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Ten Rules for Loving and Being Loved Well by Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman
In a heartfelt collaboration, writer Roxane Gay and artist Debbie Millman offer “A Manifesto by Roxane Gay: 10 Rules for Loving and Being Loved Well”. Gay and Milman are not only creative collaborators they are also intimate partners. Their manifesto, part of WePresent’s series inviting creatives to share their principles, emphasises that while love has no strict rules, there are ways to love deeply and authentically. Millman’s hand-drawn poster beautifully complements Gay’s insights, providing a visual reflection on the nuances of love.
Roxane Gay is renowned for her incisive explorations of feminism, race, and sexuality, with works like “Hunger,” “Difficult Women,” and the bestseller “Bad Feminist.” Debbie Millman has significantly influenced the design world, working with major brands. Millman has curated design exhibitions, authored books, delivered talks, and hosts the long-running podcast “Design Matters.” .Her illustration practice includes contributions to esteemed publications like The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Fast Company. Download the poster
Uwe Gronau, Journey Through Fantasy 1986
A tasty and obscure electro track.
Simon being taken out to sea for the first time since his father drowned
‘Simon Being Taken out to Sea for the First Time since His Father Drowned’, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire in 1983 by Chris Killip. This image really hit home for me, the vulnerability and sadness of this child is on display here and is undeniable. He longs to mourn in private but is instead forced to go out onto the boat weekly to overcome any lingering fears he has of the ocean, following his father’s drowning.
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist Fatima Hassouna killed by Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary was killed last week along with 10 members of her family
As a young photojournalist living in Gaza, Fatima Hassouna knew that death was always at her doorstep. As she spent the past 18 months of war documenting airstrikes, the demolition of her home, the endless displacement and the killing of 11 family members, all she demanded was that she not be allowed to go quietly.
“If I die, I want a loud death,” Hassouna wrote on social media. “I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place.”
On Wednesday, just days before her wedding, 25-year-old Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in northern Gaza. Ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister, were also killed.
The Israeli military said it had been a targeted strike on a Hamas member involved in attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians.
‘In Gaza, a press vest makes you a target’: the journalists who have paid a price for reporting on the warRead more
Twenty-four hours before she was killed, it was announced that a documentary focusing on Hassouna’s life in Gaza since the Israeli offensive began would be debuted at a French independent film festival that runs parallel to Cannes.
Made by the Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, the film, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, tells the story of Gaza’s ordeal and the daily life of Palestinians through filmed video conversations between Hassouna and Farsi. As Farsi described it, Hassouna became “my eyes in Gaza … fiery and full of life. I filmed her laughs, her tears, her hopes and her depression”.
“She was such a light, so talented. When you see the film you’ll understand,” Farsi told Deadline. “I had talked to her a few hours before to tell her that the film was in Cannes and to invite her.”
She said she had lived in fear for Hassouna’s life but added: “I told myself I had no right to fear for her, if she herself was not afraid. I clung to her strength, to her unwavering faith.”
Farsi, who lives in exile in France, said she feared that Hassouna had been targeted for her much-followed work as a photojournalist and recently publicised participation in the documentary. Gaza has been the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history, with more than 170 killed since 2023, though some estimates put it as high as 206.
Since Israel began its bombardment of Gaza, after the attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, more than 51,000 people have been killed, more than half of them women and children, according to the Gaza health ministry. Since the ceasefire with Hamas collapsed in March, Israel has resumed its deadly airstrikes with vigour, and at least 30 people were killed in strikes on Friday.
Fellow journalists in Gaza reacted with grief and anger at the news that an Israeli airstrike had taken Hassouna from them, just as she had feared it would. “She documented massacres through her lens, amid bombardment and gunfire, capturing the people’s pain and screams in her photographs,” said Anas al-Shareef, an Al Jazeera reporter based in Gaza.
Miqdad Jameel, another Gaza-based journalist, called on people to “see her photos, read her words – witness Gaza’s life, the struggle of its children in war, through her images and her lens”.
Her death prompted a statement from the Cannes Acid film festival, where Farsi’s documentary will be screened in May. “We had watched and programmed a film in which this young woman’s life force seemed like a miracle,” they said. “Her smile was as magical as her tenacity. Bearing witness, photographing Gaza, distributing food despite the bombs, mourning and hunger. We heard her story, rejoiced at each of her appearances to see her alive, we feared for her.”
Haidar al-Ghazali, a Palestinian poet in Gaza, said in a post on Instagram that before she was killed, Hassouna had asked him to write a poem for her when she died.
Speaking of her arrival into a kinder afterlife, it read: “Today’s sun won’t bring harm. The plants in the pots will arrange themselves for a gentle visitor. It will be bright enough to help mothers to dry their laundry quickly, and cool enough for the children to play all day. Today’s sun will not be harsh on anyone.”
An ancient Egyptian recipe for bread eaten by the Pharaohs
Generations of childhood popular culture (updated to include Gen-Alpha, kids born after 2012)
‘Owl in Winter’ (Detail) by stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott
Creator wisdom by Jennifer Farley
I treasure these regular missives from the universe, very calming and wise.
The Universe speaks to you every day through your conscience. What you believe, how you function in your world, how you live your life all moves through that filter. Over the course of your Earth-plane existence, you are offered opportunities to change and become a better version of yourself. Whether you choose to take those opportunities is based on your free will…the one thing that can never be taken from you. Your world is changing much more quickly than anticipated and this is your chance to begin shining brighter than ever. Disregard what others think, do what you feel is right and keep working toward the ultimate goal of peace. It is time to stand in your power and say, “I can be, I will, I am”, remembering you are building a better tomorrow. ~ Creator
When you randomly text someone in your phone and get told to back off
I don’t know why but I found this meme absolutely hilarious…not sure why but yeah.
FYI the image is actually from the Melbourne thrash metal band King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard and the album itself PetroDragonic Apocalypse is pretty awesome too!
Wholesome meme: How hedgehogs get around
The Kyoto university allows you to wear anything you want when you graduate
Love doesn’t just sit there like a stone
Found on Queen of Argyll’s Mastodon
Surfing the Great Wave off Kanagawa
“Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn’t be human beings at all.” ~ Philip Pullman
Lentils with chestnuts, red wine and cavolo nero
These lentils are quite rich, so I like to eat them by themselves, but you might like some good bread, toasted and drizzled with olive oil, alongside. If you’re using dried lentils, rinse them first under cold water, then put in a pan and cover with 300ml cold water. Bring to a boil, simmer for 20 minutes, or until tender, then drain and rinse under cold water.
Prep 10 min
Cook 40 min
Serves 4
250g ready-cooked chestnuts
7½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion, peeled and finely diced
2 leeks (220g), greens and whites finely sliced and washed well
2 celery stalks (100g), trimmed and finely diced
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
300ml red wine
Fine sea salt and black pepper
250g cooked puy lentils (or 100g dried lentils – see recipe introduction)
200g cavolo nero, leaves stripped and cut into 2cm strips
First, prepare the chestnuts. Cut half of them into small chunks and finely chop the other half into breadcrumb-sized pieces. Put both in separate small bowls and set to one side.
Heat six tablespoons of the oil in a wide saute pan for which you have a lid, then add the onion, leeks and celery, and cook, stirring regularly, for 10 minutes. Add the minced garlic, cook for two minutes until the raw smell disappears, then pour in the wine and a teaspoon and a half of salt, and leave to cook for five minutes, until the liquid evaporates.
Stir in the cooked lentils, cavolo nero and chunky-cut chestnuts, pop on the lid, and cook for 12 or so minutes, until the cabbage is tender.
In a separate frying pan, heat the remaining tablespoon and a half of oil over the highest heat, then tip in the chestnut crumbs and fry hard, stirring regularly, for two to three minutes. Stir in a couple of big pinches each of salt and ground black pepper.
Transfer the lentil mix to a platter, scatter the chestnut crumbs all over the top and serve.
Via Meera Sodha for the Guardian
Leonor Fini: Hot Air Balloon with Cats
Leonor Fini was a rebellious surrealist and outsider artist who paved her own path and set her own rules. She is probably my all time favourite artist…just look at these cats hehe.
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