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Today marks the start of the ?upfronts,? the annual New York City ritual in which the major broadcast networks announce their schedules for next fall. Like all things televisual, the upfronts are a little bit about art and a lot about money. More important, they're a heartfelt reminder of the really important folks that all the actors, writers, producers and executives of that crazy Hollowood dream factory actually live to serve...
Each year the ritual repeats itself: A group of freshmen hire a stripper as a surprise birthday gift for a friend’s party, thinking it’ll be hilarious. But then the stripper—far older and more made-up than they had expected—arrives in a beat-up car with her driver, a 30-something with his arms folded across his chest. After he collects the cash, the clothes come off far too quickly, the naked lap dances and toy shows taking everyone by surprise...
...ritual of spring where certain elements complain about the paucity of women in the natural sciences at Harvard has, since the Summers Scandal, become a yearlong event. (By “natural sciences” I mean astrophysics, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, chemistry and physics, physics, mathematics, earth and planetary science, statistics and engineering.) Men and women are the same, the argument goes, and so there should be equal numbers of men and women in the sciences. If men outnumber women, it must then be because of some failing in the way Harvard teaches or promotes the natural sciences to women...
...followed those now-ubiquitous advice books, I would ask you to consider what your “inner voice” is telling you. Or even tell you to practice ritual breathing exercises while making a list of your 10 most positive qualities...
...oxymoron. How could a hierarchical institution be a vehicle for transcendence? I shocked my AP English class when I wrote a biting two-page satire in rhymed iambic pentameter about how hypocritical the high holidays were. Nonetheless, I chose to fast and attend services on Yom Kippur. The ritual made me think about the world’s hunger. It cleared my head. I was touched by the communal confession of sin (I couldn’t help comparisons to that other religion’s mode of confession) and the final prayers...