theHRguyFeb 24

TIL: Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class

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TIL: Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class - Lemmy.World

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Show threadageedizzleFeb 25
Abstract expressionism (ie modern art) was actually pushed by the CIA as well (source), though the motivation in this case is murkier
Was modern art a weapon of the CIA?

The Abstract Expressionists emerged from obscurity in the late 1940s to establish New York as the centre of the art world. But were they pawns of US spies in the Cold War?

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Show threadArcherFeb 25
Not really? Soviets were pushing hyper-realism so the US government funded the opposite
Show threadlad
I always thought Suprematism was what the Soviets were pushing, now I read the wiki article and it seems it was not, and Socialist realism was, and I guess it was the hyper-realism you talk about?
Suprematism - Wikipedia

Feb 25 at 10:03pmWeb