Word: femi
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Like the stampede the moment the doors open for a Filene's Basement white sale, the crush of women at theaters this weekend to see the big-screen version of Sex and the City should be intense. On Tuesday night, for the film's invitational premiere, swarms of femi-nests buzzed expectantly outside Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall. And when many of the ticket-holders couldn't get into the 6,000-seat Hall because of overbooking, the anger and hurt spilled onto Sixth Avenue, literally stopping traffic. Near the front of the line of rejectees, according...
...cannot help but be pessimistic. Without the Great Santorum to guide it, the 110th Congress will inevitably succumb to the homo-eroticization of American culture, San-Franciscan femi-nazis, dissolute youth, or all of the above. But fret not fellow patriots—there’s always...
...have reached a point where feminism is cliché, with so many negative connotations that many women who actually advocate feminist principles hesitate to label themselves as feminists. The movement once called groundbreaking and liberal has now been stereotyped as a radical, anachronistic battle led by “femi-nazis...
...answers are various and not simple. Nigeria's Femi Kuti, son of Afropop pioneer Fela Kuti, has, like his father, created a vibrant, pulsing, sweaty, sexy sound that's half African by way of Africa and half African by way of James Brown. His politically conscious music (Kuti heads the political party MASS--Movement Against Second Slavery) reflects that same complex consciousness of borders. Kuti knows, for instance, that African kleptocrats have often used nationalism for their own ends, and he gives neither Western cultural imperialism nor African corruption a pass. "We get the wrong people for government," he sings...
...World Beat will explore topics related to this issue, as will CNN's Showbiz on the Road. Also, AOL members can enjoy special features related to our stories. Meanwhile, all of us who worked on this issue are acquiring the CDs of our favorite discoveries, from Nigeria's Femi Kuti to the Icelandic band Sigur Ros. Online, on TV and in our pages, we're sure you'll make some exciting discoveries of your...