By a rough back-of-the-napkin estimate, there are hundreds of millions of blogs floating around the interwebs. Countless posts are added every second. Anyone can start a blog, and they can do so on a dizzying array of platforms, from simple systems to complex engines that offer sweeping presentations with animated images.
Brought to SMFA by Knewbody, a Boston-based lecture/performance series for artists of color started by Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz and Julia Pimes last October, Darkmatter will be performing "Rainbows Are Just Refracted White Light," a mash-up of art, poetry, and discussion to address issues of race, desire, capitalism, and imperialism.
Roxane Gay does it all. She is the co-editor of PANK, essays editor for The Rumpus, columnist for Salon, book reviewer for The New York Times, freelance writer, and an assistant professor at Eastern Illinois University. Her short fiction has been featured in countless publications, from Ploughshares to Bitch Magazine.
You might have seen more than 1,000 high school students pounding through the Back Bay and across Beacon Hill holding signs Thursday. You weren't imagining things. As they do every year, youth from around Boston took to the streets on their vacation to make noise about the importance of employment.