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The Huffington Post

This week we're talking about the world's naughtiest children's book illustrator, the meaning of borecore, a collection of real American horror stories, and the phenomenon of all-caps writing.

CAPS LOCK Is Cool Again. Here's Why

"Good Internet citizens are supposed to hate all-caps writing. It's shouty, it's misused. But it can also help solve a modern visual problem. Imagine 'someone looking at a feed,' says the Canadian artist Alex McLeod, and wondering, 'How can I stand out?" (Read more here)

Inside The Mind Of The World's Naughtiest Children's Book Illustrator

"Tomi Ungerer was, for a brief reign, the king of children's illustration. After moving to New York in 1956, the French artist and writer published a succession of unusual yet wildly successful children's books, including The Three Robbers, about a trio of winsome burglars, and Crictor, about a rather unlikely protagonist -- a lovable snake. From the start, Ungerer held a special place in his heart for the outsider, the underdog, the weirdo, the trickster. This unusual vantage point, along with a ravenous imagination and wicked dark side, set Ungerer apart from the traditional "happily ever after" children's book originator." (Read more here)

Is Borecore The New Normcore, Or Just The Way We Live Now?

"Borecore, posits The New York Times Magazine's Jenna Wortham, denominates the vast pool of non-viral, remarkably uninteresting Vines and social media videos uploaded or streamed by young people. They're not doing anything clever with the six-second limitation or the eternal loop. They're not capturing anything inherently grabby, funny or important. It's just... them, goofing off, cuddling, driving aimlessly or lip-syncing to '80s music alone. It is hardcore boring." (Read more here)

Evocative Photo Project Counters Stereotypes Of What It Means To Be Black, Masculine And Stylish

"For black men, the world of fashion has often been one wrought with stereotypes, misconceptions and images of three-sizes-too-large T-shirts, baggy jeans and flashy chains. But the ongoing photo series "The Dandy Lion Project" aims to change all that by speaking to the fact that black male fashion, and, by association, black masculinity, is diverse and not solely defined by the sort of images of black men who dominate mainstream media." (Read more here)

These Terrifying Stories About Small-Town America Will Haunt You

"The towns in Steven Millhauser's stories are haunted. The characters -- nearly all of them -- are frenzied. They see phantoms, they fixate on surreal happenings, they hear voices in the night. But Millhauser isn't a horror writer; his latest collection elegantly toes the line between the real and the surreal, and many of the stories examine how we attempt to collectively explain the unexplainable." (Read more here)

One Artist 'Erased' 100 Years Of Women In Advertising, And The Results Are Terrifying

"For the past decade, conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas has been fascinated with the rhetoric of ads, how they sell not just products, but desires, stereotypes and dreams. It wasn't long before Thomas realized that the true message of advertisements was not in the text or the logos boosting a product -- so, he erased them, letting the not-so-latent subtexts come to the foreground." (Read more here)

Here's What Is Possible When A Children's Book Contains No Gender Specific Pronouns

"What if a children's book contained no gender specific pronouns? Author Maya Christina Gonzalez explores this idea in her book Call Me Tree, the final book in a trilogy that highlights how valuable our connection to nature can be.Through Call Me Tree, Gonzalez is pioneering both queer and Chicana representation within children's books in order to provide characters and stories that children can relate to. The Huffington Post chatted with Gonzalez this week about the book and her decision to use no gender specific pronouns." (Read more here)

How A Musical Tradition Of Islamic Mysticism Found An Unlikely Home In Texas

"Interfaith awareness is at the heart of Texas-based music ensemble Riyaaz Qawwali, which has a story that starts roughly 700 years ago in a shrine in Delhi, India." (Read more here)