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justforbooks · 5 years

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Are you watching Mad Men? You have not been getting a truly balanced view of what it was like to be gay in advertising in that time period.

I was there, as a junior writer, then a senior writer, then a group head through the 1950s, and then a creative director in the 1960s. I went on to become one of the highest-paid creatives in the world through the ‘70s and ‘80s.

I beg to differ on the show’s representation of the single gay character, Salvatore, who was fired by the fictional ad agency for being more open about his sexuality. According to the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner, as quoted in The Advocate, “I felt it was an expression of the times that he couldn’t work there anymore. It’s the ultimate case of sexual harassment.”

But there were plenty of gays who, like me, didn’t bother to stay in the closet, succeeded, and thrived in this tough world.

Yes, some agencies were like the one where Don Draper works. But these stuffy, old-line agencies were the big ones — BBDO, J. Walter Thompson, Leo Burnett — not agencies like Draper’s. They were top-heavy with upper-level management from Ivy League schools; they were agencies where women could only be secretaries or work in what was called the “Women’s Division” (food, fashion, and cosmetics). In those kinds of agencies, if you were gay, you were probably closeted, like that poor character on Mad Men. But more likely, if you were gay, you didn’t stay long at such an agency, as many of the smaller agencies were quite different — fun agencies to work for, where being gay was not an issue.

The fact that no one at the Mad Men agency changes jobs is very unreal. In the advertising world I knew, you rarely worked anywhere more than two years, as other agencies wanted you for your knowhow on whatever account you had been working on. And your salary soared. You almost doubled your salary each time you moved. I went from $95 a week when I started at Kenyon and Eckhardt to something over $22,000 a year at Hockaday Associates in four agency moves. In the early 1960s that was good money. I spent two years at BBDO and only about a year at J. Walter Thompson, and voilà! Everybody did it. Why didn’t Salvatore?

After I left BBDO, a friend told me he’d overheard comments about me in the elevator, along the lines of, “So, they were in a lot of trouble here when the queer that was writing all the great stuff left. But then they found another queer who could write just as fancifully.”

When I finally hit Hockaday Associates, a small agency specializing in high-end fashion, furniture, cosmetics, and the like, it was a different world.

All the art directors were gay, and all the account executives were women. The agency president was in fact a Miss Hockaday, and she had her own take on the 1960s. Everyone really dressed to the nines. Everyone was good-looking, and there was wall-to-wall green carpeting in the foyer. A lady with a cart served tea every afternoon at 4 o’clock. Clients came in and were overwhelmed by the chic and wonder of it all. We were famous in the advertising world because Miss Hockaday dropped the Elizabeth Arden account. After Miss Arden kept her waiting for an hour for a meeting, Miss Hockaday swept in and said, “Miss Arden, you are a tyrant. We do not want to have this account,” and swept out.

Can we please have more scenes like this on Mad Men?

The gay men on staff knew everything there was to know at the time about clothes, interior décor, you name it. I learned a lot. This was the early 1960s; being witty was important then. And let’s face it: This was New York, where being gay was hardly a hidden-away phenomenon. In Greenwich Village the gay men were lined up every night along the western side of Washington Square. They sat and lounged against the low pipe railings there, which were called “the Meat Rack.” You could drop in at Mary’s on Eighth Street or go dancing at the Cherry Lane bar (men did the two-step there, clasped in each other’s arms), right next door to the Cherry Lane theater. There was a large sign by the door: “Out of Bounds to Military Personnel.” If you were gay in New York, you didn’t need to run around hiding it.

And there were plenty of places in the advertising world where you could work and it just didn’t matter. What outsiders little realized was the tightrope danger of the advertising industry. There was not a day you went to work that you couldn’t get fired, regardless of whether you were straight or day. If the client vamoosed, the entire group servicing that client was fired. Immediately, to not waste salaries. You deserved “flight pay,” we called it, like the pilots in the Air Force. Employees who could hang onto those slippery, shifting clients were highly valued. I was one of those employees. And I didn’t care who knew I was gay. I was myself. Lots of ladies in the office told me that their closeted gay friends would sigh, “If only I could be as openly gay as Leddick.”

And then I went to Grey Advertising...

I always said that everything I was or ever hoped to be in advertising I owed to Revlon. I was hired as the Worldwide Creative Director of Revlon at Grey Advertising in the mid-1960s. Grey Advertising was huge, the largest agency in the U.S. It was not like stuffy BBDO and other biggies. It was like Hollywood. It had scale, it had dough, and it was heartless. Revlon was the same thing, but only more glamorous, with more money, and heartless in their way, but very loyal to those they valued.

I was never “in” the closet, and actually, I enjoyed making all those white, heterosexual, tough guys face up to the fact they had to have me in that job, because Revlon liked me; they liked a creative director who was taller, blonder, and better-dressed than anyone else in their meetings. When they screamed and cussed and bellowed in their meetings, I would say, “Keep this up and I will lose my enthusiasm.”

And during a tense meeting, when I took out my lip balm, my crew knew the meeting was over.

Every year on Advertising Age‘s “worst clients list,” Revlon was always voted the number-one worst client in the United States. And I didn’t care, because Revlon liked me, and they liked me for what I could do.

In meetings with Revlon, a head honcho would be chewing out the president of Grey Advertising, saying things like, “You guys are useless. You don’t know what you’re doing. You’re a waste of time. The only reason you have this account is him!“ And they would point to me. Gee, it felt great. They were loyal to those who truly were on their team.

At one point, my staff went on strike and told management that it was either me or them. They didn’t want to work for me anymore. The head account executive called Revlon while they sat in front of his desk in assembled mutiny. He spoke briefly to the client and hung up. He said, “They like David. You’re all fired.” I only found out about this later.

Revlon spent $34 million a year on advertising. They were a big deal. That’s $246 million in today’s dollars, and the agency got 17 percent. We had enormous budgets and tremendous creative freedom, to an extent that was never seen again. One of my favorite creations was this commercial for Revlon’s Jontue fragrance.

Some people call it “groundbreaking” and “iconic.” I just thought it was a lot of fun.

Their world included major gays like Mr. Kenneth the hairdresser, Bill Blass the designer, and Mr. John the hat designer. And Halston, who went from hats to being a major design name. Believe me, none of those guys did anything but roar around town looking swell. One of my female writers said, “Some people think homosexuality is a crime. And some people seem to think it’s a sin. But you, David, seem to think it’s a luxury.” Well, Mick Jagger wasn’t out there acting very butch, nor was David Bowie and a host of other entertainers. This was the ‘60s, which I have always thought prefigured our 21st century.

And I think the gay advertising world of the ‘60s that serviced the major beauty and fashion clients like Revlon anticipated the gay liberation that is still in full-swing today. These were big people handling money and taking big chances. They didn’t have time to care about what other people did in bed. They only cared about what you did in the office. It was refreshing, liberating, tough, and unprejudiced. They were only prejudiced against the untalented, and a little bit against those who were not good-looking and didn’t know how to dress.

Revlon was the megastar of the cosmetics industry. It was headed by Charles Revson, whose head creative director at Revlon (and my counterpart) was Kay Daly, the highest-paid woman in the U.S. (hint, hint, Mad Men writers). She was paid $100,000 a year back then, a stupefying salary when writers started at perhaps $9,000 a year. My own observation is that as women became more and more liberated, attitudes toward gays became more liberated, too. Women in business simply did not care. The presence of gay men in the office did not make them examine their own inner sexual feelings as it did straight men.

Revlon was exemplary for this — very macho, but not in the Ivy League, Brooks Brothers tradition. Revlon was much more European, and they realized that they were in a woman’s business. Kay Daly led us to create the Revlon woman: single, beautiful, with a good job, and certainly not a virgin. She was welcomed by millions of women. Headlines like “Fire and Ice” and “Jungle Peach” let us all know something sexy was going on.

C’mon, Mad Men, bring us more juicy stuff like this, please!

In many ways it was also very American: If you can do it, you can be it. As a French friend recently said to me while visiting me in Miami Beach, “The great thing here is that you feel anything is possible.” And so it was, back then, in many parts of the Mad, Mad advertising world. But it wasn’t all just Mad men. Much of it looked ahead to the world we are finally beginning to find ourselves in now. We were anticipating the 21st century about half a century before it arrived.

Every year I negotiated a new contract, and toward the end I was only working 32 weeks a year, finally. When the management at Grey asked Revlon if this would be OK, they said, “As long as he’s here when we need him.” I lived in Paris part of the time and would fly into New York on the Concorde for meetings late in the morning and go back the same night on the 7 o’clock Air France flight.

That was glamour. The fact that I was gay meant nothing and never came up.

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sukajunin · 7 years

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What I got out of Future News Worldwide

A little summary: I was selected as a delegate to represent Australia at an international journalism conference called Future News Worldwide, held by The British Council. Just a few stats on how big of a deal this was for me (also to slightly brag but not really): more than 2,000 applicants worldwide and only 100 were chosen to attend and only two from Australia. What were the odds they chose someone like me?

Here’s a short write up about my time there. I could write for miles on end but no one wants to read about my first encounter with haggis or my 5 hour train ride to Banbury, England.

As young aspiring journalists, we are currently living in a difficult world. We’re living in a time where a journalist’s integrity is constantly questioned and where fake news is slowly becoming the norm. Some say it’s the worse time to become a journalist where every little word published or broadcasted are being scrutinised and critiqued. However, Anne McElvoy said: “When things are contested, these are the times to be a journalist.” I agree. A fresh, new batch of young journalists will surely be able to change the game. We’ll do things differently.

I didn’t have much reassurance for this notion of mine until the opportunity to apply for Future News Worldwide came. It was a conference on the 5-6th of July for aspiring journalists to learn more about the industry they are so passionate about. By having the British Council bring 100 young journalists together to Scotland’s capital, it showed me how much we really needed to change the industry and what better way to do that than having determined journalism students to helm it?

With very minimal expectations, I was pleasantly surprised to be shortlisted for a place in FNW. The months leading up to the conference went by in a flash and I found myself travelling to the other side of the world – something I have never done before. As excited as I thought I was, I couldn’t help but feel a tinge of nervousness in my stomach. I was about to meet 99 other journalists from 43 different countries who could potentially either be my adversaries or my friends in this competitive industry.

That thought completely escaped my mind as I shook hands and shared details of my tiresome 25-hour journey to Edinburgh with over half of them during our first dinner. I immediately realised that we were all on the same boat: we want to be a game changer in the future of journalism. The importance of me being there didn’t hit me until our welcome dinner where Mark Wood, Chair of FNW Advisory Board, emphasized the fact that out of 2000 applicants worldwide, the chosen 100 were standing right there in one of the grand halls within the Scottish Parliament.

Two main themes of this year’s FNW were the power of storytelling and the challenges facing journalism. David Pratt of The Herald Scotland shared his more than 20 years of experience as a foreign correspondent on conflict in the Arab and Islamic world. Despite the harshest of environments, especially in the increasingly torn world we live in, empathy and sensitivity are needed more than ever.

David summed it up perfectly: “Storytelling is raison d’etre”. I didn’t have an interesting life growing up compared to many of my peers, so I preferred telling other people’s stories. My degree made me aware that sharing stories with a strong personal, human perspective is the kind of journalism I would like to do. Hearing David’s talk made me even more sure that is what I want to do. We’re so used to cold hard news that we forget it is happening to people like you and me. “Listening to stories is a great gift,” said David.

The second day of the conference was all about challenges in the journalism industry. Journalism is constantly faced with challenges every day from the rise of fake news to bias media outlets and a day was simply not enough to cover all of them. However, the speakers in attendance was full of optimism and advice when it comes to what’s out there for aspiring journalists.

Increasing distrust of the media is not enough to put us off from entering the industry. I think I can speak on behalf of almost all of us at the conference that it may even be our drive. We want to gain the trust back of those who originally doubted media organisations and to rid of this small phenomenon called fake news. With social media becoming a more popular tool for us to get our news, disseminating inaccurate stories can hurt us more than we think it will. Mary Hockaday, Controller of BBC World Service English, put it bluntly saying that “new technology is your friend but also your enemy”.

As a person who often likes to seclude herself, a career in journalism doesn’t exactly cater for that. Christina Lamb of The Sunday Times stressed the importance of getting out of your comfort zone to get the stories. Journalism has slowly brought me out of my shell and with that, I have met some of the most interesting people and captivating stories that I wouldn’t have heard without it.

In our world’s current state, it was so good to see 99 other young journalists from 43 different countries get along so well. It was as if borders and conflicts amongst nations don’t exist and we purely bonded over our love for journalism and the right for free speech. The piece I submitted for my application to FNW echoes this. With so many voices and opinions, it’s easy to drown out those who have lost theirs in the messy political landscape. When we see past our nationalities, skin colour and religion, we see that we’re all just human with passions and interests. When we have the same goal, it’s hard to see anyone as our enemies.

So were the other 99 journalists my future adversaries in the field? Award-winning documentary maker and investigative journalist Murdoch Rodgers said: “You can get more out of collaboration than competition.” I think that just about answers my question. Is it the perfect time to be a journalist? There’s probably no such thing as the perfect time but it’s the best time. With events like FNW, travelling and meeting an eclectic bunch of people, it would be silly not to be a journalist.

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This was a surreal once-in-a-lifetime experience and I can’t thank everyone involved enough for creating such a special event. I want to thank my father who would like to be acknowledged because he was the one who showed me the link to the application form for FNW. No but really, thanks Dad. And of course, an infinite amount of thank yous to The British Council for hosting and getting each and every one of us on a plane to Edinburgh.

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David Squires on … Leeds Leeds Leeds being back in the Premier League

Our cartoonist looks at the return of Leeds to the English top flight, after years of Bates, Evans, Hockaday and many more

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The madman who made Leeds a laughing stock: Extraordinary but true tales about Massimo Cellino

You would think the current situation in Leeds United is crazy, with Marcelo Bielsa admitting to spying on the entire championship. But just ask the fans of the club: this is nothing. Until May 2017, the club was owned and operated by a madman.

Massimo Cellino took control of Leeds when the club was in extreme financial disorder.

He had arrived in England with the reputation, he had arrived in England with the reputation. He was Il mangia-allenatori – the manager-eater – a man who had already been turned away from West Ham by the governing bodies of the game. But few could predict the chaos he would cause in Leeds. He was also not averse to espionage – but to people within his own club.

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Massimo Cellino & # 39; s time owned by Leeds United was turbulent, chaotic, and farcical

-competition manager to be designated as head coach – to his own surprise

& # 39; Pie Tax & # 39; was implemented to punish fans & # 39; & # 39; who protested against him

Leeds put down a player because he was born on the 17th of a month

Cellino buys a pl

This list, however, barely scratches the surface.

Cellino is considered a billionaire, although he has said: & # 39; I have never been able to find out how much money I have. & # 39;

At the age of 18, he moved to London with the dream of becoming a rock star. I ended up in the Regent Palace Hotel to do the dishes

Not that his fantasies ever died. I have owned Cagliari for 22 years, I have owned Cagliari for 22 years.

I have owned Cagliari for 22 years. Cellino's relationship with the fans has never been great. At one point, Cagliari played their home games at 500 miles from Sardinia.

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Cellino wanted to be a rock star – he plays the guitar and is a heavy smoker and drinker

The first sign that was wrong during his reign in Leeds was on the January 2014 transfer deadline. Striker Ross McCormack called on Sky Sports News, saying that he would stay as long as manager did Brian McDermott.

Then it broke. McDermott was fired by Cellino. McCormack called back and turned off the & # 39; come-and-go-me & # 39; plea.

Leeds fans responded badly. Cellino was still on Elland Road. A group went to the ground. A taxi that was sent to collect Cellino was chased away.

The following day, Leeds won a local derby against Huddersfield, 5-1.

It had become clear to the previous owners, GFH Capital, that Cellino was not really in charge and that they could go back to his calls. Chaos from the start.

A week later, Cellino only needed permission from the Football League.

The agreement between Cellino and GFH Capital said that even if I failed the test, I would have to provide funding until Leeds qualified for the Champions League. the club Employees and players went unpaid.

Cellino was in Miami. A Leeds fan, only known as TeenNailSoup, called him and then brought the & # 39; interview & # 39; on social media. Cellino was unguarded and honest.

I then had director David Haigh & # 39; a son of a b ****, dangerous, a fucking devil & # 39; called. He gossiped about player wages. I have a few of them *** & # 39 ;.

David Hockaday was recently responsible for the National League party Forest Green Rovers and was invited to chat: & # 39; I had done my homework on Cellino & # 39 ;, he told Sportsmail . I saw his record with managers. I thought I'd bring a head coach based in Italy.

& # 39; I got along very well with him, I have a lot of knowledge about the game. We talked about tactics and he asked me some good questions.

& # 39; After about three hours, he said: & # 39; I like you. Do you want to be my head coach? & # 39;

Imagine. The recently fired Forest Green manager was asked if he wanted to be in charge of Leeds. & # 39; I turned to Cellino and said: & # 39; Do you know what you are asking? & # 39;

& # 39; I turned to Cellino and said: & # 39; Do you know what you're asking? & # 39; In the game I have a good reputation, but the fans won't know me from Adam. You are going to leave yourself open for a cane. & # 39; He said: & # 39; That doesn't bother me, does it bother you? & # 39; I said: & # 39; No, I am a good coach. I can handle it. & # 39;

& # 39; I went to all finances, all recruitment. What did you say?

& I understand why I wanted to choose someone like me. Someone who would not demand things. & # 39;

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His appointment of Dave Hockaday (left) as manager in 2014 was a staggering step

Hockaday had no idea how badly the club had deflated behind the scenes under Cellino. season, not one game.

& # 39; We didn't really have a match analyst. & # 39;

& # 39; No food was served at Thorp Arch. I went blind to play. I had to call managers and say: & # 39; Listen, can you give me a little insight into the boys & # 39 ;. & # 39;

Cellino paid for the team to go out to Italy. There are three games, one against the Romanian side.

He had to split his group into two teams and have them compete to entertain the few hundred Leeds fans who

In that period in Italy – including Hockaday with a river in the Dolomites instead of ice baths for recovery – Cellino kept in touch.

Cellino grabs his cross during his stay on the East Stand on Elland Road in 2015 "

Cellino grabs his cross while on the East Stand on Elland Road in 2015 state

Cellino grabs his cross during his stay on the eastern foot at Elland Road in 2015

& # 39; He would send me a video and say: & # 39; Here is who we want to sign & # 39; I would watch the video and say, "No, I don't like him." He said, "Well, we're going to sign it anyway."

& # 39; He has this in the middle half. He was a giant Scandinavian who played in the Italian league. He said: & # 39; What do you think of him? & # 39 ;. I said: & # 39; Not good & # 39 ;. His face sank. He raged. I said: & # 39; Watch him in training. & # 39; & # 39; He went further & # 39;

There was more to Cellino & # 39; ss ignoring sessions than just playing skills.

& # 39; He kept bringing these guys who all reported to him.

& # 39; The players were not good enough for the championship and were not good enough for Leeds United. & # 39;

& # 39; I would have bet money that the head coach from Leeds would have been a good thing for my career. It didn't work out like that, & Hockaday says.

In a competition in Brentford, Cellino caused ruckus in the manager's box and was thrown out.

Matt Child is a boy from Leeds.

Cellino needed a helping hand. His son's name is Lucas, after Radebe.

He also has experience in large business.

He met Cellino in September 2014: "I only spent two hours with him, talking about football, family, the history of the club."

Later Cellino called & # 39; s PA: & # 39; They said: & # 39; You have to come to the game tomorrow. You have to bring your family. We ensure a draw when you get there. Don't wear purple and don't let anyone wear purple.

It was the beginning of the children's course in Cellino & # 39; s superstition.

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Cellino sings with Leeds fans at the back of Brentford in September 2014

& # 39; We scored and (Francesco & # 39; s wife) Francesca said to me after the game: & # 39; It's good that we scored if I hadn't had you back & # 39; I thought it was a joke, but it soon turned out to be superstitious than you could ever imagine.

& # 39; If we were lost that day, I am sure he would would not have returned. Child worked a few days a week, for nothing, before it became official.

] It was not an easy task.

Darko Milanic lasted as manager until the end of October 2014 – only 32 days. & # 39; Cellino said: & # 39; He is ready, he is ready & # 39 ;. I said to him: & I will come and talk to you tomorrow, we will talk about what you want to do. & # 39;

& # 39; I thought he had calmed down or would appoint a new manager and I

& # 39; He just laughed a little and said: & # 39; Too late & # 39; before he winds his window and drives off. ]

Darko Milanic was the third manager who came to Leeds under Cellino and went "

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Darko Milanic was the third manager to come and go in Leeds under Cellino

& # 39; Cellino described his close boys, his head sneaking, like his pair of slippers.

& # 39; They were more than happy to spy for him, to be his eyes and ears , to speak badly about other people. & # 39; (19459003)

Child continues: & # 39; We played Bou rnemouth at home (in January 2015). There were a few people in Massimo's office. I know I really liked Neil and he said to me: & # 39; If we lose tonight, shoot him. & # 39;

The children's night became worse.

Silver is a huge figure in the history of Leeds. As president, he dragged the club out of their dark days in the 1980s, helped to end the worst racism on the terraces and led them to a league title in 1992. When he died, he was front-page news in Leeds for a week

Leeds won the match 1-0 after Marco Silvestri charged a penalty on the cross bar in the 87th minute. Child remembers: & # 39; Massimo said: & # 39; It is the hand of God. The hand of Leslie & # 39;

& # 39; It was the worst football moment. It took me a lot of hard work to get Leslie & # 39; s meticulous silence.

& It is terrible. (Cellino) denied knowledge of it on match day, when he already knew.

I went to him and confronted him. I ended up shouting with him in the kitchen.

Other stories that he can view with humor, not least Cellino & # 39; s issues with number 17. & # 39; The superstition stuff was always in front and in the middle. There was a player he was watching. I put his profile down in front of me and said: & # 39; What is the problem? & # 39; The man was born on the 17th of the month.

& # 39; Really, that kind & # 39; f ****** hell, really? & # 39; superstition. & # 39;

Child finally had enough and walked away in March 2015.

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other staff) in just three years in Leeds

The season culminated with six of imports van Cellino who left an away game on the morning of the game, referring to injuries, known as the & # 39; Sicknote Six & # 39 ;.

Uwe Rosler replaced Redfearn that summer. bizarre press conference in which Cellino spoke for an hour, with a 15-minute break in the middle for a cigarette.

The Rosler government began in May 2015 and ended in October, and Steve Evans' next one lasted until the end

But any positivity towards Cellino evaporated when Redfearn went, Fans protested.

Anger against him during a match against Blackburn led to a £ 5 surcharge that was added to tickets on the Sout h Stand of Elland Road. That was where the noisiest complaints about Cellino came from during that competition.

The charge went to a voucher that could be exchanged for a foot and a drink. People at the club admitted that it was a way to punish those who were against him. It became known as & # 39; Pie Tax & # 39 ;.

Meanwhile, Cellino was at war with Sky Sports. He found that games were moved too often for TV coverage. He tried to banish the Sky Sports cameras from the stadium for the match against Derby in December 2015, but finally gave in.

After that he was a fairly absent figure, apart from the occasional meal with Evans, or the time I have & # 39; Mini-Me & # 39; from the Austin Powers movies, Verne Troyer, invited to a game.

Garry Monk arrived in June 2016 and saw the entire season, the only manager who was under Cellino. However, the drama continued.

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The & # 39; Time To Go Massimo & # 39; on Elland Road

Lucy Ward is loved. She played for the Leeds women's team, scored with Lucas Radebe & # 39; s testimonial and worked for the club as head of football education.

Lewis Cook would call Ward an influence. Ditto Fabian Delph and James Milner.

In 2016, she remembered a conversation after Cellino saw a female coach work with the Under 21. She is close to the mother for most of the children who came through the Leeds academy. I can't do a f ****** woman. She a woman. She is sleeping with players, & Ward said following Cellino.

She dealt with other matters. Cellino fired all the cleaning staff at Thorp Arch and decided that the U18 & # 39; s could clean instead to save money. A broker virus broke out, caused by traces from the pool that Cellino refused to pay £ 25,000 for heating and treatment.

Ward was also the partner of Redfearn. When she left, Cellino thought she should go too.

So she was fired, so she was fired. The club said she had failed to ask for a leave to cover the Women's World Cup.

Ward sued the club in an industrial tribunal for sexual discrimination and unreasonable dismissal. She won her case. Leeds had to pay Ward £ 290,000 and legal fees.

She is now a broadcaster.

Cellino once shut out of his office on Elland Road and had to scale the building. He does not do the work that contributed to the production of Cook, a U20 World Cup winning captain, or Delph and Milner,

It's the kind of story you'd like to hear from a crazy uncle. Not your boss.

As much as the superstition, the interviews with fans and the visits to the Brentford road end have made him loved by people, the rest can be shocking.

Those who were collateral damage will not forget Cellino – the current strange events in Leeds are nothing compared to the last of our chat: & # 39; He told me to fire eleven because & # 39; he looked weird & # 39 ;. with him.

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Leeds wanted £75m ace before he announced himself in England - report

Former Leeds United manager David Hockaday says he recommended bringing Virgil van Dijk to Elland Road during his reign.

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"Horrible news", "Useless", "Pointless" - Loads of Leeds fans react to managerial update

Loads of Leeds fans have been reacting to a huge managerial update, as Paul Heckingbottom is all set to become Hibernian manager.

According to Sky Sports, Heckingbottom is in line to take over at the Scottish club, and arrived at their East Lothian training centre to complete the deal on Wednesday.

Hibs have been without a manager since Neil Lennon left last month, and they currently sit eighth in the Scottish Premier League, a whopping 19 points below the big two.

Who are the best away fans in the Championship? Pl>ymaker FC’s Thogden gives his top 10 in the video below…

Needless to say, plenty of Leeds fans have been running the rule over the impending appointment of Heckingbottom, as the ex-Barsnley man was not a popular figure at Elland Road.

After replacing Thomas Christiansen, the 41 year-old won just four league games in charge of Leeds, amassing a win percentage of just 25 per cent.

Of course, the arrival of the enigmatic Marcelo Bielsa has completely changed the fortunes at the Yorkshire club, and let’s just say they don’t have much hope for their new friends north of the border.

You can find some of the best Twitter reactions down below…

If you were going to hire an ex Leeds Manager surely David Hockaday is top of the list.

— Joe Thrush (@josephjaylufc) February 13, 2019

Thinking of you at this difficult time @GarySma32095167

— David Guile ? (@ellandduck) February 13, 2019

@judediab good luck. You’ll need it

— Theo Widdicombe (@widdicombe_theo) February 13, 2019

Poor Hibernian ?

— The Waking Giant?? (@b1ake_LUFC) February 13, 2019

So sorry, horrible news

— Barkerz (@THEbarkerboy98) February 13, 2019

The worst and most pointless football we ever played under the Heck.

— LEEDSLEEDSLEEDS (@lufcTom1919) February 13, 2019

I always liked Hibs. It’s all so sad. Chin up. It won’t last long at least. ?

— Tony Stevenson?? (@tonystellafella) February 13, 2019

Could be worse. Could be Hockaday.

— Craig (@craseycraig) February 13, 2019

good luck with that he was useless for leeds nice guy but a very poor manager

— ian burns (@ianpburns1) February 13, 2019

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Week 12: Whither the Underground?

Director of The Lab, SF -> Dena Beard

Mon April 2 Dena Beard Executive Director The Lab, San Francisco

Dena Beard received her M.A. in Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was previously Assistant Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Her work at The Lab considers the exhibition and performance space as a site to investigate and dismantle systems of perception. Beard has organized exhibitions and projects with Dora García, Ellen Fullman, Fritzia Irízar, Jacqueline Gordon, Brontez Purnell, Constance Hockaday, Wadada Leo Smith, Lutz Bacher, Norma Jeane, Anna Halprin, Barry McGee, Silke Otto-Knapp, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, among others.

Used to be a curator of the Berkeley Museum

The Lab believes that if we give artists enough time, space, and funding to realize their vision, the work they produce will change the way we experience the world and each other. These propositions challenge the familiar ways we perceive value, and so we As a site of constant iteration and indeterminacy, The Lab is, above all, a catalyst for artistic experimentation.

The Lab is W.A.G.E. Certified. W.A.G.E. Certification is a program initiated and operated by working artists that publicly recognizes nonprofit arts organizations demonstrating a commitment to voluntarily paying artist fees that meet a minimum standard.

Came here 10 years ago to work at the berkeley art museum

she was attracted to alternative art spaces.. thought the work at the berkeley art museum was “safe”,

she loved the “the strangeness of the undertakings” at the collaborative/ alternative spaces

“creative labor” -/. often asks her students “who are you?” when they experience a work art

the levitation of terry fox

-he attempted to levitate

he was sick with hodgekins lymphoma

levitating = coming to the understanding that it mean going into the air instead of leaving the ground

her piece was inspired by this

the museum of conceptual art

225 boom microphones image of a projected tiger- nylon clad women

a man on a leader peed on a ladder below

marioni- the art of drinking beer with friends is the highest art of all

-montana and marioni handcuffed to each other for three days and just “lived life”.. ate, went out to stores, etc.

problems of smaller art organizations- spaces depended entirely on unpaid labor, almost all artists in a space that is supposed to be for minority groups were white men

current climate- greater income inequality, higher arates of debts

nearly 25% of the city’s non-profits have been displaced of closed since 2017

its clear that the artist communities that shape the cultures of our community are shrinking

americans recipe less than 47 cents per person spent on the arts compared to countries like germany where 19.18 USD spent per person and england where 13.54 USD per person

in us we gave success by “audience size rather than impact”

we have to rethink from the bottom up

without you the artwork does not exist

“what does it mean to be entirely consumed by an artwork.. instead of establishing critical distance” ponti

transitional spaces- artists take hold of the abject and wring from resources more than they could possible give

artists exist in a failed world but they somehow manage to extend outside that world

sam’s cafe - 1918 university ave

-terry and david - students at uc berkeley

the cafe served patrons rotting food and fecal matter

mailed false debt collection letters to

the labor temple- for the price of union dues, workers had access to day cares, a lady’s parlor, and a bunch ofther services

-strike of 1934 to raise the minimum wage- led to the fair wage/working acts

the lab was a created as the newest branch of the labor temple -had a punk ethos -

she left her job at he berkeley art museum because she realized that they were more focused on maintaining the “perceived beauty” of the lab rather than on changing and challenging those perceptions

beard tells new residents that their residency will be a mutual experiment and that every artist will have to sit down and bounce around ideas with her and others to figure out “how the rules have to change” for every project

ellen fullman- invented the long string instrument creates a unique musical environment

-for fullman the residency at the lab was unique opportunity to test the instrument in a sound proof. airtight environment that fit all her needs

she digitally monitored the overtones she wanted and mapped them…

it was also an opportunity for pullman to work other performers because she has a limited budget… she was able to pay respected musicians to travel and play with her instrument

-she had a piece that had previously been scored but before, it had been too ambitious a goal because she didn’t have the funding, but the lab allowed her to produce the instrument “vibrating earthly sound”

jaclyn gordon- “inside you is me” invited 12 artists that were queer poc - her piece had moveable speakers/ walls, 22 channel sound system, often open until 4 am, the work itself calls on us to pay attention to how we move through space, look, and listen

she did a series of field recording from around the missions, conversations, interviews that were remixed with pop songs, some vocal sounds, etc….

she worked closely with audio engineers to get the effect that they were forced by the sound to continue moving… it was definitely an experiment to see how people used the space

they were able to provide gordon 46,000 dollars and set a minimum wage of $25… every single person at the lab makes $25 and hour including beard

“the lab box” -. everything needed to recreated teach artists work with the artistic integrity intact

-the box orginated as a questions— how to archive nontraditional art pieces, allowing us to share collaborative art spaces

she wants he lab to restore some sense of agency to the artist- thats why they provide artists with a decent budget and a living wage

they get there funding through grants

Gregory Sholette - “Artist, activist and author In his wide-ranging art, activist, teaching and

writing practice, dr. Sholette develops a self-described “viable, democratic, counter-narrative that,

bit-by-bit, gains descriptive power within the larger public discourse.” A founding member of

Political Art Documentation/Distribution (PAD/D: 1980-1988, NYC); of REPOhistory collective

(1989-2000); and Gulf Labor, an artists’ group advocating for migrant workers’ rights

constructing Western branded art museums in Abu Dhabi (2010-ongoing)…

sholette… we totally underestimate the art done by amateurs and working artists and people who went to art school but never reached levels of high visibility… which is why he supports W.A.G.E. certified spaces like the Lab

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Gentrification: is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents

A founding member of

Political Art Documentation/Distribution (PAD/D: 1980-1988, NYC)

Out of Place- 1984 street posters that were commentary on gentrification and how all these new galleries and museums were built in their city

-depicted how real estate companies used rhetoric and imagery that made it seem like the wealthy, young white residents who moved into the city were somehow “taming” the old residents

they created 4 “galleries” by covering up 4 buildings with a bunch of the street posters

-LATER THESE GALLERIES WERE also gentrified

Repo Man - watch movie

Repo history piece:

-in real like repo men collect money from people who can’t pay what they owe… the idea behind the piece was that the artists were collecting and taking bad the culture or their city

-i.e. there was a plaque about stuart davis, a famous jazz musician

the artists decided they’d create metal street signs and “borrow their authority” by putting text and images representing the history of new york on signs and then getting permission from the city to put up the signs. For example, they marked the first slave market with images depicting drawings of slaves

1998 street sign-fighting fire with fire, had a picture of the first woman fire fighter

“advantages of an unregulated free market economy” ->a a sign by constanza representing the neo liberal idea of the free market economy… this sign was right on wall street and stock traders and others got upset and wanted them to take them down but they were able to keep them up because they had a permit

choice histories - the history of abortions

1998- another piece made when dinkins, the liberal mayor was out and rudy guliani was in… this time they weren’t able to get permits for their signs from the city… artists decided to sue the city and giuliani’s popularity was very low so eventually the city caved

-the pieces had a black lives matter message, artists painted pictures of different men of color who were killed by cops when they were unarmed.

Queer Spaces- marked 9 different sites of LGBTQ history

marsha johnson- transgender activist who worked in the meat packing district of new york… the artists made a sign about how she was found floating dead in the hudson, almost certainly a result of gay bashing although the police ruled it a suicide

all of these pieces had the motivation of bring back the history of the city

today, the meat packing district has completely transformed by the introduction of the higgling… the whole other history of the area has virtually disappeared… its a completely different city now

Repo history inspired a lot of other similar pieces-

for example, the howling mob society archived the historic railroad worker strike that happened in pittsburgh

Deller and Hillard- on the street outside the center for tactical media, these artists made a sign on a traffic light that signified how the black panther party advocated for themselves until the city listened to them and put up a stop light

pooch society went around and marked all sites of latinx history

revenge of the surplus archive…

a lot of these piece

art world has a lot more artists and ideas etc. then what is sustainable

i.e. larry fink is the board member of the MoMa but he is also the blackrock ceo, and blackjack is one of the biggest holders of debt and student loans… artists are commenting on the structural flaws of the art world as well

shollete was interested in the “dark matter” or amateurs who use the internet to sell their art and avoid the validation of art museums… e. the mobile cooking and sewing shops on the street, amateurs selling their art online, spanish flamenco dancers who danced in bands after the 2007/2008 recession etc.. all these people might not be not be in the most prestigious, highly curated exhibitions, but they are supporting the art scene and they might fabricate other artists and contribute to bigger pieces

“social practice art”.. certainly theres been community based art and other forms that have preceded social practice art, but social practice art

one artist has put together a community center/ “artificial institution” for refugees to access legal resources, etc…

“the streets shall be our brushes… the squares our palettes.” Vladimir Mayakovsk, avant grade artist in the 1910’s, 20’s

there is a new guggenheim abudabi… literally on a desert island that translates to “the island of happiness”… artists are boycotting these museums because of the terrible labor and housing conditions of workers who have to spend years and years paying back the ridiculously high visa fees before they can even send money back to their families

-artists wanted people to uphold labor standards

the louvre also has a new location in abu dhabi… workers were literally in the middle of the desert and their housing was located very far away from the city itself

“52 weeks of gulf labor” - every week, artists made a new piece with the goal of shaming they museum to stop…

for example one of the pieces involved making 3d models of the worker housing in adbhu dhab and “dropping” them at the guggenheim gift shop

another week Gulf, a small faction of artists, decided to actually occupy the guggenheim, refusing to leave… the museum decided to shut the building down, and the small group of artists had the entire museum to themselves

OCCUPY, ORGANIZE, REPEAT… you have to constantly be ready to act

padd- 90% funded by their own labor and time, at the

repo history- a number of ngos and non profits tried to provide some funding, the collectives didn’t last too long

gulf labor coalition- nobody gets payed to be in the biennale

https://gulflabor.org

I wanted to start my journal by examining a quote from the Ghost Ship article that gives a pretty good summarization of why gentrification angers so many pre-existing residents.

JOURNAL ENTRY

The Ghost Ship fire was a totally preventable incident that occurred because the City of Oakland has neglect the very residents that have given the city is “creative city” reputation. If they had simply cared about their residents enough to check the building’s fire codes, then its likely that the death of over 30 people could’ve been prevented. As a city undergoes gentrification, residents who are members historically disadvantaged groups such as POC’s , low-income families, people with disabilities are pushed out of the cities due to heightened rent. Essentially, the government and other private organizations are exploiting & commodifying the diverse communities of the Bay Area by using them to attract wealthier, whiter residents and then discarding of them and then treating them like untouchables immediately after. A better approach would be for them to invest in the current residents and youth, rather than displacing innocent people from their homes.

This week focused the underground art scene and social practice art. Our first speaker was Dena Beard, the executive director at the Lab, which is an alternative art space in Oakland. Before getting into what she does, Dena address the challenges of running underground/ experimental spaces. Her two main concerns were that the spaces usually rely on unpaid labor, and that the experimental art space still lacks the diversity represented across the Bay Area. These issues have only been exacerbated in the Bay’s Current Climate, where gentrification has displaced nearly 25% of the city’s non-forts since 2017.Yet, Dena Bear still kept her promise to the Lab, and the space is now W.A.G.E certified. She’s also ensured that there is active outreach toward artists from underrepresented as a result of race, sexuality, geography, gender, class, etc. In fact, she doesn’t even pay herself a raise! She earns $25 and hour just like everyone else. It was pretty cool the clips of two of the lab’s many residents. It seems as if Dena is committing to helping her residents actualize their dreams, no matter what the cost is! I particularly loved Jaqueline Gordon’s moveable sculpture, Inside You Is Me.I literally had the urge to get out of my seat and start moving, which is very odd for me because I usually dislike electronic music and would never have urge to get to my feet. I was so shocked that Dena Beard still managed to provide 46,000 in grant money for Gordon. Gordon’s piece also shared the perspective of 12 different queer artists of color, so it seams like Beard is slowly chipping away at her goals, even in the midst of gentrification making her life 10X harder.

Gregory Shollette further expanded on the topic of gentrification on Wednesday’s lecture. After all, Shollette is a well known experimental artist exploring the relationship between art and politics, so he’s an expert on the topic. Shollete was a part of many collectives that focused on dismantling gentrification around America, but the most notable one discussed in class was REPOhistory. The idea was that members of collectives were similar to repo men, except rather than collecting money from people who can’t pay, they are taking back the culture of their city from the various organizations and corporations that are trying to move in and push out the communities who used to call these cities home. They’d post street signs in various cities to remind inhabitants of the culture they are ignoring. One sign I’ll never forget was a part of their “Queer Spaces” installments. One sign depicted a picture of Marsha Johnson and explained the sad history of how she was murdered and disposed of in the Hudson River. I don’t know anything about this woman, but I got so sad when Shollette told us how all the signs were torn down and the city looks completely different now. I really liked how invested Shollete was in the “dark matter” of the art world. who were basically amateurs and art school grads selling art online rather than seeking validation from museum. He genuinely believed they provide great support to art scene and he wanted to engage in social practice art with these communities. He definitely lives by his motto, “OCCUPY, ORGANIZE, REPEAT,” and I was very impressed they they’ve even exposed names as big as the Guggenheim.

MULTI MEDIA:

https://youtu.be/QsJrRRT8-68

Rick Lowe was a 2014 McArthur Grant Winner who, like Gregory, similarly engages in social practice art. He is the direct of Project Row Houses, a program in which artists and cultural practitioners to work alongside urban planners, educators and policy makers to improve public housing. This video shows that their work is successfully transforming communities and engaging historically disadvantaged and underrepresented groups that have been neglected by our government.

DISCUSSION PRESENTATION

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Txz0M6VeVtLK-WPICf11AAm-uc1ZCNwnnnaj1u4aALk/edit#slide=id.g37607d47b8_0_68

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