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...music. In the past year, Hurt’s film on hip-hop has made a tour of the film festival circuit and garnered national media attention. “This film is about hip-hop, but also about manhood, the construction of masculinity, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, corporate media, crass materialism and how it affects all our lives,” said Hurt. “Beyond Beats and Rhymes” features interviews with hip-hop celebrities, aspiring rappers, record executives, and academics. In the film, Hurt questions them about what he saw as the troubling issues with...

Author: By David Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Unravels Rap's Hidden Reality | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

...almost seems crass to rain on this self-righteous congratulatory parade, but, if unionization results in higher wages and benefits, where is the money coming from? The Harvard Corporation is unlikely to open the endowment’s coffers, so the University—like all corporations—has a limited budget, and therefore endeavors to minimize its costs. If security guards become more expensive, the University will either raise tuition or decrease employment. Since tuition raises are limited by popular outcry, benefits to unionized workers are likely to come at the expense of those who actually need wages...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: SLAMming The Unemployed | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

Upon hearing that former NBA player John Amaechi disclosed in his new book that he is gay, Shaquille O'Neal said that if he had a gay teammate, he would "protect him from outsiders." That's a revolutionary reaction compared with the crass comments that greeted NFL player David Kopay in 1975, when he became the first athlete from the four major professional U.S. sports to reveal his homosexuality. Still, the British-bred Amaechi, right, notes that most locker rooms aren't exactly gay friendly. He says some current NBA players have told him they're gay but remain terrified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of the Locker-Room Closet | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...9/11 pol, but a ground zero launch is too crass. Where United 93 went down, he can highlight heroism--removed from liberal New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Presidential Geography Lesson | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...anything like that. I do enjoy the occasional V-neck or episode of “Stacked,” but these are natural affinities for a woman in my position. Yet, it seems that ever since anorexia came into vogue, flashing one’s breasts seems almost crass. It’s a bit too much flesh, it seems, for the ascetic-minded fashion community. Besides, when one is wearing a long sack with leggings, breasts merely get in the way. These days, it’s seen as much better to have a visible collarbone, on which...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE TREND IS NIGH: Plunging Necklines Falling From Favor | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

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