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A.The internets are getting all linkity on this post inspired by the Jena Six situation. It concerns incidents at a family reunion in 1993 and you should read it if you haven’t yet.

B. Come Fly the Slut-Shaming Skies.

Southwest Airlines is apparently now telling its female passengers how to dress. Kyla Ebbert was reprimanded and nearly kicked off a flight for daring to wear a tank top, miniskirt, and cardigan

Check out the sccccandalous pic of the offending outfit!

C. So congress is gonna hold hip hop hearings. I’m sure that’ll go just great.


D.So there’s this SF grassroots youth org called HOMEY (Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth) and they painted this gorgeous mural at 24th and Capp Street entitled "SOLIDARITY - BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS." Part of the mural depicts Palestinians breaking down the Israeli apartied wall. So of course The Anti-Defamation League and the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council are asking the San Francisco Arts Commission to censor the mural:

We urge the San Francisco Arts Commission to:

1. Insist that this mural portray non-violent imagery originally intended for this space.
2. Implement whatever protocol exists to ensure that this and all murals paid by the City and County of San Francisco, and erected in its neighborhoods, have been fully vetted and approved by the body.
3. Ensure that this and all murals commissioned for the City and County of San Francisco help promote a stronger, more vibrant, more harmonious and diverse community, rather than display divisive and hostile themes that are alienating and isolating to most San Franciscans.
4. In the absence of such protocol, halt this project until such time as protocols are extablished to ensure that the City and County of San Francisco’s interests are represented in the artwork that it commissions.


UGH.

You can read the full text of the JCRC letter and see images of the mural here.

Jews who oppose this attempt at censorship are asked to sign a petition here.

Everyone is encouraged to write a letter to the Arts Commission in support of the HOMEY artists. Details at the petition site.


E. Then there’s this: Arabic School Struggles to Stay Open.