Word: escapists
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...know that the only tangible benefit of playing games all the time is the learned ability to push buttons rapidly while swearing and forgetting to bathe. And even a state school Communications major can recognize the picture of the scantily clad woman on the front cover for the miserable escapist fantasy that it is: that’s no Lara Croft knockoff, that’s the digital version of the cheerleader that broke Mr. Dibbell’s heart in 10th grade. Unfortunately for the author, while his precious “digital l00t” may in fact...
...things like sexual health, eating disorders, résumé writing. We wanted to provide a forum for students at Harvard, especially women, a resource center for information that they were interested in and that could help them."Despite “Freeze’s” initial escapist philosophy, the possibilities of online content have broadened the magazine’s topical horizons to address political issues that are important to its readers."We have an upcoming feature section on women in politics, including articles by a PhD graduate student who’s studying the topic. There...
...Milos Forman's film (which he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Carriere, the great French screenwriter, perhaps most famous for his collaborations with Luis Bunuel) Goya's escapist politics is another sign of his modernism. The great artists of the 20th Century sympathized with "progressive" causes, but rarely played a heroic role in them. But the entire film is less an exercise in historicism (though the portrait of the painter is accurate enough, as is the depiction of historical events, the story is pure fiction) than it is an elaborate analogy with our own times. This is quite understandable - Forman...
Freeze Magazine, the steamy, self-purportedly escapist publication for Harvard’s modern woman, is currently on thin...
...most other colleges, a student with cash to burn is likely to purchase a new Playstation 3. We splurge on incessantly blinking, cinderblock-sized phones. The former provides escapist fun; the latter ostensibly enhances productivity. The fact that such a gadget is fast becoming the trendiest luxury item in the Yard is a good indicator of how overly serious—and seriously un-hip—Harvard students are. Is it any wonder the administration deemed a fun czar necessary...