MARILYN GIVES
HER BLESSING

CHARLES MUDEDE: Censorship of any [comic] strip from any quarter is WRONG, and I'll defend anyone who says, writes, or expresses anything—even if I fully disagree with what they are saying or printing ["Policing the N-Word," April 20]. All racist words and actions are offensive and wrong, but racism exists right along with sexism and ageism and on and on, and no one is going to put a stopper on any of it by censoring what is printed. Come on, how fucking obvious! So what if we don't read it in The Stranger? We hear it everywhere, constantly.

I despise censorship and wish to put my vote in for The Stranger—one of the least censored publications I've ever seen—to print any goddamn thing they want and fuck the bitches and bastards who say they can't.

Marilyn

TELL A TEENAGER

CHARLES MUDEDE: I found your column interesting and it started to really upset me when "Secrest's absolute position" was revealed. Her stance on behalf of the NAACP is BS! As long as people in the news (actors, musicians, and comedians) can freely use the word, don't tell me my kids are wrong when they use it as well. Saying, "we can use it and you can't," adds to racial tension. Tell a teenager why they can't utter that word when they hear it all around them. Pure BS!

The NAACP would do a better job if they wrote to leaders and stars of black America to stop and set the example, or shut the hell up if a white, red, or yellow person acts like they do!

Lonnie

THE KMART OF ART

JEN GRAVES: I thought your article was a nice breath of fresh air in the face of the staleness of Chihuly Inc. and his followers ["Oh No She Di'in't," April 20].

Although I do think Dale's early work is really great, in the past two decades his work has become quite stale. His massive output of Kmart eye candy only pollutes the world we all live in, and limits opportunities for talented artists. He is selfish indeed. For him to be mentioned in the very same sentence as Warhol is truly obscene. His awful Bridge of Glass is an eyesore for sure. He could have done something better and more beautiful using such an amazing medium as glass.

Andie

SIDESTEPPING SUCK UP

JEN GRAVES: Thank you so much for writing the article on Chihuly and addressing Regina Hackett's blatant attempt to make herself look like a better critic (when it's pretty obvious that she's coming off as a condescending, sidestepping suck up). I'm so sick of the art world debating over whether Chihuly is a great glass artist or not. Guess what? He's not. He has a team of god knows how many glass artists create the work which he envisions. The work he has his team make isn't something that is intellectually stimulating or philosophically mind-blowing, either. It's aesthetically pleasing and interesting to look at. So are some of the projects my peers create in art school, but that doesn't make them artists (if they aren't physically creating the work) and that doesn't mean they're good.

Anyway, thanks for addressing the important issues in the contemporary art world and not just sweeping them under the rug so we can all sleep easy at night knowing what Chihuly thinks about his factory.

Mallory

FROM THE FORUMS

POSTED BY RIGHTS ON APRIL 13: Laws, laws, get your laws here!!

Hell yeah, this is it people. You wanna make another fucking law to fit the world to your specific taste? Well here ya fucking go. I can come up with a million of these.

Hummers, ban 'em. Can't tell ya how many times my motorcycle-riding friends and I have almost been killed by those tanks!!

Perfume, ban it. Man, I can't fucking breathe!!!! Did you take a bath in that shit? I'm choking here. Cough cough cough!

Cell phones, ban 'em. GET OFF YOUR FUCKING PHONE AND DRIVE YOU DIPSHIT!!! Hey, what the fuck do you want to order? Hang up your lifeline you shithead!!

Fast food, ban it. Man, tried to get my fat ass into a plane seat and couldn't fit. Blame is on McDonald's—it's those fucks that made me this way!!!

Pot, ban it. Because you know it's soooooooo much worse than alcohol.

Alcohol, ban it. Some drunken bitch ran over my dog!!! I blame the alcohol, it poured itself down that frat boy's throat and made him drive drunk!!!

Advertising, ban it. The Stranger advertises Joe Camel. It's causing kids to want to smoke 'cause they're not smart enough to think for themselves. We have to think for them—no advertising!!!! Oh, and get rid of those escort ads 'cause they make me want to fuck!!!

COME ON PEOPLE!!!! MAKE A LAW, MAKE A LAW!!! LAWS FOR SALE HERE, COME AND GET 'EM. YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO THINK FOR YOURSELF AGAIN, PUT THOSE PEA BRAINS TO REST.