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Fashion is Weird. But we had an All-Black Attire party in Minneapolis
Fashion is weird. Around 15-years-ago during a TV interview Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn admitted that “no one needs fashion”. Nonetheless, in Western society people wear clothes. These reflect his or her choices, and express meaning. This is fashion. Consider that few Twin Citians dress to make entrances, to be dapper or to be remembered.…
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A Prof, Who Said She Had Cherokee Ancestry, will Resign from UC Riverside.
At some point in history, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California Riverside, Andrea Smith, came to think that she was Native American? Credibility is a vital virtue for teachers, experts and mentors. When you choose to claim a racial guise, you diminish that. According to CNN, “an ethnic studies professor, who…
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Having “Discovered ‘Kim’s Convenience’ after T’was Canceled I ‘Learned’ Korean”
The deluge of web-based and traditional news stories should make it easy to maintain a habit of creative writing practice. There’s always something to observe or comments on as a way to keep the practice fresh –– But much of that “news” shows a voice that’s by-default always pissed off about something. The mindset is…
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Do you Watch, or Read more to Distract, or Nourish Yourself?
Given the WGA/SAG AFTRA labor strike, As a humanities geek, I wonder how probable it is that those with frequent video-watching habits will remember and act on the joy of reading books? I’m peculiar. Raised by a reader, and influenced greatly by an eldest brother who was a renowned scholar, to be as articulate as…