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faces

Faces in the crowd: A visage-focused photo essay

Few subjects are more ubiquitous in photography than human faces. Portraits were one of the earliest uses when the technology was new. Naturally, it's still...
Black Pussy

OKC’s Blue Note boots Black Pussy show under pressure

Shayna Pickett loves the Blue Note and good rock music. When she saw a poster for the band Black Pussy months ago, she got...
video

Unarmed patrols: Guardian Angels forming OKC chapter

When Aaron Brilbeck was 14 in upstate New York, he told a lie he does not regret. The minimum age to join the crime-prevention...
Supersonic Trump Speed

Sundaze: Trump makes supersonic sprint from AHCA

Is it just me, or did it seem like President Donald Trump flipped the negotiation table over and ran out of the room on...
Zua

Zua: ‘It is his people’s time to come’

Zua by James Coburn I walk with Angola Knowing a young man, A rising voice of his people Percolating from generations Pure as the night sky; Fervent as a great river Joining...
Confessional

‘Confessional’ art piece coincides with scandal, critique

On Wednesday, Oklahoma City Rev. Lori Walke called for Oklahoma lawmakers (and the state as a whole) to confess their sins against the LGBT...
Get Outvideo

‘Get Out’ exemplifies the horror of benevolent racism

While chitchatting with an acquaintance about movies, we began discussing Jordan Peele’s history-making horror/social-commentary film, Get Out (see trailer above). My friend (who is a white...
LGBTQ

‘Love God, and your neighbor’ (including LGBTQ ones)

Here we go again, Oklahoma. As the popular meme says, it’s been zero days since our last national embarrassment. Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey (R-OKC) has made...
pizza

Sundaze: Man wonders if there’s life after pizza

I've started a paleo diet, which among other things means no more pizza for me. But I love it so! How do I give it...
Sweet Home Oklahoma

Nichols Hills-billies shine in Sweet Home Oklahoma

I'm not typically one for reality TV shows, but I do like sharp-tongued, confident women. So it's little wonder that I took Bravo TV up...

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