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Was It Celebrated or Criticized?

Was It Celebrated or Criticized?

  Pop Art is known for taking an ambivalent stance towards consumerism since one can detect both affirmation and critique of the consumer-driven culture in the artworks of the leading Pop artists. Artists drew inspiration from everyday products, celebrities, and advertisements. In that way, they certainly embraced and accepted consumerist imagery. A critical dimension of Pop Art’s engagement with consumerism is also evident in the manner Pop artists approached rapidly developing materialism in both social and cultural dimensions.   What Is Pop Art? Brillo Soap Pads Box, Andy Warhol, 1964. Source: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.   Pop Art is an art movement that began in the United Kingdom in the mid-1950s. It reached its peak in the 1960s on American soil and it ended in the late 1970s when minimalism took over the art world. Some of the leading American Pop artists include Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, and Tom Wesselmann. Even though each one of these artists had their own artistic approach and style, what they …

Boyfriend criticized for not being supportive of his girlfriend running half-marathon

Boyfriend criticized for not being supportive of his girlfriend running half-marathon

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more A boyfriend is being criticized online for not supporting his girlfriend when she decided to run a half-marathon. In a Reddit post shared in the popular confession forum, Am I The A**hole, the 28-year-old man asked anonymous users if he was wrong for telling his partner he thought it was a “bad idea” she signed up for the December run. According to the Redditor, his girlfriend originally signed up for the half-marathon to avoid going to another pre-planned event. Though she’s not a regular “runner,” she promised to follow a 12-week plan ahead of the event. The Reddit user admitted: “I’m a runner in an elite running club. I’ve run over a dozen half-marathons and countless 5ks and 10ks in my life. “This summer …

Sonos Said Rolling Out Widely Criticized App Redesign Took ‘Courage’

Sonos Said Rolling Out Widely Criticized App Redesign Took ‘Courage’

Sonos this week released a major redesign for the Sonos app, introducing customizable home screen meant to deliver a personalized listening experience. The update was announced back in April, but just went live, and unfortunately, it removes a number of features while also introducing several bugs. Multiple complaints on social media have called the app a “step back” with missing features like editing a song queue, managing playlists, shuffling a music library, and setting alarms and timers, along with slow performance and hard-to-access system controls. There has also been feedback from users about missing accessibility features. The Verge asked Sonos about the negative feedback, and in response, Sonos said that it’s aware of the complaints, but “it takes courage” to rebuild a core product. Redesigning the Sonos app is an ambitious undertaking that represents just how seriously we are committed to invention and re-invention. It takes courage to rebuild a brand’s core product from the ground up, and to do so knowing it may require taking a few steps back to ultimately leap into the …

The Fall Guy Criticized Over Joke Referencing Johnny Depp, Amber Heard

The Fall Guy Criticized Over Joke Referencing Johnny Depp, Amber Heard

A line of dialogue in The Fall Guy is already causing some discourse among some viewers, prior to it opening in theaters. In the David Leitch-directed action-comedy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham’s character, Gail Meyer, at one point makes a reference to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s turbulent relationship. In the scene, Waddingham, who plays an executive producer in the movie, reportedly walks into a trailer while looking disheveled and tells director Jody Moreno (Blunt), “It’s like Amber and Johnny were just in here.” Some viewers have since taken to social media to criticize the line, with one user writing on X (formerly Twitter), “‘The Fall Guy’ made a distasteful “joke” about the domestic abuse amber suffered at the hands of johnny. it’s 2024, why are we writing these kinds of lines into movies? nasty work.” Another social media user wrote that the film “allegedly makes a cheap Amber / J*hnny joke. would love to ask the writer what he thinks is so funny about domestic violence.” Depp and Heard got married in 2015, but their …

Mom Criticized For Complaining After Her Child Came Home From School Barefoot

Mom Criticized For Complaining After Her Child Came Home From School Barefoot

Sometimes it’s important to be reminded of our place in the world. It can be so easy to get caught up in our own problems that we forget the lives and plights of people around us. One mom was reminded of that after making a complaint on Reddit. A mom received some criticism for complaining that her child came home from school barefoot. An anonymous mother posted to Reddit to share her concerns with a community of moms. She explained that she was surprised by the state her daughter was in when she picked her up from school. “I picked up my six-year-old [kindergartener] from school today and she was barefoot,” she said. “No socks, no shoes, walking on the bare ground to the car.” RELATED: Mom Berated For Bringing Her Crying Baby To A Texas Restaurant — ‘Why Are You Here?’ Photo: Ksenia Chernaya / Pexels The mother was upset, so she tried to get to the bottom of the situation. “After digging for more information on what was the reason for this, I had learned …

Man convicted in killing of Iraqi analyst who criticized militias is acquitted and released

Man convicted in killing of Iraqi analyst who criticized militias is acquitted and released

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi police officer previously sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent security analyst who had criticized powerful Iran-backed militias was released from prison following a retrial, officials said Monday. An intelligence official with the Ministry of Interior said Ahmed Hamdawi al-Kinani was released after the case was reopened and the court issued an acquittal. It was not clear on what grounds he was acquitted. The court’s decision came after the case was reopened last Wednesday, and al-Kinani was released Sunday, said an official with one of the country’s Iran-backed militias. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief journalists Al-Kinani, accused of murdering prominent researcher and security expert Hisham al-Hashimi, was convicted on terrorism charges and sentenced to death by a criminal court last May, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council reported. The case later moved to an appeals court for further review. Al-Hashimi, 47, was fatally shot outside his Baghdad home by motorcycle-riding assailants in July 2020, following threats from Iran-backed militias. He was …

Pope Francis criticized for ‘white flag’ remarks on Ukraine

Pope Francis criticized for ‘white flag’ remarks on Ukraine

Leaders in Ukraine vehemently rejected Pope Francis’s suggestion of negotiations with Russia to bring an end to the war — his use of the words “white flag” drawing particular scorn — reiterating that the country would never surrender. In a recent interview, Francis had used the term “white flag,” repeating the words of a journalist, which some read as a call to surrender. President Volodymyr Zelensky in his nightly address Sunday responded to the Pope without naming him. Praising Ukrainian chaplains on the front line, Zelensky said: “This is what the church is — it is together with people, not two and a half thousand kilometers away somewhere, virtually mediating between someone who wants to live and someone who wants to destroy you.” Zelensky says ‘peace plan must be Ukrainian’ after meeting Pope Francis Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged the Vatican to support the Ukrainian people “in their just struggle for their lives,” writing: “Our flag is blue and yellow. Under it, we live, die, and triumph. We will not raise any other flags.” He …

Pope Francis ‘white flag’ comment criticized by Ukraine, its allies

Pope Francis ‘white flag’ comment criticized by Ukraine, its allies

KYIV, Ukraine —  Ukrainian and allied officials criticized Pope Francis for saying that Kyiv should have the “courage” to negotiate an end to the war with Russia, a statement many interpreted as a call for Ukraine to surrender. The foreign minister of Poland, a vocal ally of Kyiv, and Ukraine’s ambassador to the Vatican, both used World War II analogies to condemn the pope’s remarks. And a leader of one of Ukraine’s Christian churches on Sunday said that only the country’s determined resistance to Moscow’s full-scale invasion, launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 24, 2022, had prevented a mass slaughter of civilians. In an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI and partially released Saturday, Francis used the phrase “the courage of the white flag” as he argued that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should be open to peace talks brokered by international powers. “How about, for balance, encouraging Putin to have the courage to withdraw his army from Ukraine? Peace would immediately ensue without the need for negotiations,” Polish Foreign Minister Radek …

White House lawyers criticized Robert Hur’s report days before its release

White House lawyers criticized Robert Hur’s report days before its release

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s legal team is frustrated over the findings and tone of special counsel Robert Hur’s report, several letters leaked Thursday between Biden’s attorneys and top Justice Department officials show. A key exchange of letters viewed by NBC News occurred the day before the Justice Department released Hur’s report, in which Hur explained his decision not to prosecute Biden over his handling of classified documents after he left office as vice president even while he said Biden’s practices “present serious risks to national security.” The letters were first reported by The Washington Post and Politico. The White House and a spokesperson for Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer declined to comment. In a three-page letter on Feb. 7, Bauer and White House counsel Edward Siskel objected to a final draft of Hur’s report that they said “openly, obviously, and blatantly” violated Justice Department policy and practice and consensus about limitations to special counsel reports. The Feb. 7 letter was addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland during the White House counsel’s review of the special …

Flight Crew Criticized For Allowing Soldier To Get Off Plane First

Flight Crew Criticized For Allowing Soldier To Get Off Plane First

Flying the friendly skies is sometimes a true test of patience and compassion — a test that many people failed when flight attendants on a Southwest Airlines flight decided to let a soldier get off the plane before other passengers. Flight attendants asked passengers to stay seated so the soldier could deplane first as a way of thanking him for his service. In a video posted in a since-deleted tweet, footage showed the young man deplaning while the rest of the passengers stayed seated. One person shared insight into how the show of kindness came about. “My wife chatted with him and found out his name and his situation,” he claimed. “She was at Fort Irwin and understood his situation,” he said, which was that the soldier had been stationed in California and hadn’t since his family in over a year. “So she asked the flight attendant if there was something they could do to thank him for his service and that’s how this happened.” Photo: Lance Reis / Unsplash The other passengers were asked to stay seated …