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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4014\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://education.kqed.org/edspace/2013/03/21/in-the-studio-with-wendy-macnaughton/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4014\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4014\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/IMG_0318-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0318-1024x682\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/IMG_0318-1024x682.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/IMG_0318-1024x682-400x222.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristin Farr/KQED Education\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">We are Weird-Sciencing KQED Pop for our \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/560764937279990/?fref=ts\">SPRING FEVER\u003c/a> event tomorrow! All your favorite subjects and contributors will come to life and teach you how to be popular! Wendy MacNaughton and her partner Caroline Paul will be there setting an example on how to be innovative in illustration and storytelling. I caught up with Wendy in between bookings for her just-released collaboration with Caroline: \u003ca href=\"http://lostcatbook.com/\">Lost Cat:A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED:\u003c/strong> I saw in your \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6eUFtbu1EM\">previous interview with KQED Arts\u003c/a> you had a sign on your studio wall that said, \"May the bridges I burn light the way.\" Is this a statement about artistic integrity? What does that mean to you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy:\u003c/strong> That's a painting by the designer Mike Monteiro (print by \u003ca href=\"http://www.20x200.com/\">20x200\u003c/a>). It's a great reminder to keep moving ahead personally and artistically-- and when there is a cost involved in that, great-- it becomes an experience to learn from and use in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 564px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/a-inthemake_wendymacnaughton018/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3988\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3988 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018.jpg\" alt=\"photo via In The Make\" width=\"564\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018.jpg 940w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo via \u003ca href=\"http://inthemake.com/\">In The Make\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED:\u003c/strong> If you could do \u003ca href=\"http://wendymacnaughton.com/#portfolio\">drawn journalism\u003c/a> with any fictional world or community, what would it be, and why? (For example, I would pick L. M. Montgomery's Price Edward Island and Octavia Butlers' distopic future from the Parable series).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy: \u003c/strong>Part of the joy for me is uncovering hidden worlds under my own nose, in places I'm familiar. Recently I did a story on Chinatown, in an area I used to work a block away from. I thought I was pretty familiar with the area, but I got lucky and was invited into the ma jong gambling houses. I had no idea that this whole world existed. Now I see so much more. There are layered stories everywhere, in every community. I like to find them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/tumblr_chinatown/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3989\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3989 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown.jpg\" alt=\"photo via Wendy's Tumblr via Wendy's Instagram\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/tumblr_chinatown-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo via Wendy's \u003ca href=\"http://wendymacnaughton.tumblr.com/\">Tumblr\u003c/a> via Wendy's \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/wendymac/\">Instagram\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cem>You guys get that? Wendy is encouraging us to look for the stories right around us instead of relying on fiction for the inspiring narratives in our lives!\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED:\u003c/strong> I read that you decided social work wasn't for you because you became too involved and attached, and also that the stories you find most important are those that might get overlooked. This made me think about art as social practice, and how maybe you drawing people on 6th street is not equal to the direct service work of helping people access resources but that it is perhaps equally as important. What do you think?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy:\u003c/strong> There's this thing called narrative therapy in social work practice in which you work with a client to examine their existing narrative, deconstruct it, and reconstruct a new, more empowering narrative. I like to think there's an element of that in my work. In this case, though, there are two clients: the people whose stories I'm telling, and the reader who is gaining an appreciation for communities outside of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, I think it's important to note that the communities I'm looking at aren't always underprivileged. They are underrepresented. People who swim every day in the bay without a wetsuit get just as much a kick out of hearing their story reflected back to them as does someone struggling to make the rent in an SRO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 332px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/dolphin-club-member/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3990\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3990 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/dolphin-club-member.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphin Club Members swim in the SF Bay without wetsuits! This illustration is part of Wendy's "Meanwhile" series.\" width=\"332\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/dolphin-club-member.jpg 554w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/dolphin-club-member-400x546.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolphin Club Members swim in the SF Bay without wetsuits! This illustration is part of Wendy's \"\u003ca href=\"http://therumpus.net/sections/wendy-macnaughton-featured-comics/\">Meanwhile\u003c/a>\" series.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED:\u003c/strong> You've said that you feel a lot of responsibility in telling/honoring the stories of other people's lives. What does it mean to be a person of relative privilege telling the stories of those with less privilege in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy:\u003c/strong> I think as a person of privilege I have a responsibility to use the access, resources and skills I have to benefit those that haven't been as lucky. I have consistent paid work that allows me to do additional work I don't get paid for, including most of these stories*. But it's complicated to work with people who are working so hard to make a day's ends meet and do my best to put myself in their shoes and empathize, then leave and return to a very comfortable home environment. I think about it a lot, and am often conflicted about it. I try to do my best to put the people I work with in the spotlight, make the work about them, not me, not spectacularize anything or anyone-- and I continue to question my own role in the changing face of San Francisco, how I am contributing to it. I do my best. I make mistakes. I keep trying to do it better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 461px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/renter-buyer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3991\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3991 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy's illustration for Peter Orner's NY Times Opinionator article "Who Owns That House?" about housing in San Francisco.\" width=\"461\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer-800x542.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer-1440x976.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy's illustration for Peter Orner's NY Times Opinionator article \"\u003ca href=\"http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/who-owns-that-house/\">Who Owns That House?\u003c/a>\" about housing in San Francisco.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> KQED:\u003c/strong> Your collaboration with your partner Caroline Paul, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://lostcatbook.com/\">Lost Cat\u003c/a>\u003c/em> just came out! Can you talk a little about your and Caroline's power-couple magic? Do you two communicate wordlessly through artistic gesture? What is your collaborative process like?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy:\u003c/strong> It's out!! We're thrilled and having a really good time with it. Caroline has published two books before, and this is my first - and it's both of our first major collaboration. When couples work together (or at least us) the process and project can become a bit of a metaphor for the relationship. So when I didn't look at what Caroline sent me within a few minutes of her sending it to me, she'd say, \"What, you don't love it? You don't love ME?\" and of course that wasn't the case-- and when I said I'd get her something in a day, to me that meant a few days (I can have an \"optimistic\" sense of time that drives her crazy). We had to work through our respective processes and find a structure that worked for us both, and then stick to that structure. The whole thing was really fun. It's 50/50 drawings and writing, and though it's told from Caroline's POV, it's really a memoir of our story together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 473px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/paul_macnaughton_tibia_by_klea_mckenna/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3994\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-3994\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/paul_macnaughton_tibia_by_Klea_McKenna.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy, Left, Caroline, Right, and Lost Cat Tibia. 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All your favorite subjects and contributors will come to life and teach you how to be popular! Wendy MacNaughton and her partner Caroline Paul will be there setting an example on how to be innovative in illustration and storytelling. I caught up with Wendy in between bookings for her just-released collaboration with Caroline: \u003ca href=\"http://lostcatbook.com/\">Lost Cat:A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED:\u003c/strong> I saw in your \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6eUFtbu1EM\">previous interview with KQED Arts\u003c/a> you had a sign on your studio wall that said, \"May the bridges I burn light the way.\" Is this a statement about artistic integrity? What does that mean to you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy:\u003c/strong> That's a painting by the designer Mike Monteiro (print by \u003ca href=\"http://www.20x200.com/\">20x200\u003c/a>). It's a great reminder to keep moving ahead personally and artistically-- and when there is a cost involved in that, great-- it becomes an experience to learn from and use in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 564px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/a-inthemake_wendymacnaughton018/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3988\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3988 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018.jpg\" alt=\"photo via In The Make\" width=\"564\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018.jpg 940w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/A-InTheMake_WendyMacNaughton018-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo via \u003ca href=\"http://inthemake.com/\">In The Make\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED:\u003c/strong> If you could do \u003ca href=\"http://wendymacnaughton.com/#portfolio\">drawn journalism\u003c/a> with any fictional world or community, what would it be, and why? (For example, I would pick L. M. Montgomery's Price Edward Island and Octavia Butlers' distopic future from the Parable series).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy: \u003c/strong>Part of the joy for me is uncovering hidden worlds under my own nose, in places I'm familiar. Recently I did a story on Chinatown, in an area I used to work a block away from. I thought I was pretty familiar with the area, but I got lucky and was invited into the ma jong gambling houses. I had no idea that this whole world existed. Now I see so much more. There are layered stories everywhere, in every community. 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In this case, though, there are two clients: the people whose stories I'm telling, and the reader who is gaining an appreciation for communities outside of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, I think it's important to note that the communities I'm looking at aren't always underprivileged. They are underrepresented. People who swim every day in the bay without a wetsuit get just as much a kick out of hearing their story reflected back to them as does someone struggling to make the rent in an SRO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 332px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/dolphin-club-member/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3990\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3990 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/dolphin-club-member.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphin Club Members swim in the SF Bay without wetsuits! This illustration is part of Wendy's "Meanwhile" series.\" width=\"332\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/dolphin-club-member.jpg 554w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/dolphin-club-member-400x546.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolphin Club Members swim in the SF Bay without wetsuits! This illustration is part of Wendy's \"\u003ca href=\"http://therumpus.net/sections/wendy-macnaughton-featured-comics/\">Meanwhile\u003c/a>\" series.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED:\u003c/strong> You've said that you feel a lot of responsibility in telling/honoring the stories of other people's lives. What does it mean to be a person of relative privilege telling the stories of those with less privilege in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy:\u003c/strong> I think as a person of privilege I have a responsibility to use the access, resources and skills I have to benefit those that haven't been as lucky. I have consistent paid work that allows me to do additional work I don't get paid for, including most of these stories*. But it's complicated to work with people who are working so hard to make a day's ends meet and do my best to put myself in their shoes and empathize, then leave and return to a very comfortable home environment. I think about it a lot, and am often conflicted about it. I try to do my best to put the people I work with in the spotlight, make the work about them, not me, not spectacularize anything or anyone-- and I continue to question my own role in the changing face of San Francisco, how I am contributing to it. I do my best. I make mistakes. I keep trying to do it better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 461px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/renter-buyer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3991\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3991 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy's illustration for Peter Orner's NY Times Opinionator article "Who Owns That House?" about housing in San Francisco.\" width=\"461\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer-800x542.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/renter-buyer-1440x976.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy's illustration for Peter Orner's NY Times Opinionator article \"\u003ca href=\"http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/who-owns-that-house/\">Who Owns That House?\u003c/a>\" about housing in San Francisco.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> KQED:\u003c/strong> Your collaboration with your partner Caroline Paul, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://lostcatbook.com/\">Lost Cat\u003c/a>\u003c/em> just came out! Can you talk a little about your and Caroline's power-couple magic? Do you two communicate wordlessly through artistic gesture? What is your collaborative process like?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wendy:\u003c/strong> It's out!! We're thrilled and having a really good time with it. Caroline has published two books before, and this is my first - and it's both of our first major collaboration. When couples work together (or at least us) the process and project can become a bit of a metaphor for the relationship. So when I didn't look at what Caroline sent me within a few minutes of her sending it to me, she'd say, \"What, you don't love it? You don't love ME?\" and of course that wasn't the case-- and when I said I'd get her something in a day, to me that meant a few days (I can have an \"optimistic\" sense of time that drives her crazy). We had to work through our respective processes and find a structure that worked for us both, and then stick to that structure. The whole thing was really fun. It's 50/50 drawings and writing, and though it's told from Caroline's POV, it's really a memoir of our story together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 473px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/18/wendy-macnaughton-is-your-new-art-crush/paul_macnaughton_tibia_by_klea_mckenna/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3994\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-3994\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/paul_macnaughton_tibia_by_Klea_McKenna.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy, Left, Caroline, Right, and Lost Cat Tibia. 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"content": "\u003cp>So, as you may have heard, R. Kelly and Bjork are going to do a full set together at this year's Pitchfork music festival in Chicago, July 19-21. According to \u003ca href=\"http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/r-kelly-and-bjork-to-perform-together-in-once-in-a-lifetime-pitchfork-fest-2013-joint-set/\">Thought Catalog\u003c/a>, R. Kelly had this to say of the performance: \"“It’s gonna be funky you know. She do what she do, and I do what I do. I like her style. I think I can bring a little of what \u003cem>I\u003c/em> do to what \u003cem>she\u003c/em> do. And you’re gonna like it. We just gonna have fun. So bring all yo friends. Tell them there’s this Icelandic lady, and it’s Kellz, and we’re gonna get down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>American culture can be real \"Gemini\" sometimes. On the one hand, we don't like people of different sorts mixing too much, and we pass all kinds of laws and perpetuate social practices that make sure everyone stays in their own lane as much as possible. On the other hand, we also love collaborations between unlikely pairs -- perhaps in part because it's a little taboo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur1N3UyT1lE&w=420&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>I remember back when this country cover of Snoop Dogg's \"Gin & Juice\" by The Gourds came out, people thought it was SO FUNNY. Like, OMG country music and hip hop, what could be more different? Nothing! Well... sorta. The stereotype is that black people listen to hip hop, and poor white people listen to country music, and also that black people don't like white people and that poor white people are more racist than other kinds of white people. With this as a foundation, when there's a \"redneck version\" of Gin & Juice, we are surprised! Of course, the truth is, country and hip-hop both have roots in blues music, and poor white people and black people have a lot of parallel struggles in this nation -- it makes sense both groups would relate to each other's music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XTXHvae10o&w=560&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>One of my favorite hip-hop x country moments is this awesome cover of \"Irreplaceable\" by Sugarland, in which Queen Bey makes a surprise appearance. I remember reading somewhere that when Neyo wrote the song, he set out specifically to do an R&B version of a country song. He also wrote it thinking a man would sing it. Anyway, while this clip does make me feel a little bad for Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles when Beyonce kind of slays her vocally, I also get a real girl-power-sisterhood-across-cultures feeling when I watch this video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FzD41pWIzo&w=560&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Circling back to R. Kelly, I recently came across this clip of Joseph Gordon-Levitt covering \"Remix\" to Ignition on acoustic guitar. Now, while country music and R&B and hip-hop are like, genetic cousins from fueding families, JGL's brand of hipster ukelele music really does feel disconnected from R. Kelly's musically sophisticated lyrically vulgar bump & grind R&B. Also, hipsters love things that are \"random,\" and probably are nostalgic for the turn-of-the-century, when they were young and listening to Top 40 before they discovered \"real\" music. While my scare-quotes and sarcasm may lead you to correctly assume that I find this particular kind of nostalgia condescending and obnoxious, I happen to also be totally-crushed-out on JGL in all his surrogate-lesbian glory, which I think makes me automatically some percent hipster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED, what unexpected collaborations do you love? Tell us in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>There comes a time in everyone’s life when you stop getting carded for your box-o-wine at the grocery store and suddenly need translation to understand what anyone under 20 is even saying. Friends, I am long past this benchmark, and feel no embarrassment about asking young people to explain all the new-fangled things going on with “kids these days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/friedgreentomatoes/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2615\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2615\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/friedgreentomatoes.gif\" alt=\"friedgreentomatoes\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welcome to “Ask a Teenager,” a new series I’ll be posting irregularly, where I ask teenagers about things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My first interviewee is Alanna Hinch Ruhnke (totally not her real name), a teenager I met when she was my student at writing camp. She is smarter than a lot of adults I know and like, totally grown-up! Which is evidenced in part by the complete lack of “like,” or even a single exclamation point in any of her responses. Also by the way she puts me on notice right away in her response to this first question:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you identify as a nerd? What is the best part about being a nerd? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hate giving myself labels, but I suppose I should identify as being a nerd. I currently have the Dungeons and Dragons podcast on pause on my computer, with Supernatural minimized in the background. I create my own languages for fun -- I think that's the weirdest thing I do, but I don't feel guilty about it at all. The reason I don't like describing myself as a nerd is because I think it places a definition on the term. There's so many things that make you a nerd, and so many things that don't. I think that's the best part about being a nerd -- you don't always have to commit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You guys! I’m a stuffy old adult who puts LABELS on people! When did that happen? I’ve been claiming the Nerd set for years now, but Alanna’s commitment to being herself without putting a name on it is inspiring.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell me about this \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em> show you think is so awesome. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I honestly just like \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em> because I have a weakness for fantastic British people. \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em> is a show taking the Arthur Conan Doyle short stories and placing them and the characters in modern-day London. It's good enough that I actually got my mother into it, and she's a tough nut to crack when it comes to things we both find riveting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 286px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/alanna_chair-copy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2605\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2605 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna_Chair-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Alanna is pretty into Sherlock.\" width=\"286\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna_Chair-copy.jpg 583w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna_Chair-copy-400x658.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alanna is pretty into Sherlock.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's this whole \"Tumblr\" thing? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wow, there's actually so much to talk about, I don't know where to begin. I guess the first thing you'd need to know is that recent studies say that \u003ca href=\"http://www.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr\u003c/a> is more popular among teens than Facebook is, and that's saying something. You can share photos, links, videos, GIFs (and oh boy, are there GIFs), audio and text posts -- none of which make any sense 90% of the time. Tumblr's the place where the kids go after they realize that they can be whoever they want to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What the heck is \"Shipping?\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, shipping is when one interacts with some form of media (be it movies, books, TV shows, etc), looks at the characters, and says, \"Wow, these two people (or aliens, or animals, or sentient objects) should so obviously be in a relationship, that from now on I will act as though they \u003cem>are\u003c/em>.\" Shipping is way popular on Tumblr, and even people who refuse to immerse themselves in fan art, fiction, and such will likely still ship a couple or two from their favorite show. People can get very aggressive about it, and the ships range from pretty normal -- say, Harry and Hermione from the \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em> series -- to the complex i.e. the completely immersive and incomprehensible relationships of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Hussie's \u003cem>Homestuck\u003c/em>\u003c/a> -- to the utterly bizarre -- Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. I personally don't see shipping as an enormous deal because I tend to respect the \"canon\" of the show (or what's been stated in text or subtext) instead -- however, in terms of \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em>, I do ship John and Sherlock (shh! don't tell anyone!). Speaking of which, this picture surfaced on Tumblr a few days ago and circulated the website faster than anything I've ever seen:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 460px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/sherlock-grapes-460x343/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2607\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2607\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sherlock-grapes-460x343.jpg\" alt='\"Sherlock\" and \"John\" should totally ship. (via 3 Chick Geeks)' width=\"460\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sherlock-grapes-460x343.jpg 460w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sherlock-grapes-460x343-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"Sherlock\" and \"John\" should totally ship. (via 3 \u003ca href=\"http://3chicgeeks.com/2013/03/13/we-are-fandom-hear-us-roar/\">Chick Geeks\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>So wait, my game of thinking about what characters would totally \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/\">be gay together\u003c/a> in real life is like, a thing? With a name? And teenagers do it? That’s cool.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell me how you feel about Anne Hathaway. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have a ton of great things to say about Anne Hathaway, but I'll try and keep it short. I love Anne Hathaway because of how she uses her fame to advance human rights. Anne Hathaway really pushes the social justice aspect of herself. I think it's the greatest thing ever how much of an LGBT rights activist she is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is the coolest thing ever? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In terms of what's actually cool right now, I have no idea. I guess for me, the coolest thing is \u003cem>Supernatural\u003c/em>, a TV show, but that sounds so superficial. I don't even care how much I'm wasting my life -- it's such a good show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/supernatural_gif/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2608\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/supernatural_gif.gif\" alt=\"supernatural_gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhat do grown-ups not get about the world? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do I have to pick one thing? No, I kid, I kid. I'd have to say that it's difficult for adults to understand how integral of a role the internet and electronics plays in the life of teens. It's still difficult for them to grasp how much of our social life takes place over a device. It's kind of depressing, actually, but it's so much easier for me to keep in touch with my long-distance friends. What's also weird, I've noticed, is that adults seem to treat friendships built online as poisonous or somehow socially debilitating, but I disagree. I have friends online and offline. Heck, I have friends that I met offline and got to know much better online so that when we did hang out, we were much closer. \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/internet_friends/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2609\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2609\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/internet_friends.gif\" alt=\"internet_friends\" width=\"350\" height=\"242\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I heard you went to the Oscars.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>What was the best part of the whole thing?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWell, I guess a ton of people would expect me to say the outfits or the awards ceremony (yeah, right, what with this year's), but my honest-to-god favorite part is waiting outside the theatre after the show. It's great because you've spent the entire time up in the nosebleed seats in the theatre, watching all the big stars do their thing on the stage and in the front rows or on the red carpet and then there's this genuine moment after it's all over where you're standing in the cold waiting for your car, and you turn to your left and Kristen Stewart is doing the exact same thing. It puts everyone on the same level, makes everyone seem just as real and human.\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 302px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/alanna-oscars-copy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2604\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2604\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna-Oscars-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Alanna Oscars copy\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna-Oscars-copy.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna-Oscars-copy-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alanna in her sophisticated tuxedo-inspired Oscar outfit.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>What was the worst part of the whole thing? \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>100% Seth McFarlane's jokes, which were, for the most part, \u003cem>really \u003c/em>low-brow. Honestly, there were a few that were genuinely funny, but even those weren't in the right setting. The Oscars aren't about crude humor, they're about honoring the people in the movie industry, and I hate seeing weak attempts at achieving higher ratings at such a grand event.\u003cbr>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 315px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/scarlett_shame/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2610\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2610 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/scarlett_shame.gif\" alt=\"scarlett_shame\" width=\"315\" height=\"239\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shame on you Seth. Shame on you.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Well, there you have it! Labels are out, Shipping is in, and waiting in the cold for a car next to Kristen Stewart is exhilarating.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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I’ve been claiming the Nerd set for years now, but Alanna’s commitment to being herself without putting a name on it is inspiring.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell me about this \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em> show you think is so awesome. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I honestly just like \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em> because I have a weakness for fantastic British people. \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em> is a show taking the Arthur Conan Doyle short stories and placing them and the characters in modern-day London. It's good enough that I actually got my mother into it, and she's a tough nut to crack when it comes to things we both find riveting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 286px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/alanna_chair-copy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2605\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2605 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna_Chair-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Alanna is pretty into Sherlock.\" width=\"286\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna_Chair-copy.jpg 583w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna_Chair-copy-400x658.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alanna is pretty into Sherlock.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's this whole \"Tumblr\" thing? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wow, there's actually so much to talk about, I don't know where to begin. I guess the first thing you'd need to know is that recent studies say that \u003ca href=\"http://www.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr\u003c/a> is more popular among teens than Facebook is, and that's saying something. You can share photos, links, videos, GIFs (and oh boy, are there GIFs), audio and text posts -- none of which make any sense 90% of the time. Tumblr's the place where the kids go after they realize that they can be whoever they want to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What the heck is \"Shipping?\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, shipping is when one interacts with some form of media (be it movies, books, TV shows, etc), looks at the characters, and says, \"Wow, these two people (or aliens, or animals, or sentient objects) should so obviously be in a relationship, that from now on I will act as though they \u003cem>are\u003c/em>.\" Shipping is way popular on Tumblr, and even people who refuse to immerse themselves in fan art, fiction, and such will likely still ship a couple or two from their favorite show. People can get very aggressive about it, and the ships range from pretty normal -- say, Harry and Hermione from the \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em> series -- to the complex i.e. the completely immersive and incomprehensible relationships of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Hussie's \u003cem>Homestuck\u003c/em>\u003c/a> -- to the utterly bizarre -- Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. I personally don't see shipping as an enormous deal because I tend to respect the \"canon\" of the show (or what's been stated in text or subtext) instead -- however, in terms of \u003cem>Sherlock\u003c/em>, I do ship John and Sherlock (shh! don't tell anyone!). Speaking of which, this picture surfaced on Tumblr a few days ago and circulated the website faster than anything I've ever seen:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 460px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/sherlock-grapes-460x343/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2607\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2607\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sherlock-grapes-460x343.jpg\" alt='\"Sherlock\" and \"John\" should totally ship. (via 3 Chick Geeks)' width=\"460\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sherlock-grapes-460x343.jpg 460w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sherlock-grapes-460x343-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"Sherlock\" and \"John\" should totally ship. (via 3 \u003ca href=\"http://3chicgeeks.com/2013/03/13/we-are-fandom-hear-us-roar/\">Chick Geeks\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>So wait, my game of thinking about what characters would totally \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/\">be gay together\u003c/a> in real life is like, a thing? With a name? And teenagers do it? That’s cool.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell me how you feel about Anne Hathaway. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have a ton of great things to say about Anne Hathaway, but I'll try and keep it short. I love Anne Hathaway because of how she uses her fame to advance human rights. Anne Hathaway really pushes the social justice aspect of herself. I think it's the greatest thing ever how much of an LGBT rights activist she is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is the coolest thing ever? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In terms of what's actually cool right now, I have no idea. I guess for me, the coolest thing is \u003cem>Supernatural\u003c/em>, a TV show, but that sounds so superficial. I don't even care how much I'm wasting my life -- it's such a good show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/supernatural_gif/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2608\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/supernatural_gif.gif\" alt=\"supernatural_gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhat do grown-ups not get about the world? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do I have to pick one thing? No, I kid, I kid. I'd have to say that it's difficult for adults to understand how integral of a role the internet and electronics plays in the life of teens. It's still difficult for them to grasp how much of our social life takes place over a device. It's kind of depressing, actually, but it's so much easier for me to keep in touch with my long-distance friends. What's also weird, I've noticed, is that adults seem to treat friendships built online as poisonous or somehow socially debilitating, but I disagree. I have friends online and offline. Heck, I have friends that I met offline and got to know much better online so that when we did hang out, we were much closer. \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/internet_friends/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2609\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2609\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/internet_friends.gif\" alt=\"internet_friends\" width=\"350\" height=\"242\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I heard you went to the Oscars.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>What was the best part of the whole thing?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWell, I guess a ton of people would expect me to say the outfits or the awards ceremony (yeah, right, what with this year's), but my honest-to-god favorite part is waiting outside the theatre after the show. It's great because you've spent the entire time up in the nosebleed seats in the theatre, watching all the big stars do their thing on the stage and in the front rows or on the red carpet and then there's this genuine moment after it's all over where you're standing in the cold waiting for your car, and you turn to your left and Kristen Stewart is doing the exact same thing. It puts everyone on the same level, makes everyone seem just as real and human.\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 302px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/alanna-oscars-copy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2604\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2604\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna-Oscars-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Alanna Oscars copy\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna-Oscars-copy.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Alanna-Oscars-copy-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alanna in her sophisticated tuxedo-inspired Oscar outfit.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>What was the worst part of the whole thing? \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>100% Seth McFarlane's jokes, which were, for the most part, \u003cem>really \u003c/em>low-brow. Honestly, there were a few that were genuinely funny, but even those weren't in the right setting. The Oscars aren't about crude humor, they're about honoring the people in the movie industry, and I hate seeing weak attempts at achieving higher ratings at such a grand event.\u003cbr>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 315px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/15/ask-a-teenager/scarlett_shame/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2610\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2610 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/scarlett_shame.gif\" alt=\"scarlett_shame\" width=\"315\" height=\"239\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shame on you Seth. Shame on you.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/top-12-banksy-pieces-of-2010\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2295\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2295 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy1.jpg\" alt=\"banksy1\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy1-400x223.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banksy in SF/ Image via \u003ca href=\"http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/top-12-banksy-pieces-of-2010\">My Modern Met\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago there was a \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/banksy-arrest-hoax-2013-2\">fake press release\u003c/a> burning through the internet stating that Banksy, the famously anonymous British street artist, had been arrested by London police and his identity had been revealed. I totally fell for it! I clicked! I hecka wanted to know who Banksy was! I mean, in a world where people like \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/\">Kim Kardashian\u003c/a> will exploit their own exploitation to add stacks to their already bloated accounts, it's refreshing and a little incredulous that someone who can do AMAZING THINGS would not want anyone to know who they were. Of course, Banksy does things that are illegal, so that's high motivation for anonymity, but bank and marriage fraud are also illegal and at least in America, people do those things publicly all the time without consequence. Anywho, I am intrigued as to Banksy's identity, and I have a few educated guesses as to who this person might be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. George Walker Bush\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a Facebook account, you may know about the leaked Bush self-portraits hacked by someone named Guccifer (who I want to claim for team queer because - \u003cem>Guccifer\u003c/em>?!). Here they are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 230px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/bush-shower/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2207\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2207 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush-shower.jpg\" alt=\"image via self-portrait of the artist\" width=\"230\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush-shower.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush-shower-400x537.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://selfportraitoftheartist.wordpress.com\">self-portrait of the artist\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 216px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/bush_bathtub/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2206\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2206 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush_bathtub.jpg\" alt=\"image via self-portrait of the artist\" width=\"216\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush_bathtub.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush_bathtub-400x540.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://selfportraitoftheartist.wordpress.com\">self-portrait of the artist\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I know what you're thinking: \u003cem>Banksy is a talented artist who is politically against pretty much everything GWB stood for. I don't think the same person who paints incredibly well-rendered life-like images painted those scapula-lungs in the shower canvas. \u003c/em>But I say, PERFECT COVER. You know how Banksy (allegedly?) created \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Brainwash\">Mr. Brainwash\u003c/a> and thereby his art as cultural commentary? Maybe GWB's entire presidency was performance art by Banksy and these bathing-time self portraits are an exploration of what a man like that would paint. Except no. Because the effects of the GWB presidency on the people of the world are something no one would allow for the sake of art... but then, there was that whole Salvador Dalí/Franco thing, so who knows? Still, if we're gonna go with far-right conservatism as performance art, a more likely candidate is...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Ann Coulter\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My friend \u003ca href=\"http://www.cca.edu/academics/alumni/mbraithwaite\">Michael Braithwaite \u003c/a> has a long standing theory that \u003ca href=\"http://www.anncoulter.com/\">Ann Coulter\u003c/a> is actually a performance artist purposefully intending to show how bigotry and narrow-mindedness make a person look ridiculous. This theory aligns well with my theory that she could be Banksy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/banksy_maid_passer_by/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2218\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2218 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_maid_passer_by.jpg\" alt=\"banksy_maid_passer_by\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/\">art of the state\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For me, this Banksy piece says a lot about the intersection between issues of gender and class. It could easily be by the same person who \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter\">said\u003c/a> \"I think [women] should be armed but should not vote ... women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it ... it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care\" -- IF you take this statement to be intended to show how questioning the value of universal suffrage and dismissing the needs of working mothers makes you look like an idiot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Michael Jackson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MJ is not dead! He is alive and expressing his radical politic via street art as Banksy! The King is Dead, Long Live the King!! If we surmise that Banksy's true identity is someone who shares his concern for the people of world, MJ is a clear candidate. In addition to being the greatest entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson loved to draw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/mj_selfie_2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2209\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2209 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/mj_selfie_2.jpg\" alt=\"Minimalist selfie by King Michael\" width=\"280\" height=\"390\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minimalist selfie by King Michael (via \u003ca href=\"http://www.mjjcollectors.com/\">MJJ Collectors\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite his humiliating public struggle with internalized colorism, he \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rep\">repped\u003c/a> black people HARD his whole life and loved music, especially black music. I think it makes sense that he would use Banksy as a cover to go to New Orleans post-Katrina and paint this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/banksy_black_band/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2202\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2202 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_black_band.jpg\" alt=\"banksy_black_band\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_black_band.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_black_band-400x271.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/Weather/banksy.html\">John S. Stokes III\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Cecilia Jimenez\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cecilia Jimenez is the woman who \"restored\" the Ecce Homo fresco into the super-meme \u003ca href=\"http://beastjesus.tumblr.com/\">Beast Jesus\u003c/a>. Is it a stretch to think that a mature, female artist might invent a young, masculine alter ego in order to be taken more seriously by an ageist and sexist culture? I think not. Beast Jesus can totally be read as a statement about Catholic symbology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/cecilia-gimenez_beast_jc/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2208\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-2208\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Cecilia-Gim%C3%A9nez_beast_jc-300x158.jpg\" alt='What could \"Banksy\" be trying to say about the politics of \"restoration?\"' width=\"300\" height=\"158\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What could \"Banksy\" be trying to say about the politics of \"restoration?\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, the Jimenez piece is far more subtle, one might even say, more complex, than the obvious statement in this known Banksy piece:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 207px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/banksy-consumer-shopping-christ/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2219\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2219\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy-consumer-shopping-christ-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"banksy consumer shopping christ\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from \u003ca href=\"http://iconsandimagery.blogspot.com/2011/02/christ-with-shopping-bags.html\">Icons & Imagery\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Jay Z\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \"\u003ca href=\"http://rapgenius.com/Jay-z-moment-of-clarity-lyrics#note-9542\">Moment of Clarity\u003c/a>\" track on the Black album, Jay Z says: \"I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollas/They criticized me for it, yet they all yell 'holla!'\" This lyric isn't the only time Jay Z has expressed simultaneous regret and pride for leaving behind complexity for cash. What if he could have both worlds? What if he could sell dumbed-down records all day and paint overtly political street art at night? \u003ca href=\"http://rapgenius.com/9542/Jay-z-moment-of-clarity/I-dumbed-down-for-my-audience-to-double-my-dollars-they-criticized-me-for-it-yet-they-all-yell-holla\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 202px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/thug-for-life-6x4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2213\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-2213 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Thug-For-Life-6x4-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thug-For-Life-6x4\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://raincoaster.com/category/banksy/page/2/\">raincoaster\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I mean, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoM5fLITfk\" target=\"_blank\">\"99 Problems\"\u003c/a> has been interpreted as a statement about racial profiling. I can totally see Jay-Z-Banksy throwing the above piece up on a London wall. Except... If Banksy was Jay Z, the \"Banksy arrested\" thing would not be a hoax, it would be real. When people see a white guy doing things, a lot of times they assume whatever that guy is doing is okay, \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/bike-theft/story?id=10556016\">even when there is obvious reason to suspect otherwise\u003c/a>. Black guys, not so much. The success of Banksy's most famous escapades in civil disobedience -- adding altered classics to the walls in the Metropolitan Museum of Art dressed like the Pink Panther, jumping into a fenced-off Disneyland attraction -- relies as heavily on white privilege as it does on his artistic talent and sharp commentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, my list is all fun and games, since \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1034538/Graffiti-artist-Banksy-unmasked---public-schoolboy-middle-class-suburbia.html\">Banksy's true identity\u003c/a> has been an open secret since at least 2008. His name is Robin Gunningham. OR SO HE SAYS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/top-12-banksy-pieces-of-2010\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2295\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2295 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy1.jpg\" alt=\"banksy1\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy1-400x223.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banksy in SF/ Image via \u003ca href=\"http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/top-12-banksy-pieces-of-2010\">My Modern Met\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago there was a \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/banksy-arrest-hoax-2013-2\">fake press release\u003c/a> burning through the internet stating that Banksy, the famously anonymous British street artist, had been arrested by London police and his identity had been revealed. I totally fell for it! I clicked! I hecka wanted to know who Banksy was! I mean, in a world where people like \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/\">Kim Kardashian\u003c/a> will exploit their own exploitation to add stacks to their already bloated accounts, it's refreshing and a little incredulous that someone who can do AMAZING THINGS would not want anyone to know who they were. Of course, Banksy does things that are illegal, so that's high motivation for anonymity, but bank and marriage fraud are also illegal and at least in America, people do those things publicly all the time without consequence. Anywho, I am intrigued as to Banksy's identity, and I have a few educated guesses as to who this person might be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. George Walker Bush\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a Facebook account, you may know about the leaked Bush self-portraits hacked by someone named Guccifer (who I want to claim for team queer because - \u003cem>Guccifer\u003c/em>?!). Here they are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 230px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/bush-shower/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2207\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2207 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush-shower.jpg\" alt=\"image via self-portrait of the artist\" width=\"230\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush-shower.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush-shower-400x537.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://selfportraitoftheartist.wordpress.com\">self-portrait of the artist\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 216px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/bush_bathtub/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2206\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2206 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush_bathtub.jpg\" alt=\"image via self-portrait of the artist\" width=\"216\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush_bathtub.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bush_bathtub-400x540.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://selfportraitoftheartist.wordpress.com\">self-portrait of the artist\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I know what you're thinking: \u003cem>Banksy is a talented artist who is politically against pretty much everything GWB stood for. I don't think the same person who paints incredibly well-rendered life-like images painted those scapula-lungs in the shower canvas. \u003c/em>But I say, PERFECT COVER. You know how Banksy (allegedly?) created \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Brainwash\">Mr. Brainwash\u003c/a> and thereby his art as cultural commentary? Maybe GWB's entire presidency was performance art by Banksy and these bathing-time self portraits are an exploration of what a man like that would paint. Except no. Because the effects of the GWB presidency on the people of the world are something no one would allow for the sake of art... but then, there was that whole Salvador Dalí/Franco thing, so who knows? Still, if we're gonna go with far-right conservatism as performance art, a more likely candidate is...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Ann Coulter\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My friend \u003ca href=\"http://www.cca.edu/academics/alumni/mbraithwaite\">Michael Braithwaite \u003c/a> has a long standing theory that \u003ca href=\"http://www.anncoulter.com/\">Ann Coulter\u003c/a> is actually a performance artist purposefully intending to show how bigotry and narrow-mindedness make a person look ridiculous. This theory aligns well with my theory that she could be Banksy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/banksy_maid_passer_by/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2218\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2218 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_maid_passer_by.jpg\" alt=\"banksy_maid_passer_by\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/\">art of the state\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For me, this Banksy piece says a lot about the intersection between issues of gender and class. It could easily be by the same person who \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter\">said\u003c/a> \"I think [women] should be armed but should not vote ... women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it ... it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care\" -- IF you take this statement to be intended to show how questioning the value of universal suffrage and dismissing the needs of working mothers makes you look like an idiot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Michael Jackson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MJ is not dead! He is alive and expressing his radical politic via street art as Banksy! The King is Dead, Long Live the King!! If we surmise that Banksy's true identity is someone who shares his concern for the people of world, MJ is a clear candidate. In addition to being the greatest entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson loved to draw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/mj_selfie_2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2209\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2209 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/mj_selfie_2.jpg\" alt=\"Minimalist selfie by King Michael\" width=\"280\" height=\"390\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minimalist selfie by King Michael (via \u003ca href=\"http://www.mjjcollectors.com/\">MJJ Collectors\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite his humiliating public struggle with internalized colorism, he \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rep\">repped\u003c/a> black people HARD his whole life and loved music, especially black music. I think it makes sense that he would use Banksy as a cover to go to New Orleans post-Katrina and paint this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/banksy_black_band/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2202\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2202 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_black_band.jpg\" alt=\"banksy_black_band\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_black_band.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy_black_band-400x271.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/Weather/banksy.html\">John S. Stokes III\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Cecilia Jimenez\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cecilia Jimenez is the woman who \"restored\" the Ecce Homo fresco into the super-meme \u003ca href=\"http://beastjesus.tumblr.com/\">Beast Jesus\u003c/a>. Is it a stretch to think that a mature, female artist might invent a young, masculine alter ego in order to be taken more seriously by an ageist and sexist culture? I think not. Beast Jesus can totally be read as a statement about Catholic symbology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/cecilia-gimenez_beast_jc/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2208\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-2208\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Cecilia-Gim%C3%A9nez_beast_jc-300x158.jpg\" alt='What could \"Banksy\" be trying to say about the politics of \"restoration?\"' width=\"300\" height=\"158\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What could \"Banksy\" be trying to say about the politics of \"restoration?\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, the Jimenez piece is far more subtle, one might even say, more complex, than the obvious statement in this known Banksy piece:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 207px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/banksy-consumer-shopping-christ/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2219\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2219\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/banksy-consumer-shopping-christ-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"banksy consumer shopping christ\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from \u003ca href=\"http://iconsandimagery.blogspot.com/2011/02/christ-with-shopping-bags.html\">Icons & Imagery\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Jay Z\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \"\u003ca href=\"http://rapgenius.com/Jay-z-moment-of-clarity-lyrics#note-9542\">Moment of Clarity\u003c/a>\" track on the Black album, Jay Z says: \"I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollas/They criticized me for it, yet they all yell 'holla!'\" This lyric isn't the only time Jay Z has expressed simultaneous regret and pride for leaving behind complexity for cash. What if he could have both worlds? What if he could sell dumbed-down records all day and paint overtly political street art at night? \u003ca href=\"http://rapgenius.com/9542/Jay-z-moment-of-clarity/I-dumbed-down-for-my-audience-to-double-my-dollars-they-criticized-me-for-it-yet-they-all-yell-holla\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 202px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/06/5-celebrities-who-might-be-banksy/thug-for-life-6x4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2213\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-2213 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Thug-For-Life-6x4-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thug-For-Life-6x4\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via \u003ca href=\"http://raincoaster.com/category/banksy/page/2/\">raincoaster\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I mean, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoM5fLITfk\" target=\"_blank\">\"99 Problems\"\u003c/a> has been interpreted as a statement about racial profiling. I can totally see Jay-Z-Banksy throwing the above piece up on a London wall. Except... If Banksy was Jay Z, the \"Banksy arrested\" thing would not be a hoax, it would be real. When people see a white guy doing things, a lot of times they assume whatever that guy is doing is okay, \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/bike-theft/story?id=10556016\">even when there is obvious reason to suspect otherwise\u003c/a>. Black guys, not so much. The success of Banksy's most famous escapades in civil disobedience -- adding altered classics to the walls in the Metropolitan Museum of Art dressed like the Pink Panther, jumping into a fenced-off Disneyland attraction -- relies as heavily on white privilege as it does on his artistic talent and sharp commentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, my list is all fun and games, since \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1034538/Graffiti-artist-Banksy-unmasked---public-schoolboy-middle-class-suburbia.html\">Banksy's true identity\u003c/a> has been an open secret since at least 2008. His name is Robin Gunningham. OR SO HE SAYS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1637px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/denver-nuggets-v-los-angeles-lakers-game-seven/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2031\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2031\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Lakers - Game Seven\" width=\"1637\" height=\"1112\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian.jpg 2729w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-1440x977.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim and Kanye at the Staples Center/Getty\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You guys, celebutant lives when viewed as sociological texts are REALLY INTERESTING. For example: What does our obsession with Kim Kardashian, her relationship with Kanye West, and their unborn baby say about us as a culture?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 126px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kanyeti-mask/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1948\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kanyeti-mask-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"kanyeti-mask\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ye x Margiela serving owl realness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 140px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kanye-diamonds-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1963\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kanye-diamonds1.jpg\" alt=\"kanye-diamonds\" width=\"140\" height=\"127\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ye x Margiela serving diamond realness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kanye \u003ca href=\"http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/kanye_west_wore.html\">announced the pregnancy\u003c/a> to a few thousand fans onstage at a concert back in December, during which he also wore some insanely arty masks by \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/\">Martin Margiella\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you’ve already forgotten, some people interpreted an old Mayan calendar to mean that the end of the world was supposed to come back on December 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup>, 2012, and lots of other people believed it and were preparing for impending doom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Kimye” baby announcement came days after the apocalypse did not actually occur, and resulted in a lot of \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24F0m89SvOI\">people\u003c/a> on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/64422/the-kimye-baby-sign-of-the-apocalypse-or-dawning-of-the-age-of-aquarius\">internet wondering\u003c/a> if the apocalypse was indeed, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mamapop.com/2012/12/the-apocalypse-is-back-on-kim-kardashian-is-having-kanyes-baby.html\">back on\u003c/a> .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/12/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-are-having-baby/60443/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1951\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1951\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kimye_apocolypse_comments_1-300x227.png\" alt=\"kimye_apocolypse_comments_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/737472_4792268400347_1180728799_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1956\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1956\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/737472_4792268400347_1180728799_o-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"737472_4792268400347_1180728799_o\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, obviously, apocalypse was in the air, so it’s not 100% random that this association would arise, but I found myself wondering, “Why do people associate this baby with End Times?” I mean, in the same news cycle we had people in Pakistan being killed by American robot-planes and a young woman being gang-raped in New Dehli -- but the Kimye baby was the harbinger of the destruction of mankind?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, I get it, that other stuff is too serious to joke about, and really \u003cem>does \u003c/em>make people feel like the world is ending which is why we distract ourselves by making hyper-sarcastic jokes about things like the Kimye baby. But still, bad-news fatigue is not a full explanation for the extremely high correlation between this pregnancy and apocalypse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a proud \u003ca href=\"http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookId=9240#.US-T6usR1M4\">critical-race-feminist\u003c/a> who is totally not buying post-racial-anything, I wondered if this was about race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim K is Armenian and has a racially ambiguous appearance. Racially ambiguous people make Americans nervous because we are taught to judge everyone by perceived race so we have a hard time knowing what to think and how to act in relation to a person if we can't place them racially. (Also, please, if you feel rage surging and are about to post something in the comments about how you don’t SEE race and this is totally NOT true about anyone except Klansmen, please see my earlier comment re: totally not buying post-racial-anything).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanye is a black man, who despite being a crossover darling beloved by the fashion elite, is never read by anyone as anything other than a black man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the way people react to their pairing says a lot about the different ways we perceive race in our culture. In an interview with Kim and her sister Khloe, which I will not link to here because it is NSFW, Howard Stern inferred that he sees Kim Kardashian as a white woman by talking about what a big deal it is that she mostly dates black guys. But a lot of people aren’t so sure about Kim’s race. Some people are wondering if Kim K is black. I know this because of Google Search auto-complete:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_black/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1945\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1945\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_black-1024x463.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_black?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who read Kim K as black, she’s not in an interracial relationship. Is one of the reasons some people think Kim K is black because she dates black men? I mean, to be totally honest, I assumed \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=amber+rose+and+kanye&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=l5EvUa22BerVyAHo0IG4DA&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1301&bih=650\">Amber Rose \u003c/a>was black when she was dating Kanye, and I assumed it because Kanye is black, because her aesthetic is hip-hop, and because of her body type. Which is SO DUMB because I am a black girl with a non-stereotypical black-girl body type, so I should know better than to think there is even such a thing as a black body type! What kind of critical-race-feminist am I, running around projecting an identity onto someone based on racialized, sexist narratives? The kind that isn’t too proud to admit that when I saw images of Kim K for the first time on the landing page at \u003ca href=\"www.bossip.com\">Bossip\u003c/a> I opened a new tab and Googled “Is Kim Kardashian black?” We all gotta start somewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people are wondering if Kim K is white:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_white/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1946\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1946\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_white-1024x905.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_white?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"905\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some people are just wondering in general about Kim K’s race:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kim_k_racetraitor/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1949\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1949\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kim_k_racetraitor-1024x225.png\" alt=\"kim_k_racetraitor\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of special note is the “Kim Kardashian race traitor” auto-complete, reminding us once again that racism and misogyny go together like peas and carrots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This whole “race traitor” business is what made me wonder if people see the Kimye spawn as the antichrist because they see it, consciously or unconsciously, as the Worst Miscegenation Ever. OMG! That black guy who was really mean to Taylor Swift got a white girl pregnant! IT MUST BE THE END OF THE WORLD!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think this idea can operate even for people who sort of think of Kim as black or not-white. Since the passing of his Majesty Michael Jackson, Kim K has been bearing the “I embody everyone’s ideas of whiteness and everyone’s ideas of blackness at the same time” mantle, albeit far less gracefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that said, just because I’m not buying post-racial-anything doesn’t mean I subscribe to the idea of all-racial-everything. The widespread fear of Kimye-baby-induced-Rapture probably had more to do with the fact that these two people are essentially the ripe tainted fruit of a shallow, consumerist, love-to-hate our celebrities culture and people just can’t believe it's \u003cem>come\u003c/em> to this, than with racial panic. As a friend of mine put it, “That baby will pop out looking at itself in a mirror and demanding to be rinsed off with bottles of Voss water.” Another friend’s reaction was, “Oh. Kim’s giving birth to a new cast member.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kimye_baby_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1952\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1952\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kimye_baby_1-1018x1024.png\" alt=\"kimye_baby_1\" width=\"367\" height=\"368\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED, what do you think? What does our obsession with this couple and their progeny say about us as a culture? Have you ever found yourself Googling “what race is [insert celbrity here]?” Let us know in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1637px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/denver-nuggets-v-los-angeles-lakers-game-seven/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2031\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2031\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Lakers - Game Seven\" width=\"1637\" height=\"1112\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian.jpg 2729w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-1440x977.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim and Kanye at the Staples Center/Getty\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You guys, celebutant lives when viewed as sociological texts are REALLY INTERESTING. For example: What does our obsession with Kim Kardashian, her relationship with Kanye West, and their unborn baby say about us as a culture?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 126px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kanyeti-mask/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1948\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kanyeti-mask-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"kanyeti-mask\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ye x Margiela serving owl realness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 140px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kanye-diamonds-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1963\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kanye-diamonds1.jpg\" alt=\"kanye-diamonds\" width=\"140\" height=\"127\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ye x Margiela serving diamond realness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kanye \u003ca href=\"http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/kanye_west_wore.html\">announced the pregnancy\u003c/a> to a few thousand fans onstage at a concert back in December, during which he also wore some insanely arty masks by \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/\">Martin Margiella\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you’ve already forgotten, some people interpreted an old Mayan calendar to mean that the end of the world was supposed to come back on December 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup>, 2012, and lots of other people believed it and were preparing for impending doom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Kimye” baby announcement came days after the apocalypse did not actually occur, and resulted in a lot of \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24F0m89SvOI\">people\u003c/a> on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/64422/the-kimye-baby-sign-of-the-apocalypse-or-dawning-of-the-age-of-aquarius\">internet wondering\u003c/a> if the apocalypse was indeed, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mamapop.com/2012/12/the-apocalypse-is-back-on-kim-kardashian-is-having-kanyes-baby.html\">back on\u003c/a> .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/12/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-are-having-baby/60443/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1951\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1951\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kimye_apocolypse_comments_1-300x227.png\" alt=\"kimye_apocolypse_comments_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But still, bad-news fatigue is not a full explanation for the extremely high correlation between this pregnancy and apocalypse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a proud \u003ca href=\"http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookId=9240#.US-T6usR1M4\">critical-race-feminist\u003c/a> who is totally not buying post-racial-anything, I wondered if this was about race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim K is Armenian and has a racially ambiguous appearance. Racially ambiguous people make Americans nervous because we are taught to judge everyone by perceived race so we have a hard time knowing what to think and how to act in relation to a person if we can't place them racially. (Also, please, if you feel rage surging and are about to post something in the comments about how you don’t SEE race and this is totally NOT true about anyone except Klansmen, please see my earlier comment re: totally not buying post-racial-anything).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanye is a black man, who despite being a crossover darling beloved by the fashion elite, is never read by anyone as anything other than a black man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the way people react to their pairing says a lot about the different ways we perceive race in our culture. In an interview with Kim and her sister Khloe, which I will not link to here because it is NSFW, Howard Stern inferred that he sees Kim Kardashian as a white woman by talking about what a big deal it is that she mostly dates black guys. But a lot of people aren’t so sure about Kim’s race. Some people are wondering if Kim K is black. I know this because of Google Search auto-complete:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_black/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1945\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1945\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_black-1024x463.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_black?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who read Kim K as black, she’s not in an interracial relationship. Is one of the reasons some people think Kim K is black because she dates black men? I mean, to be totally honest, I assumed \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=amber+rose+and+kanye&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=l5EvUa22BerVyAHo0IG4DA&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1301&bih=650\">Amber Rose \u003c/a>was black when she was dating Kanye, and I assumed it because Kanye is black, because her aesthetic is hip-hop, and because of her body type. Which is SO DUMB because I am a black girl with a non-stereotypical black-girl body type, so I should know better than to think there is even such a thing as a black body type! What kind of critical-race-feminist am I, running around projecting an identity onto someone based on racialized, sexist narratives? The kind that isn’t too proud to admit that when I saw images of Kim K for the first time on the landing page at \u003ca href=\"www.bossip.com\">Bossip\u003c/a> I opened a new tab and Googled “Is Kim Kardashian black?” We all gotta start somewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people are wondering if Kim K is white:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_white/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1946\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1946\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_white-1024x905.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_white?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"905\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some people are just wondering in general about Kim K’s race:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kim_k_racetraitor/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1949\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1949\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kim_k_racetraitor-1024x225.png\" alt=\"kim_k_racetraitor\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of special note is the “Kim Kardashian race traitor” auto-complete, reminding us once again that racism and misogyny go together like peas and carrots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This whole “race traitor” business is what made me wonder if people see the Kimye spawn as the antichrist because they see it, consciously or unconsciously, as the Worst Miscegenation Ever. OMG! That black guy who was really mean to Taylor Swift got a white girl pregnant! IT MUST BE THE END OF THE WORLD!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think this idea can operate even for people who sort of think of Kim as black or not-white. Since the passing of his Majesty Michael Jackson, Kim K has been bearing the “I embody everyone’s ideas of whiteness and everyone’s ideas of blackness at the same time” mantle, albeit far less gracefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that said, just because I’m not buying post-racial-anything doesn’t mean I subscribe to the idea of all-racial-everything. The widespread fear of Kimye-baby-induced-Rapture probably had more to do with the fact that these two people are essentially the ripe tainted fruit of a shallow, consumerist, love-to-hate our celebrities culture and people just can’t believe it's \u003cem>come\u003c/em> to this, than with racial panic. As a friend of mine put it, “That baby will pop out looking at itself in a mirror and demanding to be rinsed off with bottles of Voss water.” Another friend’s reaction was, “Oh. Kim’s giving birth to a new cast member.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kimye_baby_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1952\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1952\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kimye_baby_1-1018x1024.png\" alt=\"kimye_baby_1\" width=\"367\" height=\"368\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED, what do you think? What does our obsession with this couple and their progeny say about us as a culture? Have you ever found yourself Googling “what race is [insert celbrity here]?” Let us know in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_979\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=979\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-979\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-979\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/rettes_v_grrls1.gif\" alt=\"rettes_v_grrls\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">images courtesy ABC/ Mike Butler - IGP Photo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You guys, this flu going around is TERRIBLE. If you haven’t gotten it yet, I will totally not judge you for paper-masking it up 2003 SARS-scare style. I was in bed with it for five long days. The very slight silver lining to being home sick is that you get to catch up on your Hulu queue. Hulu queue is one of those accidently delicious euphonic phrases that might get you kissed if you say it to the right person, incidentally. Although probably not if you are cruddy with flu-sweat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ANYWAY, before I go to my Hulu queue, I usually check out the featured episodes on the landing page just to make sure that I’m still really not interested in finally getting into \u003cem>American Dad\u003c/em>, or \u003cem>Hart of Dixie\u003c/em>, or whatever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_988\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 199px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=988\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-988\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-988\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/176811_155655881157758_7268962_o-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"176811_155655881157758_7268962_o\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author at a roller derby bout. Photo by Mike Butler - IGP Photo.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I did so during my unfortunate quarantine, and that’s when I noticed that both \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em> featured Roller Derby plot-lines in the same week. This was especially interesting to me because I recently retired after three seasons of skating with the \u003ca href=\"www.bayareaderbygirls.com\">B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls\u003c/a>, aka the BAD Girls, aka your friendly local flat-track women’s roller derby league. Like most people in our media obsessed culture, I feel all validated and stuff when things I know about are on TV! But also, like most people, I feel possessive and a little superior about the things I was into \u003cem>before they were cool\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Modern roller derby was \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q_8q2LMBzQE\">born in Austin\u003c/a> around the turn-of-the 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup> century. Traditionally, derby was associated with a punk-rock ethos and seen as a club for women who were disenchanted with mainstream femininity. Over the last few years, derby’s indie-popularity has reached a rolling boil and begun to froth over into pop culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love roller derby for lots of reasons, mostly feminist ones. Like the fact that roller derby celebrates all kinds of femininities! In derby, you can be a girly girl and it’s still ok -- expected even -- that you kick some ass. Or you can be totally not girly at all. You can be a total homo (like me) or really into your hetero hubby. I have seen so many women find power and confidence through this sport! Roller derby is totally epic. And I don’t mean that in a “This breakfast burrito is totally epic, man” kind of way. 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After several injuries and a trip to the hospital for one contestant, they all realize that roller derby is actually \u003cem>really freaking difficult\u003c/em> and, instead of the bout, they free skate around the track (w\u003cem>omp womp\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=912\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-912\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-912 alignright\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/thebachelor-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"ROBYN, SEAN LOWE, LINDSAY, JACKIE\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does it mean that contestants on \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> are doing roller derby? On the one hand, I want to be like: Yeah! Mainstream culture is getting feminist! It values representations of a women’s sport that embraces women’s physical power and independence! But, on the other hand, this is \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> we’re talking about. It’s right behind \u003ca title=\"Jan Brewer plays God with women's rights\" href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/crossingborders/2012/05/07/slipping-back-into-the-dark-ages-arizonas-woman-governor-plays-god-with-womens-rights/\">Jan Brewer\u003c/a> and the wage gap on the list of Stuff Holding Women Back. Having a bunch of adult women doing derby as part of a competition to win marriage to an alpha-male kind of annihilates whatever inherent feminism derby might bring to the situation. However, back on the first hand, the producers of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> wouldn’t have the opportunity to appropriate derby for their nefarious purposes if it hadn’t exploded in popularity via a totally DIY, grassroots movement -- the representation, however disappointing, is still a testament to the impact roller derby has made on our culture at large\u003cem>.\u003c/em> It’s sort of like how on \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTqHvC8-sso\">America’s Next Top Model\u003c/a>, you can always tell a girl is doing well by how much crap the other girls are talking about her in the confessional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em>, which is an ABC Family show about a ballet school, a student looks to roller derby to provide an outlet for her aggression. She gets obsessed with it and ends up ditching her BFF during a crucial life-moment because she’s too busy skating, a plot line you may recognize from the movie \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxsearchlight.com/whipit/\">Whip-It\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=911\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-911\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-911 alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Bunheads-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"Bunheads\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whoa! ABC Family. That means Grandmas in the Bible Belt are up on roller derby. Is it only a matter of time before \u003cem>Derby Moms\u003c/em> on Lifetime?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, anyone who’s played the game will tell you that these most recent portrayals only reveal a tiny slice of the magnificent, sweaty, hard-hitting pie that is modern roller derby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, L.A.D.D. skates on a banked track. Out of over 1,400 leagues world-wide, only 22 skate on a banked track. The rest skate on varying flat surfaces on a track of standardized dimensions. Also, you’re way more likely to find women in compression pants than fishnets at your average roller derby practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do these recent representations of roller derby on network television tell us? (I mean, besides that some exec at ABC probably skates for L.A.D.D.?) Is the \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em> plot a sign that even in ABC Family territory, girls are being given the message that being tough and aggressive is a totally cool thing for a girl to do? Is it a big deal that \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> took a sport that has empowered a crap-ton of women and made it into just another forum for women to compete for patriarchal security?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been to a roller derby bout, I’m curious to know what you all think of the sport in the context of feminism. And if you haven’t been to one, you can get tickets to the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls 2013 season opener \u003ca href=\"http://bayareaderbygirls.ticketleap.com/2013---season-opener/\">here\u003c/a>. Let’s talk about it, KQED!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>TV is really gay. I mean, as a '90s queer, who grew up with zero major gay characters on television, it feels like TV has gotten SUPER gay. Remember when \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-03/entertainment/ca-29649_1_abc-stations\">Rosanne kissed Mariel Hemingway on TV\u003c/a> and everyone freaked out? Those days are gone!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1148\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 163px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/cyrus_hubby/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1148\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1148 \" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby.jpg\" alt=\"cyrus_hubby\" width=\"163\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby.jpg 822w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scandal's Cyrus Beene and James Novak are gay together.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Being gay is now so not-a-big-deal that \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/chicago-fire/\">Chicago Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, the most recent prime-time formula show from Dick Wolf (\u003cem>Law & Order\u003c/em>) has a lesbian main character! On \u003ca href=\"http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/scandal\">Scandal\u003c/a>, the White House Chief of Staff is a gay guy, and his husband is White House correspondent for a major newspaper. On \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fox.com/glee/\">Glee\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, basically everyone is gay. There are so many gay characters on TV that I don’t have the space to list them all!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.glaad.org/files/whereweareontv12.pdf\">a study\u003c/a> by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), about 4.4% of characters on TV are queers. Guess what? That number correlates well with the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States\">percentage of people who self-identifiy as LGBT \u003c/a>in the states with highest LGBT population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/sfgayness/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1160\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-1160\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sfgayness.jpg\" alt=\"sfgayness\" width=\"282\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and if you’re reading this it’s likely you do, you’re probably thinking 4.4%? NO WAY. At least 67% of people are gay! 98% if you count people who are gay for \u003ca href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/gay-for-beyonce\">Beyoncé\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_for_Johnny_Depp\">Johnny Depp\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States\">Wikipedia\u003c/a>, San Francisco is actually 15% LGBT. Which means that when WE watch TV, we are seeing demographics that underrepresent our LGBT population by over 66%! Luckily, we have all kinds of live events and shows and things where we can go see gay stuff happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here’s the thing: LGBT characters on TV in numbers that sorta-maybe reflect LGBT presence in the overall population, do not mean that TV is Getting It Right. For example, most recurring LGBT characters on current shows are part of an ensemble. Few of them are title or solo-lead characters. Also, exactly zero of them are masculine lesbians or out transgender people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Insider's tip: Shane from the \u003cem>L-Word\u003c/em> does not count as a masculine lesbian. Plus that show is not on anymore. Although incidentally Showtime is the gayest network on cable TV according to the GLAAD study.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LGBT people of color are also underrepresented. I base this assertion on the highly complicated criteria that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Racism exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.glaad.org/files/whereweareontv12.pdf\">GLAAD Study\u003c/a> says so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big problem with any discussion about representation is that no matter what story television is telling about LGBT lives, it will reflect the truth for some people and ring false for others. For example, on\u003cem> Chicago Fire\u003c/em>, two traditionally feminine, thin, lesbian girlfriends with perpetually perfect makeup share a giant loft apartment with a hyper-masculine scruffy-chinned fire fighter. The lesbians are totally comfortable walking around the apartment with no pants on while the fire fighter gives them both affectionate kisses on the top of the head when arriving home from his shift. Probably that representation is totally affirming for some people. 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And all the people who aren’t the people who are on TV already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, when I’m watching TV, I play a game where I imagine that two straight characters or celebrities are gay together. It helps make the road-to-equitable-representation seem shorter and definitely more fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since it’s Valentine’s week, I’m going to let you in on my Celebrigay Couple Fantasy League! Here goes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Couple #1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Saracen and Tim Riggins from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/friday-night-lights/\">Friday Night Lights\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These two would be so perfect together! Saracen is artsy and Tim is outdoorsy and they both love football. Saracen will reign Tim in with his calm approach when Tim’s temper gets the best of him and Tim will get Saracen out into nature when he gets too wrapped up in his head. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>TV is really gay. I mean, as a '90s queer, who grew up with zero major gay characters on television, it feels like TV has gotten SUPER gay. Remember when \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-03/entertainment/ca-29649_1_abc-stations\">Rosanne kissed Mariel Hemingway on TV\u003c/a> and everyone freaked out? Those days are gone!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1148\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 163px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/cyrus_hubby/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1148\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1148 \" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby.jpg\" alt=\"cyrus_hubby\" width=\"163\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby.jpg 822w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/cyrus_hubby-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scandal's Cyrus Beene and James Novak are gay together.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Being gay is now so not-a-big-deal that \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/chicago-fire/\">Chicago Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, the most recent prime-time formula show from Dick Wolf (\u003cem>Law & Order\u003c/em>) has a lesbian main character! On \u003ca href=\"http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/scandal\">Scandal\u003c/a>, the White House Chief of Staff is a gay guy, and his husband is White House correspondent for a major newspaper. On \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fox.com/glee/\">Glee\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, basically everyone is gay. There are so many gay characters on TV that I don’t have the space to list them all!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.glaad.org/files/whereweareontv12.pdf\">a study\u003c/a> by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), about 4.4% of characters on TV are queers. Guess what? That number correlates well with the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States\">percentage of people who self-identifiy as LGBT \u003c/a>in the states with highest LGBT population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/13/celebrigay-couples-valentines-fantasy-league/sfgayness/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1160\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-1160\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/sfgayness.jpg\" alt=\"sfgayness\" width=\"282\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and if you’re reading this it’s likely you do, you’re probably thinking 4.4%? NO WAY. At least 67% of people are gay! 98% if you count people who are gay for \u003ca href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/gay-for-beyonce\">Beyoncé\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_for_Johnny_Depp\">Johnny Depp\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Although incidentally Showtime is the gayest network on cable TV according to the GLAAD study.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LGBT people of color are also underrepresented. I base this assertion on the highly complicated criteria that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Racism exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.glaad.org/files/whereweareontv12.pdf\">GLAAD Study\u003c/a> says so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big problem with any discussion about representation is that no matter what story television is telling about LGBT lives, it will reflect the truth for some people and ring false for others. For example, on\u003cem> Chicago Fire\u003c/em>, two traditionally feminine, thin, lesbian girlfriends with perpetually perfect makeup share a giant loft apartment with a hyper-masculine scruffy-chinned fire fighter. The lesbians are totally comfortable walking around the apartment with no pants on while the fire fighter gives them both affectionate kisses on the top of the head when arriving home from his shift. Probably that representation is totally affirming for some people. 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