Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

Monday, June 20, 2016

Conversations: Poking Fun at Tech Culture on ‘Silicon Valley’

Conversations: Poking Fun at Tech Culture on ‘Silicon Valley’


A writer for “Silicon Valley” talks about the show’s female characters and influence on the real Valley.


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Saturday, May 21, 2016

How Bathroom Rights for Transgender Americans Refueled the Culture War

How Bathroom Rights for Transgender Americans Refueled the Culture War


As a campaign to sway the Obama administration gained ground for transgender rights, resistance was escalating in state legislatures and school districts.


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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

So Far So Goude: Jean-Paul Goude"s influence on pop culture

So Far So Goude: Jean-Paul Goude’s influence on pop culture





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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Iceland: A culture moving beyond marriage

Iceland: A culture moving beyond marriage





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Monday, April 11, 2016

Malick Sidibé: Creative Force of African Culture

Malick Sidibé: Creative Force of African Culture


A current solo show of the influential Malian photographer features glimpses of bodies that suggest a concealed, sensual beauty rather than something explicit.


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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Corner Office: Jessica Herrin of Stella & Dot: Put the Culture Over the Quarter

Corner Office: Jessica Herrin of Stella & Dot: Put the Culture Over the Quarter


Ms. Herrin, the founder and chief executive of Stella & Dot, says she learned in the early days of the company to be fierce about her hiring filter.










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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Women’s Views of Creativity, Culture and Identity

Women’s Views of Creativity, Culture and Identity


A photography exhibition in Venice draws on works by 25 women with universal themes.


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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Bits Daily Report: Tech Culture Across Continents, From Hacker to Satire

Bits Daily Report: Tech Culture Across Continents, From Hacker to Satire


The techie cultures of Silicon Valley and of Argentina have evolved in such a way to become almost polar opposites of one another.










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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Tibetan Fights to Salvage His Fading Culture in China

Tibetan Fights to Salvage His Fading Culture in China


Tashi Wangchuk says that new measures scaling back the teaching of minority languages has threatened the survival of ethnic identities and traditions.










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Tibetan Fights to Salvage His Fading Culture in China

Tibetan Fights to Salvage His Fading Culture in China


Tashi Wangchuk says that new measures scaling back the teaching of minority languages has threatened the survival of ethnic identities and traditions.


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Monday, November 23, 2015

Deaf culture in an American deaf family

Deaf culture in an American deaf family













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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Sinosphere Blog: ‘One Child’ Culture Is Entrenched in China

Sinosphere Blog: ‘One Child’ Culture Is Entrenched in China


Family planning laws may be loosening in China, but it will take longer to change a culture that sees larger families as wasteful and indulgent.










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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Francis in America: Pope Francis, the Kentucky Clerk and Culture Wars Revisited

Francis in America: Pope Francis, the Kentucky Clerk and Culture Wars Revisited


Pope Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis cheered conservatives troubled by his words on poverty, the environment and immigration, and dismayed liberals who said it negated much of the good will he had built up on his trip.










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