Mark Baxter

‘She dared to be difficult’: How Toni Morrison shaped the way we think The Beloved author’s refusal to conform made her a hero to many – and the only black female writer to have won a Nobel prize in literature

'...Morrison spoke of a reader who had “told her how difficult it was to understand black culture in her books – it was so removed from his experience”. She had responded: “Boy, you must have had a hell of a time with Beowulf!”'
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

My 10 year old daughter often picks the music on the drive to school, and she's always refused to play #Springsteen.

It's Dad's music; I get it.

But every morning since it came out, she plays Streets of Minneapolis.

And she sings along, loud and angry.

(so do I, but you already know that)

Embroidery with significant symbols and motifs in reds and green on a cream background

Palestinian tatreez is a deeply rooted, intricate form of traditional hand embroidery and cross-stitch (falahi) that refrences identity and heritage #WomensArt

The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

"In the small hours, it is a window on a dark world, an alternative to doomscrolling and a pushback against parochialism."
With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the BBC World Service must be supported www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical

Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment

Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

European states must retract outrageous attacks on Francesca Albanese They should publicly apologize and retract calls for her resignation

'“The ministers that have spread disinformation must act beyond merely deleting their comments... They must publicly apologize and retract any calls for Francesca Albanese’s resignation. Their governments must also investigate how this disinformation happened...'

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Sylvia Sleigh (Welsh-American, 1916–2010), Enid Irving at Hammersmith, 1959
Oil on canvas

Yushi Li (Chinese, b. 1991), The Death of Actaeon, 2019
Handmade analogue C-Type

Oh fuck. What a good dude he was. I got to spend three days with him on the set of RULES OF ATTRACTION & he was an absolute prince. He noticed some kids sneak on set & said "We should go over and say hi before security gets them." Just a really kind, funny, charming man. Heartbroken for his family.

Herbertine Auclert sitting at her editor's desk. She is a white woman with dark hair.

#OnThisDay, 13 Feb 1881, Herbertine Auclert publishes the first edition of La Citoyenne in Paris, France. The feminist newspaper runs for ten years.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #WomenPublishers 🗃️

Maruja Mallo (Spanish, 1902–1995), Estudio para cabeza de mujer, 1940–1944
Oil on cardboard

Maryam Najd (Iranian, b. 1965), Narcissus, 2018. From The Aesthetics of Sin series
Oil on canvas

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven more years in prison Women’s and human rights activist, arrested at a demonstration in December, is said to be on hunger strike

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven more years in prison.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Immigration agents across the United States have committed serious human rights violations with impunity. These include extrajudicial killings, mass detentions, and forced deportations.

Here’s what you can do to take action:
amnesty.ca/urgent-actio...

Sweet Fernando is so scared on
Death Row for Dogs
Just a baby all alone
Repost please
DM @princesskim.bsky.social
If you can FOSTER

Jamilla Okubo (American, b. 1993), Untitled, 2022
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas

Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954), Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia), 1928
Oil on canvas

The Obama Portraits and the History of African American Portraiture Like many African American portraitists, Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley represent the Obamas as themselves, and as more than themselves.

This is a good day to share my 2018 essay on the Obama portraits and the history of African American portraiture.

hyperallergic.com/obama-portra...

Portrait of Tawakkol Karman, the Yemeni journalist, human rights activist, and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, smiling warmly; she wears a vibrant patterned hijab in rich red, gold, brown, and white geometric and tribal designs draped elegantly over her head and shoulders, paired with a dark top or abaya, set against a neutral gray studio background; known as the 'Mother of the Revolution' and the first Arab woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which she shared with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work, particularly highlighted by her leadership in Yemen's pro-democracy protests during the Arab Spring.

Tawakkol Karman was born #OTD in 1979.

“The Mother of the Revolution” was awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 in recognition of her work in nonviolent struggle for #womensrights & democracy in Yemen. She was the first Yemeni, first Arab woman, and second Muslim woman to win a Nobel prize.

Jane Clatworthy (English, b. 1966), The Unremembering, 2023
Alcohol ink and Italian moon gold leaf

Françoise Gilot (French, 1921–2023), Self Portrait in Front of Landscape, 1971
India ink on paper

Black History Month

The disgusting Trump post is likely because he learned February is Black History Month and he is a hate filled racist. Republicans love this about him. Remember the tea party, McConnell’s vow, the uproar over the election of a black president? The election of Obama broke 100,000,000 racists.

JCDecaux Elon Musk To: From: Sent: Jeffrey Epstein Elon Musk. 11/25/2012 Subfot: RE What day / night will be the wildest party on your island?

Activists have installed a copy of an email between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein at a bus stop located near Tesla’s flagship London store in Tottenham.

Yoko Ono’s Art Is an Exercise in Hope By inviting viewers to participate in her work, she has consistently framed collective hope amid a cultural backdrop of suffering and pain.

"...she has consistently framed collective hope amid a cultural backdrop of war, violence, racism, and sexism, each of which has touched her personally."
Yoko Ono’s Art Is an Exercise in Hope hyperallergic.com/yoko-onos-ar...

I'm just going to keep reposting it

Mary Ellen Pleasant

Mary Ellen Pleasant, American civil rights pioneer, entrepreneur. The “Mother of Civil Rights in California”; one of the wealthiest & most powerful people in California. Key role in major #civilrights court cases; California black rights activist #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #PolSky

Resist Fascism Hat Pattern pattern by Amy Drucker I have provided this pattern for free, but the inspiration is drawn from the Melt the Ice Hat, by Paul Neary for Needle and Skein, a LYS in Minneapolis. I encourage you to use the link on their site (...

Free anti-ICE hat pattern
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Matilde Moisant in her flying gear

Matilde Moisant pioneer aviator. 1911 2nd woman in US to earn pilot's license. Short barn storming (exhibition flying) career. Broke women's altitude world record Stopped flying 1912 when plane crashed. #WWI volunteered at front in France. d. #OTD 5 Feb 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde...