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'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @andreartistry)http://andreartistry.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69c66d6f536f6e20789b8292ae810c63/tumblr_mmzxzdUxdr1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div class="quote-content"> <p><span>“There are more of us than you think, kicking off our high-heeled shoes to run and being told not so fast</span></p> <p>The best minds of my generation consumed by craving, furious half naked starving-</p> <p>Who ripped tights and dripping make up smoked alone in bedsits bare mattresses waiting for transfiguration.</p> <p>Who ran half dressed out of department stores yelling that we didn’t want to be good and beautiful</p> <p>Who glowing high and hopeful were the last to leave the gig our skin crackling with lust and sweat and pure music</p> <p>Who wrote poetry on each other’s arms and cared more about fucking than being fuckable</p> <p>Who worked until our backs stiffened and our limbs sang with the memory of misbehaviour that was what it was to be a woman</p> <p>Who dared to dance until dawn and were drugged and raped by men in clean T-shirts and woke up scared and sore to be told it was our fault</p> <p>Who swallowed bosses’ patronizing side-eyes stole away from violent broken boys in the middle of the night and vowed never again to try to fix the world one man at a time</p> <p>Who slammed down the tray of drinks and tore off our aprons and aching smiles and went scowling out into the streets looking for change</p> <p>Who stripped in dark rooms for strangers’ anodyne dollars because we wanted education and were told we were traitors</p> <p>Who sat faces upturned to the glow of the network searching searching for strangers who would call us pretty</p> <p>Who bared our breasts to hidden cameras and fought and fought and fought to be human</p> <p>Who waited in grim hallways with synth-pop crackling over the speaker system for the doctor to call us clutching fistfuls of pamphlets calling us sluts whores murderers</p> <p>Who crossed continents alone with knapsacks full of books bare limbs clear-eyed vision running running from the homes that held our mothers down</p> <p>Who filled notebooks with gibberish philosophy and scraps of stories and cameras to prove we were there keeping our novels and the name of out children close to our hearts</p> <p>Who were told all our lives that we were too loud too tisky too fat too ugly too scruffy too selfish too much too and refused to take up less space refused to be still refused refused refused to be tame</p> <p>Who would never be still. Who would never shut up. Who were punished for it and spat and snarled and they shook the bars of our cages until they snapped and they called us wild and crazy and we laughed with mouths open hearts open hands open and would never not ever be tame.</p> <p>Sara, I’m with you in hospital, in the narroe rooms where you have put off your veil to count your ribs through your T-shirt, short hair and secrets and quiet defiance crying together that we don’t know how to be perfect-</p> <p>Lara, I’m with you in mandatory art therapy, where we draw pictures of weeping cocks and are told we are not making progress-</p> <p>Lila, I’m with you in a north London bathdroom, watchhing unreal maggots crawl in the cuts in your arms and listening to your girlfriend drunk and raging through the wall-</p> <p>Andy, I’m with you in Bethnal Green where you love ambitious angry women with heart brain pen fingers tongue and you have a line from Nietzche tattooed over your cunt-</p> <p>Adele, I’m with you in the student occupation, with your lipstick and cloche hat and teenage lisp drawling that there’s not enough fucking in this revolution and we must take action-</p> <p>Kay, I’m with you on the night bus, half drunk and high dragging bright-eyed boys home to our bed, where we watch them worn out sleeping and whisper that we will never be married-</p> <p>Katie, I’m with you in Zuccotti Park, where a broken heart is less important than a broken laptop is less important than a broken future and we watch the cops beating kids bloody on the pavement for daring to ask for more-</p> <p>Tara, I’m with you in Islington where you have thrown all your pretty dresses out of the window and flushed your medication so you can write and write-</p> <p>Alex, I’m with you and a bottle of Scotch at two in the morning when you tell me that no man will make us live for ever and we must seduce the city the country the world-</p> <p>We are always hungry.</p> <p>There are more of us than you think.”</p> </div> <p class="quote-source">—</p> <p>Laurie Penny’s Saudade, from <em>Fifty Shades of Feminism</em></p>http://andreartistry.com/post/50726989922http://andreartistry.com/post/50726989922Sat, 18 May 2013 09:40:00 -0400Laurie PennySaudadeFifty Shades of Feminismself portraitwild womanhowlpoetryfeminism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/178d4c53e75abb6cde5579113d8476a3/tumblr_ml23bf9e2c1ql8o78o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Berthenay Seen</p> <p>France, 2013<br/><br/>More about this scene and others when you sign up for the AndreArtistry newsletter…follow <a href="http://eepurl.com/mqlnz" target="_blank">this link</a>.</p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/47642098970http://andreartistry.com/post/47642098970Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:35:39 -0400BerthenayToursFranceTravelphotographyStorytelling<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/549691affeadea9963adf3725cacc9e8/tumblr_mkl4h9cGRO1s90fa2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/422268652811e1686ef5cad5a7d4bf2c/tumblr_mkl4h9cGRO1s90fa2o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/538d2049f20e7d4b8f41b027760192eb/tumblr_mkl4h9cGRO1s90fa2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a7340615c7cddadcebf4b3f19002868/tumblr_mkl4h9cGRO1s90fa2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/03678dfad2a73ce94818c2e7d8b4954d/tumblr_mkl4h9cGRO1s90fa2o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://isfolkie.tumblr.com/post/46856320255/chefchaouen-marruecos-africa-en-un-camino">isfolkie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal">Chefchaouen, <strong>Marruecos – África</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">En un camino escondido, atrás de las montañas de Tanger, por una carretera peligrosa descubro un valle multicolor con un sol intermitente sobre él. Es Chefchaouen, un pueblo antiguo con renombradas historias de Judíos, Islámicos y Europeos.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Said es un hombre que tal como lo significa su nombre, es pura alegría, con 70 años, una piel maltratada por el sol y las arrugas de risa marcan sus facciones.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Said nos invita a una excursión a la montaña, subimos por la medina, por calles bordeadas de casas y tiendas azules, gatos descansando bajos los rayos de sol y niños con mochilas coloridas corriendo a la escuela. Luego nos desviamos al camino donde solo los pastores y nativos del pueblo saben llegar, al sendero del bosque.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Said habla francés, árabe, español e Inglés, y aunque sin dientes en su boca, la fluidez de los idiomas le sale como algo natural. Me relata sobre aquellas épocas donde famosos como Los Rolling Stones y Jack Kerouac paseaban por los clubs y la vida nocturna de Marruecos.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sin diplomas, títulos, viajes ni pertenencias de lujo, Said es un hombre sabio, educado y totalmete fascinante, totalmente ocupado en sus lecturas, escrituras y paseos por los campos acompañando a sus amigos de todo el mundo que de vez en cuando pasar por ahí a saludar.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“La belleza de la vida es el momento, el aquí y el ahora, una buena comida y una buena gente para compartir el amor, el sol y la tierra” - dice Said mientras le da una calada a su pipa y observa a su alrededor – “Esta es la vida, que mas hay?” – soltando una risita me mira con alegría.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sobre un periódico en el suelo, el Tagine caliente esta listo para comer, un plato típico lleno de pasas, dátales y exóticas especias que saborean el pollo y verduras del campo. Con dedos sucios, pan y salsas en mi boca, el sabor de África en mi lengua, me encuentro callada, en humildad y gratitud.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">por <em><strong><a href="http://andreartistry.com">Andrea Gallagher</a></strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">ww.andreartistry.com<br/>andreagallagher23@gmail.com</span><strong><em><br/></em></strong></p> </blockquote>http://andreartistry.com/post/47049824944http://andreartistry.com/post/47049824944Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:21:58 -0400isfolkiechefchaouenmoroccomarruecostravelAfricachaouenisfolkie.com<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c1f4a563e681174e71e293cd3c269d4d/tumblr_mkljbxWExw1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Sister of Perpetual Indulgence</span></p> <p><br/>Dolores Park, San Francisco<br/> Easter 2012<br/><br/>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/46880534600http://andreartistry.com/post/46880534600Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:50:21 -0400Dolores ParkSan FranciscoThe MissionCaliforniaThe Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceTravelPortraitEasterdrag<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e288e4b9453fe5af474f35f0d21e129d/tumblr_mkdlk1GYlh1ql8o78o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7ef1d14b43a9e2f667dbe29aa6462ced/tumblr_mkdlk1GYlh1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/82a6c95caf3cb67cffaf6f368d9b49cd/tumblr_mkdlk1GYlh1ql8o78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Dreamt of CA last night…<br/><br/>San Francisco, 2012<br/>©AndreArtistry.com</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/46508202323http://andreartistry.com/post/46508202323Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:57:37 -0400San Francisconaturephotographypacific oceanLandscapepacific coastcalifornia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/12005a72472125557a4dd3425a5560c2/tumblr_mjrlqkn9IR1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seen in Berthenay<br/>Tours, France</p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com 2013)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/45512315389http://andreartistry.com/post/45512315389Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:54:20 -0400TravelphotographyFranceToursBerthenayRainPuddleReflection<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec45d59a55e163b91610b3d3ad6df2d9/tumblr_mjb6u4XQ4k1ql8o78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/55a6757b62c293b9bce6e18fef4b5496/tumblr_mjb6u4XQ4k1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7b9898fb4836870779f2bc0531f9216b/tumblr_mjb6u4XQ4k1ql8o78o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Paris Seen<br/>(©AndréArtistry.com 2013)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/45223207126http://andreartistry.com/post/45223207126Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:13:00 -0400clownParissummertravelphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2fae2e44d87485290bb91d8f79daaeab/tumblr_mjartb94fY1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1dd304fbd52372ee8190dacd0eabde90/tumblr_mjartb94fY1ql8o78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23b14bc32024594607e060a8de804529/tumblr_mjartb94fY1ql8o78o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/66ef71b4e5dfa528ab7b5cb5284068cc/tumblr_mjartb94fY1ql8o78o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Meknes Seen<br/>Morocco 2012<br/><br/>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/45128098025http://andreartistry.com/post/45128098025Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:01:56 -0400MeknesMoroccomarruecostravelphotographyAfricaStreet Scenes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/891f989c4be86aec6f6aa086abc2a308/tumblr_mjaq9zC6d31ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Subway Seen<br/>NYC 2012<br/><br/>(©AndréArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/45063957450http://andreartistry.com/post/45063957450Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:09:51 -0400NYCSubwayMetrophotographytravel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/35ad941e73cd04234174414b341d1513/tumblr_mjb8zhPK2H1ql8o78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/66bc98a9136d8b67fd5379231baec17b/tumblr_mjb8zhPK2H1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5376aee9a96a4f65024d3cf5a4ff0509/tumblr_mjb8zhPK2H1ql8o78o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Merci<br/>Paris Seen, 2011<br/><br/>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/44931223487http://andreartistry.com/post/44931223487Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:14:39 -0500Parisstreet scenephotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d0b053c677e07f562ab2e6d998087b29/tumblr_mjb8ruOj041ql8o78o3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Paris Seen, 2011<br/><br/>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/44869709591http://andreartistry.com/post/44869709591Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:49:07 -0500ParisTravelphotographyportraitportraitureInternational Women's Day<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c0120790a3385254bff25a3e41bba7da/tumblr_mjb78jaEPh1ql8o78o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/510df3c2a70ddd0a3b857bf91ff0c25e/tumblr_mjb78jaEPh1ql8o78o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9bd6c13b252c8178c059f1dee0f9a23/tumblr_mjb78jaEPh1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec2fa82fe190557f2e4371c8501dd102/tumblr_mjb78jaEPh1ql8o78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Didgeridoo <br/>Paris Seen, 2011<br/><br/></p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/44812901941http://andreartistry.com/post/44812901941Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:50:43 -0500ParisTravelEuropeStreet ScenephotographyDidgeridoo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/097187ecf96c63f710a0b4e730a915e2/tumblr_mj9mw9OslT1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tagine<br/>Chefchaouen, Morocco 2013<br/><br/>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/44747309561http://andreartistry.com/post/44747309561Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:03:13 -0500MoroccomarruecoschefchaouenChaouentraveltaginelandscapephotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a570e53eed80f657bb3d649ff13757cb/tumblr_mihxuqcuKT1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Morocco Seen<br/><br/>(©AndreArtistry.com 2013)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/43532252318http://andreartistry.com/post/43532252318Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:06:26 -0500moroccomarruecostravelphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4110054c33f08823c30f99c781e265a3/tumblr_miaamiUSnZ1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seen from the bus…<br/>Italy, 2011<br/><br/>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/43181591584http://andreartistry.com/post/43181591584Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:39:02 -0500travellandscapephotographyAlpsItalyFrancemountains<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/09fee40e404393d9c79bd10b50c89277/tumblr_mi9vdcVK2C1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Milan Seen<br/>Italy 2011</p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com 2013)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/43157050237http://andreartistry.com/post/43157050237Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:34:19 -0500MilanFamilyTouristsTravelItalyphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b6f28853ba32f0c47818f2c1e5df6d0/tumblr_mi19djDQyH1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Milan Seen</p> <p>Italy, 2011</p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/43038642726http://andreartistry.com/post/43038642726Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:30:12 -0500MilanItalyBalloonChildMother & Childphotographytravel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9e5307aeed03b77afc97557a4156ec62/tumblr_mi19oeSJ0T1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/670748c5d33998432c657f915c0c12ba/tumblr_mi19oeSJ0T1ql8o78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“This is not Instagram…”</p> <p>Milan Seen</p> <p>Italy, 2011</p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/42877899446http://andreartistry.com/post/42877899446Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:42:57 -0500MilanItalyTravelPhotographyPoliceProtest<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c9967fecc7e4d1ebd6e758d3972390f/tumblr_mi161gpyZr1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Madrid Seen<br/><br/>Spain, 2011</p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/42864388489http://andreartistry.com/post/42864388489Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:56:17 -0500SpainMadridhuman statuetravelphotophotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/55ebdb207a574e1178d7d973d75a80fe/tumblr_mi0l33NBmt1ql8o78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bac9e7eab3d5dcaa2b85df3c057da648/tumblr_mi0l33NBmt1ql8o78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4261288458676dff2671d91285c4b5db/tumblr_mi0l33NBmt1ql8o78o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f90185d0809ab41c5068a975a644c69a/tumblr_mi0l33NBmt1ql8o78o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This is the Eiffel Tower<br/><br/>Paris Seen, 2011</p> <p>(©AndreArtistry.com)</p>http://andreartistry.com/post/42787214415http://andreartistry.com/post/42787214415Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:08:15 -0500Paris SeenParistravelphotophotographyEiffel Tower