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Chaédria LaBouvier

@chaedria.bsky.social
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Breaker of glass-ceilings. 1st Black curator at the Guggenheim. Scholar of Basquiat, 80s art, institutional misconduct and fraud. Teacher. Three revolutions. Humanist. Clinton's sister. Viola's. Edie's mama. 9th Generation Texan. Let's ride out.

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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A recap of Part II that I posted (link in comments). If we're going to talk about A.I., we need to talk about how we allowed fashioned plagiarism like what I'm talking about here, paved the way for A.I. to steal from everyone. There's a reason #Vox feels safe platforming plagiarized work.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
cutting wherever possible really. I got very fancy body wash on clearance at TJ Maxx for $5 and was deliriously happy. one of those huge bottles. it's just a sign of the times I guess.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I hate this, cos i understand it
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
people ate this shit up like it was fine dining
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
lololl, what's going on. also the algo is soooo effed up, Ican't find anyone
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
boosting b/c the algo is broken
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
@karnythia.bsky.social MIKKI, I HAVE TO EMAIL YOU, BUT ALSO THERE YOU ARE
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
There is no future for humanity in which the basic conditions for life for millions of people can be destroyed on one person’s whim.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The number of brilliant people of color in my life who are currently unemployed or underemployed is staggering. The cost of who is denied access to labor markets isn’t just unemployment rates or tax contributions, it’s innovation that will shape our possibilities for decades.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
With all of this talk about AI and the plagiarism/theft inherent in it, I would like to point you in the direct of a Legal Fundraiser that I have b/c Vox continues to dangerously platform Elon Green's plagiarized work of mine. If you can, pls donate and share www.gofundme.com/f/support-le...
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Re-boosting this as well as Part I of how and why of how we got here, here meaning plagiarism, harassment, actions that might be considered fraud, intimidation, multiple institutions intentionally lying to the public and more. curatingbasquiat.substack.com/p/part-i-i-a...
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Part I: I am Launching a Legal Fund in Response to Vox Media and Elon Green's Plagiarism of My Work
In producing and platforming Elon Green's latest book, Vox continues a long line of institutional theft, bullying and disregard of my work, the law and my humanity.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/04/2026
Buy my book so I can buy s.e.'s book! 📚💙 libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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All My Dead Cats and Other Losses Audiobook on Libro.fm
Have you suffered a loss? How was your life changed by the grief you experienced? Did you feel like your grief was properly acknowledged? Mourning is a personal experience and shouldn't be judged. The...
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
speaking of writers that don't want to be writers...AI proliferates b/c we don't handle plagiarism the way that we should, from publishing to academia. The fact that Vox defended platforming this slop is 100% why AI was even entertained. @ashtonpittman.bsky.social
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The GoFundMe for the Legal Fund can be found here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... S*bs*ack here: curatingbasquiat.substack.com/p/part-i-i-a... The funds/subscriptions will go towards legal expenses, the time that this will take away from work & other expenses.
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Donate to Support Legal Fund Against Copyright Infringement & Fraud, organized by Chaédria LaBouvier
This is a Legal Fund for Chaédria LaBouvier. It is meant to c… Chaédria LaBouvier needs your support for Support Legal Fund Against Copyright Infringement & Fraud
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Vox's theft of my work engages another theft: the Guggenheim's. I've put a flow chart together for ppl to understand the scale and inter-connectedness of the layered harm and enterprise from Vox to Elon Green to the Guggenheim that is bonded through shared values of theft, racism & moral bankruptcy
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I cannot overstate the disrespect, but the danger of this. Vox Media states that their mission is to "help everyone understand our complicated world..." but how is that possible when you are also lying to the public? And contributing to the over all decline of society as well?
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
And have. In 2020, the photographer Helayne Seidman had to sue them for their disregard of DMCA and copyright laws. In other words, this is a pattern and a culture of business at Vox. lawstreetmedia.com/news/tech/vo...
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Vox Media Sued For Copyright Infringement Under DMCA | Law Street Media
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is why legal recourse is necessary, b/c it is the only language that they understand. I wouldn't say respect b/c their lawyer, an agent of the law said despite all of these examples and DMCA notices be damned, moving forward Vox will be ignoring them. Here's Elissa Cohen's response below.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
When the similiarites were brought to Vox, and the fact that other authors were also more than likely plagiarized, they ignored it and offered: "as a courtesy, we’ve decided to add a line on our website that points people to your work and research so that they can have another resource...."
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Vox Media's Criminal is the #1 True Crime podcast in America. It is supposed to be a gold standard in fact checking. In the podcast, the narrator and Green go to great pains to avoid mentioning my name; they credit my work to the Guggenheim and I am only mentioned once as "the curator".
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Vox Media's Criminal, the #1 True Crime podcast in America. It is supposed to be a gold standard in fact checking. In the podcast, the narrator and Green go to great pains to avoid mentioning my name; they credit my work to the Guggenheim and I am only mentioned once as "the curator".
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Green intentionally does not cite my work, though he is capable of doing so. The end notes are also incomplete and confusing, w/numbers and incomplete quotes that are impossible to follow for the lay reader, who are being led to believe they're reading original work. There are no numbers on the pgs.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Green tries really hard to cover his tracks. In the podcast, him & Phoebe Judge are careful not to mention me, and call me "the curator". Green also states in his "endnotes" (you'll see later why I put them in quotations) that my book "prominently" had an "out-size role" in creating his book.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
He was reviewed in @nytimes.com Kirkus Review, etc. David Grann, Morgan Jerkins and Lucy Sante even blurbed the book. Here are a few examples of plagiarism in the book/podcast. There are dozens of examples like this. Green's book lacks citations and complete endnotes. See next.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
March '25, Green publishes, "The Man Nobody Killed". What nobody did was fact-check; it contains close to 30 examples of plagiarism/copyright infringement -- and counting, a quote and interview that never happened with Michael Stewart's lawyer and centers a White savior story that is fictional.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I made this editorially and curatorial decision b/c I wanted to demonstrate that ethics, theory, technical skill and centered humanity can work when human beings at the center are brought to the front, which is why Michael Stewart was not just talk about, he and his family was a part of the convo.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
It also for the first time, put most of the artists that were instrumental in the downtown activism for Michael Stewart into a cogent and clear concert of organizing. Keith Haring, David Wojnarowicz, Madonna, George Condo, etc. Michael Stewart's artwork and modeling photos were incorporated as well
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Through research, theory and primary sources that was part art history/investigative journalism/theory, I was able to create a bigger picture of the story and afterlife of Defacement, and how impt it is in the understanding of Basquiat's politics, or lack thereof.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I wrote and edited a catalogue to accompany the exhibition. Like Ryan Coogler, I also negotiated ownership of my copyright to my work in 2018 and 2019 contracts. Meaning, the works were not work-for-hire for the Guggenheim, nor did they own the scholarship.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
In 2019, I curated an exhibition called "Basquiat's Defacement: The Untold Story". I was invited to the do the show by then-Chief Curator, Nancy Spector in 2017. It sought to better understand Defacement the painting, and its role in Basquiat's body of work & why it was his most personal painting
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I started a legal fund b/c Vox Media produced & platforms a podcast that infringes upon my Basquiat research. It is based on Elon Green's heavily plagiarized book. This is happening to me, but dangerous for EVERYONE. Pls read below, share, subscribe & donate. www.gofundme.com/manage/suppo...
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'll post more about this tmrw, but thank you so much for sharing. For those of that can see this, please read, share and donate to my Legal Fund if you are able to. Here's the link and the Substack is below to learn more about why it's necessary www.gofundme.com/f/support-le...
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Donate to Support Legal Fund Against Copyright Infringement & Fraud, organized by Chaédria LaBouvier
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Jim Yale @jimyale-art.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I was recently interviewed by Bold Journey magazine about overcoming creative blocks. You can read the full article here: boldjourney.com/meet-jim-yale/
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 19/03/2026
2026 has given us the "Epstein Divorce"
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Is anyone capable of having a normal conversation about Harry and Meghan? We need to accept that the Sussexes can be people with flaws. Like anyone else. Who are capable of achievements but also failures. Like anyone else. Anything less is dehumanizing This week's newsletter
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Is anyone capable of having a normal conversation about Harry and Meghan?
Variety recently ran a story with the headline: Inside Meghan and Harry’s Falling Out With Netflix — and Why the Royal Couple Is Struggling in Hollywood
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We don’t have universal healthcare for the same reason that white southerners poured cement into their community swimming pools rather than let their black neighbors swim in them. Racism is ruining ALL of our lives.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I'm slowly trying to make my way here, and you came up on my feed and there I said there he is!! ❤️
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 10/02/2026
Today for @theflytrapmedia.com I wrote about the (techno)fascist push to grant personhood to anything except people
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Dehumanizing Humans, Personifying Computers: Why Modern Fascism Wants You to be Lonely
Welcome to fully-automated luxury fascism. Can I take your personhood?
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We do not condone the actions of César Chávez. We will support victims. We will continue the fight for farm workers. calmatters.org/justice/2026...
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UFW president: 'We do not condone the actions of César Chávez'
Stunning allegations about California labor icon César Chávez led the organization he co-founded, United Farm Workers, to distance itself from him.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@theferocity.bsky.social there you are!!
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 19/03/2026
The way that you get another Fetterman is simply by ignoring everything right in front of your face and once you got him... he's yours once he's in power... he's empowered take seriously the character of your elected leaders
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
come again?!
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
THERE YOU ARE
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
we have to stop worshiping celebrities.
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
so that's the hack
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
cc: @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The author wasn't arguing for or that the NYT should exist, I'm just saying in general!
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Chaédria LaBouvier @chaedria.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Definitely important piece. I'd rather see more places that can create this kind of journalism, than support and argue that this is why the NYT should exist or is credible. This is one great investigative piece for every 10 or more that's damaging and indefensible.
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