The Wren's Nest

brookehatfield: jasontravisphoto: Created a movie poster for...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:38:27 -0400

jasontravisphoto:

Created a movie poster for the Inman Park Squirrel Census. The poster features a group shot I took recently as well as my squirrel Persona.

spot my grandpa! (it’s not the squirrel, I WISH.)

Important field work from friends of the Wren’s Nest.

rachael-maddux: Flannery O’Connor bought this Hotpoint...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:46:53 -0400

rachael-maddux:

Flannery O’Connor bought this Hotpoint refrigerator in 1956 after she sold the TV rights to “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.” Apparently she was not very into the eventual adaptation. But her food was cold.

laphamsquarterly: Have you seen our Spring 2013 issue on...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:50:13 -0400

laphamsquarterly:

Have you seen our Spring 2013 issue on bookshelves yet? Well then you’re in for a treat! ANIMALS includes readings from John Audubon, Willa Cather, Aesop, and essays from John Jeremiah Sullivan, Jack Hitt, and much more.

Not a subscriber? What are you waiting for? Subscribe and receive ANIMALS as your first issue today.

kevindowling: The Wren’s Nest - 2.21.13

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:15:31 -0500

kevindowling:

The Wren’s Nest - 2.21.13

Photo

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:20:25 -0500

Photo

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:25:04 -0500

rebeccaburns: Harry the Hawk at Tabernacle Baptist....

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:26:46 -0500

rebeccaburns:

Harry the Hawk at Tabernacle Baptist. #yoboulevard

laphamsquarterly: “From what I know of the effect of these...

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:54:57 -0500

laphamsquarterly:

“From what I know of the effect of these holidays upon the slave, I believe them to be among the most effective means in the hands of the slaveholder in keeping down the spirit of insurrection.

Were the slaveholders at once to abandon this practice, I have not the slightest doubt it would lead to an immediate insurrection among the slaves.”

—Frederick Douglass on Christmas, 1833

scuffalong: cocobutterblues: notesonascandal: Amazing Life...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:15:41 -0500

scuffalong:

cocobutterblues:

notesonascandal:

Amazing Life Magazine Photo Essay

Watts, Los Angeles, CA, 1966

This looks so fresh & contemporary.

It looks fresh and contemporary because EVERYTHING we do today, things credited to “creative” people, was actually done by our grandparents 40 years ago.

Truth hurts.

…and before that.

nickkahler: Max Corput, Second Union Station before the Viaduct...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:11:01 -0500

nickkahler:

Max Corput, Second Union Station before the Viaduct Gulch, Atlanta, GA, 1871-1930 (via railga)

so-treu: moniquill: thewhitemankilledthetruth: thegoddamazon: ...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:33:31 -0500

so-treu:

moniquill:

thewhitemankilledthetruth:

thegoddamazon:

And let’s not forget what the tar baby was supposed to represent…

The funny thing is, this isn’t a story that’s supposed to be offensive, white people just made it that way with their fuckery

The Br’er rabbit stories all originated as Anasi stories

And a white man stole them and used them to build his fortune, casting aside all of their african roots

a white man stole them and used them to build his fortune, casting aside all of their african roots

a white man stole them and used them to build his fortune, casting aside all of their african roots

a white man stole them and used them to build his fortune, casting aside all of their african roots

a white man stole them and used them to build his fortune, casting aside all of their african roots

a white man stole them and used them to build his fortune, casting aside all of their african roots

ahhhhh omg i had this book as a kid

more specifically, Joel Chandler Harris (the white dude) gathered these stories from African American slaves on the Turnwold Plantation, where he worked from age 17-21 as a printers apprentince. so it’s not just that the African roots of the stories were disregarded, it’s that the African American voices that told him this stories were literally erased as he attributed all the stories to a fictional “Uncle Remus” who of course spoke in a bastardized AAVE.

I’m not so sure the voices were erased—though perhaps the tone was changed to fit the audience. Just as there were Brer Rabbit stories for kids and Brer Rabbit stories for adults, there were also Brer Rabbit stories for white folks. Still, if you read the Uncle Remus tales, you’ll find multiple narrators (Remus included) speaking in multiple dialects. And often what they’re getting at isn’t so flattering to their white, southern audience.

nevver: Rabbit hole

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:22:58 -0500

nevver:

Rabbit hole

muirgilsdream: Rabbit.

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:37:10 -0500

muirgilsdream:

Rabbit.

7th Street Building to be Demolished

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:02:06 -0500

7th Street Building to be Demolished:

themidtownarchive:

Can’t say I’m at all surprised, but it’s really unfortunate that the Neel Reid-designed apartment building in the shadow of the Viewpoint tower will soon bite the dust. The kicker is that the same block will soon sprout yet another Novare tower + parking deck, 100 6th Street. I appreciate the added density, but IMO it’s not a fair trade architecturally. Urban fabric needs to be finely grained - something that’s rarely possible in today’s building culture. Quirks make a place lovable, and Midtown’s losing a piece of that.

Sigh.