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Read More: #78, foreign policy should be rooted in evidence and results, not ideology and the politics of punishmentIn a press release on April 3, 2017, the International Women’s Health Coalition denounced the US government’s cuts to the UN Population Fund. “The Trump Administration’s decision to cut US…
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Read More: #77, expose the costs and histories of freedomThe #100hardtruths was shared with me by my friend, the teacher, scholar, advisor and activist, Gabrielle Foreman. “The press looms large in the stories U.S. Americans tell ourselves. Freedom of…
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Read More: #76, learn what happens when you type a letter on your keyboardThis #100hardtruths was shared with me by my student, Eileen Clancy. The repository “What-happens-when” was started by Alex Gaynor on Git.Hub who explains that it: “is an attempt to answer…
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Read More: #75, no time for foolsI write and post this #100hardtruths on April Fool’s Day, 2017. Given this effort’s focus on deception, fakery, falsity, the untrue, the almost true, trickery, slander, and shams of all…
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Read More: #74, stay open to contradictions and power #offlineOn March 30 and 31, I made good on my 2nd pledge @50: “to share this project, for its final #50hardtruths, through a one-to-one, person-to-person effort (via email or IRL),…
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Read More: #73, it’s about xenophobia, racism, and sexismThis #100hardtruths was shared with me by my friend, the writer Jay Fisher: “During and after the election a myth developed that Trump’s support was driven by a surge of…
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Read More: #72, learn how to see PalestineThis #100hardtruths was shared with me by my friend, the scholar of visual culture, Nicholas Mirzoeff: “When you think of Palestine—you do, don’t you?—you probably think it’s a terrible exception.…
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Read More: #71, cultural myths often lead to dominant ideologiesThis #100hardtruths was given to me by my friend, the filmmaker Sam Feder, who is currently in production on “Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen,” a documentary feature on the history…
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Read More: #70, reconnect the space that advertising has interruptedIn her project Visible Distance/ Second Sight (Gene Autry Trail and Vista Chino) for Desert X, Jennifer Bolande presents several responses to some of the #100hardtruths presented in my series:…
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Read More: #69, ghosts can’t tell storiesThis #100hardtruths was shared with me by my friend, the media artist and activist who creates magical experiences, Quito Zeigler, from their longer rumination, “Elegy from a Queendom that Never…