“Asian-American success is typically taken to ratify the American Dream and to prove that minorities can make it in this country without handouts. Still, an undercurrent of racial panic always accompanies the consideration of Asians.”
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As Art Gets Auctioned We’re All The Poorer
“The way that auction houses now operate, the only winners are often one of the four megadealers or a handful of other high-rollers and blue-chip dealers who buy the work and resell it for more.”
Goodbye Minnesota Orchestra, Hello Minnesota Symphony?
“It is time to move in a different direction — to create a new organization built on collaboration and a shared vision, not confrontation and leverage.”
Website Etsy Changes Definition Of “Handmade.” Debate Ensues
“By easing the definition of ‘handmade,’ Etsy is trying to accommodate individual vendors who are having more and more trouble keeping up with their growing volume of customers. But many Etsy users are outraged by what they see as Etsy’s abandonment of its commitment to human handicraft.”
Study – How Do You Quantify Success For An Arts Organization?
“What does high performance mean for a non-profit arts group? A bigger budget? A larger audience? A shiny new building?”
Witness In Bolshoi Ballet Acid Trial Says He Was Threatened By Police
“Batyr Annadurdiyev, a dancer at the Bolshoi who spent the night of the attack with the main suspect, said he was subjected to intense psychological pressure by police and did not even read the eventual testimony he signed, some of which he retracted during the court session.”
The Simple Answers To The Questions That Get Asked About Every New Technology
That’s the title of a recent installment of Randall Munroe’s Web comic XKCD. The single panel is pithy and witty, but – argues Robinson Meyer – the answers are probably too “simple.”
The Gaying Of Video Games
“Gay characters are being woven into the stories of games, and production companies are increasingly reaching out to LGBT gamers in their marketing. Even though The Last of Us‘ Bill suggests that romance ‘is good for one thing: getting you killed,’ video-gaming companies are starting to realize that it might also be good for business.”
What It’s Like To Watch Your Life Story Onstage: Alison Bechdel On Fun Home
“I can’t put that into language yet. It’s very strange and surreal. It also feels like a tremendous gift, because they got so much so right.” That said, “So far, my viewings of the play have been fraught. … I know the people involved in the production are anxious to know my response. So, it’s hard for me to have my own direct response.”
The Universal Word: Huh?
According to a recently published study encompassing 31 languages – from Russian to Spanish to Siwu to Icelandic to Lao – the interjection “huh?” seems to be pronounced roughly the same, and to serve the same purpose, in every tongue.