{"id":9330,"date":"2016-01-11T20:35:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T00:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2016-01-11T20:35:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T00:35:40","slug":"episode-150-molly-crabapple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-150-molly-crabapple","title":{"rendered":"Episode 150 &#8211; Molly Crabapple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show #150: Molly Crabapple<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_245\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9330-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9330-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9333\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-150-molly-crabapple\/enhanced-23675-1436538713-1\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced-23675-1436538713-1.jpg?fit=625%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"625,867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"enhanced-23675-1436538713-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced-23675-1436538713-1.jpg?fit=447%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9333\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced-23675-1436538713-1.jpg?resize=260%2C361\" alt=\"enhanced-23675-1436538713-1\" width=\"260\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced-23675-1436538713-1.jpg?resize=317%2C440&amp;ssl=1 317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced-23675-1436538713-1.jpg?resize=447%2C620&amp;ssl=1 447w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced-23675-1436538713-1.jpg?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>Artist <a href=\"http:\/\/mollycrabapple.com\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Crabapple<\/a> joins the show to talk about writing her new memoir, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062323644\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0062323644&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=PYQXLCC3U7TZUOSE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Drawing Blood<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062323644\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Harper), making illustrated journalism from Syria, Guantanamo and Abu Dhabi, translating Nizar Qabbani, growing into her parents&#8217; legacy of art, Marxism and argumentation, finding her soul in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/collection\/the-collection-online\/search\/452102\" target=\"_blank\">Damascus Room<\/a> at the Met, balancing community and competition, stepping back from the idea that we&#8217;re in an &#8220;Age of Outrage&#8221; and more! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The world hates refugees. I&#8217;m convinced that if there was a major crisis in Canada and we had 10 million white refugees, we&#8217;d still think of some reason to keep them out. People hate impoverished people fleeing over borders.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mollycrabapple.com\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9335\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9335\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-150-molly-crabapple\/23669253074_31e22ac28f_z\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23669253074_31e22ac28f_z.jpg?fit=640%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"23669253074_31e22ac28f_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23669253074_31e22ac28f_z.jpg?fit=525%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9335\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23669253074_31e22ac28f_z.jpg?resize=440%2C352\" alt=\"23669253074_31e22ac28f_z\" width=\"440\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23669253074_31e22ac28f_z.jpg?resize=440%2C352&amp;ssl=1 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23669253074_31e22ac28f_z.jpg?resize=620%2C496&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23669253074_31e22ac28f_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a>We also talk about\u00a0<em>Charlie Hebdo<\/em>, the Occupy movement, Molly&#8217;s\u00a0success at bypassing the gallery model and whether her path is replicable, the scariest place she&#8217;s ever visited as a journalist, her biggest artistic, literary and journalistic influences, and more! (And if you want to find out who she&#8217;s reading nowadays, <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">join our Patreon<\/a> and become a monthly contributor to <em>The Virtual Memories Show!<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_246\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9330-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9330-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_150_-_Molly_Crabapple.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-117-vernissage\" target=\"_blank\">Jonah Kinigstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-success-is-embarrassing\" target=\"_blank\">Wayne White \/ Mimi Pond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-105-sincere-observation\" target=\"_blank\">Mimi Gross<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-141-francoise-mouly\" target=\"_blank\">Francoise Mouly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-103-nostalgia-of-the-infinite\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Woodring<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mollycrabapple.com\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Crabapple<\/a> is an artist and writer in New York. She is a contributing editor for <em>VICE<\/em>, and has written for <em>The New York Times, Paris Review<\/em>, and <em>the Guardian<\/em>, among other publications. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Follow her on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mollycrabapple\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mollycrabapple.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Bring Me Down<em>\u00a0by David Baerwald, used with permission of the artist. The conversation was recorded at Ms. Crabapple&#8217;s studio on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. Photos of Ms. Crabapple by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show #150: Molly Crabapple &#8220;I always like smart, rebellious young people who feel like the world has done them bad.&#8221; Artist Molly Crabapple joins the show to talk about writing her new memoir, Drawing Blood (Harper), making illustrated journalism from Syria, Guantanamo and Abu Dhabi, translating Nizar Qabbani, growing into her parents&#8217; legacy &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-150-molly-crabapple\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 150 &#8211; Molly Crabapple&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,26,4,1183,17,20,5],"tags":[1094,4018,4023,3924,4037,3364,4016,1473,4020,4035,4024,4032,4026,4028,987,1586,993,3993,4022,1224,4036,4030,4015,625,346,4034,4031,1616,1435,2053,4033,4019,3938,306,4025,1305,4021,4027,878,4017,4029],"class_list":["post-9330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-comics","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-religion","category-travel","tag-alan-moore","tag-albrecht-durer","tag-anand-gopal","tag-basquiat","tag-charb","tag-charlie-hebdo","tag-drawing-blood","tag-francoise-mouly","tag-ganzeer","tag-garry-trudeau","tag-ghaith-abdul-ahad","tag-james-foley","tag-jeanette-winterson","tag-joann-sfar","tag-joe-sacco","tag-john-le-carre","tag-jules-feiffer","tag-keith-knight","tag-laurie-penny","tag-lorenzo-mattotti","tag-luz","tag-mahmoud-darwish","tag-molly-crabapple","tag-nabokov","tag-neil-gaiman","tag-nimr-al-nimr","tag-nizar-qabbani","tag-obama","tag-orwell","tag-peter-kuper","tag-raghu-karnad","tag-ralph-steadman","tag-riad-sattouf","tag-robert-crumb","tag-rohini-mohan","tag-salman-rushdie","tag-sarah-nicole-prickett","tag-simone-de-beauvoir","tag-thucydides","tag-toulouse-lautrec","tag-virginie-dupont"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2qu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12251,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-319-katelan-foisy","url_meta":{"origin":9330,"position":0},"title":"Episode 319 &#8211; Katelan Foisy","author":"Gil","date":"May 6, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 319: Katelan Foisy \"Magic is opening doors you didn't know existed.\" Her first crush was Nosferatu, she started reading Burroughs at 12, she's fused Roma and Santeria, and now Katelan Foisy joins the show to talk about making art, magic, and a personal mythology. 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