Critics who fall back on shallow tropes and ignorant cliches deny us an enriching understanding of the musical cultures in our own backyard.
Tag: Mary Mitchell
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On Mary Mitchell wagging a finger at Chance the Rapper
Sun-Times carries a lame column on Chance the Rapper
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Let Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell write what she thinks about rape
Even if she’s wrong, let’s not muzzle Mary Mitchell—conversations change minds. Censorship doesn’t.
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Mary Mitchell thinks a prostitute can’t be raped. She’s wrong.
Unwilling sex at gunpoint is rape—no matter who the victim is.
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The right response to Senator Mark Kirk’s ‘Ho-Gate’
The Illinois senator abuses privacy to make dumb joke.
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Mayoral candidates still have a chance to speak up about racial segregation—will they?
There are two Chicagos, Emanuel’s challengers agree. But so far, only one of the challengers has pinpointed the underlying problem.
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Aldermania goes to the 7th Ward!
Mayor Rahm faces a tough decision in deciding which abject loyalist he should support for alderman of the seventh ward.
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On top of everything else, Stony Island is the wrong street
Stony Island is the wrong street to rename in honor of Bishop Arthur Brazier
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The man who transformed high school baseball on the south side
Will the coach who transformed high school baseball on the south side finally get the recognition he deserves?
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A few nice words about Mayor Rahm
A few nice words about Sandi Jackson’s attempts to get Mayor Rahm to appoint her former chief of staff as alderman of the Seventh Ward
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The root cause of Chicago’s glut of murders
Until the city confronts its defining problem, the blood will keep flowing in its poor neighborhoods.
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When race isn’t mentioned
When crime struck, Chicago’s papers didn’t focus on race, but neither have Mayor Emanuel’s neighbors
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The Cambridge confrontation: seeking the meaning
The conflagration between Sergeant James Crowley and Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Cambridge, with added kindling compliments of the president, has served the pundits of America as the newest visitation of That Which Must Be Written About.
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Unplanned Pregnancy and Its Discontents
Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol are taking a prolife stand, but the circumstances of Bristol’s pregnancy encourage a prochoice argument.