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Once dismissed as a fad, hip-hop has become as quintessentially a part of being young today as rock 'n' roll was for an earlier generation. Now it's even moving into the precincts of adult high culture with an impressive assemblage of artifacts depicting the music's epic, and sometimes controversial, nearly 25-year journey from South Bronx block parties to television ad jingles. Says curator Kevin Powell: "Hopefully people will come away from this and realize it's time for colleges to start teaching hip-hop studies...
...child cannot see through parents' fake smiles? You cannot blame divorce for children's problems. A bad marriage will stay a bad marriage whether it continues or ends in divorce. What is most important is that parents act like adults and get along as mother and father forever, even if they are no longer husband and wife. NATALIE CARKNER Cary...
...been based mostly on his fashion preferences. Why not a more detailed report on this subject? You could put together a wonderful article showing the jeweled and embroidered robes, the wigs, the earrings and necklaces that virile men of other times and cultures have delighted in. Maybe you could even find someone to explain why it should be a sign of psychiatric illness for a 21st century boy to like them. PATRICIA S. BOWNE Milwaukee...
...been a recognized condition and is routinely treated in specialized clinics set up for that purpose. None of the work should be done in a vacuum. The parents and, working through them, the child should be familiarized with the reactions they can expect as the child explores gender identity. Even so, by maintaining a low profile and respecting the privacy of both the child and his family, those reactions can be minimized. The child should be treated as a patient with an eminently treatable disorder, not as a billboard for social change. TOMYE KELLEY Institute for Gender Study & Treatment Arvada...
...explained before, I do that mainly because I find that it improves the service at the hotel. The people at the front desk tend to snap to when I say something like, "The bathtub drain in our room is a bit slow for the principessa's taste," or, even more often, "The principessa has asked me to inquire about whether this hotel might have a down pillow." I do not happen to have a gift for learning foreign languages--I've expressed concern over the years that the headline on my obituary will read MONOLINGUAL REPORTER SUCCUMBS--but in countries...