Speed of Life

Michele Pred  #MeToo  November 2017 Neon on Vintage Case 16" x 16" x 8" Courtesy the Nancy Hoffman Gallery "We stand on the precipice of a very dynamic time, and it’s up to us to decide whether this is a moment or whether it’s something that really instigates systemic change." -Ava DuVernay, speaking about the #MeToo and  Time's Up  movements. ( InStyle , Jan 3, 2018) Artists often use their creations as a sort of reflecting device that mirrors and focuses attention on social and political change.  Beyoncé 's powerful song    ***Flawless    features writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's fierce appreciation of feminism in the 21st century. Actresses and their allies wore black to the Golden Globes to protest sexual harassment in Hollywood. At Art Basel in Miami, Michelle Pred and Pussyhat Project founder Krista Suh led a  parade against patriarchy .   The Time's Up website challenges us with a call to action:...

Yep! The story behind Beyoncé's Flawless here:   'Flawless': The Full Story Your challengers are a young group from Houston Welcome Beyonce, Lativia, Nina, Nicky, Kelly, and Ashley The Hip-Hop Rappin' 'Girls Tyme' I'm out that H-town, coming, coming down I'm coming down dripping candy on the ground H, H-town, town, I'm coming down Coming down, dripping candy on the ground I know when you were little girls You dreamt of being in my world Don't forget it, don't forget it Respect that, bow down bitches I took some time to live my life But don't think I'm just his little wife Don't get it twisted, get it twisted This my shit, bow down bitches Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches (Crown) Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches (Crown) H Town bitches H, H Town bitches I'm so crown crown, bow down bitches I'm out that H, town, coming coming down I'm coming down, drippin' candy on the...