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...Louie Louie” by The Kingmen. A roommate of mine once related a story where the FBI spent years trying to determine if the lyrics to this song were obscene. It turns out that it’s just a love song, which is really sweet. I think that’s a really super model for activism in general. 7. “We Are Your Friends” by Justice vs. Simian. I listened to this song a lot during the campaign—I think it’s a great anthem for subversion...
...apparently my mother is white.Despite two decades filled with her consoling image, images and particulars still nestled firmly in the nooks of my nostalgia—coffee auburn locks to match the scent of sweet coffee on her words—I was probably tipped off to her lurking whiteness not too long ago.She hid it well. It might have been her near-devout fixation on all things ostensibly black, from her prized collection of African American Santa Clauses to marrying a Dominican man, my father, against the wishes of her family. Perhaps it was the feat of giving birth...
...Flash forward to Hannibal at 13 in France. He lives in the chateau of his uncle Robert and Robert's Japanese wife, Lady Murasaki. They are sweet to the boy, who is intoxicated by Lady M's silks and fragrances, and her tutorial interest in him, and her impressive sword collection. (He always loved cutlery.) After she is grossly insulted by the boorish local butcher, chivalrous Hannibal takes one of those swords and does the butcher's work on him: slashes and slices the pig up, then eviscerates and beheads him, leaving the carcass in the sun and taking...
...November. And the portent for more good things to come is evident. Consider the results for the third quarter: Penney, which only a few years ago was in deep trouble, reported a 22.6% increase in net income, while Kohl's racked up a 45% gain. "It's the sweet spot in the market," says Marshal Cohen, a retail-industry analyst for the NPD Group. "The lower end is reaching upward...
Success is meant to smell sweet, but 150 years ago, as London ballooned to accommodate 2.5 million souls, becoming the largest city the world had ever seen, it quite frankly stank. [an error occurred while processing this directive...