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...This phenomenon began the tradition of historical rewriting by male authors, which she described as an effort to glorify the hyper-masculine settler who supposedly defended his home. In our modern day, Faludi notes the predominance of the cowboy mentality in politics: “We get candidates that fit the climate,” Faludi said. And after Sept. 11, Americans were drawn to an individualistic cowboy President who sought terrorists “dead or alive,” she said.Even the film industry contributed to this surge in national machismo, according to Faludi.In the 2005 film...
...stuck in line late Wednesday seemed perplexed. How many would-be kleptomaniacs does Fasci think he is going to catch? Does he know that there is an electronic gate that beeps if you take an unauthorized library book through it? Does he realize that you can’t fit many stolen goods under a calculator face? A rebellious spirit infused the air as students distributed pieces of paper encouraging inconvenienced peers to complain to Heather E. Cole, Lamont’s Head Librarian. Even the powerful weighed in on the scene, as UC Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist...
...stations found in violation of obscenity rules that it decided to not air Allen Ginsberg’s epic Beat poem, “Howl.” Ironically, the impetus for the planned broadcast was that it was the 50th anniversary of a ruling that deemed the poem fit for the airwaves. On Oct. 3, 1957, the courts ruled that “Howl” contained “coarse and vulgar language,” but “unless the book is entirely lacking in social importance, it cannot be held obscene...
...standout track, “Restorative Beer,” finds the band being intelligent in its playfulness. The chorus purposely drags out the many syllables in “restorative,” suggesting that the lyrics are—for once—purposely intended to not fit in with the musical phrasing in the background. The fact that the Fiery Furnaces actually are capable of writing quirky songs that aren’t mainstream but also aren’t contrived makes the entire project frustrating. Earlier albums, like “Blueberry Boat...
...metaphor and the fashion of naming are delightfully entertaining. Pinker claims that naming connects a being to a reality outside of him- or herself, thrusting one into society, into a cycle of pointing and replicating, and that the process of naming reflects the paradoxical social desires to simultaneously fit in and be unique. Pinker’s sexy study of the semantics of swearing is sure to attract the most attention. For him, there seems to be a cathartic, natural, and even intellectually stimulating use for swearing, and his analysis of it is as enlightening as it is jaw-droppingly...