Culture

Porkapolypse now Bacon mania
Why are Americans so batty for bacon? It's delicious, it's decadent -- and it's also a fashion statement.
Scientists: Chicks like pink Scientists: Chicks like pink
Study reveals that women prefer pinkish hues.
Talkin' bout my generation Talkin' bout my generation
A new book argues that the baby boomers were a "greater generation" than the one that beat the Depression and Hitler. But what did we really do?
News The death of Al Mutanabbi Street
Iraqi culture was reborn when Saddam fell, only to die again. A report from Baghdad's fear-haunted literary cafes.
The mouse who would be king The mouse who would be king
Disney's ever-expanding copyright powers are threatening to squash everyone's cultural creativity. As two new books compellingly argue, the time is ripe for more anarchy, and fewer lawyers.
New from Weber ... Girls! New from Weber ... Girls!
Barbecuing needs feminism like grilled fish needs a bicycle.
The man from Neen The man from Neen
Miltos Manetas, who sent 23 invisible U-Haul trucks to the Whitney Biennial, explains the "art" movement that's out to change the way we perceive technology, intellectual property and moving vans.
Tummy talk Tummy talk
Belly dancing is deemed pornographic by Egyptians, but more foreign women are taking up the art.
Why we travel
It whirls you around, turns you upside down and stands everything you took for granted on its head.
Ode to "Joy"
The sacred text of the kitchen has a powerful and lasting resonance.
Celebrating Switzerland
Savoring rvsti, fondue and the legacy of William Tell.
China good? China bad?
Nothing is simple in Tibet.
Is culture endangered in the digital age?
Is culture endangered in the digital age? By Chris Bray Ironies abound at a Los Angeles conference pondering the future of museums and libraries
Paris's cafe renaissance
For centuries they have been the stomach and soul of the city, but today the cafes of Paris are enjoying a renaissance. Wanderlust's man in Paris, David Downie, reports on the new scene in the City of Caffeine.
Ignorants abroad
An American expatriate weathers the slings and arrows of learning another language.
Blinded in the desert
Hospitality and hostility become blurred for a traveler stranded among Bedouins at the desolate tip of the Sinai.
Newsreal: The fame economy
What's good for Michael Jordan is good for America
Middlebrowbeaten
Earnestly clutching his list of Improving Books, the hapless middlebrow can't get no respect. But even culture on the installment plan is better than no culture at all.
Dixie Rising
Paige Williams reviews Peter Applebome's book "Dixie Rising: How the South Is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture".
The Awful Truth
You want art? Look through the hole in the token, jiveasses
Heart of Darkness
Anthropologist Philippe Bourgois went deeper into America's crack culture than anyone before him. Too deep.

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