A Mexican town celebrates even as it mourns the victims of forced disappearance: Theres still

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1642 words  |  Delta Gatti

Cristina Bautista, center, walks with her mother, daughter and granddaughter in front of the procession heading to the church to celebrate Holy Saviour. Photograph: Luis Antonio Rojas/The GuardianLife goes on for Benjamín Ascencio Bautista’s family, although the unsolved case overshadows their festivities with grief by Oscar LopezThe flowers were bought first: five dozen roses in crimson, coral, gold, pale yellow and white. Then 36 long candles at a market filled with the smell of cilantro. [Read More]

Israeli women and girls have suffered horrific sexual violence from Hamas. Where is the outrage? | D

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1016 words  |  Brenda Moya

OpinionIsrael-Gaza warIsraeli women and girls have suffered horrific sexual violence from Hamas. Where is the outrage?Deborah Lipstadt and Michèle TaylorThe lack of condemnation of these appalling crimes is not only unjust – it is a sign of deeper biases that must be addressed Deborah Lipstadt is the US special envoy to combat antisemitism, and Michèle Taylor is the US permanent representative to the UN human rights councilDuring the Hamas attacks of 7 October, Israeli girls and women – ranging from young children to elderly people – were subjected to gang-rape and humiliating sexual assaults. [Read More]

Marcantonio Raimondi: the Renaissance printer who brought porn to Europe

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  699 words  |  Delta Gatti

Jonathan Jones on artPornographyIn 1524 Raimondi, an engraver working with Raphael’s circle of sexual libertarians, printed I Modi – The Positions. These pornographic illustrations gave erotic art to the masses The Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester is exhibiting the works of Marcantonio Raimondi (c.1480–1534), a printmaker who collaborated closely with the great Renaissance artist Raphael. The reproductions of Raphael’s paintings that Raimondi undertook helped spread artistic knowledge across Europe. It sounds respectable, even staid. [Read More]

One guy pulled a crowbar on me: why fly-tipping wars are raging across Britain

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2379 words  |  Delta Gatti

WasteIllegal dumping increased 300% during lockdown, causing fury and upset everywhere from animal shelters to pretty villages. Now some people are taking matters into their own hands The TV comes over the garden wall first, in a graceful arc, rolling twice before coming to a stop, the screen miraculously unsmashed. Next come a tyre, a door frame, a drawer, miscellaneous pieces of wood and bits of hoarding. A young woman appears, voice raised in anger. [Read More]

Trump reportedly said Elise Stefanik a killer amid running mate speculation | Donald Trump

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  731 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Representative Elise Stefanik at the Capitol in Washington DC in 2021. Photograph: Rod Lamkey/CNP/MediaPunch via AlamyRepresentative Elise Stefanik at the Capitol in Washington DC in 2021. Photograph: Rod Lamkey/CNP/MediaPunch via AlamyDonald TrumpTrump reportedly said Elise Stefanik ‘a killer’ amid running mate speculationThe New York congresswoman ‘at the top’ of the race, Trump’s close ally Steve Bannon told news outlet The New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik is “a killer”, Donald Trump reportedly said, amid a flurry of speculation around who might be his presidential running mate for 2024, after his crushing victory in the Iowa caucuses. [Read More]

What is the difference between erotica and pornography? | Notes and Queries

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  103 words  |  Brenda Moya

ETHICAL CONUNDRUMSWhat is the difference between erotica and pornography? Its the same as the difference between using a feather and using the whole chicken. Andrew, London Etymologically, pornography is the depiction of prostitutes but Umberto Eco has a more interesting definition. He defines a pornographic film as one which spends most of the time avoiding the main action. I don't know how he defines erotica. Charlie Hartill, London [Read More]

'Knife angel' made from 100,000 seized blades divides opinion | Sculpture

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  603 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Sculpture This article is more than 8 years old'Knife angel' made from 100,000 seized blades divides opinionThis article is more than 8 years oldSculpture highlighting the brutality of knife crime will tour UK when completed, but some victims’ families are against it The creators of a 24ft-high angel statue made of knives collected from police amnesties have said they were overwhelmed by how many weapons they had gathered, but the sculpture has divided opinion among the families of knife crime victims. [Read More]

Anton Newcombe: 'I once had a fight involving a hammer and a knife ... luckily I'm quite agile'

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2133 words  |  Delta Gatti

30 minutes with …MusicHe's had his fair share of scraps – with New Order, heroin and even his own bandmates. But the Brian Jonestown Massacre maverick is now more concerned with learning to speak GermanHi, Anton. Where are you? In Berlin. I've been living in Europe since 2007. I like it here. If I lived in Brooklyn or Camden, I'd be interacting with more people. Here, I've just got my studio and my thoughts. [Read More]

Carbuncles and King Charles: was the royal familys meddling supertroll right about architecture?

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1550 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

ArchitectureHe was the comedy villain of architecture, dismissed for his kitsch follies and ill-considered outbursts. But has Charles III actually been proved correct? ‘The most prominent architecture critic in the world” is howthe New York Times once described King Charles III. It was 1989, and the then Prince of Wales was enjoying a wave of publicity after the launch of his spiritual crusade against the heresies of modern architecture. It was a high-profile, three-pronged attack, comprising a prime-time 75-minute BBC documentary, a dedicated V&A exhibition, and an accompanying coffee table book, grandly titled A Vision of Britain. [Read More]

It feels really natural: hundreds pose nude for Spencer Tunick shoot near Dead Sea | Spencer T

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  545 words  |  Christie Applegate

Spencer Tunick This article is more than 2 years old‘It feels really natural’: hundreds pose nude for Spencer Tunick shoot near Dead SeaThis article is more than 2 years oldUS artist returns to site for third time to highlight plight of Dead Sea, which is receding by about a metre a year Hundreds of people wearing only white body paint have walked across a stark desert expanse near the Dead Sea, part of the latest photography project of American artist Spencer Tunick. [Read More]