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Articles from other new sources (standard media outlets and scientific postings) covering contemporary issues and activities with an Art in Real Life POV.

Regardless Of What You Think, ‘Irregardless’ Is A Word
‘The Human Connection Is Everything’: Dave Eggers on What He’s Learned From Tutoring Students
Tough-Guy Things I Can Do Because I Don’t Wear a Face Mask
How Virginia Woolf Kept Her Brother Alive in Letters
KJ Apa Looks Unrecognizable With His New Beard
Interactive Constitution
One photo per day for more than a year, exploring how rituals affect memory
The Ethics of Examining the Swastika, the Energizer Bunny of Hate Symbols
Get Fitted: 28 Ways the Hip-Hop Generation Made Baseball’s Classic Cap a Cultural Phenomenon
How did ‘white’ become a metaphor for all things good?
The Fashion of ‘Karen’ is Changing. Her Personality Isn’t.
This photographer’s photos explore the culture of Civil War reenactors
A viewer ‘fat-shamed’ this news anchor. Here’s how she turned it into something positive.
In pain and rage, a protester approached police. And then he danced.
Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?
Bill Nighy’s Obsessions, Onscreen and Off
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Early Childhood Education
How an Experiment With Dolls Helped Lead to School Integration
I started the ‘gender reveal party’ trend. And I regret it.
‘It’s how I feel. It’s not how you feel’: four teens explain why they reject the gender binary
Emily Quinn: Male Or Female Is The Wrong Question—How Can We Rethink Biological Sex?
Russian Speakers Imitate Art In A Time Of Coronavirus Confinement On Facebook
Ramy: A Fresh Story About Family And Faith
How the pandemic has changed the way we greet each other
Ken Burns: Our monuments are representations of myth, not fact
Indian philosophy helps us see clearly, act wisely in an interconnected world
Meet Qahera, the Muslim superheroine fighting bigots instead of comic book villains
Manners maketh America
White Jesus
Here’s why some people are willing to challenge bullying, corruption and bad behavior, even at personal risk
Different faiths, same pain: How to grieve a death in the coronavirus pandemic
What Buddhism and science can teach each other – and us – about the universe
Most white parents don’t talk about racism with their kids
Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a tradition that dates back to the blues
Milton Glaser, graphic designer who put the ❤ in New York, dies at 91
Making men feel manly in masks is, unfortunately, a public-health challenge of our time
Half of US broadcast network dramas are about cops
5 Acronyms That Make Your Life Easier
What we see in a flag or a noose or a black racer is telling. We can do better.
Why Democrats and Republicans Literally Speak Different Languages
What Does It Mean To Be Political With Fashion In 2019?
Refined, rebellious and not just for girls: A cultural history of pink
From rainbow to gray: The evolution of hair dye
Why women feel pressured to shave
Georgia Marching Band Drops Song From ‘Gone With The Wind’ For ‘Georgia On My Mind’
Black women are creating urgent music for this moment. Here are the songs to listen to — and why they matter.
Dominic Raab ridiculed for claiming taking a knee comes from Game of Thrones
What Is Your Purpose as a Father?
Emotion Goals in Music Performance Anxiety
Quaker is dropping the Aunt Jemima image and name after recognizing they are ‘based on a racial stereotype’
Could the art of ‘sashiko’ help to mend our frayed world?
Being Social Takes ‘Good Chemistry’
From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
Churchgoers aren’t able to lift every voice and sing during the pandemic – here’s why that matters
Why having black beauty queens with natural curls matters
Girls were forced to wear skirts at school to ‘preserve chivalry.’ So they sued — and won.
This Is How I Feel: A Playlist By Young Black Listeners
An ASL interpreter’s message: Black Lives Matter
Judge John Hodgman on Pronouncing Names With an Accent
How DC Mayor Bowser used graffiti to protect public space
How ‘Karen’ went from a popular baby name to a stand-in for white entitlement
The English language ‘laws’ you never knew you knew
One way the Navajo nation is keeping its language alive.
The toppling of statues overseas might give Australia pause to reconsider who we celebrate
An artist carved this tiny bird sculpture 13,000 years ago in China
Mozart may reduce seizure frequency in people with epilepsy
Leonardo’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ ideal isn’t far off modern measures
Voices, hearts and hands – how the powerful sounds of protest have changed over time
What Your Favorite Font Says About Your Political Leaning
Bias Starts as Early as Preschool, but Can Be Unlearned
The perfect anti-racism, anti-police-brutality ad for brands already exists
Public sculpture expert: why I welcome the decision to throw Bristol’s Edward Colston statue in the river
Single Men and Single Women: The Double Standard
What We Look Like
Think you love musicals? Meet the fan who has seen Les Mis 977 times
Gone With the Wind dropped from HBO Max over depiction of slavery
‘My emotions were so raw’: The people creating art to remember George Floyd
The staying power of the smiley face
The Navy plans on banning the Confederate flag from its bases, ships, and subs
Congress’s kente cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions
Media, heal thyself. Before it is too late.
Drake and Taylor Swift’s record label says it will no longer use the term ‘urban’
The New Sounds Of Protest And Hope
Navajo Nation Loses Elders And Tradition To COVID-19
Who Made Your Clothes?
On Tribal Lands, a Time to Make Art for Solace and Survival
Paint Fades, but Murals Remember People Killed by Police
The sophisticated design behind a simple coronavirus sign
The Politics of Pop: The Rise and Repression of Uyghur Music in China
Taking Lessons From a Bloody Masterpiece
He wears short shorts: why are men showing more leg?
Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Hypoalgesic Effects of Novel “Swear” Words
Wording of vaccination messages influences behavior
Children improve their narrative performance with the help of rhythmic gestures
The soundtrack of this year’s Hong Kong protests marks a somber turn from the Umbrella Movement
National anthems
Here’s How White People Can Support The Fight Against Police Brutality
Hong Kong Passes Law to Criminalize Making Fun of China’s National Anthem
Scientists are studying your Twitter slang to help AI
Cops Are Always the Main Characters