Culture

The Universal Lessons of Hajj

By: Faisal Kutty
Culture

2/22/07

Millions of Muslims transcend geographical, linguistic, cultural, ethnic, color, economic and social barriers every year to converge in unison on Mecca for the Hajj, a ritual with universal lessons that celebrate the diversity of our common humanity.   

Jonesing for a Hit of Man Fuel: Of Pigskin Pushers, Football Fanatics, and Blissful Blindness

By: Jason Miller
Culture

1/29/06

Racism, greed, corruption - Are you ready for some football?

“Cook for the Cure”: Marketing Domesticity for Breast Cancer Research

By: Jillian Weinberger
Culture

11/17/06

In an effort to raise money for breast cancer research, companies like KitchenAid, Oreck, and Lean Cuisine have each started a line of "pink ribbon products." Yet, the marketing scheme behind slogans like "Cook for the Cure" reinforces all-too-familiar messages concerning domesticity for white, middle-class women, privatizing the issue  of breast cancer and ignoring the demographic most often killed by breast cancer: poor, African-American women.