What’s ‘standard’ English? What’s ‘colloquial’? Why is one right or wrong? “There is no official source of grammar prohibitions. For the English language, no one has the authority to lay down laws. Rules exist. It is possible to speak or write ungrammatically. It’s possible to be ‘wrong.’ But right and wrong derive from a far more powerful, albeit hard-to-pin-down source: us.”
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Months After ABC Refused To Air An Episode Of The Show ‘black-ish,’ The Show’s Creator Leaves Three Years Early
Speculation says that showrunner Kenya Barris has jumped ship for warmer waters at Netflix, but that’s unconfirmed. And “Barris will remain an executive producer on all of his ABC Studios shows,” including black-ish spinoff grown-ish.
A University Museum Says It Has Solved A Decades-Old Mystery Of Who Painted One Of Its Popular, 1720s-Era Portraits
The unsigned painting of a woman wearing an outfit with a plunging neckline has been a favorite at the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus for decades. “Over the years, it’s been attributed to a few different artists — first, William Hoare, and then, sometime before the 1980s, to Highmore. But museum curators had never been 100 percent sure of the 1720s-era painting’s true origin, until now.”
Instagram Fills A Space Traditional Media Can’t, Or Rather Refuses To
When television, movies, magazines, and news sites don’t reflect reality, some people turn to Instagram. That includes Afro-Latinx people: “We are purposely recognizing one another in ways we’ve never found in popular media representations and sharing images and stories that redefine the narrow Eurocentric definition of Latinidad.”
A City-Defining Mystery Series Comes To An End
Naomi Hirahira, who is “a one-woman Japanese American history project,” is best known for a seven-book crime novel series. “She has also authored several nonfiction titles on Southern California Japanese-American history. Her newest Mas Arai mystery title and the final one of the series, Hiroshima Boy, was just published by Prospect Park Books in March 2018, and in April her latest nonfiction title, Life After Manzanar, was published by Heyday.” In this article, she takes a LARB reporter on a literary walking and driving tour of Los Angeles.
Cleveland Orchestra Suspends Concertmaster William Preucil Over Sexual Harassment Charges
“The Cleveland Orchestra was not aware of the of the allegations reported by The Washington Post about William Preucil in their July 26, 2018 article,” said executive director Andre Gremillet, in a written statement. “We take this matter very seriously and will promptly conduct an independent investigation.”
What We Learn By Returning To Books We Loved As Kids
For many, having kids of their own provides an opportunity to share these beloved stories with the next generation. But revisiting them alone as adults can also provide comfort, relaxation and the pleasure of rediscovery. Not only do rereaders rediscover the story, but they may also rediscover themselves.
Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” Has Become An International Symbol Of Protest
In many parts of the world, women’s-rights campaigners – particularly those concerned with reproductive rights and abortion – have embraced the symbolism of The Handmaid’s Tale. Language and iconography from the book and TV series are increasingly prevalent on marches, protests and social media.
There Is No Such Thing As Unconscious Thought
In particular, when you walk away from a difficult problem, then come back later and suddenly see the solution, your mind was not working on the problem unconsciously. Your brain doesn’t work that way, and if it tried, the electrical signals traveling along your neurons would get hopelessly crossed. Behavioral scientist Nick Chater explains what’s really going on in such cases.
NYT Theatre Critic Makes Flippant Gender Reference In Review And Gets Pummeled Online
In a review of Head Over Heels, the hybrid Go-Go’s jukebox musical and Elizabethan farcethat opened on Broadway last night, the New York Times’s chief theater critic Ben Brantley misgenders the character of an oracle played by former Drag Racecontestant Peppermint, who happens to be making her debut as the first openly trans woman actor to create a principal role on Broadway.