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...most widely translated authors in the world, with classics like The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid having appeared in 144 languages and 163 countries. Now the Danes are getting ready to throw a 200th birthday bash for their most famous son. On April 2, the bicentennial of his birth, Denmark kicks off a global celebration of Andersen and his evocative stories with Once Upon a Time, a cultural extravaganza at the national soccer stadium in Copenhagen that portrays the author's life and works through music, theater and ballet. Tickets range from...
...can’t have an abortion if you don’t get pregnant. Wait, hold on a second. Let’s backpedal to that first point. You can’t get pregnant if you don’t have sex—without birth control. And birth control doesn’t have the same stigma that abortion does...
Having spent a semester abroad in Ireland surrounded by a group of mostly-observant American Catholics, I can assure you that we were on the exact same page when it came to the importance of birth control—whether or not we disagreed on abortion. And the same goes for the morning-after pill. I don’t want to make any sweeping generalizations about anyone’s religion, but instead to say that many young people are frank and pragmatic when it comes to sex, and might not be pleased to hear politicians condemning their behavior...
Therein lies the far right’s hypocrisy on abortion, and that’s where the pro-choice movement has to hit hard. The very same people who say that birth control should not be taught in school, or in many cases, be available at all, the very same people who shooed Jocelyn Elders out of office for suggesting that masturbation was an alternative to sex, the very same people who’d love to get rid of the morning-after pill along with abortion, are the ones who claim to promote a culture of sexual morality...
...better or for worse, few would argue The Birth of a Nation’s extraordinary power to move, impress, and enrage its viewers. Its technical virtuosity and sweeping scope, along with its controversial, at times patently untrue historical message makes The Birth of a Nation perennially relevant in debates over artistic freedom, aesthetic judgment, and historical responsibility...