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Just because The Crimson is protected by the right to free speech does not mean that it should not be held morally responsible for printing cartoons, such as “Cultural Stoichiometry,” (comic strip, Mar. 13) that are not only blatantly unfunny but also offensive and stigmatizing of grave mental health issues. In its depiction of a thesis writer who has hanged himself, presumably due to the stress caused by his impending deadline, the cartoon trivializes suicide and contributes to the casual attitude toward mental illness that is all too widely held in our society. Every...
...woman wrote, with an unopenable attachment of photographs. “Sophie en rose.” The messages have become more topical, given the conflict in the Arab world and Ali’s abiding relationship with the Zaytuna Institute. After the appearance of the Danish cartoon of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban, Ali wrote “fw: Cartoon Controversy: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Interview.” This spurred me to research the Shaykh, an American who converted to Islam after a near-fatal car crash and founded Zaytuna. Mostly unknown in the United States, Yusuf...
...lighter note, the Campus Energy Reduction Cartoon (CERtoon) contest proves that green art does not necessarily have to be composed of green materials. The program rewards enviro-artists with goodies ranging from an iPod nano to gift certificates to Harvard Square shops and restaurants...
...also experienced stereotyping.“Thanks to the genius of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,’ it took a little bit of work to explain to people that I am neither a cartoon character nor a monkey brain-eater,” Penn explains, laughing.He credits Nair with breaking some of the barriers that had previously kept Indians out of mainstream American cinema.“She was one of my role models growing up and really inspired me to go into filmmaking...
...glorious achievement belongs to “When You Wish Upon a Weinstein,” the once-banned episode of Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy,” whose no-holds-barred, nothing-is-sacred schtick has made the show the biggest primetime cartoon since “The Simpsons”—and made MacFarlane a star. But for a man who has built his career on flouting the standards of acceptable humor on TV, MacFarlane sees himself as a kind of traditionalist. The way he describes it, his new show...