Word: grave
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Trans activists have done vital and significant work in recent years, albeit with little help from progressive, feminist, and queer communities. Transphobia is as grave a problem there as everywhere, and the relevance of trans concerns to other movements is under constant attack. The inclusion of trans concerns in extant movements—in a manner neither fetishistic nor tokenizing—is necessary if such movements are to avoid a self-negating hypocrisy. Transsexuality, transgender, and gender variance—though each denotes a distinct and specific identity—are often regarded as willful choices that could...
...does not call herself a hero, because the word hurts too much when so many died, and her best friend's body was pulled out of a shallow grave on the hospital grounds by the same commandos who rescued her. That friend, Lori Piestewa, is her hero, for staying so calm under fire, as are the soldiers who fought bravely all around her. Lynch herself did not fire a shot and spent most of her time in the humvee huddled in a protective ball. Ask her what she would like to symbolize, and there is a long, long pause...
...asinine rationalizations such grave-digging artists offer—from commemoration of the artists’ work to mourning the loss of a close friend—don’t hold water when there is blatant self-gain involved. However, incessantly forcing the image of the deceased into public consciousness may be justified on some level if such an endeavor produces some positive social effect or if the late artists’ work was particularly worthy of greater recognition...
...most culpable member of this distinguished list of grave-diggers is also the least cited. At some point in Missy Elliott’s long, esteemed career, she added “pimp for dead rappers” to her resume, and the general population neglected to take note. Unwittingly, Elliott makes an unambiguous case for her guilt in her newest single and accompanying video, “Pass That Dutch,” offering evidence of the shamelessness with which she regularly exploits her fallen peers...
...informed opinion—if anything, the readership of a periodical in which it appears waits upon it), but on account of the implications that such a review might betoken. Having been largely involved in South Asian theatre at Harvard—it was my play, “Grave Affairs,” that was the first production of the South Asian Association (SAA) in 2001, marked by sold out performances, and followed in like manner by “Interrogations” in 2002, and this spring, by “Sakina’s Restaurant?...