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Monet’s La Japonaise Kimono Wednesdays at the MFA - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Why I don’t think it’s cultural appropriation Kimono try on is an established part of Japanese cultural sharing. One of ...

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Monet’s La Japonaise Kimono Wednesdays at the MFA - Part 1

Update 7/7/15 4:37pm: I emailed and left voicemail for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA) on Friday, July 3. It ...

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Guilty Pleasures

As with most people who subscribe to cable television, I suffer through an endless number of inconveniences, indignities, and monetary insults. When the signal becomes ...

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It’s time to take the offensive yellowface of “The Mikado” off the stage

I recently blogged about a video produced by the City of Los Angeles—using taxpayer money—that was originally produced with good intentions: explaining the ...