Nov 04 2008
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Tempting fate…
Oct 21 2008
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Louis CK “Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy” (on Conan, 10/1/08)
i love this.
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Oct 03 2008
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Sep 22 2008
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Yet something important is lost when a child’s introduction to fairy tales comes in such whitewashed form. It’s not just Rapunzel: In toys, movies, and books, the old fairy tales are being systematically stripped of their darker complexities. Rapunzel has become a lobotomized girl in a pleasant tower playroom; Cinderella is another pretty lady in a ball gown, like some model on “Project Runway.”
“Fairy tale” may be our shorthand for castles and happy endings, but these classic stories have villains, too - nefarious witches, bloodthirsty wolves, stepmothers up to no good. And scholars have come to see the stories’ dark elements as the source of their power, not to mention their persistence over the centuries. Rich in allegory, endlessly adaptable, fairy tales emerged as a framework for talking about social issues. When we remove the difficult parts - and effectively do away with the stories themselves - we’re losing a surprisingly useful common language.
Sep 19 2008
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“ The Serbian Gypsy band Kal is on a mission to save Romani culture from kitsch, discrimination, and assimilation. In addition to jaw-dropping musicianship, the seven-piece combo’s primary weapons in the fight against marginalization are rock ‘n’ roll attitude and dogged resistance to stylistic ghettoization.
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Sep 05 2008
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Sep 01 2008
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“ Personally speaking, as an American woman with a vote, I find Palin’s nomination so insulting that, frankly, I’d like McCain more if he told me not to tax my little lady brain with trying to figure out how to fill in the ballot form.
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Aug 30 2008
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“ I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves … too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or the selfish schemes which so often hide themselves under that deceptive cry of mock patriotism: ‘Our country, right or wrong!’ They will not fail to recognize that our dignity, our free institutions and the peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: ‘Our country—when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.’
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