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California
Amanda Fletcher on her mother’s suicide: “I will never be free of her dying. Even here in Los Angeles — two, ten, fifteen years later and three-thousand miles apart — I am still on my knees in the closet with the door pulled closed, clutching a piece of yellow lined paper.”
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Robert M. Ball
Robert M. Ball is an illustrator, designer, and comic artist who creates an array of work for clients, from book covers to calendars to posters. He has a knack for producing images in popular culture, from his Beautiful Death series and Game of Thrones commissions.
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Cathy O’Neil on the Cold Destructiveness of Big Data
Data scientist Cathy O’Neil comments on how algorithms — “under the guise of math, fairness, and objectivity — reinforce and magnify the old biases and power dynamics that we hoped they would eliminate.”
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Brian est dans le cuisine.
“Brian is in the kitchen.” But who is Brian, and why is he always in the kitchen? A funny take on a classic language-learning phrase.
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The Power of Words: A Selection of Poetry from 2016
Journal and zine editors share some of the powerful work they shared in the past year.
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Living Out Loud in 2016: A Roundup of Art
Explore collage, watercolor, sculpture, textiles and more as we celebrate art in 2016.
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One World, Many Angles: A Selection of Images from 2016
A small selection of notable photographers and their work on WordPress.com, published in 2016.