9.11.01 | A Confirmation

9.11.01 | A Confirmation THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR hadn’t begun yet, it was still summer and I was taking a stats course during summer session at the local city college; Continue reading →

A Decade in Mos Def

MOS DEF’S Black on Both Sides was released in the fall of 1999, with the artist sailing a wave of “indie cool” that was built primarily off the strength of Continue reading →

Kristof on Rethinking the Politics of Sweatshops

THERE is this idea in the academy known as: “cultural relativism.” It is sometimes used to describe the ethnocentrism that happens when applying one nation or culture’s standards to another Continue reading →

The Rising Sun’s ’80s Sex Trade Expansion

Photo Credit: Okinawa Soba NEOJAPONISME, a blog once solely authored by W. David Marx (formerly of TOKION), as NEOMARXISME, continues to make significant contributions to the discussion of Japanese culture Continue reading →

‘Body of Lies,’ Review

IT was an adaptation of the eponymous Body of Lies: A Novel, the spy-thrilleron Middle East espionage by The Washington Post columnist David Ignatiuas and written by William Monahan, the Continue reading →

Dexter Filkins’ ‘My Long War’

THERE’S nothing more maddening than war. Having never personally experienced it, but being constantly surrounded by its mindset while growing up, I have realized that there is a built-in insanity Continue reading →

A Question About British Street Art: Restoration?

THE GUARDIAN’S Alex Rayner has a question about street art, and how it is to be handled in Great Britain. In New York, a movement is arising that recognizes the Continue reading →

So Much Silence, ‘I Used to Love H.E.R.’

There seems to be a bit of a disconnect between indie rock and hip-hop, and, short of delving into some cultural/economical dissertation, I can’t understand why. My little Utopian fantasy Continue reading →