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...general culture to the point of constant self-awareness. The Beat-Hipsters were certainly self-obsessed, but they bore an earnestness and sincerity that is impossible if one’s mental energy is overly devoted to fretting over anticipated acceptance of an ironic costume bobble. Life and public existence as a creative endeavor rather than the eventual outplay of internal development involves active consideration of one’s perception (we all do this), and the contribution of today’s Hipster is this to a new degree, an advanced, unrelenting stage...
...Diet Coke in the video medium. The pieces of corporate sponsorship are not snuck-in and normalized, but focal points. Similarly, the self-awareness of multi-lingual subtitles and the reference to rumors of Gaga’s male genitalia are post-modernity’s most glamorous public manifestation in their use of the discourse around the text being part of the end product. And like the prevalence of Urban Outfitters and American Apparel as purveyors of the Hipster v-neck t-shirt, the video and celebrity are the beneficiaries of corporate acceptance. The pan-sexuality of Gaga...
Before Khuri had ever seriously considered fronting a band, he thought he would contribute to his community in a more traditional manner. After receiving his graduate degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School, Khuri became the executive director of Harvard’s Dubai Initiative, a partnership between the Kennedy School and the Dubai School of Government designed to foster the latter’s development...
...letter sent last Friday to officials including U.S. Chinese ambassadors, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Scholars at Risk called for a public disclosure of the reasons for restricting her travel and, if there are no official reasons, to approve her requests for future travel...
...could be certain that the working young would make up a large share of its population. Fortunately, there are three groups in favor of reform: conservative economists, liberal economists, and Republican elected officials. The last group that needs to get on the reform train is Democrats in public office...