“According to one Michigan mother, the unedited version of the landmark account of a young girl’s life during the Holocaust is inappropriate for 7th-graders because of a scene in which Frank discusses her female anatomy.”
Tag: 04.29.13
Wikipedia’s Sexism Problem (A Matter Of Categories? Or The Gender Of Editors?)
“It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.”
When Flappers Led The Way To Feminism
“From the barefoot ecstasies of Isadora Duncan, whose free, expressive dancing struck a blow against the corseted rigours of classical ballet, to the collective ‘jazzing’ of the 1920s, dance came to play a surprisingly emblematic role in the story of women’s liberation.”
British Museum’s Latest Expansion On Time And On Budget(!)
“[The] £135m extension due to open next March to house its new world conservation and exhibitions centre (WCEC) … will allow the museum to move huge swaths of its collection from stores in east and west London back to the museum in state-of-the-art facilities.”
Martha Graham Dance Co. Makes Do After Loss Of Sets And Costumes
The flooding of the troupe’s storage space during Hurricane Sandy “gave us an opportunity actually to try a new version of one of Martha Graham’s classic dances, Errand into the Maze. And we decided to feature the choreography itself without the classic set and without the traditional costumes to give audiences a fresh look at it,” says artistic director Janet Eilber.
Vita Sackville-West Erotic Poem Discovered
“[The] verse, written in French to her lover Violet Trefusis and translated by Harvey James, the scholar who found it, contrasts daytime strolls through floral meadows with ‘intoxicating night’ when ‘I search on your lip for a madder caress/ I tear secrets from your yielding flesh’.”
Could The NYT Book Review Be Near Its End?
“Only the awkwardness of admitting otherwise maintains the assumption of a necessary Book Review. It quite simply has no ads. The entire newspaper is challenged by falling advertising, but the Book Review is really at the end of this road. Practically speaking, it has no revenue.”
A Real Link Between Violent Video Games And Guns
“Games today are very, very real. It’s the weapons; it’s the story lines, you know, that people get caught up in — even the optics that are used on the guns, it says L-3 EOTech. It actually has the name of the brand on the side of it so you know which optic, you know, you could go out and buy.”
How Do Highly Creative People Do What They Do?
“There’s no such thing as the way to create good work, but all greats have their way. And some of those ways are spectacularly weird.”
Chicago’s Luna Negra Dance Theater’s Future In Doubt As Artistic Director Quits
“Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, the audacious and imaginative artistic director who has led the Latino-rooted Luna Negra Dance Theater here since 2010 – and transformed it into a company of great sophistication and experimentation – has stepped down from his post, effective immediately. … [The company] has been suffering from previously undisclosed financial and administrative problems for many months.”