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Morgan hopes to illuminate the intricate journey women’s swimwear has taken. “The bikini can mean very different things to different generations,” she says. “I hope a knowledge of its beginnings can help readers better understand its contemporary cultural...

Author: By Jane Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Swimwear and its Sex Roles | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

LCT: It is often though, that privileged Western observers lament disappearing cultures when they are usually in ways quite oblivious and somehow complicit in the cultural tendencies. For that reason, it has lost any kind of credibility. That is a reason we were interested in it. And although this ended...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spotlight: 'Sweetgrass' | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

In many parts of the world there’s a different imagination at work about the environment. The notion of wilderness as space out side realm of human agency is peculiar to America. It’s almost an arrogant conception of nature—it implies we are...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spotlight: 'Sweetgrass' | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

Why is the international community unaware? The U.S. government isn't doing more because they aren't hearing from Americans. We need to ask questions about the way we relate to Africa and what we consider baseline violence. People tend to hear about situations like Congo and say things like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Oprah to Congo: One Woman's Attempt to Save Thousands | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

The comment that rape is cultural was mentioned in your book. Why do some people consider it that way? It's a place that we tend to go when people hear about situations like that. A critical piece of the story is left out. I heard stories about a militia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Oprah to Congo: One Woman's Attempt to Save Thousands | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

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