I lived in Arizona for a few years, Kingman and Tucson, alternately. So I ended up having to drive to and through Phoenix metro on occasion. The only place in Maricopa County that didn’t make me want to murder someone was Wickenburg.

It’s the Phoenix metro area that makes Arizona suck. Much of the rest of the state is…

My respect checked out on that line as well. The rest of me stayed to finish it. I enjoyed the quotes from the Native activists htemselves, but not so much the paragraphs surrounding them.

Exactly this. I’d be interested to hear the story of the Brooklyn natives that were pushed out to make room in whichever neighborhood Ms. Merlin lives in, or the feelings toward tourists who are trying on on an urban ‘Brooklyn’ look as fashion.

This.

I do find this article confusing for the very reason you point out. There are good points that should be made and voices that should be amplified, but the uncritical first person and family accounts of what seems to be a fairly privileged position of whiteness really weaken her position to be taking a stance against…

This is the thread the post deserves.

I just re-read the whole piece and I am scratching my head even more as to why she felt compelled to waste everyone’s time when the gist of this piece is simply humblebrag about her dad and her family without even realizing the savior element tied to it. Her dad barely even talks about his work that saved, in part,…

I stopped reading at “At the same time that Santa Fe and Taos undergo a massive and perhaps irreversible gentrification process.” FFS, Taos is a goddamned ski resort and has been an artist colony since 1899. Georgia O’Keeffe moved to Santa Fe in 1984. Both these places were gentrified before this person was even born.…

Out there, on the internet somewhere, there’s a lengthy article written by a born and raised Brooklynite talking about their neighborhood being overrun with a scourge of bloggers from New Mexico.

Scottsdale fascinates me. It is like part of New Jersey was uprooted and stuck in the desert. I totally agree about Old Town as well. It felt more like a wild west portion of a theme park, than an actual neighborhood.

It takes me weeks back in Brooklyn to recover.

Whoa...how fucking cool would it be if this new Indiana wasn’t his namesake granddaughter....but his grandmother? I would be so down to see the franchise continue with a female adventurer in the Gilded Age.

Watch The Last Crusade, dammit Steven. Indiana’s name in Henry Jones Jr. He was nicknamed after the dog.

Why the hell are they making another one with Harrison Ford? At his age it’s gonna be Indiana Jones and the Buyers Of The Reverse Mortgage.

Why would Indiana Jones have to become Indiana Joan, isn’t Jones the character’s surname? A man or woman could be called Indiana as well, so this could just be old Indiana’s namesake granddaughter.

Anyone else remember that barf-worthy movie The Switch, with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, where the friend (Bateman) switches the donor’s semen with his own, and unbeknownst to her (Aniston), impregnates her with his own child? It has always straight up freaked me out that a comedy (a COMEDY!!) was made out of…

Hence the adjective used: militant

This is a feminist blog. Not an art blog. The article focused on Emma because they are an artist getting attention because of their feminist social messages regarding rape, prior to and in light of #Metoo. It didn’t really comment on their talent as an artist or the artistic value in their work, which is subjective…

Not true. There are a lot of vegans who tried to feed their cats a vegan diet. Shockingly the cats did not fare well.

YouTube was still hosting her shit. This crazy ass vlogger was pissed that she wasn’t getting as many views or ad dollars as she used to for the shit content YouTube was still hosting for free.