Shaming people who live in poverty is an old reflex in America. The artist Brenda Ann Kenneally reminds us that the fault lines of capitalism are everywhere within our nation, running through the very foundation we keep building upon. Her sprawling chronicle of life in Troy, New York, is a tribute to her subjects and an indictment of our times.
Read the full story by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, “A Portrait of Love and Struggle in Post-Industrial, Small-City America” here.
A look back at Tom Hardy’s MySpace pictures from the mid-2000s.
The actors old MySpace ‘About Me’ section read:
“I act for a living now adopting characters for money, it is a language I was born into. I’m Grateful, arrogant self centred, tenacious, versatile, honest, honourable, loyal, loving, gentle, consistent, reliable, focussed, prideful, passionate and nuts. I have a head like a disco ball, if I say I’ll do something, unless I absolutely can’t it gets done, I never give up on humanity, I love people. I want to see communities stand up, honest and open, flexing to the fullest of their capabilities and combined usefullness. happy. I laugh at bullies. I am reactionary but I have learned to hold my tongue and my trigger finger.”
hiya sorry for leaving unhinged tags on your art. I was wondering if you'd ever take commissions?
Hi, first of all NO NEVER APOLOGISE. The more unhinged the tags the BETTER<3 second of all, I apologise for a late reply, I’m not very active here sadly. Third of all, I do actually! I haven’t really put together a commission sheet yet, but if you’re still interested just send me a dm and we could work something out :D
people on here are always saying “we NEED a story where the art of storytelling is abandoned” like ugh literary devices are soo annoying like that wouldn’t happen in real life that only happened to further the story (why is there story in my story) why would orpheus turn around when he was explicitly told not to why would icarus fly so close to the sun romeo&juliet catcher in the rye why are they so earnest why pour your heart and soul into anything why bother why cant all art be quippy logical monotony like my marvel movies there’s a void in my heart bc i refused to fill it and the curtains were blue