Where dem bloggers at?

As Rihanna asks us, where the bloggers at? And by bloggers, I mean blogger and by blogger, I mean me.

• The M.I.A. we all love (and missed) is back and pissing people off with this poignant video.
• NPR, seriously? If you're going to extol Nicki Minaj as "the first woman in several years to penetrate hip-hop's hyper-masculine mainstream," please do not also put her in a pop music and cultural phenomena category with a 16 year-old kid who has to cancel his concerts when middle school girls get out of hand (and inspires blogs like this).
• Republicans hate it when the government mandates health care, but they love mandating certain medical procedures for pregnant women, even if that woman was impregnated through rape or incest.
  

"the last explosive art in the art community"

I haven't come up with a lot to say on this yet, but wanted to share it. Thanks to Ari for the link and title.

Update: Apparently Yale is now disputing the true nature of this exhibit, and the artist is disputing their dispute.

Who knows what to think at this point, but what I find really interesting is that people on both sides of the choice/life debate are coming out against the project. Yet, no one is addressing what the artist's intention was: to spark an intelligent discourse on the issue of choice and body. It seems that while she wasn't doing it for the shock value, that is, of course, what happened. How could it not?