Things I Learned Along The Way
The Smarteez on South Africa’s ongoing struggle for equality
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, we hear from young fashion crew The Smarteez, about the creative revolution taking root in Soweto, and how they're pushing into the future while refusing to be beholden to the past.
Written by: Huck HQ / Alex King
Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari stand up for press freedom in Iran
Journalism is not a crime — Jon Stewart’s directorial debut Rosewater recounts how the Iranian regime imprisoned journalist Maziar Bahari — just for doing his job.
Written by: D'Arcy Doran
Michaela Angela Davis had to infiltrate the mainstream to get people talking change
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, image activist Michaela Angela Davis explains how she had to go inside the mainstream machine to challenge how black women are represented.
Written by: Huck HQ / Adriana Monsalve
Graffiti pioneer Lee Quiñones has kept on painting through street art's ebb and flow
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, graffiti pioneer Lee Quiñones shares how, through all the art world's changes, he's found new ways to keep on keeping on.
Written by: Tom Fenwick
From Pakistan to Brooklyn, Arooj Aftab is following the beat of her own dreams
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab explains how she had to ignore other people's ideas of success in order to go her own way.
Written by: Huck HQ / Andrea Kurland
Joe Sib is finding humour between the cracks
Don't take yourself too seriously, punk — Poking fun at indie culture and meeting heroes along the way. Joe Sib has found the funny side of punk.
Written by: Jon Coen
Deborah Coughlin wants to change the future by learning from the past
Huck 50 excerpt — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, Editor of The Feminist Times and founder of ‘radical girl group’ Gaggle, Deborah Coughlin explains how she is using lessons from the past to build her own community.
Written by: Tom Fenwick
How John Baldessari pushed art's limits by following his gut
Things I Learned Along The Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, pioneer of conceptual art John Baldessari talks about his desire to follow his instincts and break with convention.
Written by: Huck HQ / Shelley Jones
Amy Goodman's rallying cry for engaged young people
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today we hear from the face of Democracy Now!, journalist Amy Goodman. Goodman shines a light on unheard voices, exposing the veil of deception dropped by corporations, politicians and their cohorts in the press. But the real battle, she says, has yet to be won.
Written by: Huck HQ / Andrea Kurland
The day Black Flag and Misfits producer Spot got schooled
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, producer Glen Lockett - aka Spot - describes the moment he was schooled by a musician he thought was less talented than he was.
Written by: Huck HQ / Spot