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  • July 2008

    • Russia Goes After Emo

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 24, 08 3:55 PM CDT

      Russia Goes After Emo

      Fearing a threat to the wellbeing of its youth, the Russian Duma is going after what it sees as Public Enemy No. 1—emo.  Lawmakers are debating legislation to ban all signs of emo culture—an offshoot of punk music—from schools and government buildings, the Guardian reports. Lawmakers see the  trademark skinny jeans, black lipstick, and outré hairdos as “dangerous teen trends” that could lead to antisocial behavior and suicide. More »

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      Russia  • music  • fashion  • culture  • legislation  • youth  • Russian parliament  • Duma  • emo

    • 50 Favorite Magazines

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 16, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      50 Favorite Magazines

      From US Weekly to a quarterly for Godzilla enthusiasts, the Chicago Tribune 's list of 50 favorite magazines both entertain and take readers to new places. The list includes: NME : A rock and roll crystal ball, this UK music mag forecasts tomorrow’s megastars Seed: Science never looked so glossy or sounded so thought-provoking More »

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      list  • media  • culture  • Vanity Fair  • magazine  • magazine industry

    • Is Web's 'Long Tail' Really a Tall Tale?

      newser  |  Slate  |  Jul 14, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      Is Web's 'Long Tail' Really a Tall Tale?

      The "Long Tail" theory of the internet—that the Web's boundless democracy is enabling a boom in niche culture and commerce—is coming under fire just as its author releases the paperback version, Farhad Manjoo writes on Slate. After reviewing data that should back Chris Anderson's theory, a Harvard professor concludes that while obscure media sales are growing, they're still obscure. More »

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      Web 2.0  • culture  • Wired

    • Chinese Museums Confound Western Expectations

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 4, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Chinese Museums Confound Western Expectations

      These days China feels "both older and newer than any place on the planet," writes  New York Times art critic Holland Cotter. And nowhere is that tension more palpable than in the country's museums, which use antiquities from the millennia-old civilization in service of a rising world power. In a trip across China, the critic discovers a different approach to museum display. More »

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      China  • culture  • museum  • art museum  • Chinese art

  • June 2008

    • 'I'm Left of Nic,' Carla Confesses

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 23, 08 4:57 AM CDT

      'I'm Left of Nic,' Carla Confesses

      They may look like an always-happy couple, but France's First Lady Carla Bruni has confessed she doesn't agree with husband Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing politics. She's not alone. Just a year after his election, polls have shown Sarkozy is the most unpopular president in six decades, reports the Daily Telegraph. "My instinctive reflexes are left-wing," Bruni told Liberation . She and her husband are not politically "joined at the hip." More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Carla Bruni  • culture  • popularity

    • Proms' Glitz Blitz Captivates UK Teens

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 17, 08 3:40 PM CDT

      Proms' Glitz Blitz Captivates UK Teens

      Parents and traditionalists alike are feeling the pinch as expensive American-style proms migrate to the UK, the Wall Street Journal finds. Teens crave the stretch limos and extravagant gowns seen in US shows like The O.C . and My Super Sweet 16 . But some educators criticize the trend, including one headmaster bothered by "the ones who are excluded by cost." More »

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      Great Britain  • culture  • teenager  • lifestyle  • high school students  • Proms

    • World's Weirdest Festivals

      newser  |  Travel Leisure  |  Jun 11, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      World's Weirdest Festivals

      Forget museums and street markets. To truly understand a culture, travelers should take in its bizarre traditions. From fire walking to tomato hurling, Travel and Leisure looks at the world's most off-the-wall celebrations. Lopburi Monkey Buffet in Thailand: Each November, Lopburi's residents lay out a feast to appease the city's greedy monkeys. More »

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      list  • travel  • tourism  • culture  • weird  • festival  • traditions

  • May 2008

    • Online Gaming Boom Outpaces Real-Life Critiques

      newser  |  Prospect  |  May 31, 08 1:14 PM CDT

      Online Gaming Boom Outpaces Real-Life Critiques

      The dizzying growth of the video game industry continues to alarm cultural Luddites, writes Tom Chatfield for the Prospect , but the critics are trapped in video gaming’s past. They haven't adjusted to the development of social, team-based gaming worlds, treating games “as an odd mix of the slightly menacing and the alien: more like exotic organisms dredged from the deep sea than complex human creations.” More »

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      technology  • culture  • gaming  • pop culture  • World of Warcraft  • Grand Theft Auto IV  • video games

    • Save the Spurmo: Straight, Single Men Face Extinction

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  May 28, 08 4:51 PM CDT

      Save the Spurmo: Straight, Single Men Face Extinction

      Are you a straight, proud, unmarried man over 30? Then you're part of a dying breed, writes Tad Safran in the Times UK . Dubbed "Spurmos," these endangered bachelors drink in increasing isolation as friends succumb to marriage, wine racks and child-rearing. Having roamed in great herds in their 20s, Spurmos can find themselves hard up for buddies, if not female companionship. Notable Spurmos include George Clooney, Vincent van Gogh, Voltaire and Indiana Jones. More »

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      marriage  • culture  • drinking  • opinion  • lifestyle  • middle age  • bachelors

    • Rome's New Mayor Vows to Raze Renowned Museum

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  May 2, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Rome's New Mayor Vows to Raze Renowned Museum

      Only a few days into his mandate, Rome's new right-wing mayor has sworn to dismantle a state-of-the-art museum designed by American architect Richard Meier, reports the Times of London. Gianni Alemanno called the Ara Pacis museum, built 2 years ago to house a peace altar from the Augustan period, "invasive" and "a disfigurement in the heart of Rome," prompting protests from the city's cultural elite and the architect himself. More »

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      Italy  • architecture  • culture  • Rome  • Richard Meier  • Gianni Alemanno

  • April 2008

    • 77% of US Moms Breast-Feed

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 30, 08 7:07 PM CDT

      77% of US Moms Breast-Feed

      About 77% of new mothers breast-feed, the highest percentage since the CDC began taking surveys 20 years ago. The agency cites public-awareness campaigns about its health benefits for the rise, noting that only 60% of mothers breast-fed in 1994, the AP reports. Changing cultural attitudes that accommodate the practice also might be responsible, a CDC spokesman said. "It looks like an all-time high." More »

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      public health  • African Americans  • childhood obesity  • culture  • mothers  • CDC  • breast feeding

    • Harold and Kumar Transcends Race

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 24, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Harold and Kumar Transcends Race

      Race underscores the stoner misadventures of Harold and Kumar—whose second film comes out tomorrow—but it’s not the point. The movies, about two friends who “just happen not to be white,” set a multicultural standard that Hollywood hasn’t figured out, writes Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times . When it comes to cultural issues, “filmgoers are a bit savvier than they are given credit for,” says a co-director. More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • race  • culture  • Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay  • Kal Penn  • John Cho

    • Pope to Church: Pedophilia Was 'Badly Handled'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 7:53 PM CDT

      Pope to Church: Pedophilia Was 'Badly Handled'

      Pope Benedict XVI had strong words for America's Roman Catholic bishops today, asserting that the clerical sexual molestation scandal had been "very badly handled" in many cases, the AP reports. "It is your God-given responsibility as pastors to bind up the wounds caused by every breach of trust, to foster healing, to promote reconciliation and to reach out with loving concern to those so seriously wronged," he said. More »

    • Lowbrow Sarkozy Causes French Culture Shock

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 15, 08 9:37 AM CDT

      Lowbrow Sarkozy Causes French Culture Shock

      French presidents have traditionally positioned themselves as guardians of high culture, and no term in office is complete without constructing a major new museum. But while François Mitterand might have loved Russian literature, Nicolas Sarkozy is more of a Céline Dion man. As the New York Times reports, many of Sarkozy's supporters are dismayed at Sarko's cultural policy—and hoping his new wife can turn things around. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Paris  • Carla Bruni  • culture

  • December 2007

    • IQ Measures Not Just Brains, But Also Culture

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  Dec 13, 07 4:55 PM CST

      IQ Measures Not Just Brains, But Also Culture

      The average global IQ is rising three points per decade not because humans are getting smarter, but because culture is getting more challenging—and the measure isn’t just a test of our smarts genes. The quotient effectively tests “the quality of the world [a] person lives in,” the New Yorker ’s Malcolm Gladwell writes, dissolving the myth that intelligence is fixed. More »

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      race  • culture  • human intelligence

  • November 2007

    • Ignore Potter, and Be Doomed to Irrelevance?

      newser  |  Esquire  |  Nov 3, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Ignore Potter, and Be Doomed to Irrelevance?

      Lord Voldemort is the Darth Vader of the 21st century—if you don’t know what that means, you could be at a massive cultural disadvantage in a decade or two. Esquire 's Chuck Klosterman claims he hasn’t read a page of the Harry Potter series—hearing Harry didn’t die at series’ end, he “wasn’t even aware he was sick”—and he doesn't want to. But he worries out loud that he'll be punished for opting out when readers grow up. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • culture  • Star Wars

  • October 2007
  • August 2007

    • Letting It All Hang Out? Bill Would Put It All Back In

      newser  |  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Aug 23, 07 12:14 PM CDT

      Letting It All Hang Out? Bill Would Put It All Back In

      Young men will want to hike up their sagging pants, and women cover up bra straps and exposed thongs if Atlanta’s City Council adopts a proposal to amend the city’s indecency laws, the Journal-Constitution reports. The measure, which would fine violators for exposing boxer shorts, thongs and bras, is discriminatory and won't stand up in court, the ACLU warns. More »

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      Louisiana  • hip-hop  • Atlanta  • First Amendment  • culture  • ACLU  • indecency  • pants  • dress code  • Delcambre

    • Spanish TV Channel Nixes Live Bullfights

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 21, 07 12:45 PM CDT

      Spanish TV Channel Nixes Live Bullfights

      Spanish state television will not show any live bullfights this year, bowing to restrictions on gore on daytime TV but disrupting a time-honored tradition. Televised bullfights had been a viewer magnet for public-TV station TVE, and fans are seeing red, the Guardian reports. "It is obvious that watching bullfights on the television does not traumatize children," says one politician. More »

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      television  • children  • Spain  • culture  • bullfighting

    • Quirk Is the New Kitsch (Sigh)

      newser  |  Atlantic Monthly  |  Aug 16, 07 5:13 PM CDT

      Quirk Is the New Kitsch (Sigh)

      Quirk is the “ruling sensibility” of today’s culture—random narrative, “mannered ingenuousness”—and it’s become exhausting, writes the Atlantic 's Michael Hirschorn. “This American Life” has been the standard-bearer, but the quirk it purveys hasn't held up well in expanding from radio to TV. More »

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      culture  • Generation X  • This American Life  • Talking Heads  • Wes Anderson

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