Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...longer synonymous with the Nobel Prize or the color beige, Stockholm is emerging as a capital of cool, and its name is now increasingly bandied about in the same breath as London, Tokyo, Paris and New York City. Venture into SoFo on Södermalm, on the capital's south island in the Baltic Sea, and you'll see why: once a working-class district, these days the streets south of Folkungagatan (hence SoFo) attract a young, creative crowd who come here to relax, refuel and spend their kronor in an eclectic array of shops. As the word spreads, more...
...look at the gay liberation movement, it’s essentially been a white middle class movement, and because of that it has not dealt with issues that are vital to lesbian, gay, and transsexual people of color,” said Bronski, who gave a lecture entitled “The Queer Movement and Race” in the series’ opening event on Monday night...
...first time, nor would it be the last. In fact, it wasn’t even the first time that week I had fallen in love. (Earlier things I’d fallen in love with included Jimmy Fallon, caramel apple lollipops, Jelly Roll pens, and the color cerulean.) But this was different, or at least it felt different.While simultaneously talking to three girlfriends and a boy I liked on AIM, leaving a Testimonial on Friendster, doing homework, and watching an exceptionally good episode of “Scrubs,” a song came on that perfectly matched...
...work for free, but that’s a very small number.” The Miner usually pays writers $15–$20 dollars each week. Rather than cut salaries across the board, the paper has cut the number of pages in each edition and has eliminated spot color on the front page...
...Another success of the opening night was Mike Stanley’s work as lighting designer. The attention paid to details in the lighting was impressive. Never was the stage the same color twice in the performance—its hues were constantly changing along with the characters’ moods, in a fantasia of emotions within the forest. The floor was often covered in spots of light, imitating the flood of moonlight flowing through the thick enclosure of trees overhead...