Word: mainstream
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...sentence summary of one woman to a brief mention of another woman diminishes the achievements of each; the reader has to transition so quickly from one story to the next that the details, while presented in full, are lost.Still, by discussing individuals who are too often absent from mainstream histories, Ulrich illuminates the many ways in which women outside the traditional narrative of female empowerment have contributed to that cause. Because history has failed to take notice of women’s heroics in domestic events and small but meaningful battles, they have cast off the characteristics society expects?...
...wider exposure to Palestinian art and these [films] are easy to watch,” says Sawhney.The festival is geared toward the broader exposure to Palestinian art and identity through film screenings—according to the organizers, the material is carefully picked in order to fit a mainstream audience. However, nearly anything to do with Palestine has the potential to quickly become controversial.CHOMSKY WEIGHS INNoam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT and a longtime commentator on the Middle East, writes in an e-mail, “Among dedicated anti-Semites, or passionate supporters of the destruction of Israel...
...antiauthority thing terribly cute, so when he was 10 his mom, whom he describes as Karin-like in her tenacity, began homeschooling him. At 12, Gosling auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse Club, the 1990s revival of the kiddie variety show, the one that launched the more mainstream careers of Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. "I was confident," Gosling says. "I would do these supersexual moves. They confused my inappropriateness for talent, and once they realized there was no more I could do, it was too late." By then Gosling, his mother and his older sister...
...figure a PG (say, Shrek the Third) is safe. The R promises hot stuff for fanboys, which has translated into hits in several genres: violent action (300), raunchy humor (Superbad) and lurid horror (the Saw franchise). PG-13 has become the money rating. It's the one given to mainstream action movies and comedies, and it accounts for seven of this year's 10 top hits. As the ratings code has gotten more liberal, so has the audience's fondness for movies with stricter ratings...
...climate wars are far from over, and there are still dissidents emerging to challenge the green mainstream. Unlike past skeptics, they accept the basics of global warming but question its severity and challenge the orthodox faith that Kyoto Protocol-style mandatory carbon cuts are the best way to save the planet. Call them the bad boys of environmentalism: gadflies like the Danish economist Bjorn Lomborg, who just came out with the book Cool It, and rebel greens like the political consultants Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, who detail their apostasy in Break Through. While their solutions may be flawed...