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Hummingbird: Messenger of Good News and Healing Pendant

Terrence Campbell

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Feeding the Night Dog

Calamity Cole (@calamitycoleart)

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Work in progress by the talented, Aubrey Jangala Dixon

Aubrey Tjangala was born in 1974 at Yayi Yayi, a Pintupi outstation 30km west of Papunya. Yayi Yayi was a temporary settlement established by Pintupi people as they began their migration back into the Western Desert during the homelands movement of the 1970s.

After returning to his home Country,

Aubrey lived at his father's outstation,

Ininti, before settling in Kintore where he resides today.

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i liked this movie a lot

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taking on water

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Selected Works from Toni Ebel

Toni Ebel was a pioneering trans woman and a remarkable figure in art and queer history. Ebel's paintings were primarily landscapes and portraits, including the self-portrait shown here. As one of the first individuals to receive gender confirmation surgery, she navigated her identity during a time of immense societal constraints. Ebel worked as housekeeping staff at the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, an institution at the forefront of gender and sexuality studies, which also led her to connect with other LGBTQ+ people.

Toni Ebel also shared a profound relationship with Charlotte Charlaque, a fellow trans woman who worked as a receptionist at the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft. Their bond highlighted the close-knit nature of the German trans community at the time and underscored the importance of mutual support in an often hostile world. They navigated World War II as Jewish trans women, at times parting for safety. Ebel ended up in East Germany and continued working as a painter, while Charlaque spent the rest of her life in the United States working as an actress.

You can find these works and more in our gallery!

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> ☀ raven steals the sun

depicting the tsimshian adaawx (true-telling) of txaamsm stealing the sun.

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Selected Works from Sarah Purser

Sarah Purser (1848-1943) was a trailblazer in Ireland's art world, celebrated for her skills as a painter and stained glass artist and her passionate support for women in the arts. She is considered one of the first professional female artists in Ireland, living her life free from traditional expectations and working to allow other women in the arts to do the same. During her studies at the Académie Julian in Paris, she found a rare environment that welcomed female artists, allowing her to flourish. Her friendship with Louise Catherine Breslau and her partner Maria Feller showcased her dedication to uplifting other women creatives.

In 1903, Purser founded An Túr Gloine, a stained glass studio that showcased the talents of many artists and became a vibrant hub of queer women — and some men — in Ireland. While Purser did some stained glass work herself, she primarily commissioned and oversaw much of the work being done at An Túr Gloine. Her support allowed even more artists to flourish, and her legacy lives on through her works — still featured in several museums today — and in many Irish women in the arts today.

You can find these works and more in our gallery!

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Girl with head on table (2001) by Kenne Grégoire

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK—On March 8, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and recent graduate student at Columbia University, at his place of residence, an apartment building owned by the university.

The DHS agents said that the U.S. Department of State had revoked Khalil’s green card.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. ET, Khalil and his wife, a U.S. citizen who is eight months pregnant, had just unlocked the door to their building when two plainclothes DHS agents forced their way in behind them. The agents initially refused to identify themselves, instead asking Khalil to confirm his identity before detaining him without explanation. The agents proceeded to threaten his wife, telling her that if she remained by his side, they would arrest her too.

Later, the DHS agents stated that the U.S. Department of State had revoked Khalil’s student visa, despite the fact that he has a green card, not a visa, and is a lawful permanent resident. An agent showed Khalil what he claimed was a warrant on his phone. Khalil’s wife went into their apartment to retrieve his green card while the agents remained with Khalil downstairs. When she returned, advising them of Khalil’s legal status and presenting them with Khalil’s green card, one agent was visibly confused and said on the phone, “He has a green card.” However, after a moment, the DHS agents stated that the State Department had “revoked that too.” Khalil’s wife then phoned his attorney, who spoke with the agents in an attempt to intervene. When Khalil’s attorney requested that a copy of the warrant be emailed to her, the agent hung up the call.

Khalil is currently being detained in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at 26 Federal Plaza pending an appearance before an immigration judge.

This significant deviation from normal immigration proceedings comes in the wake of increased and abnormal scrutiny concerning the actions of students alleged to hold pro-Palestine views. Axios recently reported that the State Department, Department of Justice, and DHS were launching a “Catch and Revoke” effort to identify alleged pro-Palestinian activists based on artificial intelligence screening of social media.

Khalil has been specifically and discriminatorily targeted by Columbia University for his Palestinian identity and outspoken activism on multiple occasions over the last 17 months. He served as a lead negotiator during the Gaza Solidarity Encampment last spring. He has frequently appeared in media interviews and press conferences. The university suspended him while he was on a student visa and reversed it within the same day.

Columbia University has published guidance on how best to collaborate with federal enforcement, including advising faculty and staff “not to interfere” with ICE agents even if those agents are unable to present a warrant. Over the last few days, there have been several reports of ICE agents approaching pedestrians and students in the neighborhood surrounding Columbia University’s Morningside campus, creating unsafe environments for students (particularly students of color), regardless of their immigration status.

Columbia’s continued acquiescence to federal agencies and outside partisan institutions has made this situation possible. A Palestinian student and member of the community has been abducted and detained without the physical demonstration of a warrant or officially filed charges. Like many other Arab and Muslim students, Khalil has been the target of various zionist harassment campaigns, fueled by doxxing websites like Canary Mission. This racist targeting serves to instill fear in pro-Palestine activists as well as a warning to others.

An activist familiar with Khalil’s solidarity work said, “Mahmoud is foundational to our community. The state has escalated its repression of student opposition to the U.S.-backed genocide in Palestine, in which Columbia and all American universities are complicit.” Despite the chilling effect of this repression, the activist said that students “will keep fighting for Palestinian liberation and against state violence.”

Today, activists in solidarity with Khalil launched a petition demanding his release from ICE custody. The petition can be found at https://shorturl.at/Lm86S.

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Not having a traditional job or plans to get an education will have people asking you things like so what is the purpose of you staying alive?

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Julio Romero de Torres - Manola (ca. 1900-1910)

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untitled design by shuling guo

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Zarma woman, Niger, by SOS Shooting

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