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☆ I teach journaling workshops to help people process tough emotions and communicate better. Try these prompts to get started.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Sonya Matejko | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If you're having trouble getting started, try this prompt: What is every emotion you've felt since you woke up today? To get yourself thinking, try this prompt: Write a letter to yourself one year ago today. Try this prompt: Pick an emotion and write a letter to them as if they were a real person. To get started, try this prompt: Think of someone you want to reconnect with. But my favorite is this prompt: Write yourself an encouraging note in your email and then schedule it for weeks away to get a pleasant surprise in your inbox.

Persons: I'd, who'd, you've, Amber Rae, It's Organizations: Service, Research, Journal Locations: New York City

☆ Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and the return of the love story
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

These details are based on the many fan accounts attempting (with mixed success) to confirm exactly what happened when Taylor Swift embraced Travis Kelce after the Kansas City Chiefs qualified for the Super Bowl. im so fucking happy for taylor swift. AdvertisementTravis Kelce kissing Taylor Swift after the Chiefs qualified for the Super Bowl. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce going on a date. Love stories that blend chivalry and feminism are on trendMorley said Swift and Kelce's love story is also the right mix of old-school and progressive.

Persons: I've, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Kelce, taylor Organizations: Business, Kansas City Chiefs, Super, SIX, e

☆ Nikki Haley Still Isn’t Quitting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Jazmine Ulloa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Nikki Haley lost badly in Iowa and New Hampshire. In Nevada on Tuesday, she ran unopposed in an irrelevant primary and finished behind “None of These Candidates.” But she is still trying to broaden voters’ imagination of what’s possible, both for her prospects in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, and for the nation. She has money in the bank, a strategy to expand the Republican base and a new unabashedly adversarial stance toward former President Donald Trump. Yet she is coming up against tough electoral math, and a Republican base that seems determined to nominate Trump for the third time. Mike Noble, a pollster who works in Arizona and Nevada, noted that about seven in 10 Republicans nationally say they don’t believe that Trump actually lost in 2020.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Trump, Mike Noble Organizations: “, Republican Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Arizona

☆ Self-made millionaire never 'scrimped on' 3 things: 'Everything else I don't care about as much'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Throughout her come-up, though, Dunlap says some of the things she chose to spend money on were fairly consistent — even if she could have saved more by cutting back. "It means that my spending is reflecting my values and my hard-earned money is going to the things that I actually love." Fellow self-made millionaire and bestselling author Ramit Sethi calls it the "money dial" approach. It allows him to "spend extravagantly on the things I love, but cut way back mercilessly on the things I don't," he told CNBC Make It last year. "If I tell you, 'never spend money, never step foot in a restaurant,' that doesn't work, that's not sustainable, and frankly, it's not fun," she says.

Persons: Tori Dunlap, hasn't, Dunlap, TJ Maxx, She's, Ramit Sethi Organizations: New York Times, CNBC

☆ Opinion | The Messages of the E. Jean Carroll Verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The free publicity triggered by Mr. Trump ranting against the system (“This is not America”) fuels the MAGA message. At the end of the day, Mr. Trump may be a net winner from this entire defamation episode. Unabashedly, Mr. Trump raises funds off what he calls this “ridiculous” result. We struggle to understand Mr. Trump’s appeal, just as we struggle to realize that the E. Jean Carroll award will be steamrolled into a victory for Mr. Trump. David S. KasdanCortlandt Manor, N.Y.To the Editor:Re “Carroll Promises to Do ‘Something Good’ With a Fortune Won From Trump” (nytimes.com, Jan. 27):It’s wonderful that E. Jean Carroll plans to do “something good” with the $83 million Donald Trump has been ordered to pay her for his cruel and continuing defamatory conduct.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, David S, “ Carroll Organizations: Mr, Trump Locations: America, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y

☆ Lolita style, explained: Why the Japanese-born, Victorian-inspired street style enchants women around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Her youthful obsession realized in front of her, Ella was inspired to buy her first piece of Lolita fashion in 2015, from the popular Lolita e-tailer Angel Pretty. While Lolita style is named after Vladimir Nabokov’s eponymous teen in the controversial 1955 novel, the overlap ends there. Even 1950s-style American prom dresses, with their extravagant skirts and bodices, influence contemporary Lolita fashion, he said. The skirt's fullness, achieved through the use of a petticoat, is a key characteristic of Lolita fashion. Ella says her personal Lolita style is a blend of classic and sweet, with a healthy dose of prints and patterns.

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☆ With Washington Capitals, Wizards move to Virginia, owner Ted Leonsis pursues his vision of a $10 billion sports empire around Washington, D.C.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-14 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Glenn Youngkin (L) looks on during the announcement of a new sports arena for the Washington Wizards NBA basketball team and Washington Capitals NHL hockey team, on December 13, 2023 Virginia. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTed Leonsis, the owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards and the NHL's Washington Capitals, has a grand vision for growing a regional sports empire. Glenn Youngkin announced that the Capitals and Wizards have agreed to move to a new arena in Alexandria, Virginia, as part of a $2 billion entertainment complex in 2028. How will they compete with big market teams? "We could have a billion-and-a-half-dollar revenue run rate and a $10 billion to $15 billion trend of valuation," Leonsis said.

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☆ I used Goblin.tools, a free AI tool to make my emails sound more professional. Even as a writer, I found it helpful.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I've started using a free AI app that helps me tweak the tone of my emails. It helps me edit my emails to sound warmer or more direct depending on the circumstances. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Goblin.toolsI forgot about it for a few weeks, until I actually felt stumped on a professional email. If I have to deliver disappointing news, do I want to sound more professional or more passionate?

Persons: I'm, I've, —, Goblin.tools, hadn't, they've Organizations: Service, Reading

Argentine President-elect Javier Milei departs the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after meeting with Biden administration staff at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2023. His foreign policy, meanwhile, is unabashedly pro-United States and pro-Israel, with a cooler stance on top trade partners Brazil and China. 2 Gita Gopinath and other fund officials, the fund said separately. The IMF has said in the past that dollarization is not a substitute for sound macroeconomic policy. Milei and IMF officials had a first virtual meeting on Friday, which Georgieva called a "very constructive engagement".

Persons: Javier Milei, Kevin Lamarque, Milei, Jake Sullivan, Juan Gonzalez, Benjamin Gedan, Alberto Fernandez, Vladimir Putin, Kristalina Georgieva, Posse, Luis Caputo, Gita Gopinath, Georgieva, Jason Lange, Rodrigo Campos, Rosalba O'Brien, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Argentine, Biden, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, White, National Security, Western, United, Israel, America, Wilson, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington, Argentina, United States, Brazil, China, U.S, Moscow, Ukraine, Beijing, Argentine, New York

☆ This CEO is changing the rules of American farming. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

At a time when social and environmental investments have been politicized, Ford and Land O’Lakes are staying the course. Courtesy Land O’Lakes, Inc.“We’re focusing on the things that are most important to our members, their families and to their businesses,” she told CNN. The EPA and the Hershey Company gave $2 million to Land O’Lakes member farms in Pennsylvania. Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford at the company's headquarters in Arden Hills, Minnesota, on July 29, 2021. In 2020, Land O’Lakes convened the American Connection Project coalition to advocate for public and private investment in high-speed internet infrastructure in rural communities.

Persons: “, Beth Ford, Ford, Evan Hillan, don’t, Truterra, ” Ford, ”, Ford’s, Carol, —, CNN’s Poppy Harlow, ‘ I’ve, ’ ” Ford, Harlow, Richard Tsong, I’ve, “ I’ve, O’Lakes, isn’t, Lucas Fuess, Kim Reynolds, Fuess, there’s, Kelly Garrett, ” Garrett, Garrett Organizations: Arden Hills , Minnesota CNN —, Fortune, Arden, Ford, CNN, Inc, US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Hershey Company, Pepsi, Mobil, Scholastic —, Star Tribune, Getty, American Connection, Biden, Republican, ”, Nature Locations: Arden Hills , Minnesota, Wisconsin, Truterra, Mill Hill , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, America, Ford, Sioux City , Iowa, Iowa, Iowa , Idaho , Kansas, Modale , Iowa, Inc, West, Arion , Iowa, American

☆ A Surprising Shift in Economics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( David Leonhardt | More About David Leonhardt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A then-obscure think tank named the Roosevelt Institute released a report in 2015 that called for a new approach to economic policy. It was unabashedly progressive, befitting the history of the institute, which was created by trusts honoring Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. National news outlets covered the report while also noting how much of a break it represented with decades of economic policy by both the Democratic and Republican Parties. American workers have become more interested in unionizing, and labor unions in both the auto industry and Hollywood have recently won big victories. “It’s very surprising this all happened,” Felicia Wong, the longtime president of the Roosevelt Institute, told me.

Persons: Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Biden, ” Felicia Wong, ” Organizations: Roosevelt Institute, Democratic, Republican, Biden, Trump, Hollywood

☆ Turkey is celebrating 100 years as a republic. But today’s nation is a long way from 1923’s secular state
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Zara Khan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Today’s Turkey, however, is starkly different from the secular, Westernized state envisioned by Ataturk 100 years ago. The Turkish republic as imagined by Ataturk was firmly rooted in the West and a quick succession of reforms sought to modernize a population decimated by war. People often express such justification through religion, Murat Somer, a professor of political science at Ozyegin University in Istanbul, told CNN. What Ataturk may have been most proud of in today’s Turkey, however, is its growing influence on the world stage, analysts say. In 1926, after an assassination plot against him was discovered, Ataturk told his new nation: “One day my mortal body will turn to dust, but the Turkish republic will stand forever.”

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☆ In Jesmyn Ward’s New Novel, Slavery Is Hell and Dante Is Our Guide
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jennifer Wilson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Annis’s mother takes her into the woods at night to train her in hand-to-hand combat. Her mother’s mother, nicknamed “Mama Aza,” had been a Dahomey warrior, but was sold into slavery by her husband, the king — as punishment for falling in love with a soldier. “Annis?” her mother calls from the hallway, trying to prevent her daughter from repeating her own fate. “We done.” This brief expression of maternal protectiveness gets her mother sold, led away by a “Georgia Man” who takes her south to Louisiana. (This moment marks the end of any deep engagement with same-sex desire in the novel, making its brief appearance feel likes tokenism.)

Persons: Annis’s, “ Mama Aza, ”, Ward, Annis, “ Annis, protectiveness, Safi, Mama Aza, “, huff, ” Annis Locations: Dahomey, Georgia, Louisiana, New Orleans, ” New Orleans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll. More recently, a conservative Princeton University professor was drowned out while discussing free speech at Washington College, a small school in Maryland. Overall, Republicans see a clear double standard on college campuses. “The reality is that there’s free speech for everyone on college campuses,” said Fleisher, a linguistics professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. But as the nation has become more politically divided, so have college campuses, said Kristen Shahverdian, senior manager for education at PEN.

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Biden's presence at the event was historic and extraordinary: Both the White House and labor union experts said that a sitting president has never walked a picket line in support of striking workers. Presidents typically try to mediate when management and labor union disputes threaten to disrupt the economy. President Ronald Reagan in 1981 fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, delivering a major blow to the labor union movement. Trump also promised auto workers in Lordstown, Ohio, in 2017 that their plant would not close, so “don’t move. Biden's backing of electric vehicles has some auto union members worried they will lose their jobs in gasoline-powered auto plants, and Trump has exploited that concern to his advantage.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, you’ve, Ronald Reagan, It's, Erin Hatton, Donald Trump, Trump, Sean Fain, Ford, they're, Erik Loomis, Loomis, Hatton, Hattan Organizations: United Auto Workers, Ford, Big Three, White House, UAW, Motor Co, General Motors, Chrysler, University of Buffalo, Michigan, Trump, Anderson Economic Group, Gallup, Hollywood, Writers Guild of America, University of Rhode Locations: Michigan, Wayne County, Lordstown , Ohio, Michigan’s Macomb County, California, University of Rhode Island, Las Vegas

☆ Verizon's CEO swears by a simple 1-question morning routine: It gets you into the 'right mood and right energy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, self-reflection is serious business. Vestberg started the routine in 2009 after becoming CEO of Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, and he's done it "every day" since, he said. Each morning, Vestberg ranks his mood "from 1 to 10," he said, helping him get into the "right mood and right energy" to do his job. Jerry Colonna, an executive coach sometimes known as the "CEO whisperer," has a similar routine called "radical self-inquiry" that he says helps him make better decisions. "Spend a few minutes each day, but not the entire day, asking questions like how am I really feeling?

Persons: Hans Vestberg, Vestberg, He's, Jerry Colonna, Colonna, Juliette Han Organizations: Verizon, Fast, Ericsson, CNBC, Harvard

Whether she was advocating for equal pay and racial justice or just scoring a rare goal off a corner kick, Megan Rapinoe was always unabashedly authentic during her soccer career. Rapinoe sobbed following the U.S. loss to Sweden at this summer's Women's World Cup, knowing it would be her final tournament with the national team. "I’ve just loved every moment of my career,” she said through tears at the World Cup last month in Australia. At the 2019 World Cup in France, Rapinoe scored six goals, including a penalty in the final against the Netherlands. Rapinoe led her team's long fight for equal pay with their men's national team, which started with an EEOC complaint back in 2016.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, Rapinoe, I’ve, ”, “ I’ll, Kelley O'Hara, There's, Christine Sinclair, “ I’ve, We’re, she’s, ” Sinclair, She’s, Ballon, Megan, Lynn Williams, Donald Trump’s, “ She’s, Jill Ellis, Colin Kaepernick, —, ” Rapinoe Organizations: Portland, Chicago's, Rapinoe, University of Portland, Pilots, Portland Pilots, FIFA, Ballon d'Or, national, U.S, Soccer, House, San Francisco 49ers, Sweden, soccer's Locations: Sweden, Australia, U.S, United States, South Africa, Seattle, Portland, Canada, France, Netherlands, New York City

☆ Trump’s Populist Pivot
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Susan Milligan | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +10 min

It's not surprising they're trying to bust out of the 2020 Trump coalition, because the 2020 Trump coalition is not sufficient for him to win. Several polls do show him somewhat improved among Black voters. A Quinnipiac University poll in September, for example, showed Trump with 25% support among Black voters. Abortion could be the most difficult pivot for Trump, since he is upsetting activists on both ends of the debate. There is no doubt in our minds who Donald Trump is and who Donald Trump would be if he were ever to return to the presidency."

Persons: There's, Donald Trump, Trump, Roe, ” Trump, Dobbs, Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden, Simon Rosenberg, Rosenberg, It's, Howard Schweber, Schweber, Biden, Shawn Fain, Mary Kay Henry, Henry, Debbie Dingell, Hillary Clinton's, Biden –, –, Clinton, Bill Clinton, didn't, – they're, they've, Trump's, Donald Trump Jr, Adrianne, Ryan Stitzlein, Stitzlein, ” Kristen Waggoner Organizations: GOP, Wade, NBC, Florida Gov, Trump, Democratic, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United Auto Workers, Big, Republican, Union, Service Employees International Union, UAW, Black, Quinnipiac University, Pew Research Center, New Journey PAC, Supreme, Alliance Defending Locations: America, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, Scranton , Pennsylvania, Shropshire

But none have stepped up to condemn India for its alleged involvement in the June slaying on Canadian soil of a Sikh separatist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. All that makes it hard for Canada's main allies — which are also some of India's main partners — to loudly speak out. The government’s allegations are particularly awkward now for the U.K., which is seeking a free trade deal with India. In 2018, for example, China-Canada relations nosedived after China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor. Now the stakes are higher, and it's unclear — at least publicly — who Canada can count on for full-throated support.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, —, They’ve, Hardeep Singh, Janice Stein, Sushant Singh, ”, Trudeau, India ramped, — Trudeau, Rishi Sunak’s, Max Blain, ” Trudeau, Sunak, Joe Biden, Mélanie Joly, John Kirby, “, Kirby, Biden, Robert Bothwell, Narendra Modi's, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Nijjar, Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor, Meng Wanzhou, Meng, Donald Trump, Trump, Bothwell Organizations: TORONTO, Canadian, Munk School of Global Affairs, Policy Research, Canada, Canada’s The Globe, Mail, British, Canadian Foreign, White House, University of Toronto, Indian, Nijjar, White, Huawei, U.S, “ Locations: India, U.S, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Germany, Toronto, New Delhi, West, Vancouver, Canada, Indian, Canadian, Canada’s The, South Asia, Pacific, Ottawa, Washington, Russia, Surrey, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, “, British

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden 's treasured assertion that he's the most pro-union president in U.S. history. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“I think the American public as a whole realizes the impact that the American auto workers have on the economy," Killian said. But, unlike with rail and airline workers, the president doesn’t have the authority to order autoworkers to stay on the job. Nowhere will the political fallout of an auto workers strike be felt more than Michigan, which Biden won by nearly 3 percentage points in 2020. And Ray Curry, the former UAW president who was unseated by Fain, had worked with Biden in the past, even attending White House ceremonies.

Persons: Joe Biden, Marick, Doc Killian, Killian, ” Biden, Biden, ”, Shawn Fain, “, Fain, Donald Trump, Trump, TRUMP, doesn't . Fain, Dave Green, ” Green, doesn’t, Mark Brewer, Brewer, Ray Curry, Gene Sperling, Biden's, he'll, what's, Randi Weingarten, Biden’s, Weingarten, ___ Weissert, Tom Krisher Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, Wayne State University, CNN, UAW, Republican, UAW “, “ Union, Democratic, GOP, Michigan Democratic Party, U.S, White, longtime Democratic, Trump, American Federation of Teachers, Associated Press Locations: LANSING, Mich, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Detroit, Wayne , Michigan, America, China, Washington, United States, U.S, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

☆ The Future of Rap Is Female
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Niela Orr | Photographs Adrienne Raquel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

The Future of Rap Is Female As their male counterparts turn depressive and paranoid, it’s the women who are having all the fun. In the mid-’80s, the dynamics shifted slightly, when UTFO released “Roxanne, Roxanne,” a comical torch song dissing a woman who rejected the men’s advances. Like good sex, raunchy rap is only fun if all parties are completely enthusiastic, and this music provides necessary female perspectives to match what the men make. In Miami one weekend in late July, Rolling Loud, one of the biggest annual hip-hop festivals, made itself into a microcosm of the rap world. There’s a relentless gender pessimism in the air, too — on the street, on dating apps, in the Supreme Court and, of course, in rap music.

Persons: Sackler, Drake, Foley, Yung Miami, Wu, Da, Tupac Shakur, Nicki Minaj, Cardi, Megan Thee, there’s, ”, There’s Latto, Jung Kook, “, Diana ”, Boy’s, Red’s, Munch, Rodney Dangerfield, munch, ” MAIYA, “ We’re, Lil Baby, Flo Milli, —, ” Flo Milli, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire —, Debbie D, Lisa Lee, Mercedes Ladies, UTFO, Roxanne, Lolita Shanté Gooden, Gooden, ” FLO MILLI, Roxanne Shanté, Clover Hope, M.C, Brian Coleman, Lyte, Ruff Ryders, it’s, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Kash Doll, SKODI LOLA BROOKE, Lil ’ Kim, “ I’m, I’m, ” That’s, Lolita Gooden, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie ”, James Harden, P.J, Tucker, KENTHEMAN “, I’ve, Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Grace Jones, Benzino, blowin, ignorin ’, Berry hairdo, Grandmaster Flash, It’s, ” —, ” Leray, VETTE, CHANEL, ” Flo, Cartier, “ Lyte, Flo Organizations: YouTube, Girls, City Girls, Public, Down Productions, Wu -, Digital, City, Memphis, Brooklyn Locations: Miami, Wu - Tang, “, Bronx, Mobile , Ala, y’all

☆ Opinion: ‘Joy Ride’ is the Asian American-centered movie that all audiences need to see
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Opinion Regina Kim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —When I first heard about the film “Joy Ride,” an unabashedly raunchy comedy about four Asian American friends and their misadventures in China, I couldn’t contain my excitement. Regina Kim Courtesy Regina KimIt felt exactly like the kind of movie that the Asian American community had been waiting for. To be perfectly honest, after going to a screening of “Joy Ride,” it took me two days to fully process what I’d seen. Perhaps I was so startled because I wasn’t used to seeing Asian Americans — especially Asian American women — depicted like this. I’m hoping that more people will realize that Asian American women can be sassy, outspoken, hilarious, weird or all of the above — but, most importantly, that we, too, are human.

Persons: Regina Kim, Stone, ELLE, who’ve, – we’ve, Adele Lim, Rich, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Teresa Hsiao, Ashley Park, Audrey, Stephanie Hsu, Kat, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, I’d, —, Lolo, White, ”, it’s, direly Organizations: Twitter, CNN, American, Asian, Facebook Locations: China, American, America

☆ They Know the Blessing and Curse of Warhol and Basquiat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Arthur Lubow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Using her bare breasts as paintbrushes, Berlin, beginning in the ’70s, made “tit prints,” in which her pigment-laden aureoles produced forms that resemble balloons and angelfish. Even more scandalous are three of the chapbooks in which she kept drawings she cajoled artists into making of their penises. She was making the ‘tit prints’ without thinking of burning her bra. What really matters is what is in the work.”Like Powell, Berlin in many of her Polaroids documented the Warhol entourage. The show concludes with homages to Berlin made by artists today, including Francesco Clemente, Jenna Gribbon and Jane Kaplowitz.

Persons: Jasper Johns, Leonard Cohen, Dennis Hopper, Robert Smithson, Brice Marden, ” Gingeras, “, ”, Warhol, Gingeras, Willem de Kooning, John Cage, Francesco Clemente, Jenna Gribbon, Jane Kaplowitz Locations: Berlin, Powell

☆ Taylor Swift's album release 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' comes during her very good, un-'cruel summer'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And on Friday, the throwback Swift love continues, when the beloved singer-songwriter releases her hotly-anticipated “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album, a re-record of her 2010 hit album. While I haven’t yet seen the “Eras Tour,” I managed to secure tickets to an upcoming August show in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift performing the 'Eras Tour' in New Jersey in May. Swifies react to hearing Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' set begin from the parking lot of Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field in May. Taylor Swift performing the 'Eras Tour' in Cincinnati in June.

Persons: Taylor Swift, –, Swift, ” Alan Light, ”, I’ve, Kevin Mazur, ” Swift, John ” –, John Mayer –, ” Taylor Swift, ” She’s, it’s Swift, “, Taylor Swift's, Rachel Wisniewski, what’s, “ Taylor, David Perrigo, ” Perrigo, Swifties, it’s, Taylor Organizations: CNN, Stone, Swift, CNN Entertainment, Chicago’s, Pride, Lincoln Financial Field, Washington Post, Pittsburgh’s, Nashville, Nissan Locations: Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, ”, Chicago, Atlanta , New Jersey, Swifties, Cincinnati

☆ Rupert Murdoch Can Do Whatever He Wants. It’s Becoming a Problem. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( William D. Cohan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Mr. Murdoch’s heir apparent, Lachlan, defended Fox and the Dominion settlement when speaking to investors on May 9. Contrast Mr. Murdoch with, say, Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank. Does anyone at Fox or News Corp hold Mr. Murdoch accountable in the same way? One way to rein in Mr. Murdoch may lie with Smartmatic. Smartmatic, or even the recently filed shareholder lawsuit against Fox, could end up pressuring Fox, and indirectly News Corp, to scrap their dual-class stock structures.

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