Nina Berman in Florida: Abortion Patient As Perp
This is what women’s healthcare looks like today. In the face of pro-life protesters and a history of violence against abortion providers, women, whether seeking abortions, morning after pills, pap tests, or HIV screening, are forcibly thrust onto an open stage where an extremely private undertaking becomes a public passion play.
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al Qaeda Glamour
I'm wondering, what with al Qaeda going Cosmo (if we're still keeping score nearly 10 years after 9/11) if the West has finally won.
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Japan Radioactivity: Is Visual Media Suppressing the Getaway?
With news photos flooding out of Japan as a result of the earthquake and tsunami, one question to ask is, what kinds of scenes aren’t being served? We’re seeing quite a few news photos (often very tight shots, typically one-on-one or two) of people being monitored for radiation exposure....
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Japan Fallout (Then and Now)
Even taken last Thursday, before the nuclear crisis started accelerating, I was shocked by these photos. I don't imagine the likeness to a mushroom cloud escaped the photographer's mind.
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Japan Quake: The "Radiation Check" Photo
I’ve been thinking around the power of this picture as I’ve been seeing it everywhere. Of course, who can’t relate to that sweet face and its innocent confusion? There’s more to it, though.The way the device is being pointed and the child’s hands are raised, there is also the suggestion...
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Fukushima Explosion
Even if the explosion occurred in the turbine wall and not the reactor vessel, this screen grab alone -- beyond the terror it raises in the pit of my stomach -- puts nukes back on trial.
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Trolls Trending
For a respite from the swirling madness, and hoping the offbeat subject matter might also beckon some good, old fashioned Bag discussion, I'm interested in your take on the 2.0 redesign of these little creatures.
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Feeling Japan’s Earthquake in Lower Manhattan
We relate to pictures, especially trauma, in term of analogy. (It helps us feel it and also wrap our head around it.) This is Japan this morning following their massive earthquake, but — like the scenes burned in our memories from those lower Manhattan apartment windows — it also...
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Nicole Tung in Eastern Libya: Fresh To My Virgin Eyes WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW
Nicole Tung, in Libya photographing her first war, captures the deteriorating situation of the anti-Qaddafi forces. Her story and images are raw, harrowing, and intensely honest.
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"Muslim Radicalization" Hearings: Day 1 in 3 Pictures
L.A.'s Sheriff Baca tells Congressman life is a lot more complex (and a lot less polarized) outside his head.
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Your Turn: Muslim Tales
Wonder if you have thoughts on the cover design of Chairman Peter King's most recent novel in light of his "Muslim Radicalization Hearings"?
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Wisconsin: The Getaway
If these men feel righteous, they can't be feeling that encouraged.
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Screen Shots: How the NPR-O'Keefe Video Reveals Obama's "Radical Islamic Agenda"
I'm interested -- from the concluding picture of the NPR building to the shot near the beginning of the fake Islamic front-group's website-- in how the NPR-O'Keefe Muslim sting video ultimately targets Obama.
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Feminism and the Mid-East: What Mostly Happened in Tahrir Square Yesterday
Am I saying that women are less susceptible to violence, harassment and intimidation in Egypt than before Mubarak fell, or that some men didn't attack women or chase them out of the square later in the evening? No, I'm not. As opposed to the idea the photo somehow missed...
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Looking Into the Eyes of One More Crazed Governor
Try expanding this photo and checking out his eyes. Does this look at all like someone involved in a give-and-take?
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I'm On a Drug Called Charlie Sheen #3: "The Science of Charlie"
From the Bag series: I'm On a Drug Called Charlie Sheen. Yes, media can be vial.
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I'm On a Drug Called Charlie Sheen #2: "What Andrea Is Using"
The Charlie Sheen 20/20 Interview. Intoxication all around.
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I'm On a Drug Called Charlie Sheen #1: "What I'm Really On"
The Charlie Sheen phenomenon. Our first take.
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