Marisol Gomez-Mouakad
@gomezmarisol.bsky.social
Boricua Filmmaker, and artist, Mamá de Chico
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Art schools are marketed as gateways to success. But Damien Davis argues that most leave with loans, little security, and skills that don’t match the marketplace.
The Art School Debt Trap
MFA programs are marketed as gateways to success. The fine print tells a different story.
hyperallergic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Art schools are marketed as gateways to success. But Damien Davis argues that most leave with loans, little security, and skills that don’t match the marketplace.
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We, the Palestinians, are still here!
Even with bombs still falling from time to time — even during the so-called ceasefire — we remain.
I refuse to surrender. I will keep fighting to survive, to dream, and to build a future.
And guess what? U can help!
#Halloween #art
chuffed.org/project/layl...
Even with bombs still falling from time to time — even during the so-called ceasefire — we remain.
I refuse to surrender. I will keep fighting to survive, to dream, and to build a future.
And guess what? U can help!
#Halloween #art
chuffed.org/project/layl...
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We, the Palestinians, are still here!
Even with bombs still falling from time to time — even during the so-called ceasefire — we remain.
I refuse to surrender. I will keep fighting to survive, to dream, and to build a future.
And guess what? U can help!
#Halloween #art
chuffed.org/project/layl...
Even with bombs still falling from time to time — even during the so-called ceasefire — we remain.
I refuse to surrender. I will keep fighting to survive, to dream, and to build a future.
And guess what? U can help!
#Halloween #art
chuffed.org/project/layl...
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Definición de narcoestado
October 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Definición de narcoestado
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El tipo tiene más dignidad que el gobierno de Puerto Rico entero, salvo contadas excepciones. Muerte al PNPPD!
No foreign military in Antigua and Barbuda, says PM Gaston Browne
“I can assure you that Antigua and Barbuda has absolutely no interest in hosting any form of military assets here in the country,” the Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister stated.
www.searchlight.vc/news/2025/10...
“I can assure you that Antigua and Barbuda has absolutely no interest in hosting any form of military assets here in the country,” the Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister stated.
www.searchlight.vc/news/2025/10...
No foreign military in Antigua and Barbuda, says PM Gaston Browne - Searchlight
As part of the USA’s military build-up, the Trump administration has requested of Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, to allow the deployment of military personnel and radar at the Maurice Bisho...
www.searchlight.vc
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
El tipo tiene más dignidad que el gobierno de Puerto Rico entero, salvo contadas excepciones. Muerte al PNPPD!
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The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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La Muñeca fue aceptada para participar en una residencia que lo cual es una gran oportunidad campaña de crowdfunding para ayudarnos con los costos asociados a participar en esta residencia.
Aquí el enlace a nuestra campaña. Gracias anticipadas.
gofund.me/80bf6c19f
Aquí el enlace a nuestra campaña. Gracias anticipadas.
gofund.me/80bf6c19f
October 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
La Muñeca fue aceptada para participar en una residencia que lo cual es una gran oportunidad campaña de crowdfunding para ayudarnos con los costos asociados a participar en esta residencia.
Aquí el enlace a nuestra campaña. Gracias anticipadas.
gofund.me/80bf6c19f
Aquí el enlace a nuestra campaña. Gracias anticipadas.
gofund.me/80bf6c19f
Ayudenos hacer wue este sueño se convierta en una realidad gofund.me/f1c406a8f
Donate to Ayuda a La Muñeca llegar a España, organized by Marisol Gomez-Mouakad
¡Saludos! Te escribe Marisol Gómez Mouakad, cineasta y guionista puertorriq… Marisol Gomez-Mouakad needs your support for Ayuda a La Muñeca llegar a España
gofund.me
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ayudenos hacer wue este sueño se convierta en una realidad gofund.me/f1c406a8f
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George Orwell's warnings about authoritarianism are still relevant today, say filmmakers Raoul Peck and Alex Gibney, director and producer of a new documentary about the iconic British writer.
“Orwell: 2+2=5”: Raoul Peck & Alex Gibney on New Documentary, Authoritarianism, Trump & More
We speak with the acclaimed filmmakers Raoul Peck and Alex Gibney about their latest documentary, Orwell: 2+2=5, which explores the life and career of George Orwell and why his political writing remai...
www.democracynow.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
George Orwell's warnings about authoritarianism are still relevant today, say filmmakers Raoul Peck and Alex Gibney, director and producer of a new documentary about the iconic British writer.
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A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Assata Shakur, of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, has died at the age of 78 in Cuba, where she received political asylum in 1984.
September 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Assata Shakur, of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, has died at the age of 78 in Cuba, where she received political asylum in 1984.
Why cover the window unless you are doing something illegal x.com/donwinslow/s...
x.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Why cover the window unless you are doing something illegal x.com/donwinslow/s...
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When surveillance and censorship abound in the name of security, the arts tend to signal the effects of repression. The latest data should be cause for alarm: 70% of the world’s population has experienced a decline in their expressive freedom over the last decade.
New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship
Two dossiers paint an urgent quantitative picture of the rapidly growing suppression of free expression and artistic freedom.
hyperallergic.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When surveillance and censorship abound in the name of security, the arts tend to signal the effects of repression. The latest data should be cause for alarm: 70% of the world’s population has experienced a decline in their expressive freedom over the last decade.
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One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
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“Firearms are the number one killer of our kids in America. That’s a uniquely American problem.”
2 Children Killed in Minneapolis School Shooting as Trump Rolls Back Gun Safety Regs
“Firearms are the number one killer of our kids in America. That’s a uniquely American problem.” Two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed Wednesday when a former student fired dozens of shots through ...
www.democracynow.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Firearms are the number one killer of our kids in America. That’s a uniquely American problem.”
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Andrew Cuomo going on Fox News to accuse Zohran Mamdani of caring about “woke issues” and talk about how much he’s scared of the subway seems like a pretty clear sign that he has abandoned the Democratic Party.
August 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Andrew Cuomo going on Fox News to accuse Zohran Mamdani of caring about “woke issues” and talk about how much he’s scared of the subway seems like a pretty clear sign that he has abandoned the Democratic Party.
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“The emotional toll on tamariki Māori when their language is absent from core learning, or reduced to tokenism, is devastating. It tells them their identity is secondary.” — Te Aumoana Kingi.
I’m a teacher and I can’t ignore this | E-Tangata
“The emotional toll on tamariki Māori when their language is absent from core learning, or reduced to tokenism, is devastating. It tells them their identity is secondary.” — Te Aumoana Kingi.
e-tangata.co.nz
August 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“The emotional toll on tamariki Māori when their language is absent from core learning, or reduced to tokenism, is devastating. It tells them their identity is secondary.” — Te Aumoana Kingi.
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U.S. military veteran Anthony Aguilar, who worked as a security contractor at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, says he was horrified by war crimes being carried out against starving Palestinians. "The sites have not only become death traps, they were designed as death traps."
July 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
U.S. military veteran Anthony Aguilar, who worked as a security contractor at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, says he was horrified by war crimes being carried out against starving Palestinians. "The sites have not only become death traps, they were designed as death traps."
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If my taxes don’t pave my roads or fix my bridges or keep my schools open 5 days a week or pay local teachers a living wage or help keep my hospital open or help my neighbor’s kid eat lunch or fund public television or my healthcare…
Why the f’ck should I pay taxes?
Why the f’ck should I pay taxes?
July 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If my taxes don’t pave my roads or fix my bridges or keep my schools open 5 days a week or pay local teachers a living wage or help keep my hospital open or help my neighbor’s kid eat lunch or fund public television or my healthcare…
Why the f’ck should I pay taxes?
Why the f’ck should I pay taxes?
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I’ve been looking for a Colbert quote to post that did suitable justice to my reference for him. I think this might be it.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ve been looking for a Colbert quote to post that did suitable justice to my reference for him. I think this might be it.