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“I am not just Chinese American, I am Ange Hwang. I would like to be respected as Ange Hwang, but I would also hope that people respect my background, which comes with a lot of assumptions.” MORE »

Former University of Minnesota employee Jerry Moore is suing a blogger that Moore said published intentionally defamatory content in order to get him fired. MORE »

Editors note: The UpTake is featured along with journalists Bob Woodward, Katie Couric, Arianna Huffington, as part of You Tube’s Reporters’ Center. This is our video contribution… how to organize a video citizen media operation. MORE »

Why does art exist? Most artworks have themes and ideas; some go so far as to make arguments. Why not just write down what you want to say and hang it on the wall? There are, granted, conceptual artists whose work often consists of written descriptions of an action they have performed (or want you to perform), and there are artists like Jenny Holzer and Ed Ruscha who put text at the center of their work—but those artists tend to incorporate text within their work, rather than make the text itself the work. This refusal by artists to tell us what exactly they’re doing, what exactly they’re saying, is damned frustrating. MORE »