In 2023, monoculture — a sociological term that can be used to describe a unifying event, value, goal that defines a group of people — is nearly mythological in the U.S. As our entertainment, politics, and identities have fractured, so has the culture. ...
A girl, her mother, and a guide must climb to enact a sacrifice for the salvation of those at the base. But the closer the girl gets to completing her journey, the more she begins to question its validity, causing the entire party to contend with crises of doubt and questions of free...
Don’t be jealous and overly controlling. Latin women get tired of men who try to be dominant in relationships. So, you shouldn’t make the same mistake if you want to stay with your girl for a long time. Don’t ask whether her country is safe or not.The fact that South America is...
An orphaned blind girl lives at the Daruma Temple near an active volcano that erupted and damaged the surrounding villages and destroyed all the crops. She got the idea to create Daruma dolls based on frozen water in a gourd that kept it upright. She turned these into a doll with an inscr...
“If you’re going to smoke, you gotta learn to carry matches,” Dix (Sterling Hayden) says when he lights up Doll (Jean Hagen) in The Asphalt Jungle. Aldo Ray does it for Anne Bancroft at the bar in Jacques Tourneur’s Nightfall, and Glenn Ford performs the gallantry for Gloria ...
Like somebody sees a Muslim girl there, they will think it is okay for Muslims to do this, so you are not only representing your religion, but you also have to understand that there are certain things that you can and can’t do because Allah has set these priorities and these guidelines...
excavate a rural spot that was supposedly the site of “an orgy of human sacrifice.” The digging turned up a headless doll and a rusty knife, but absolutely no bodies. The sheriff still proceeded to describe the doll as “decapitated” and indicated that the knife was somehow proof that ...
I focused on teaching. I’d come home, eat, watch something trashy like an episode of Gossip Girl, and then get back to work. Which meant it was me, a hard futon, and a TempurPedic pillow. This pillow was the only giving thing in my apartment. I didn’t name it or anything entir...