Bye, Liz! 🥬

October 21, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. Earlier this week, we published an opinion piece by curator and writer Anna Mirzayan with the title "Why Does the Art World Hate Fat People?" Mirzayan based her article on her research and personal experience as an overweight person in the field. In response, some commented on social media that the art world "hates poor people" more. That's true if you're thinking about the art market, which is by design elitist and out-of-touch with the lives of most artists. But the two are not mutually exclusive; there's a high correlation between poverty and obesity in this country, as you already know.

But let's move on to lighter things, like the deluge of internet memes about resigned British Prime Minister Liz Truss's short-lived tenure. Spoiler alert: They revolve around a head of lettuce! "Them's the breaks," as her predecessor Boris Johnson said after he was sacked.

Also today: One of the climate activists who splashed tomato soup on a van Gogh speaks out eloquently on why they did it, Greek vases reimagined as metaphors for gay dating, an extended edition of Required Reading, and a lot more.

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A head of lettuce outlasts Liz Truss’s time as Prime Minister in a contest launched by a British tabloid, fueling a frenzy of memes online.

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