?
Humor is always in the eye of the beholder, you know? You can use rhyme to get a giggle. You can throw off the rhythm of a piece to go for something surprising and dissonant. I like surprising my reader with analogies that aren't typical, and I like to make people snort with empathy -- the kind of humor that's sort of dark and relatable and funny all at the same time. That doesn't mean I won't throw in a fart joke (because I totally will), but I do enjoy humor that has just enough of a poke to make you think, too.

In your forthcoming book, House Arrest, a boy is instructed to keep a journal, and his mentor says there "no rules." How do you feel about rules as applied to poetry and writing?
The thing I like about rules is that once you learn them, you can break them. You know you're not supposed to begin a sentence with the word But. You know traditional haiku is about nature. But just because you know these things doesn't mean you always have to obey them. Being able to take the rules of writing and poetry and give them your own spin ... that's a freedom I like to explore, and a freedom I encourage other writers to explore. Pushing boundaries is not just for your characters.

Read an excerpt from K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer:

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New York's Museum Of Sex Mounts Very Explicit Exhibits (NSFW)

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For 13 years, New York's Museum of Sex -- MoSex for short -- has enlightened, educated and titillated patrons with a variety of explicit exhibits covering all aspects of sexuality.

How explicit?

Well, visitors who step from the stairs into the first exhibition floor see a larger than life video loop of Linda Lovelace performing oral sex.

Not enough to arouse your attention?

Well, there is always the fun and frolicking Tunnel of Love G-Spot Mirror Maze or the art exhibit dedicated to how different species mate with each other.

Pixable.com has the ins and outs of this unusual place.

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Manny Pacquiao's Latest Hit Is This Power Ballad Music Video

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Manny Pacquiao's latest hit carries more emotional impact than physical heft. Which, for a world champion boxer, is saying something.

Ahead of his highly-anticipated fight with Floyd Mayweather early next month, the Filipino has released his own "Top Gun"-esque music video. The song, "Lalaban Ako Para Sa Filipino" or, "I Will Fight For Filipinos," accompanies a video that alternates between patriotic imagery, Pacquiao training and/or knocking out opponents, and various humanitarian needs.

It's a puzzling mix, sure, but it combines to form one hell of a power ballad. Read on for HuffPost's translation of the lyrics to English:

Often I ask myself
Why be judged for what you feel?
What will it take for us to be heard?
Do we have to be born with privilege?
Even though it hurts me,
I'll keep it all inside and not speak of it,
My heart bleeds, but others don't see it
Because what's more important
Is that my people are happy

I’ll fight the world in your name
I am Filipino, we are Filipino
I'll fight the world, even risk my life
I will fight for Filipinos

We all have dreams for our country
To help or honor our people
It doesn't matter who you are
Rich or poor
Together we fight for our country

I’ll fight the world in your name
I am Filipino, we are Filipino
I'll fight the world, even risk my life
I will fight for Filipinos

I will fight...
I will fight...

I’ll fight the world in your name
I am Filipino, we are Filipino
I'll fight the world, even risk my life
I will fight for Filipinos
I will fight for Filipinos
I will fight for...

My country

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