The Orange Press
@woid.bsky.social
My name is Paul Werner and my paintings have footnotes.
Publisher, The Orange Press. Founded 1973.
Editor, WOID. A Journal of Visual Language. Founded 1999.
Pronouns: Dr., PhD.
https://theorangepress.substack.com
Publisher, The Orange Press. Founded 1973.
Editor, WOID. A Journal of Visual Language. Founded 1999.
Pronouns: Dr., PhD.
https://theorangepress.substack.com
Her heart is in the right place but her brain is up her ass.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Her heart is in the right place but her brain is up her ass.
Not fair. Wilhelm Reich the psychoanalyst thought jellyfish, whose being consisted of expansion (pleasure) and contraction (anxiety), were the models for the most basic functions of psycho-biological existence. (It gets sexual, real fast.)
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Not fair. Wilhelm Reich the psychoanalyst thought jellyfish, whose being consisted of expansion (pleasure) and contraction (anxiety), were the models for the most basic functions of psycho-biological existence. (It gets sexual, real fast.)
Well, I'm thankful for the painting by the Black artist Henry Ossawa Tanner.
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Well, I'm thankful for the painting by the Black artist Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Patron saint of single women. Just saying.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Patron saint of single women. Just saying.
Oh, please. 200 demonstrators here, 7,000 in La Capital (most of them Black Bloc provos)? I've seen more of a threat in a gathering against the cost of utilities in Queretaro.
Nice try, though, tools.
Nice try, though, tools.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Oh, please. 200 demonstrators here, 7,000 in La Capital (most of them Black Bloc provos)? I've seen more of a threat in a gathering against the cost of utilities in Queretaro.
Nice try, though, tools.
Nice try, though, tools.
Thanks. It's Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, BTW. CEI: Born to a White father and a Black mother.
This painting is his own take on David's Brutus. G-L was frequenting D's studio at the time, when D. was working on the commission. There's a preparatory drawing attributed to David that's probably G-L's.
This painting is his own take on David's Brutus. G-L was frequenting D's studio at the time, when D. was working on the commission. There's a preparatory drawing attributed to David that's probably G-L's.
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thanks. It's Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, BTW. CEI: Born to a White father and a Black mother.
This painting is his own take on David's Brutus. G-L was frequenting D's studio at the time, when D. was working on the commission. There's a preparatory drawing attributed to David that's probably G-L's.
This painting is his own take on David's Brutus. G-L was frequenting D's studio at the time, when D. was working on the commission. There's a preparatory drawing attributed to David that's probably G-L's.
Ah, Menin. A year ago, when Halal vendors were being threatened & harassed in her district & mine I messaged her about it. No response, Next I know she's handing out flyers vaunting her fight against "antisemitism" [winkwink]. Now all of a sudden it's all about "our Muslim friends." Fuggedaboudit.
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Ah, Menin. A year ago, when Halal vendors were being threatened & harassed in her district & mine I messaged her about it. No response, Next I know she's handing out flyers vaunting her fight against "antisemitism" [winkwink]. Now all of a sudden it's all about "our Muslim friends." Fuggedaboudit.
Interesting cover--whose painting? It reminds me of some of the initial drafts for J.-L. David's "Brutus" of 1789
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Interesting cover--whose painting? It reminds me of some of the initial drafts for J.-L. David's "Brutus" of 1789
Une "vérité brute"? En voila :
www.academia.edu/116716242/On...
www.academia.edu/116716242/On...
On the Psychopathology of Zionism
A comparison of the self-destructive behavior of "ordinary" Germans in the last days of World War II with the behaviors and attitudes promoted by the Zionist project in Israel and abroad, by...
www.academia.edu
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Une "vérité brute"? En voila :
www.academia.edu/116716242/On...
www.academia.edu/116716242/On...
Brilliant repartee. You must have been up all night.
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Brilliant repartee. You must have been up all night.
Okay, you racist turd. You're flushed.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Okay, you racist turd. You're flushed.
I never fail to be disgusted by this folksy (and extremely common) Eastern European anti-Semitism. Do you also beat your partner? Get drunk and participate in pogroms?
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I never fail to be disgusted by this folksy (and extremely common) Eastern European anti-Semitism. Do you also beat your partner? Get drunk and participate in pogroms?
No Ilse Koch? That's so unfair.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
No Ilse Koch? That's so unfair.
Well that's nice.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Well that's nice.
I know. You're welcome.
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I know. You're welcome.
There's a common African American expression from the Civil Rights Movement that I would have loved to use here except I would probably have been banned for not respecting White mainstream cultural sensibilities:
"Like your sh*t don't smell."
"Like your sh*t don't smell."
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There's a common African American expression from the Civil Rights Movement that I would have loved to use here except I would probably have been banned for not respecting White mainstream cultural sensibilities:
"Like your sh*t don't smell."
"Like your sh*t don't smell."
It's a good sign when a movement that until then has been marginalized (like the Civil Rights Movement or the Palestinian movement now) attracts those types who behave as if they had some kind of moral authority over others. As if claiming moral superiority was a revolutionary act in itself.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's a good sign when a movement that until then has been marginalized (like the Civil Rights Movement or the Palestinian movement now) attracts those types who behave as if they had some kind of moral authority over others. As if claiming moral superiority was a revolutionary act in itself.
I’ve heard of Jewish mothers but you take the cake. Blocked.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’ve heard of Jewish mothers but you take the cake. Blocked.
You omitted the best part. The score was by the great Hanns Eisler!
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You omitted the best part. The score was by the great Hanns Eisler!
After looking at the block-by-block shifts in votes from the Primary to the General Election I feel confident that both crossover points on the graph (Mamdani vs. Cuomo) shifted to the left in the General Election.
Not by some force of History, mind you, but because of Mamdani's consistent effort.
Not by some force of History, mind you, but because of Mamdani's consistent effort.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
After looking at the block-by-block shifts in votes from the Primary to the General Election I feel confident that both crossover points on the graph (Mamdani vs. Cuomo) shifted to the left in the General Election.
Not by some force of History, mind you, but because of Mamdani's consistent effort.
Not by some force of History, mind you, but because of Mamdani's consistent effort.