Anna Holmes's saved articles

I GOT MINE TODAY!!! Woo-hoo! I love it! Great job.

I finally saw a dermatologist for my cystic acne she gave me clindamycin and a low dose prescription of retin-A. From what I understand the first keeps the bacteria under control and the retin-A helps the skin slough off faster and keeps pores from getting clogged. Honestly it doesn't work over night but it's been 6… Read more

Since today's "Worth It" post was a joke item about pants made from human skin, I'll hijack the notion here. Worth It: the Clarisonic Mia. Read more

is /r/popping like... a thing now then, or what?

Clicking on this story right as I'm about to eat my lunch is possibly one of the worst decisions I've made this week.

the smaller image on the main page looked like naked women, legs open, having fun

I commented on this elsewhere, but...aw, gee, the Daily Caller doesn't like us? Here are two remedies:

Slightly OT, but congrats on the hate from the Daily Caller! You know what FDR said about welcoming their hatred? It sure applies here. Read more

Yay for recognizing African-American artists! There are so many and they cover so many genres from history painting to folk art! Henry Ossawa Tanner is one of my personal favorites, along with Harriet Powers. For those interested in contemporary AfAm artists that explore similar themes to Walker of race, identity, and…

I reviewed the book for LadyBits over here: https://medium.com/ladybits-on-me… Read more

:) I went to high school with Kara - she and I and our friend Cathy were best buds through 10th-11th grade. I'm so proud of her. Read more

She is one of my favorite artists. She comes into the bookstore I used to work at with her daughter. I convinced her to buy a copy of Oscar Wao one time. It was the greatest day.

I used to love Kara Walker's work until I heard her speak at the AGO a few years ago. It was one of the most underwhelming talks by an artist I have ever heard, and she brought so little insight to her work during the presentation. I'm calling shenanigans if Walker (blandly) goes "and then I made a silhouette of a… Read more

I read this too quickly and so hoped it would be about Walker, Karen.

So excited to see Kara Walker mentioned! She's one of my (few) favorite contemporary artists!

Anyone know if there's a quality available book of her work? I haven't been able to find one!

I didn't realize Anna Holmes had been doing these posts. Miss you!!

Love Kara Walker and her work. Her work is a wonderful indictment of the White Supremacist/Anti Black society.

Please tell me that "L" is for "Lesbian Shit-asses"

Help, I can't read Jezebel without seeing this:

I'm sorry, I love the site, read it all day long, but I"m not giving Nick Denton any money. If you want to start a tip jar for the writers I'll send down a fiver.

Ha!