Category Archives: Culture

SAFETY FIRST

February 12, 2013 – 1:23 pm

by Sumaa Tekur The international outrage at the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a New Delhi bus in December has swelled into an unprecedented People Power movement for women’s safety. Consumers in India are taking charge of their own security with smartphone apps like Nirbhaya, Fight Back, Circle of 6, Life360 Family Locator, […]

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Sweet equality: Teen petitions Hasbro for a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven

January 9, 2013 – 2:58 pm

by Nina Elder WHAT’S HAPPENING To McKenna Pope, not all Easy-Bake Ovens are created equal. The New Jersey teen’s 4-year-old brother, Gavin, asked for a dinosaur and an Easy-Bake Ultimate Oven for Christmas. When the family went shopping, they saw that the mini cooker was available only in pink and purple, and therefore chose not to buy […]

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TOGETHER APART

October 30, 2012 – 10:56 am

by Hans Eisenbeis Many thoughtful people have argued that the Internet has not brought us together, it has separated us. Separated us into passionate, backslapping cliques where we only read articles that agree with our opinions, only interact with people who share our beliefs, and only watch media that comports with our worldview. This, they […]

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How to Be a Czech exhibition reveals culture and identity

September 25, 2012 – 2:09 pm

by Samina Virani WHAT’S HAPPENING The How to Be a Czech exhibit, which debuted at the Czech Centre during Bucharest’s Open Night of the Institutes, invited curious guests to embark on a staged immigration and naturalisation process to become “Czech-proof”. A survey asking about life choices, favourite neighborhoods and aspirations was followed by a few […]

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“Amazeballs”: Dictionary invites Britons to submit words

August 14, 2012 – 12:20 pm

by Krisha Kinnersley WHAT’S HAPPENING “Mantyhose”, “photobombing” and “Eurogeddon” — these are just some of the words UK publisher Collins could make official, now that the public can nominate new words for the Collins Dictionary (Wired.co.uk, 17 July 2012). The initiative aims to make the process of recording English “more democratic”. Anyone can submit a […]

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BronyCon showcases big male fans of My Little Pony

August 7, 2012 – 1:29 pm

by Robert van Alstyne WHAT’S HAPPENING More than 4,000 “Bronies,” adult male fans of children’s cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, descended upon New Jersey’s Meadowlands Exposition Center for BronyCon 2012, a decidedly unconventional fan convention. Proving that magical friendship knows no age, gender or sexuality boundaries, the mostly Millennial male crowd gathered in […]

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Mexican voters show ink-stained finger to get election-day goodies

July 24, 2012 – 12:54 pm

by Gabriela Boylan WHAT’S HAPPENING To encourage Mexicans to vote in the July 2012 presidential election, retailers participated in a campaign that offered freebies and discounts for people returning from the ballot box. The National Chambers of Commerce (Concanaco) came up with ¡Dedo Manchado, Descuento Asegurado! (Stained Finger, Assured Discount!), whereby people who had voted […]

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MOMMY (AND DADDY) WARS

July 10, 2012 – 3:10 pm

By Becky Sun In case you didn’t notice, there’s another “mommy war” in the blogosphere. In an Atlantic article titled “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” (accompanied by the obligatory photo of a toddler in Mom’s briefcase), Anne-Marie Slaughter revisits the well-worn grooves of the “mommy track,” parental leave and the meaning of modern […]

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Screw Business as Usual: Richard Branson plans to revision capitalism

June 26, 2012 – 1:12 pm

by Jana Branch WHAT’S HAPPENING Visionary Richard Branson means it when he asks, “Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time?” Branson’s Capitalism 24902 project and Screw Business as Usual (book, summit and engagement platform) are open invitations to business leaders and employees to analyze what’s […]

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A growing number of African Americans have no religious affiliation

June 5, 2012 – 12:51 pm

by Lisa Parks WHAT’S HAPPENING Although African Americans are more involved in organized religion than the general population, a growing number of what some are calling “nones” are coming out. “Nones” are people who do not identify with any of the religions in the American marketplace. Some do not consider themselves to be atheists or […]

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POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

June 5, 2012 – 12:47 pm

by Gwyneth Holland What stirs patriotism? And what does a surge in patriotism translate to for brands? With the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics both happening in summer 2012, the UK is going mad for patriotism. Red, white and blue bunting strings across every street, and the union flag covers everything. The Jubilee pomp and […]

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A NEW WAY TO WOO CHINESE CONSUMERS

May 15, 2012 – 12:47 pm

by Becky Sun It used to be that Chinese mainlanders were too poor to travel. But as personal incomes rose, they started venturing farther and farther from home. In the past few years, the world’s top tourist and shopping destinations have been wooing them with Chinese signage, interpreters, and even slippers and rice porridge at […]

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Russia: Coffee shop holds alternative presidential elections

March 6, 2012 – 1:18 pm

by Anna Coppola WHAT’S HAPPENING Koffein, a Moscow coffee-shop chain famous for its creative promotions, has launched a “Vote and don’t lose” campaign, offering clients the opportunity to take part in alternative presidential elections (The-Village.ru, 31 January 2012). Five portraits of the official candidates in Russia’s presidential elections (scheduled for 4 March, 2012) are “printed” onto the […]

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British women take to the streets in anti-diet protest

February 28, 2012 – 12:06 pm

by Nancy Ludwig WHAT’S HAPPENING Anti-dieting women staged a protest against the slimming industry outside London’s Houses of Parliament (Guardian.co.uk, 15 January 2012). Called Ditching Dieting, the women-only campaign against the likes of Slimming World, Weight Watchers, et al., invited women to dump their diet plans, slimming mags and calorie counters into a giant hazardous-waste […]

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SECRET HANDSHAKE

February 28, 2012 – 11:45 am

by Hans Eisenbeis Last week, I was in Fargo, ND, to see one of the world’s great sporting spectacles: the largest youth hockey tournament in North America, featuring 168 teams made up of 9- and 10-year-olds from the Dakotas, California, Texas, North Carolina, Minnesota, Ontario, Manitoba and beyond. As a native Minnesotan, I admit that […]

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