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pinto

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10. What's emo?

Reply to cbayer (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 03:02 PM

Mar 2013

I drew away from ACT UP after a while. They became caricatures of themselves, imo.
But I loved the early stuff. And that's a whole other topic.

In context of this group, I saw the growth of faith based groups stepping up to simply support PWA's, one on one, then moving on to advocate for state and federal recognition and some action. A lot of them made a significant difference in the big picture.

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'Jew in Box' exhibit in Berlin triggers controversy [View all] cbayer Mar 2013 OP

Link? Jim__ Mar 2013 #1

Oops! Sorry about that. I added it. cbayer Mar 2013 #2

Thanks. Jim__ Mar 2013 #3

W Michael Blumnethal is the director of the museum. Jim__ Mar 2013 #4

Definitely meant to be provocative, though. cbayer Mar 2013 #5

Art should provoke thought. Jim__ Mar 2013 #6

Absolutely. I like it and think it would be fun just to observe for a few hours. cbayer Mar 2013 #7

I love stuff like this. There was an earlier thread about art and religion. This includes culture pinto Mar 2013 #8

I remember the chalk marks in NYC, as well as some other things ACT UP did. cbayer Mar 2013 #9

What's emo? pinto Mar 2013 #10

Emo is overly emotional. For example, I really dislike pretty much cbayer Mar 2013 #11

Yeah saw that. Good piece. I think they got it right. pinto Mar 2013 #12

Interesting. okasha Mar 2013 #13