Ancient Grains Archive
What We Talk About: THE AUTHORITATIVE CUT
Ancient Grains, Meta
Nov 06, 2013
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Prince
What We Talk About When We Talk About Girls
What We Talk About When We Talk About Ecocritcism
What
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The Rise and Fall of Fox Civilization in Disney Films
Ancient Grains, Animals
Nov 05, 2013
Recently a question from my childhood has returned to plague me such that I could get no peace. Why is it that in certain Disney films foxes wear trousers and greatcoats and walk among human beings, while in others they dwell naked in the woods and flee from the coming of Man?
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Close Encounters with Kathleen Hanna
Ancient Grains, Music
Nov 05, 2013
Previously: Catching up with the Riot Grrrl movement after transitioning.
A few months ago I was on the phone with Kathleen Hanna, describing to her my biggest life regret. I say that with scripted nonchalance; my inner teenager is still totally freaking out. In September, Hanna released a new album with her
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Getting To Know You And Having A Marvelous Time
Ancient Grains, Meta
Nov 05, 2013
Last night marked the first-ever Toast away game, and it was a rousing success. You are all so charming! There were so many of you (including five very brave, slightly wide-eyed males), and you wore such sensible yet stylish shoes! Nicole did 30 pushups just because we all asked her to. (Later she
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Prince
Ancient Grains, Interviews
Nov 05, 2013
I. The Ubiquity of Prince Ephemera
Hilton Als wrote one of the strongest memoir pieces in recent--as well as not-so-recent--memory, published by Harper’s under the title “I Am Your Conscious, I Am Love: A Paean To Prince.” The masterful way in which Als deconstructs abstract gender identities
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Nicknames for Canadian Cities That Reflect US Cultural Imperialism
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Nov 05, 2013
Every Canadian has a complicated relationship with the United States, whereas Americans think of Canada as the place where the weather comes from. Complication is a matter of how you perceive yourself in an unequal power relationship. - Margaret Atwood
"Chicago of the North" (Winnipeg)
"Chicago of the
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The “Living Burial Ground” at Tamms Prison
Ancient Grains, Politics
Nov 05, 2013
Previously: Cook County Schools, Cook County Jails.
B0124.
Until last year, Illinois operated a $20-million-a-year super maximum security prison (“Supermax”) in the remote southern city of Tamms. There were only two hundred inmates, making it one of the most expensive prisons per capita of any in the country. It was also among the
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French Teens Don’t Get Trapped
Ancient Grains, Animals
Nov 05, 2013
We begin with the most important point: namely that all teens and llamas involved are safe and sound. With that said, here is what happens when students in America get drunk:
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