Posts Tagged ‘breasts’
Morning Roundup: Sick as a Dog Edition
Broadcasting from Beaujon Acres this morning, where a cold has laid me out flatter than one of Tim Carman's jokes. But I'm not too sick to link!
- Does anyone else find this kinda poignant and sad? Also kinda related: Post computers drive tech writer to cloud.
- Ruth Samuelson corner: 1) Now that's "getting" Results! 2) Madness in Capitol Hill: Is it Acker Place NE or Acker Street NE? Please help us out if you can. Amanda Hess corner: CP sex columnist accidentally sets Coeur d'Alene ablaze on her way out.
- Doing more with less: famous people reduce cup sizes.
- Throwing a hot dog down Middle America's hall: "Hipster Grifter" Law & Order episode planned?
- My wife is British, and her family members complain, often justifiably, all the time about the NHS. It is a royal (fnar) pain in the ass, you have to schedule OB/GYN visits a year in advance, you don't get private rooms in hospital. BUT: I for instance pay about $800/month for my employer-"provided" health care. And when my kid got sick last time we were over, they treated him no questions asked. Health care, like roads, is basic infrastructure stuff, one of the few things government can do well. So I'm with the Brit Twits here.
- Nats lose. And Redskins prepare to embark on another wacky season. Hey, why's there a Michael Vick Skins jersey for sale? It's the curse!
Norfolk, Va., On Breasts
Earlier this year, Lenny Campello of Daily Campello Art News plucked promising undergraduate works from schools along the Mid Atlantic for a show at D.C.'s Longview Gallery. According to Campello, the show, while successful, slipped pretty much under the District's radar. But when the exhibit was moved this month to Mayer Fine Arts in Norfolk, Va., one student's work managed to raise at least one eyebrow.
The piece in question, Martyrdom by Philadelphian Erika Risko, is a candy-colored nude which depicts a woman in the crucifiction pose from the neck down and the waist-up. The work, which shows two naked breasts, is on display directly in front of the gallery's glass front door. According to gallery owner Sheila Giolitti, a visitor approached the gallery and requested that the offending piece be moved to a less conspicuous spot. Instead, Giolitti kept Risko's work where it was, and simply hung two Styrofoam plates over the nipples. Check Campello's site for the before-and-after.
