Want a sense of how much pop culture has changed in the past year? Look at culture from even five or ten years ago that now suddenly seems inappropriate. “Such moments of not-okay-anymore recognition might throw the new era into starkest relief. And squabbles over what was and wasn’t acceptable — plus the accompanying self-righteousness of all parties, whether styling themselves unimpeachably correct or bravely defiant — were surely the most exhausting feature of the last year in pop culture. To dismiss wokeness as the handiwork of P.C. thought police, though, would be to ignore its reality: an altered pop-culture ecosystem, a Great Awokening in full bloom.”
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Some Surefire Advice On How To Become A Famous Writer
“The truth is that, in writing, as in any profession, merit is only tangentially related to success, if at all. I’m not a hugely well-known writer, so I’m not the sort of person who generally gets asked for writing advice by eager young up-and-comers. But as a mid-level freelance content generator, with some decent bylines but no real chance at reaching that Times column in the sky, I do have some thoughts about how you (yes you!) can become a successful writer.”
Yo-Yo Ma: Why We’re Evolutionarily Wired To Need Culture
“As humans, we naturally need food, water and shelter to survive. But equally important is understanding. To survive, we need to understand our environment, each other and ourselves. We invented culture to meet this need: we found a short-hand to take the essential values and truths a society holds, and collapse them into coded narrative, sound, images and symbols that mean something to all of us.”
Would Free Admission Help Diversify The Met Museum? The Research Says…
“Admission cost is a secondary factor when considering a museum visit.” More specifically, “a lack of time… or a simple lack of interest… were far more important factors in one’s decision not to visit museums than were admission fees.” So this suggests the Met has a bigger problem than admission fees.
The Modiglianis Were Fake. Now Visitors Sue Museum To Get Their Money Back
The suit will also seek compensation for the 100,000 attendees’ travel expenses, according to the Times of London. A hotline has even been set up for dissatisfied visitors, the Associated Press reports. Tickets to the show, titled simply “Modigliani,” were priced at €13 ($15.67).
How To Save Dying Indigenous Languages? Teach Them At University
“The last person who spoke fluent Quinault passed away in 1996. By using recordings of those who spoke the language in the 1960s, a handful of people in the Olympic Peninsula tribe are slowly and painstakingly piecing it back together — and teaching it to a new generation. Last year, Alyssa Johnston was the first person in recent memory to earn a world-language credit at the University of Washington by showing she had achieved “intermediate low-level proficiency” in that language.”
Why Sherlock, How You’ve Changed
TV, movies, books, stories … and balls with people in pink rabbit costumes. “Fans of Sherlock Holmes — Irregulars and other smaller Holmesian societies from across the country — have been convening in Manhattan every January to celebrate his presumed birthday: Jan. 6, 1854. They host lectures, cocktail parties, brunches, lunches, dinners, costume galas and presentations of scholarly papers.”
Breaking Down That Tense Meryl Streep Phone Call Scene In ‘The Post’
Not a single one of those camera angles or moves was unplanned – and here’s how it all went down (including the golden caftan and the hand gestures).
St. Louis’ Powell Symphony Hall Turns 50 (And Still Has Two Of The Musicians Who Were There On Opening Night)
The hall began its life as a vaudeville and movie theatre, but the remodel for the Symphony was a little different: “Unusually for an American hall in the 1960s, Powell Hall was done up in a traditionally European style, with its red, gold and cream decor modeled on the royal chapel at Versailles.”
Hip Hop’s TV Takeover
Is the question why now, or is the question why did hip hop, which has dominated the music scene for decades, take this long to take over the small screen? “Hip-hop is the soundtrack of at least one, probably two generations now. … People used to be afraid of it or consider it the music of gangsters or thugs, or whatever. But now, it’s part of everything … and everyone under the age of 40.”