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...don’t have to be small and elite…we can be ambitious and inclusive,” said Harrington. “There was something in the ’60s and ’70s that History and Science was a bit squirrely and academic in the negative sense of the word...
...themselves with “Let them eat cake!” angrily scrawled across their shirts? The answer is “Non!” Art and fashion have certainly always gone hand in hand, but it was the emergence of Pop Art in the 1950s and 60s that literally manifested this relationship in America. By the first half of the 20th century, Americans were already saturated in a visual culture—a culture that enticed consumption on every street corner and was epitomized, interestingly enough, by the urban department store window. The department store window...
...ironist is here to warn us of a world full of melting icecaps and approaching apocalypse. (There may also be a love story somewhere in the lyrics.) Though the world may be ending, Beck’s constant inventiveness and bizarreness certainly are not. To go along with the 60s feel of the song, the video sees lots of long, hippie hair, multi-colored sunglasses, and dozens of close-up shots of Beck’s mouth and eyes. As if that weren’t enough (and who could possibly want more than a candid of Beck?...
...Lebanese-American poet was either deified or demonized for most of the 20th century. Recently a far worse fate has befallen his works: indifference. Published in 1923, “The Prophet” enjoyed relative success among Gibran’s contemporaries and was rediscovered in the 60s as a spiritual guidebook written by an “Oriental wise man.” The truth of the matter, though, is that Gibran moved to Boston’s South End at the age of 12, having previously received no formal education in the Lebanon. Though he returned...
...marriage equality and that got 61%. So the percentage is coming down. We know that we have a long road ahead, but we are making progress. It was stirring to see President-elect Obama speak on Tuesday. I was involved in the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 60s, and I'm certainly mindful of the whole history of the African American struggle for equality. Civil rights was never an easy thing to do, and it didn't happen overnight or even in one generation. I know that this is going to happen in our generation, though. It happened...