Henry Darger worked as a hospital custodian. After his death in 1973, hundreds of his illustrations were discovered.
Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually self-taught. They tend to work outside of art academies and commercial galleries, which have traditionally been the purview of white, affluent artists and collectors.
An ancient Greek relief depicting a baby with its mother and grandmother.
As a father of three and the husband of an amazing woman, I know that one day a year is far too little to recognize everything mothers do. But my work as a scholar of ancient Greek literature has shown me how much harder it was to be a mother in antiquity.
Society’s understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on simple stereotypes and sensational portrayals in the entertainment media. I’ve written about how certain scenarios are entertaining but misleading.
In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted.