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...this goes against the grain of a liberal arts education, which is not about immersing ourselves in our own ethnicities but about boldly transcending the particulars of our time, place, and culture to distill what is true, great and universally human...
Among all the random falsehoods the Crimson Key Society will gleefully propagate for the benefit of your innocent ears, there is one grain of truth: that is, God did attend Harvard...
...parallel development is the attitude summed up by the words of one of our fellow students: "I'm pretty sure it's a human life, but ending abortion would have such huge consequences that it's better not to." There is a grain of truth here. Abortion has become a part of our culture. It is no longer reasonable for pro-lifers to think that reversing Rove vs. Wade will solve the abortion issue. That must be the first step, but it must be followed by broad changes in our society...
...down to the ridge where the summer ends/We'll watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame..." from "No Life Singed Her" on Slanted is pretty fucking lyrical. His vocal delivery is also sublime: there is something in his voice--Roland Barthes called it the grain--which is just unbelievably communicative and charismatic. Like Lou Reed before him, he can't actually sing all that well, but it's those strange textures in his voice, the moments where it breaks, where a note out of his range is covered by a defiant yelp, that make him unique...
...sexism and abuse of the really codependent but superficially "O-so-happy, June Cleaver" marriages of 1950s America. Through the dialogue and manners of Blanche Dubois, we realize how easily the surface can be scraped away to reveal the truth. Typically Southern and truly deceptive, Blanche speaks her bitter grain of truth wrapped in a sugar coating of politeness...