amanda palmer's open poem to jonathan chait (and other crimes)

unfamiliar with 12 years a slave. what do the white men do to come in and save the day?

― how's life, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:33 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Took them in as sla-oh wait

(Seriously though, Brad Pitt's character sends a letter to Solomon's former home, setting in motion the latter's freedom.)

@maura
reading ap's twitter also taught me that she's going to be an advice columnist soon. as if today didn't have enough content bubble evidence.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/jan/17/amanda-palmer-agony-aunt-your-problems-answered

Dear God in Heaven @ all of this

How, as a white person, the hell do you walk out of a movie like 12 Years a Slave thinking "how do I make this more about myself"? I honestly cannot comprehend this. (Also, exactly who is stopping white people from helping to end racism, because it isn't black people..)

"how do I make this more about myself"

well

It just boils down to a stupid reverse racism argument. "White people can't fight racism because someone said something mean about macklemore"

Let's not even get into "I saw people being mean to Macklemore and I thought 'ME ME ME ME ME'"

Damn. First 400 years of slavery, and now people getting upset about Macklemore. When will we ever learn.

ap is one of those people where you wanna hate the player more than the game

this thread started with so many AMANDA PALMER IS OTM posts, too

there are lots of players and lots of games, but name one of the former more solipsistic than ap

terrell owens

there's a freaky friday situation i would pay to watch

A Night With Terrell Owens and Neil Gaiman

At least she didn't say something about "independent artists" having a hard time

This thread is now my two minute hate session. I hate myself for bookmarking it.

some of the advice she gives is good

Oh hey guess what she's posting about today.

I just said this on the ronan farrow thread but holy shit how can she argue for "separating the art from the artist" when she does ted talks advising selling fans of the art access to the artist?

Minor, minor details.

the only detail that matters croup is that you googled

everything else is just technique

nb i did too

not looking at her feed now or ever.

surely her narcissistic charlatanry renders both herself unable to prevent herself from pushing every hot button the culture offers and the culture unable to punish her for it.

https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBgpaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0cGljLmNvbS9zaG93L2xhcmdlL2U3c3NwMi5qcGcUwAcUqA0AFgASAA&s=B_2K3JoMh309_dn9D9UAETHl1BG_0rQruvvfjl45wpY

no less than 15 people on twitter have sent me a link to the notorious potato salad kickstarter, which has now reached over $60k from 4,000 backers - just so a kid can make a potato salad. it has made national news.
it's like the first meme kickstarter with no actual point expect the point it has become by the energy it has gathered.

some of my artist friends are very angry about it.
some people think it is just very funny.

i think i have been spending the last five months writing about this topic and if my book has taught me what i believe, it is this:

ANYONE IS ALLOWED TO ASK FOR ANYTHING.

THAT'S THE DEAL.

nobody has to fund this fucking potato salad. if anybody is funding it, it's because they are finding joy and connection in the act of funding a potato salad.

andy warhol would be so fucking proud.
so would the dadaists.

bring it on.

i'm not going to back it, though.

i'd only back it if there was a level that offered a potato-salad locket, to be worn around one's neck, forever, as a sign of love and commitment to the potato-salad maker....with a piece of the potato-salad in it.

i'd buy that.

Am I the only person who gets giddy when this thread get bumped?

if my book has taught me what i believe, it is this:

GOLD!

i've really inspired myself

http://meetville.com/images/quotes/Quotation-Aberjhani-love-gold-poetry-yourself-spirituality-inspirational-self-esteem-Meetville-Quotes-185123.jpg

amanda palmer otm

so looking forward to that potato salad kid posting potato salad internationally for $3

looking forward to Amanda Palmer's follow up Potato Salad album, rumored to be the sounds of potato salad

bring it on.

i'm not going to back it, though.

She has standards guys

palmer's "i'm not saying it's good but it's what the market allows and that's good" argument often runs into itself passing the other way round

ANYONE IS ALLOWED TO ASK FOR ANYTHING.

THAT'S THE DEAL.

What a convenient morally consistent position for her to take.

FIFTEEN WHOLE PEOPLE

As opposed to fifteen broken people?

15.0

they'll be broke when she's thru with them

What if someone was raising that money to make a really good potato salad to feed Palmer on tour?

She would just spit the potato salad into a glass vase to re-sell to her fans via Kickstarter OMG THE SNAKE IS EATING ITS TAIL

I think you mean THE SNAKE IS EATING ITS POTATO SALAD

honestly though the only thing that makes me angry about the potato salad Kickstarter is that potato salad is fukkin gross

have you tried all kinds?

bc last i checked it is fucking delicious

German potato salad is edible, at least.

potato salad is awful tbrr

i really love when people cite the dadaists in support of their ideas. by "love" I mean "start banging my head against a concrete floor"

Potato salad is gross
Potato salad Kickstarter is gross
Amanda Palmer is gross

http://www.notinhalloffame.com/UserFiles/Image/article_images/Worst_Songs/Worst%2058%20%20Da%20Da%20Da,%20Trio.jpg

dadadaists fucking love potato salad