Your Questions About Modern Art Notes

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You are correct.....
For referance...
Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed
to the government's policies or actions.
9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

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He had just heard from a guy that Juliet was dead, when she really only faked her own death to be with Romeo. He wants a posion to kill himself with because he cannot live without Juliet. He then goes to get the potion from an apothecary which is equal to a pharmacist today.

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It's not really my thing, but he was pretty insistent. Anyway he explained that he enjoyed it, and claimed that it was common for men to enjoy a little beating and humiliation, and we took a class from his former dominatrix (can you believe men actually pay to be abused?) that taught me how to abuse him safely, without actually doing him permanent damage, and now it's kinda okay. Sometimes it's fun, but I don't like seeing him cry...So I make him do it outside. (which he actually appreciates.)

I don't get it, but It's consensual, and not really hurting either of us much, and he shows his appreciation for my efforts in ways that I enjoy, so why not?

Jackie: 1. The GOP just put on the table, a bill that would redefine rape to disclude rape after drugging, rape by threat (think gun to head), and rape by coercion (think, holding her kids hostage until she gives him sex). That's right, a bill that has a chance at passing because it takes abortion access away from virtually everybody, will also define most rapes, as consensual sex. So the idea that we have equal rights to men is ridiculous. This law would be unconstitutional if it singled out male rape victims instead of singling out female rape victims. But as the ultra conservative Supreme Court Justice Scalia admitted recently, the constitution does not protect women, as it was written to apply to men.
2. It's pretty clear that you are not a woman.

Artie answers:

Tisch is definitely your golden standard. It's one of the best art schools in the country and it's imbedded in NYU, which is a fantastic all-around university. And it's in New York. If you get into Tisch, you can take classes at NYU. But if you go to just NYU, you can't really take classes at Tisch, so make sure you apply to Tisch.
If you can get out of New York, look into Washington University in St. Louis. It also has a great art school imbedded into the university. I'm in the same situation with wanting to study art but not going to a pure art school, and Tisch and WashU are my top two (and only) choices.
Those schools are both really hard to get into. Average GPAs (weighted) are between 4 and 5 and average SAT scores (out of 2400) are well past 2000. If you want an easier one, look into Temple (in Philadelphia, close to New York) and it has lots of arts and specific art majors, unlike most schools which only let you major it "Art" and don't give you depth in anything specific, like Illustration.

Also check these out:
Columbia University (NYC)
Vanderbilt University
Skidmore College (a liberal arts school but I think you might like it)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Northeastern University
Fairleigh Dickinson University (much easier to get into and still has great art)
Elon University (much easier to get into and still has great art)
Duke University
Case Western Reserve University (I don't know too much about it though so maybe disregard it)

Make sure you tell the colleges about the ADD, Anemia, and sleeping disorder so that they know why your grades weren't great earlier.

Also I'm not an expert so this is not a comprehensive list.
Also, your dad sucks. You should let him know that he's really preventing you from finding happiness by narrowing your options. It shouldn't be about what he wants, it should be about what you want.

Also, RISD is a pure art school. It's the best in the country. If you're interested in pure art schools, there's a much wider selection.