| Culture Shift is a weekly newsletter curated by the HuffPost Culture writers and editors. No images? Click here.  This week we’re talking about the "Pretty/Dirty" style of artist Marilyn Minter, Elena Ferrante's children's story, the illustration book every "Broad City" fan needs, the radical women artists of the 1970s, the Plaza's finishing school, the first American to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and #Inktober.  32 Illustrators Who Nail What It’s Like To Be A Woman Today  In honor of #Inktober, these are the women and gender non-binary artists drawing our lives. (Read more here.)  Peek Inside Elena Ferrante’s Chilling Children’s Book Illustrator Mara Cerri talks about her illustrations, and the author’s playful balance of dark and light. (Read more here.)  The Hilariously Random Illustration Book Every ‘Broad City’ Fan Needs Abbi Jacobson’s new book is a collection of illustrations that imagine what famous people carry around in their pockets and purses. (Read more here.)  Paul Beatty Becomes First American To Win Man Booker Prize For Fiction The chair of the judging panel said his novel “The Sellout” was a unanimous choice.(Read our review of the book here.)  Sex-Positive Artist Marilyn Minter Celebrates Glam, Glitter And Gunk In “Pretty/Dirty,” Minter shows us the paradoxes of beauty. (Read more here.) You, Too, Can Learn Proper Napkin Etiquette At The Plaza’s Finishing School Merriam-Webster has become the unlikely ― and, at times, hilarious ― election watchdog we never knew we needed. Its Twitter account churns out commentary before, during and after debates, dissecting lexicon and reporting online look-up spikes as they happen. If you wondered what Mike Pence meant when he used the word “feckless,” Merriam-Webster saw you. If you wondered whether or not Trump said “bigly” or “big league,” Merriam-Webster was there for you. But who, exactly, is the public face of Merriam-Webster? Who is the evil genius behind its tweets? (Read more here.) 8 Radical, Feminist Artists From The 1970s Who Shattered The Male Gaze You might know Cindy Sherman, but what about Renate Eisenegger, Lynn Hershman Leeson and Ewa Partum? (Read more here.) BONUS: Here’s The Spooky Poem ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Was Based On Tim Burton told the 1982 story in an eerie animation read by Christopher Lee. (Read more here.) Netflix recommendation of the week!Need help figuring out what to watch on Netflix? Here's what our editors have to say about "Clockwork Orange": There's a scene in this iconic Stanley Kubrick movie in which a man's eyes are forced open while he is made to watch hours upon hours of horrible, violent images. And that's only the 10th most messed up thing that happens during the film.   Follow HuffPost Arts & Culture on Facebook and Twitter |
32 illustrators who nail what it’s like to be a woman today
