There aren’t any NFL games scheduled on Inauguration Day, so does this mean there won’t be any mixed martial arts on TV either? Oh, wait … Meryl Streep said at the Golden Globes that football and mixed martial arts are not the arts. So what’s the deal January 20?
According to the New York Times, more than 130 artists and critics have signed a petition calling for a “J20 Art Strike,” during which museums, concert halls, and other cultural institutions would close to protest “the normalization of Trumpism — a toxic mix of white supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia, militarism, and oligarchic rule.”
More than 130 artists and critics are calling for cultural institutions to close on the day of Trump's inauguration https://t.co/vXEU1s51K4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 10, 2017
So the employees can watch the inauguration on tv?
— Stephanie (@steph780278) January 10, 2017
Just to be clear, according to a statement by the group:
It is not a strike against art, theater or any other cultural form. It is an invitation to motivate these activities anew, to reimagine these spaces as places where resistant forms of thinking, seeing, feeling and acting can be produced.
Major museums don’t seem to be on board with the strike, as some contacted by the Times will maintain regular hours, while another is offering free admission that day. Somewhere in the country, though, a museum will close, and a staffer will have the satisfaction of telling a group of school children it’s Donald Trump’s fault their field trip is canceled.
Damn! That was the day I was planning my heteronormative research on cultural institution cultivation, too. #bummer
— Ryan (@ryanfield) January 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/RepRepublic/status/818946879308189696
https://twitter.com/Emperorpearl/status/818851281582354433
https://twitter.com/mv_photog/status/818838445166575617
Take the day off…Take the week off…Take the month off. 99.99% of America won't lose any sleep over it.
— Israel Heinz (@IsraelHeinz) January 10, 2017
Close and stayed closed for all I care. If any of them are getting taxpayer money, most certainly stay closed.
— CT Pundit (@ctpundit) January 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/EvelynBeaHall/status/818927550281973761
https://twitter.com/ImJeffBlake/status/818856692083462144
Corrected: Not realizing no one would notice, self-important artists call for cultural institutions to close during inauguration.
— America Matters?? (@Kun_Tzu) January 10, 2017
the energy you're wasting trying to change the outcome is mind numbing. Face the facts and try and find a good opponent for 2020.
— sturn (@scott_stturn) January 10, 2017
— Scott Rueb (@trupatriot1969) January 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/missellie76/status/818838474308526080
maybe they need another award show to figure it out. Make it an even 20 award shows for the year.
— Christopher (@320Christopher) January 10, 2017
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