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...Benjamin wrote that, “[Mankind’s] self-alienation has reached such a degree that it can experience its own destruction as an aesthetic pleasure of the first order.” He was referring to the mass popularity of the Nazi aesthetic. This modern artistic phenomenon is even worse: There isn’t even any aesthetic pleasure any more. All that these increasingly macabre displays provoke is the temporary fury of the average gent and the viewer’s cheap satisfaction that at least there is someone in the world more senseless, base...
...Campbell are the cornerstones of the weekly event. Miller discovered early in his college career that the Harvard atmosphere was not a music-friendly one, and without enough events like Acoustic Tuesdays, pursuing his passion would be harder than imagined. “It’s a phenomenon with Harvard jazz musicians; the music just dies with people here,” Miller says. “It might be something spiritual or the lack of time but it sucks it out of you.” As a graduating senior, Miller won’t be holding...
...It’s a phenomenon with Harvard jazz musicians; the music just dies with people here,” he says. “It might be something spiritual or the lack of time but it sucks...
...that “in black culture, the thick girl is the idealized girl,” while event organizer Theresa H. Cheng ’08 talked about how Chinese culture focused not only on being pale and thin, but also on the “double eyelid phenomenon.” The double eyelid, which varies in preponderance and degree in Asians, makes the eye appear larger; as a result, the demand for cosmetic surgery among Asians has increased in order to create the trait. Along with weight-related pressures generated by television, magazine, films, and other media...
...They found that video games do not affect all children equally and that the effect on behavior is not solely dependent on violence, gore, or sex. Olson said that gaming—including playing “M”-rated games—is such a widespread teenage phenomenon that it should not be considered abnormal. “A moderate amount of violent game play is unlikely to hurt you,” Olson said. “You just need to have some balance.” Olson and Kutner found that the Grand Theft Auto series...