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Pic of the Day: Sex Workers in Mexico City Wear Skeleton Masks for Day of the Dead Procession

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Last night, two days before the Day of the Dead, more than 100 sex workers gathered for a procession in Mexico City, all dressed in red and white and wearing traditional Day of the Dead skeleton masks and makeup, to remember their friends and colleagues who have passed away. See a few more photos of the procession here. Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters. [via Design You Trust]

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DJ /rupture’s Favorite Cities and Songs

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On his Twitter profile, DJ /rupture, aka Jace Clayton, lists “dj * writer * jetlag king” as his occupations. And though he’s best known as the turntable mastermind behind albums like Uproot and Special Gunpowder and his latest release with Brooklyn producer Matt Shadetek, he wouldn’t be much of a DJ without the latter gigs. All three are intertwined: he’s written regularly for magazines like The Wire and N+1; and his recent piece for the latter, which landed in the 2009 Best Music Writing compilation, begins “I’ve DJed in over 20 countries…”

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