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On Let's Discuss the Merits of Anthropologie (The Clothing Store, Not the Discipline)
@ColdFinger Whew! It’s real! The guy’s name was Jubal Brown: In 1996, Brown vandalised two paintings in art galleries by vomiting on them. The first was on May 15 in the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, where he threw up red vomit on Raoul Dufy’s Harbor at le Havre after eating red gelatin and red cake icing.[1][2] The second attack was on November 2 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, when he ate blue Jell-O and blue cake icing and projectile-vomited in blue on Piet Mondrian’s Composition With Red and Blue.[1] … The galleries initially believed that the incidents were accidental, but in early December 1996, Brown admitted that his actions were deliberate. He said that they were part of a “performance art trilogy” entitled “Responding to Art” that targeted “oppressively trite and painfully banal” works.[1][11] He said Harbor at le Havre “was just so boring it needed some colour”,[11] and he found Composition With Red and Blue “lifelessness threatening.”
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On Let's Discuss the Merits of Anthropologie (The Clothing Store, Not the Discipline)
Oh, thank God we all think they are horrible! The combination of polyester lining and awful, homophobic politics espoused by the owner is a unique characterization that makes me want to… well, this may sound a little strange…ingest food coloring strategically before showing up at a store, and throwing up all over the merchandise! (Back story: I don’t know if it’s true, but my mom like to tell me the story of an art criminal, who disliked Mondrian’s paintings so much, that is exactly what he did! The point was to ruin their perfect structure, and I guess it’s easy to vandalize if the materials don’t have to be carried? I should really find out if this story is true, but I’m afraid it’s not, so I haven’t looked.)
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On Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps
@rozone Hmmm. I don't think you read the whole story: the writer is clear that her parents did not graduate from college.
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On Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps
@bibliostitute Thanks. I think this is generally stuff I should know, but I work with countries that are far, far away and have spent the last couple of years catching up on acronyms for foreign aid programs, etc. I know it's a bad excuse, as I do (ahem, sometimes) read domestic news - but oh well. Thanks for the help!
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On Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps
@Miranda Everitt@facebook Oy! (Sheepishly:) I am not sure I know what those acronyms mean... Sorry, I was replying to @travelmugs' post up above. I'll have to look these up and see if I have anything intelligent to add.
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On Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps
@ColdFinger (Reposted this above because it was meant to reply to @travelmugs)
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On Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps
@travelmugs (Grr, I posted this below, but it was meant to reply to you:) What's interesting is that I've met people who got married during college in order to be considered for financial aid independently of their parents' incomes/assets. In each case, my acquaintances had terrible relationships with their parents and either did not want their help because it came with many strings attached, or were not actually offered help - yet were unable to convince the university to cut their parents out of the equation without a marriage license. Reading this, I am realizing they might have also cut themselves off from government assistance in the process... (Things turned out fine, I think, but they definitely were walking the line.)
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On Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps
What's interesting is that I've met people who got married during college in order to be considered for financial aid independently of their parents' incomes/assets. In each case, my acquaintances had terrible relationships with their parents and either did not want their help because it came with many strings attached, or were not actually offered help - yet were unable to convince the university to cut their parents out of the equation without a marriage license. Reading this, I am realizing they might have also cut themselves off from government assistance in the process... (Things turned out fine, I think, but they definitely were walking the line.)
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On 'You're the Problem With America, Basically'
@yankeepeach But but but! He didn't say they were picking up the tab for everything - his parents just invested wisely. Whereas they do discuss how Logan's parents paid for college and "a lot of [her] life after." I agree that the "I learned this, so you can too," is obnoxious, but it doesn't sound like the guy is pretending to be good at money, when really everything's been taken care for him. (Trust me, I've MET those people.) I do wonder, though, what kind of kid gives up his pay checks as a teenager to have them invested...
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On Let's Discuss the Merits of Anthropologie (The Clothing Store, Not the Discipline)
@This is my new user name I was trying to recall whether I've ever thrown up any red wine... Does it keep its color? The thing with the food dyes is that they're brutally stable. Gatorade might be a better option. Still vomit-inducing, but so many more choices! And you know THOSE won't fade.