A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
The New York Beautification Project
Ellen Harvey’s paintings from the New York Beautification Project become a testament to the strange beauty of the ephemeral, even in the way everything decays or gets covered over with time, becoming…
A Palestinian Queen: Rand Dabboor Preserves Palestinian Culture Through Art
Morgan Totah of Handmade Palestine interviews Palestinian artist Rand Dabboor.
Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life
“However, there is a need to reappraise Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger because in the span of each panel, Ormes’ voice rises to address how events such as McCarthyism and the murder of Emmett Till affected Black Americans.”
Kati Horna: photographing the hidden, occult, and unseen layers of reality
“Through Horna’s pictures, we have access to her inner world, imagination, spiritual beliefs and practices as well as those of the artists she worked so closely with.” A fascinating article about Kati…
Anchor Holding
It also reminds me that regardless of thoughtful preparations there is often a point – not always visible – that once passed steals your ability to shape the future, leaving you without…
Magpies’ Mix Tape: Spooky
This playlist collects is for the skeletons in our closet, the departed longing for a glimpse of the living world, the werewolves, and zombies, and vampires. Hot tunes to warm their rattling…
American Mythologies: Points
Of course, because some people are more equal than others, it’s important to have some sort of system in place so people know their place.
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Re the letter from the editor:
Such an eloquent Cri de Coeur. Right thinking Americans – aka “the enemy within” – understandably fear the wrong outcome. But those of us living elsewhere have an equally strong revulsion at the possible triumph of evil this month. Not least because of the potential damage the rest of the world will suffer at the hands of a fascist dictator in the White House. Giving succour to those who despise the idea of democracy. Letting Putin’s brutal regime win a war in Europe. Making US allies into enemies. Halting progress in tackling the climate emergency. Starting an era of tit for tat trade tariffs. Undermining the UN and any attempt at a fairer world order. Turning America’s back on helping the undeveloped world, and reducing global poverty and hunger. Failing to protect and preserve the rich diversity of the natural world. Abandoning efforts to tame the worst excesses of global capital. Undoing progress in women’s rights. There is so much at stake, for those of us with no vote at all. So we rely on the good sense of the American electorate, of which Magpies is an exemplar.
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Oh I know! I know. Sadly much of the world seems to be tilting right/fascist at the moment as well.
The U.S. has lost a lot of its power and I think that’s good, especially as our moral compass is so far askew at the moment.
Not sure where to look for comfort at the moment!
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