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What Do Gays Do After Maine?

on November 11th, 2009 by B.Graff

One week after gay marriage was defeated in Maine, the LGBT community continues to look for answers. The loss was particularly bittersweet because all the advantages seemed to be on the side of gay marriage supporters. They had more money, local media and politicians were on their side, and polls indicated that it would pass. [...]

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The fallacy of “changing the system from the inside”

on September 21st, 2009 by B.Graff

I came across an interesting editorial from Andreas Hale, the former Executive Editor of Music at BET.com. Hale had established his reputation via HipHopDX, a site that caters to a definition of hip-hop that is more independent and non-commercial than what is generally promoted in the mass media. It was a surprise to many when [...]

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Can you kill a genre?

on August 13th, 2009 by B.Graff

Earlier this week, an article in the Wall Street Journal pointed out the rising age of the jazz audience and asked if the genre was dead. I understood what the author was trying to say, but I am always amused when a style or artform is rumored to be on its deathbed. It seems that [...]

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