just one more thing: my jessica mitford propaganda poster.
#propaganda #art #deccaMitford #journalist #communist #muckraker

she then: became a communist; moved to the states; married a civil rights lawyer & got involved with the struggle for equality; wrote 'hons & rebels'; got into investigative journalism & didn't die until she'd recorded a cover of the beatles' 'maxwell's silver hammer'.
decca's daughter, dinky, decided she'd be more like her mum than her aunties & married james forman, who was a member of both the black panthers &...
#art #illustration #deccaMitford #jamesForman #beatles #muckraker

#art #history:
that old quandary - nature or nurture - has been rankling the human race for as long as we've existed...or from the second generation, at least. if you think you've fixed your ideas on the subject, you may not be familiar with the mitford sisters.
buckle up for this thread about the hellaciously good mitford sister, decca. [a hefty thread]
#deccaMitford #jessicaMitford #illustration #portrait #author #activist #communism #muckraker #journalist