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On Untamed, The Deviant’s War, and the Respectability Problem

Frank Kameny (center), protesting discrimination against LGBT people. Kameny broke new ground in arguing against the U.S. Government that open homosexuality was, in fact, perfectly moral. "Gay is good."

Respectability continues to be a confounding issue. But progress seems to accelerate when movements are broad-based, with space and freedom for people to fight in their own ways. Both Untamed and The Deviant’s War explore this topic.

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Ninth Street Women: Relishing Art, Reframing History

"Farol" by Elaine de Kooning (1958) — inspired by a bullfight and recognized for the artist's ability to capture motion (action) and blur the lines between the figurative and the abstract.

Mary Gabriel flips the popular narrative, allowing us to reassess the people, the art, and the moment — the rise of Abstract Expressionism — through the lens of the women who lived it and forced the art world to make space.