Hyperallergic: Sensitive to Art and Its Discontents
A forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
Pseudoarchaeology and the Racism Behind Ancient Aliens
Nov 13, 2018 · Where, exactly, the idea of ancient aliens building the pyramids began — and why some academics think racism lies at the heart of many extraterrestrial theories.
How to Recognize Right-wing Dog Whistles and Symbols
Jan 15, 2021 · Multiple Gadsen flags can be seen in the crowd of the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol on January 6. (photo by TapTheForwardAssist, via Wikimedia Commons). Left-wing organizations have documented far ...
The Story Behind a Misunderstood Satanic Monument
Sep 16, 2020 · When Confederate memorials began to be toppled in June, far-right organizations called for the destruction of the Satanic Temple’s bronze statue of Baphomet. Here’s why that doesn’t make sense.
Why Archaeologists Are Fuming Over Netflix’s - Hyperallergic
Jan 4, 2023 · In November 2022, Netflix launched a new “docuseries” titled Ancient Apocalypse, presented by journalist Graham Hancock. Over the course of eight episodes, Hancock revivifies long-discounted ...
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These Kamala Harris Memes Didn’t Just Fall Out of a Coconut Tree
Jul 22, 2024 · Practically ubiquitous, the coconut tree meme comes from a portion of Harris’s speech at a May 2023 ceremony for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and ...
Free the Nipple: A History of a Hidden Movement - Hyperallergic
Oct 5, 2021 · In 2012, director Lina Esco filmed the movie Free The Nipple which followed a fictional group of young women exposing the double-standard and protesting for equality. The movie was set in New York ...
How Many Colors Can Most of Us Actually See? - Hyperallergic
Mar 7, 2015 · In the last few days, a LinkedIn article about differences in individual color vision by Diana Derval, President and Research Director of DervalResearch and self-professed “Expert in ...
Amassing the World’s Largest Digital Transgender Archive
Mar 25, 2016 · From letters written by female impersonators to illustrated guides to cross-dressing, material chronicling the experiences of transgender people is currently being digitized and catalogued online.