Reading for another day
In response to Claudia’s Lockdown Reading.
Some things I have been meaning to read. Saved for later, from the past five weeks.
On Art:
Open letter to artist-run centres in Quebec:
Moving Beyond Statements of Solidarity
Robert Irwin’s 9 Most Invisible Artworks, From Dots That Disappear to Scrims That Veil Secret Worlds
Ennio Morricone, Prolific Italian Composer for the Movies, Dies at 91
John G. Hampton Appointed Interim Director and CEO of Mackenzie Art Gallery
Why I Tallied BIPOC Artists Represented by Commercial Galleries—and What I Hope Comes Next
Alleging ‘Plantation-Like Culture,’ Former Workers Accuse New Orleans Museum of Art of Racism and Hypocrisy
Meet 10 students from CSM’s BA Fashion Class of 2020
How to make your own ink from foraged spring plants
Meet the Godfather of Voguing
Inside The Club Nights That Are The Beating Heart Of The LGBTQIA+ Community
On Earth and Land:
B.C.’s revered spirit bear is rarer than anyone thought, says First Nations-led study
US Supreme Court rules half of Oklahoma is Native American land
‘An alarm bell we must not ignore’: Major report calls for huge pesticide reductions to halt collapse in vital insect populations
Why clothes are so hard to recycle
The fast fashion fix: 20 ways to stop buying new clothes for ever
People are planting tiny urban forests to boost biodiversity and fight climate change
Why you should go animal-free: 18 arguments for eating meat debunked
Greenwashing is the climate’s silent enemy. Here’s what to do about it.
Trans Mountain Pipeline spill in Abbotsford estimated at up to 190,000 litres of crude oil
On Race and Power:
Thoughts of Liberation
Toronto’s CAMH says police should not be 1st responders to mental health calls
The History That James Baldwin Wanted America to See
Stop blaming everything bad on anarchists
The story of Ontario’s last segregated Black school
Mothers of black Americans killed by police speak out: ‘Nothing’s changed’
Zoom admits cutting off activists’ accounts in obedience to China
Canada Among Very Worst White Supremacist Countries: Report
The emotional impact of watching white people wake up to racism in real-time
Angela Davis: ‘We knew that the role of the police was to protect white supremacy’
On COVID-19:
Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms
Migrant advocacy group demands Ontario shut down agricultural sector amid COVID-19 spike
On Food (and recipes):
The future of food: inside the world’s largest urban farm – built on a rooftop
Vegan Beetroot Cheese
Whitehorse greenhouse keeps stores stocked with local produce
The Chocolate-Brewing Witches of Colonial Latin America
VEGAN SEITAN STEAK
Miscellaneous: