What Price Fast Fashion?
Fast fashion is a phenomenon that transcends the runway, crosses borders, and cuts across barriers of class, culture, and emerging economies
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“Birth of a Nation”: 100 Years Later
The Birth of a Nation—1915's blockbuster hit and the most popular movie of its day—was released 100 years ago this month.
Harper Lee to Publish a New Novel at age 88
55 years after the publication of her first, only, and very successful debut novel reclusive American author Harper Lee ...
Getting Historical Movies Right: Hollywood vs. Historians
Does the movie industry owe it to the public to get the facts right in historical movies?
Lingua Obscura: Young Women’s Language Patterns at the Forefront of Linguistic Change
Linguists observe that young women's language patterns invite negative reactions, comments, and suggestions to change.
Lingua Obscura: A New Linguistics Column
A linguistics column that will uncover curious stories of language use from all around the world--written by a linguist.
Why Did the Violist Cross the Road?
Every subculture has its in-jokes. Classical musicians are no exception, and the punchline usually involves a viola.
