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Published: September 17, 2007
Published: September 17, 2007
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Redefining the Disfranchised: The Political Art of Nina Allender As we continue to celebrate the 88th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote, there's a prime opportunity to view influential art from the era. Nina Evans Allender drew political cartoons for The Suffragist from 1914 into the 1920s, transforming stereotypical views of who a suffragist was. Over the years, Allender contributed more than 250 political cartoons to the movement, a number of which are on display at the Women's Museum at Fair Park. More info
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Teresa Gubbins Staff
it's in bad taste to laugh, right?
11 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
kirk Anonymous
The guy gets on a motorcycle that does 0 - 60 in 0.97 seconds -- without a helmet, on a busy sidewalk, with a minivan parked in his path 40 yards away -- acknowledging that he's not the usual driver of the vehicle, and he lives through the consequences? He should be nominated for the "Intelligent Design Award," given to people/ideas who continue to exist in spite of all logic to the contrary.
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Pavel Lishin Verified
I didn't realize he actually lived. I figured them loading him into the ambulance was just sort of for show. Wow.
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kirk Anonymous
Here's a link to the guy's blog, apparently written the evening of the accident: http://www.killacycle.com/2007/09/13/...
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James Scott Verified
His blog says "Got it slowed down to about 20 mph", so I'm assuming he means that's about how fast he hit the van...hard to tell from the video. That has to be the only way he could have survived - at 60+ mpg he would have been a gonner.
11 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Susan Thornton Verified
His miscalculations notwithstanding, what exactly is funny about a man getting hurt? Same kind of crap as "America's Funniest Videos." Such an ugly, ugly culture in which we live.
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Mike Orren Staff
Susan, I think the humor in this one comes from the hubris displayed in the buildup. Without his confident prelude, this wouldn't be worth posting.
And since the Greek classicists first put blood to sheepskin, our society has shared, been entertained by and occasionally laughed at tales of hubris. We're just carrying on the tradition in the digital age.
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Susan Thornton Verified
Point taken, but still not funny. And why do I feel like I have a parrot on me shoulder?
11 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Susan Thornton Verified
Don't answer that...
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pugeez Anonymous
Kilacycle, huh? Excellent marketing.
11 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
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