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...film benefits from a few genuinely thought-provoking discussions of modern art. One scene raises the question of artists who challenge current artistic conventions but remain unpopular??are they true visionaries, or do they simply lack creative talent? At a swanky dinner party early in the film, one guest whispers to another that an under-appreciated artist lacks a following because he is “ahead of his time.” Looking skeptical, the other guest quietly replies, “But what if time never catches up?” These moments, if somewhat exceedingly...
...encourage consumers to bring reusable canvas totes to the store instead of using paper—in Shropshire’s case by mailing 15,000 of them to his constituents. But it’s not the hemp bags’ lack of availability that makes them unpopular??IKEA sells them for 59 cents. Consumers just aren’t convinced that the personal and environmental benefits of using them are worth the inconvenience of carrying ten canvas sacks for the week’s groceries. If they were, a ban wouldn’t be necessary...
...according to Secunda. Six of FAIR’s members are public law schools.And if public schools have “expressive association” rights, “they might have more of an ability not to hire a person who would be controversial or unpopular??for example, a gay professor in Mississippi,” Secunda said.A WAY OUTSo if FAIR wins before the high court, will Congress still be able to withhold federal funds from schools that discriminate against women and minorities?Yes, according to FAIR founder and BC law professor Kent Greenfield. The high...
...revive the divestment debate, hosting a panel of pro-divestment speakers to talk about the Presbyterian Church USA’s decision to divest from firms supporting Israeli soldiers and settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Rather than welcoming an opportunity to hear the arguments of an unpopular??and underrepresented—opinion, however, many students were outraged by the panel and its one-sided presentation...
...takes a particular type of courage—the courage to be unpopular??to become a whistle-blower. Initially, Watkins, Cooper, and Rowley were warned to keep quiet but they kept talking, like generations of female truth-tellers before them. Look at Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of the bus, galvanizing the country’s civil rights movement. Retired Army Lt. General Claudia J. Kennedy, the highest-ranking female officer, was the one to expose sexual harassment in the armed forces. And it was Erin Brockovich, a minor legal clerk who helped...