I remember well the shock I experienced the first time I read the story of Cinderella to one of our daughters; I later told my wife, Louise, that I felt like I'd just participated in a cultural experiment or brainwashing session ( Read more... )

Pondering: Does it make sense to speak of being "from a counter-culture"? If you're from it, isn't it just your culture? A counter-culture seems somewhat like a pidgin; once it's been around long enough that children have been born into and grown up with it, it becomes a real, organic thing in itself.

I just came across The Bitches' Guide to Etiquette on Tumblr and, one page in to its archive, have fallen completely in love with it.

From the article "Furniture Takes a Manly Turn" in the Gazette of Upper-Class Urban White People's Lives New York Times:Rough-looking furniture that carries a whiff of shop class, handmade by guys who have their own power saws - and know how to use them - is design’s new tack. Art is a many-gendered thing, but right now it is emphasizing the ( Read more... )

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