Wednesday, August 13, 2008

In Light of Recent Invasions of Countries That Are Way Smaller Than You...


I was thinking about Georgia today and all the crap that is going on over there right now, and it reminded me of this awesome artist. A co-worker of mine who moved to Brooklyn from Georgia a few years ago introduced me to Rusudan Petviashvili, who's work was included in the illustrations of a book she'd read as a child called National Fairy Tales of Georgia. Here are some of my favorites.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Stop Yelling At Me and Doing Gross Things Near Me Mister.



If you are a woman here in NYC, you may experience a heightened frequency of cat calls unheard of in other parts of the U.S. Okay, so maybe it's just big cities in general. Anywhere that requires walking as a major form of transportation has the added bonus of random skeazy dudes yelling at you every time you leave your house. Or leering. Or trying to touch your hand when you buy things from them at your local corner store. Fun times.

I discovered today that the MTA is putting up anti-harassment ads on the subway. Interesting, heartening, but probably ultimately ineffectual, here is a link.