| 单词 | affirm |
| 例句 | Briony studied her mother’s face for every trace of shifting emotion, and Emily Tallis obliged with looks of alarm, snickers of glee and, at the end, grateful smiles and wise, affirming nods. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I tried to make sure that our interactions with staff were respectful and affirming. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We were devastated when the Court of Criminal Appeals issued a ruling affirming her conviction and sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s ignore those who would bring us down and affirm, Teen Dreamers: How are we gonna get us some fish?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z This time, as if to affirm the point, he gently nudged her palm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “It is my duty, then, if nobody will answer, to affirm the Queen of England’s innocence.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Relativity already determined that no one can travel faster than light,” Tamika affirmed. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I condemn and affirm, say no and say yes, say yes and say no. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This I had believed with all my being, but now, though still inwardly affirming that belief, I felt a blighting hurt which prevented me from trying further to defend myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time the sacrament of the Mass affirms ‘the perpetual contemporaneity of The Passion’ and celebrates the ‘marriage of time present with time past’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Instead of affirming an idea, you effect its affirmation; rather than postponing something, you implement a postponement. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The seventy-page opinion from the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirming his conviction and death sentence was devastating. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I want to take this opportunity to affirm my husband’s undying loyalty to Your Person and to avow that both myself and my daughters will continue in his footsteps as your loyal and devoted subjects. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was deeply affirming to meet someone whose work so powerfully animated his life. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It has now been thinned and I am testing it here to affirm that it is acceptable for writing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And the whole day turned out to be the most affirming experience—it cemented my purpose in the world. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The stars, the black skies affirm his humanity, his validity as a human being. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "Because we gave them the opportunity to express their feelings, to affirm themselves." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s nothing to affirm a tribal identity, or consolidate power around a leader, like having an Other to denounce. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z During the airport arrest police found in Swango’s possession a notebook in which he had copied passages from certain books, either for the inspiration they provided or because of some affirming resonance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On the contrary, our research serves only to affirm the portrait of Paul Revere as a masterpiece. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As ’twas, he could neither affirm nor deny her account of her childhood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I also issued press statements affirming that the strike was a peaceful and nonviolent stay-at-home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even among those who signed, the experience of being forced to affirm one’s political loyalty was so repugnant that the real issue became whether to stay at Berkeley at all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I complained quite vociferously about our clothing, affirming that we did not want to wear short trousers and needed proper clothing including socks and underwear, which we were not then given. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In Miserere mei he repeatedly causes the flow of the music to come to rest on cadences, affirming its centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes, ma'am. I'd love to come over and listen," I'd always say, affirming that I understood what to do when I arrived. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Each church had its own school and social clubs, affirming and maintaining the ways of the homeland, serving as the anchor for community in the new land. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At the same time I wondered why my citizenship had to be so loudly affirmed, and I couldn’t imagine why affirming it would really make any difference. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z How do You compare to this stricken mass gathered to affirm to You their faith, their anger, their defiance? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, he’s showing up all right,” I affirm. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I believed that the court would have a hard time affirming a conviction with so little evidence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The “Sanctus” had lively sweetness; even the ferocious “Dies irae” felt more affirming than grim. Best Classical Music of 2021 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The film’s worldwide success may turn the Oscar-winning actress into a blockbuster heroine, a rarefied combination that “Us” is positioned to affirm. This Is Lupita Nyong’o. Hollywood, Please Keep Up. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Florence Welch takes them all on in “King,” which affirms both the risks and rewards of her choices. Florence + the Machine’s Conflicted Coronation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z After such an unsettled and unsettling year, these gestures to the land’s past suggest a desire for stability, a collective need to affirm what happened, and when and where. Theater Is in the Streets of New York, if You Listen 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z He’s also about to affirm that “tech consultant” is just what hackers write on their business cards. ‘Fatal Affair’ Review: Close Stalker 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z As the journalist Matthew Yglesias notes, “Democrats themselves have moved the goal posts in terms of what kind of racial views one is expected to affirm as a good liberal.” Why America’s Political Divisions Will Only Get Worse 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Pavement performers appear encouraged by a series of court rulings nationwide affirming their right to dress like SpongeBob SquarePants in public. Cash-starved performers hit Vegas streets for tips 2011-06-27T11:13:14Z New dishes have a way of affirming a new life stage: “You’re married now, you’re a little bit more mature, it feels a little bit more settled.” Disrupting the Dishes 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Beautifully woven vestments and altar frontals affirm that Armenian believers saw as much beauty in services as in the scriptoria. Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z His following sermon is a paean for positive body image, “To affirm the goodness of our bodies exactly how God created them,” he says, “that’s what naturism is all about.” Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “Now I get/ What I want,” she affirms. Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z But my friend’s reflections were different; she was grappling with important spiritual questions, affirming her beliefs and deciding who she was. Reading from my friend’s diary at her funeral felt wrong — back when we were still living off-the-record 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z And that sentence affirms Mr. Rash’s reputation for writerly miracles when it manages an uncanny feat: fusing the cove, the Vaterland, the parakeets and the lovebirds into one perfectly wrenching last thought. Books of The Times: ?The Cove,? a Novel by Ron Rash 2012-04-01T18:46:33Z As if conscious of the dangers of affirming that assessment, Mr. Bobbie’s production presents itself less as a declamatory yelp than as a wistful sigh. Review: ‘Zorba!’ Starring John Turturro 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z At the same time, he affirms the legitimacy of a relationship between his music and an external message. Seattle Symphony to present world premiere of John Luther Adams’ highly anticipated ‘Become Desert’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The terse skit amps up quickly as the characters affirm that they’ve not only read The New Yorker, but also skywriting, a fortune cookie, writing in the sand on the beach and closing movie credits. Brunch, beets and locally sourced chicken: the 10 best Portlandia sketches 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z All this is resolved in a teary, mercifully short set of speeches at the end, affirming the importance of family love and the need for even highly competent canine parents to recognize their children’s independence. Movie Review: ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Reboots the Time Machine 2014-03-06T13:00:01Z The whole thing was galling, dumbfounding — except to those in our brood who found it delightful, who heard in Trump’s hyper-patriotic rhetoric some other affirming and riotous buzz. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The question we would pose to Kaepernick’s critics is this: How is taking a knee to affirm our country’s highest ideals anti-American? Battles over patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance in schools span a century 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Pope.L takes democratic promise seriously, this sculpture affirms, and he knows as well as anyone that Obama went on to a decisive, 10-million vote election victory. William Pope.L sets the U.S. flag waving at the MOCA/Geffen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z “Hillsong Church welcomes ALL people but does not affirm all lifestyles,” the statement reads. Ellen Page calls out Chris Pratt for supporting "infamously anti-LGBTQ church" 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z But there’s something affirming about how much my children have always loved and needed my body, from breast-feeding, to shared baths. Motherlode Blog: Naked, With Children ? but for How Long? 2012-04-02T00:48:51Z In a statement on Friday, Chapman said she was pleased with the outcome, “which affirms that artists’ rights are protected by law and should be respected by other artists.” Nicki Minaj Pays Tracy Chapman $450,000 in Copyright Dispute 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z The footage, stripped-down and sensuous, plays like a continuous, wordless manifesto affirming the elemental power of earthen matter worked by human hands. Ceramics as a performance art: Pomona museum puts clay in motion on screen 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The idea, she said, using a phrase that has become something of a mantra for the show, “is to hold history as a predicament, rather than an affirming myth.” ‘1776’ in 2022: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Dual Reality 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Etc. All narrated with a certain glee, to the affirming tuts of the stylist. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Should I have told a boor at the hair salon to go soak her head? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z I agree with my father in valuing a Yankee sensibility in Massachusetts writers, but he would also have agreed that, in the Commonwealth, all writing must be regarded in its own affirming phrase — “wicked local.” Read Your Way Through Boston 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The Statement also affirms that, “in pursuit of their task, Christian schools only employ Christian teachers and Christian non-teaching staff who are able to subscribe to this Statement.” The scary future of creationism in America 2014-02-09T17:00:00Z And for some, the coronavirus crisis, instead of affirming our distinctness, is revealing how much we have in common with the rest of the world, sometimes in uncomfortable ways. Will a Pandemic Shatter the Perception of American Exceptionalism? 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z The city is festooned in rainbow colors and messages that affirm equal rights and emphasize diversity. The Gays And The Tech Industry: An Inclusive and Complicated Relationship 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Brands affirms the justice behind Brown’s actions, no matter how zealous, when measured against the cruelty of slavery. John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Contrasts 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z At one anti-abortion website, the episode was discussed — along with future spoilers, so don’t read if you’ve only seen last night’s installment — for including a storyline that “affirms pro-life values.” A Pro-Life Episode of Downton Abbey? Not Really 2014-02-10T16:55:12Z It's life affirming and tribal with unbelievable drums. Six Songs of Me: Beth Jeans Houghton 2012-08-20T15:20:35Z There is a difference between affirming your gender as a trans person, which doesn't harm anyone else, and choosing to live and appropriate another culture. No, you can’t identify as "transracial" 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z The crowd of fledgling writers and artists around when one of those tirades broke out would always agree, shaking their heads in unison at the pulpit, affirming everything the other writer was saying. Don't fear the gatekeeper — or become one yourself 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Right now, an obvious incentive to marry — aside from affirming the love two people feel for each another — is the ability to bypass travel restrictions. Utah Is a Destination Wedding Hot Spot, No Travel Required 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z There's a tendency to share portions of Dr. King's quotes that affirm his legacy as a dreamer, and in the context of Nichols' death, that proved true yet again. Nichelle Nichols completed her "Star Trek" mission so that I'd never know a world without Lt. Uhura 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He is also among the latest celebrity artists to team up with a luxury label, such partnerships affirming art’s rising stature as fashion’s most compelling new muse. Taking the ‘Lady’ Out of the Lady Bag 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z These gains won't translate immediately into material changes for most workers, but they still affirm workers' right and ability to organize. Looking ahead: Top food and agriculture stories for 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z But the locker rooms and restrooms that might be provided by faculty and staff under such guidelines might be anything but affirming. Separate is never equal: What “Hidden Figures” says about America’s trans bathroom debate 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Which was really pleasant to hear and affirming, that because you'd been around the block once or twice you might be considered an asset. Director Noyce back from cold with "Salt" thriller 2010-07-21T07:04:00Z “I wanted to create an affirming space for an intra-communal conversation.” Watch “Strolling,” a Powerful Web Series About the African Diaspora 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Poetry is a mode of expansion and play, a mode of questioning and affirming. ArtsBeat: Poetry Profiles: Alice James Books 2014-03-26T19:43:37Z Ten years into his tenure, he was still affirming that idea. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The February temperatures were decidedly springlike during Milan Fashion Week, which was in its fifth day Sunday - affirming designer's choices . Summertime looks spill onto winter runway 2012-02-26T21:54:14Z How can each of us, in our own lives, affirm life at all stages in our local communities and neighborhoods? Pro-life father shares bold, hopeful message: 'I was conceived in rape, adopted in love' 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z "We are dealing here with great music by a whole generation of Czech composers lost in one fell swoop, most of them in October 1944," she affirms. Terezín: the Nazi camp where music played amid the horror 2013-04-05T16:41:48Z This good-hearted, pacy, thoroughly enjoyable novel takes a significant step towards showing that all human variants are a potential source of life‑affirming comedy. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – review 2013-04-05T08:01:01Z He was perfectly fine, but the lurid and gratuitous SVU was a strange place to try to share an affirming message. Joe Biden's Cameo on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Played Up the Show's Flaws 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The joke — or sort of joke — is that Cass’s conundrum-filled life illustrates and affirms thoughts of the divine even as his appendix repudiates them. 2010-01-21T05:11:00Z Though the phrase today connotes approval, rather than admonishment, Eiland and Jennings are in agreement with Scholem, Arendt, and Benjamin’s befuddled contemporaneous critics when they affirm that their subject defies categorization. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z The author not only affirms the value of his beloved sci-fi, superhero and adventure films, but he celebrates their virtual chokehold on our collective viewing experience. Review | You think ‘Star Wars’ is childish? You don’t know the power of the dark side! 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Overcomplicated yet dazzling, sparked by frequent flashes of nonchalant brilliance, “36 Arguments for the Existence of God” affirms Ms. Goldstein’s rare ability to explore the quotidian and the cosmological with equal ease. 2010-01-21T05:11:00Z With this intricate web of personal and family connections, and the brave maneuvering in the face of the overseers’ commands, Gerima is doing nothing less than reconstituting and affirming the full humanity of the enslaved. Three Boldly Personal Visions of Black History in a Great New Film Series 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Sometimes the only thing a healer could offer was her witness to suffering, her affirming words of “I hear you, I see you.” Here are some good things about this year 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Every act of rebellion, according to the great philosopher and novelist, not only rejects something, but affirms another. In Joan Osborne's revolution, you can dance 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z As The Stranger’s sex and love advice columnist, Dan Savage has been reading letters from writers like these for 27 years and affirming their fantasies as healthy. Dan Savage calls BS on the bad fantasies that make relationships even harder 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z One of the words that recur in Miłosz's prose and poetry is "incantation", meaning rhythmical language dictated, he would affirm, by a "daimonion". Seamus Heaney on Czeslaw Milosz's centenary 2011-04-07T12:15:26Z And after all this time, with all its glorious eccentricities, “Black Messiah” affirms that with those priorities, he was right all along. Review: D’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’ 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z But those opinions originate from the same hopeless place that keeps affirming the widespread belief that a woman's anatomy doesn't entirely belong to her. The unreasonable, degrading expectations imposed on stars' bodies 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z It was affirming to compare notes with his mother and his grandfather, who just turned 100. Four Artists to Watch Now 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z But some may feel, as this reader did upon closing it, inclined to affirm an unusual truth: “I am wiser for having read this book.” The First English Translation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Favorite Childhood Book 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z These movies offer a variety of portraits of everyday life while affirming ethical values and social mores along the way. What makes Christmas movies so popular 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Ask them to choose a different name for a voice that affirms they are good at something. 10 ways to take the struggle out of homework 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z There are several middle galleries dedicated to her portraits of the 1960s and ’70s, considered by many to be her best work, but the show affirms that she was outstanding from the start. ‘Alice Neel: People Come First’ 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Franck's brother, the photographic curator and collector Eric Franck, affirms: "Henri was always very generous in encouraging her work, something she respected greatly." Martine Franck obituary 2012-08-19T16:14:29Z He claimed to be worried about the children, but paid no heed to guidance of medical organizations — including the American Academy of Pediatrics — that recommend treating gender-diverse children by affirming their gender identities. Perspective | Rand Paul’s ignorant questioning of Rachel Levine showed why we need her in government 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z They, too, begin integrating into the city’s bohemian counterculture—but as a means of affirming life rather than as an embrace of self-destruction. Roberto Bolaño and the Beat Connection 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z My work is really about affirming this idea that we are all more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. The author of ‘Just Mercy’ says we’ve made talking about race political — and that has to change 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z “It's affirming you, it’s affirming any movement you may make, everything’s dependent on you.” Essential Arts & Culture: L.A. culture after the riots, a stirring Beethoven concert, controversial Carl Andre 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z It is supposedly an up-to-date gender reversal of that tired old fairytale whereby female beauty meets male wealth and they happily affirm the patriarchy ever after. Wrongcom: why is Hollywood smitten with the Woody Allen Type? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z “I believe this is affirming in the most visceral way our pride in our country,” Seller says. ‘Hamilton’ director Thomas Kail, at the height of his powers 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Besides the immediate tangible benefits, we also gather to affirm a common identity. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z But as I said earlier, despite the ongoing flaws, I was cheered to see “Gotham” affirm its tonal roots, at times, in winningly outrageous fashion. 'Gotham' Recap: Take It Away, Balloonman 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z It also bothers me how, like a walk-in college textbook, the show’s compartmentalizing design affirms a set of tiresomely familiar categories: Abstract Expressionism, Pop, assemblage, Post-Minimalism, conceptualism and so forth. Art Review: ‘Re-View: Onnasch Collection’ Is a Postwar Journey 2014-02-20T23:25:13Z After the rash of celebrity divorces last year, Brangelina fans "will be happy to see them affirm their relationship and what they mean to each other," Jacobs said. Jolie-Pitt engagement certain to fuel media frenzy 2012-04-14T11:16:04Z The vibe of canyon country is distinct from anything in nature, a feeling at once humbling, boggling, meditative and affirming. On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Paying tribute to his skills as a composer, performer and puppeteer, the movie affirms his status as a hero of the imagination. ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Review: You Are My Friend 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Still, the best of it affirms that Drake is shaping a pop persona with staying power. Album review: Drake, 'Take Care' 2011-11-13T19:26:00Z In a publicly released Values and Principles Statement, the Smithsonian said: “We affirm the Smithsonian’s commitment to implement policies that respond in a transparent and timely manner to requests for return or shared stewardship.” In a Nod to Changing Norms, Smithsonian Adopts Policy on Ethical Returns 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But what would be sweeter is if they won a Grammy now, to affirm that sometimes life is a meritocracy. Who should get the folk Grammy ? Fleet Foxes or Eddie Vedder? 2012-02-10T12:42:08Z Electronic dance music is purposefully, single-mindedly life affirming, all about being alive in the moment, awash in sensation. Critic’s Notebook: Electric Zoo Festival Cut Short by Two Deaths 2013-09-01T22:23:22Z China uses its gold-medal count to affirm its position in the world order and its strength as a nation. Ai Weiwei: China excluded its people from the Olympics. London is different 2012-07-25T16:47:53Z Even more glumly, he affirms McMurtry’s dire observation, “I don’t think we have a reading culture anymore.” Review | I love books about books. Here are seven of my current favorites. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z A nice vision — yet, as this show affirms, also weirdly retro; that was what we were already wearing 50 years previously, not 50 years hence. Back to the Future With Pierre Cardin’s Space-Age Fashion 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z In that case, “The Leisure Class” is the last, necessary piece of a Hollywood puzzle and an affirming dose of schadenfreude. HBO’s ‘The Leisure Class’: As expected, Jason Mann’s precious movie stinks 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z They’re basking in the afterglow that invariably sets in from affirming enough votes to trigger a statewide recount. ‘Veep’ Season 5, Episode 2: Dangerous Recount Liaisons 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Even as film goes the way of all flesh and is supplanted by digital, Mr. Gehr’s work affirms the persistence of cinema. Ernie Gehr?s Films Traffic in Images and Light 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z Is it affirming life or fearing death that drives us to submit to every indignity of old age, to fight for every breath? Let’s talk about dying 2012-12-27T01:00:00Z However, he recognized that the Master of Arms was throwing him a lifeline, and that affirming this dubious narrative could get him out of hot water. Inside the mind of one “American Shooter” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z It seeks to affirm the beauty of a world in which God is present in all things. Critic?s Notebook: Malick?s Film Adds a Dose of Sincerity to the Festivities 2011-05-16T22:01:03Z Rachel Carter, a Gunaikurnai woman, was also told she was “too pretty to be Aboriginal” as a child; she’s now a mother of two daughters whose blackness she wants to help affirm. Don't tell me I'm 'too pretty to be Aboriginal'. It's not a compliment; it's racism | Sasha Sarago 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Then McEnany, ever the humble and affirming person that she is, quickly backtracks a touch. “Work in Progress” tackles queer identity comedy nearly 30 years after “It’s Pat” 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Look at that exchange with Guthrie one more time: a few moments after he affirms that he believes Trump to be truthful, he also acknowledges the falsehoods he was made to perpetuate. Hey, talk show gatekeepers: Let’s not enable Sean Spicer 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z In one of the play’s most gripping scenes Rosa Luxemburg, the German Communist leader, reads aloud a letter she wrote affirming the importance of a free press and the “free struggle of opinions.” Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z This is why our pictures are posed, affirming our presence instead of eluding it. A rebellion of youth, punks in 1977 2013-11-14T08:25:51Z “In one way or another, the game is always affirming you.” Cute Dress. How Many Bells Did You Pay? 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Hall also chose to affirm the corporation's responsibility to the arts. BBC's new director general warns against reckless risk-taking 2013-03-01T12:32:48Z “It affirms us as much as it refutes our invisibility to non-Indigenous audiences.” ‘Reservation Dogs’ Uses Humor, Not Magic, to Conjure Native Culture 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Young woman giving evidence is asked if she wishes to swear on the Bible, or on the Qur'an, or to affirm. Simon Hoggart's week: how tickled we are, missus 2012-07-20T16:44:08Z And it is love, the breadth and force of being wholly, unabashedly loved — not just having two parents who look like the wax figures on a wedding cake — that affirms and redeems us. So much for “family values” 2012-10-28T21:00:00Z The students, ranging in age from 20-something to 50-something, are on their way to becoming what are known as “L.G.B.T.-affirming” psychotherapists. The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The movies and TV shows with his stamp, for all the subversion implied by their eager vulgarity, affirm a basic faith in romantic-comedy verities. Swipe Left: “Love” and the Unromantic Comedy 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Art that can only ridicule, condemn and accuse but that can never affirm the human spirit, will not matter. Stephen Markley’s “Ohio”: This year’s “Hillbilly Elegy” of fiction 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Her male partner is more inclined to use “wife” exclusively because “partner” doesn’t affirm that he is romantically involved with a woman. America’s new relationship trend: When “husbands” and “wives” aren’t actually married 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z The show’s cheeky, intellectually affirming nature remains intact nevertheless, even if its musical references evoke more nostalgic feels than hat tips at its once-prominent subversiveness. “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life”: Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Or just too much. 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Now, following the president's own comments, aides say he wanted to affirm the idea of same-sex marriage before the Democratic National Convention. Family influenced Obama's gay marriage shift: aides 2012-05-10T10:45:00Z Think of "The U.S. and The Holocaust" as Burns, Novick and Botstein's way of affirming our righteous role in the war while also helping us to understand the heavy toll xenophobia takes on our humanity. With "The U.S. and the Holocaust" Ken Burns makes a sobering addition to the American story 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z With a shrug of her shoulders, she threatens an entire lifetime of my work to affirm my own value. I am not your exotic unicorn: going on Tinder as a queer, dark-skinned black woman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Part of a venerable tradition, as he was going to affirm in his little speech. “Burlap” 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Fox has been paying close attention to the social-media chatter this season, and it says the millions of comments affirm that “Idol” remains the most culturally relevant show on television. ‘American Idol’ Ponders a Ratings Dip on Fox 2012-05-22T22:25:31Z “When you’re able to open your eyes and see a different person staring back at you in the mirror,” Malek says, recalling his first time in hair and makeup, “it’s a very affirming moment.” Rami Malek Is Freddie Mercury in 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Preview 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z But more than that, there’s comfort in a collective dedication to affirm his clear-eyed, irrepressible faith in this place. Kevin Starr will never be replaced: William Deverell remembers the historian and author 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The ending is a pulp story hokum, calculated I suspect to affirm that it has all been in gory good fun; the nightmare was only a dream. L.A. Times' original 1975 review of 'Jaws' unearthed: We hated it 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z This is a moment to reflect on that past and affirm that there’s no place in ballet, not anymore, for men treating women as objects to be traded or degraded in any way. Two Critics Reflect on Ballet’s #MeToo Moment 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Nor am I in the mood to affirm the permanence or enduring power of much of anything: I’m too busy gaining weight, erupting at my children, and losing touch with my friends. The Best Books of Poetry from 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z On Thursday, there was also a deep sense of gratitude: Speaking from the stage, he called his appearance with the New York Philharmonic “a lovely, affirming surprise.” Michael Tilson Thomas Revels in the Present With the New York Phil 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The “before” group spends the penultimate class affirming the need for role models. In this class, prisoners and Georgetown students grapple with difficult lessons 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The accompanying caption read, "Your cookie must affirm your sexual lifestyle." "I do not like gay cookies": Conservatives vow to boycott Oreo over new ad 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Though it is finally more a work of showmanship than scholarship, it affirms Ms. Goldstein’s position as a satirist and a seeker of real moral questions at a time when silly ones prevail. 2010-01-21T05:11:00Z For some, it’s a way to affirm their commitment as a partner enters a new phase in medical training. Med Students Get an Extra Match on ‘Match Day’ 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z It’s not surprising that Thomas and his classmates would affirm their solidarity in gendered terms. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Rilke, and the Orphic spirit that found utterance in him, was here to affirm the continuing power of poetry to move, uplift and sustain. Orpheus: The Song of Life by Ann Wroe ? review 2011-07-29T22:00:40Z With his new movie, “Golden Exits,” Alex Ross Perry affirms that he’s both one of the most talented younger filmmakers working in American movies, and a great writer of roles for women. No Escaping Politics at the Progressive Sundance Film Festival 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z This paved the way for another fairly recent phenomenon: relying on celebrities and performers to affirm one’s own political beliefs. For all their wattage, the biggest celebrities still couldn’t elect a president 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z “Every time when we come across cases like this, they affirm our belief that we’ve provided a safe place to let out negative energy. And we are happy for that.” All the rage: Beijingers vent their stress in 'anger room' 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z There Erpenbeck has the temerity to affirm the humanity of contemporary refugees — in particular the families coming across the Rio Grande. Review | In ‘Not a Novel,’ Jenny Erpenbeck continues to evolve 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The point of the Daytime Takeover, he says, is to affirm Radio 1's commitment to new music. Radio 1's daytime takeover: liked Tinie? Try this lot 2011-01-03T21:30:01Z Despite the painful ground that the artist traverses, her work is ultimately hopeful, affirming the redemptive power of art and the healing balm of grief. Die and do 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Overall, O’Conor bundled this succession of elliptical ideas into a whole, affirming the cyclic nature of the music. John O’Conor performs at Catholic University for International Piano Festival When she invokes the soul, a gospel choir arrives to affirm her inner strength, as if anyone could doubt it. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Four Collections, Four Successes Most successful designers affirm Cristóbal Balenciaga’s late-life statement that fashion is a dog’s life. Fashion Review: Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Proenza Schouler 2013-09-12T01:09:28Z For Mr. Beniamin, the process of affirming himself through vocalization was as critical as some of the medical procedures underway to alter his physical appearance. In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z In juxtaposing Old and New Testament themes with portrayals of Greek philosophers, the painting strongly affirms a cultural affiliation with the Occidental tradition, as distinct from the tradition of the Ottoman invaders. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z And Tom read that underpants joke and didn’t like it, but he told me diplomatically, using a tactic employed for generations by editors and dads, appealing to my self-respect while affirming his confidence in me. Gene accepts Ernie Pyle award with his usual neuroticism. But thanks, anyway. In the hour or so that follows, she seems to be affirming, not so much for the audience as for herself: yes. Review: In ‘An Evening of Hope,’ a Veteran Dancer Gets Personal 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z To affirm one another without irony feels highly novel and very rewarding. The search for my inner ‘hero’: a modern masculinity retreat 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z The next morning they affirm their feelings for each other even as they agree that this is goodbye. Movie Review: ?The Day He Arrives? Directed by Hong Sang-soo 2012-04-19T22:47:36Z A representative for Singer denies the claim, telling IndieWire, “A spokesperson for Mr. Singer can affirm that he never went ‘AWOL’ from the sets of ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’ Before the "Bohemian Rhapsody" mess, Bryan Singer reportedly went AWOL from "X-Men" movie sets 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z But, it also affirms the power of a womanly bond and what happens when determined, strong women focus on something other than men. The Best Movies For Getting Over Your Ex 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z But in recent years, cities across the state have moved to either pass affirming legislation or strengthen their existing statutes. Hope in the heartland: Ohio could be second GOP state to pass law preventing LGBT people from being fired 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Unencumbered by the commercial and ego demands in Mac, Buckingham affirms his talent for turning eccentricity into twisted pop songs. Album review: Lindsey Buckingham, 'Seeds We Sow' 2011-09-06T03:27:00Z “Dior affirms with the utmost conviction its policy of zero tolerance towards any antisemitic or racist words or behavior,” Sidney Toledano, the Dior chief executive, said in a statement. T Magazine: John Galliano Suspended From Dior 2011-02-25T15:53:22Z The simple answer might be sexual repression in a culture of abstinence-only education, but these rates also speak to the wider lack of affirming resources for people to explore what they like. The red state gay porn habit: Why conservative states like Mississippi and North Carolina lead the nation in same-sex porn consumption 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Manasseh believes the scene grew out of what he calls an “affirm yourself on the dance floor” movement that took hold after the aughts and grew stronger when Donald J. Trump became president. A Middle Eastern Party Scene Is Thriving on Brooklyn’s Dance Floors 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z The ruined Vietnam vet in Springsteen's song isn't affirming anything; he's asking: "So what happened to my birthright?" Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin, Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll by Marc Dolan – review 2012-11-28T08:00:01Z A Holocaust impostor doesn’t deny the Holocaust, he affirms it and claims falsely to be one of the survivors. Unmasking the Spanish ‘Impostor’ Who Lied About Surviving the Nazis 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z My broad critique of fundamentalist and conservative communities, is that in them we verbally affirm a God that is basically a guarantor that we’re right. Christians should abandon Christianity 2013-04-21T16:00:00Z Trans women, in particular, are frequently denied access to hormone therapy, gender reassignment surgery, or affirming health care. “Orange Is the New Black” could help save trans inmate lives: Prisons continue to fail women like Sophia 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z But what most unites this new set of books is that they seek, by embracing the neglected complexity of their source texts, to challenge existing values, not affirm them. Looking at Epic Poetry Through 21st-Century Eyes 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The Turner quartet’s subversive act will, paradoxically, affirm their own position within the museums, biennials, fairs and institutions that confer artistic prestige and power. What’s the Point of the Turner Prize, Anyway? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z As her mother affirms in their telephone chats, God needs a little help sweeping away the evildoers. ‘Miss Meadows’: Prim, Proper and Extremely Dangerous 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z These results are similar to many others affirming that life experience can affect gene expression, and that close loving care early in life can have a profound impact later on. 10 reasons we love love 2014-03-15T22:00:00Z It was a rare absence for the woman Pellman credits with raising her in a supportive, L.G.B.T.Q.-affirming household — an experience that she’s grateful diverges from Emma’s. New Star of ‘The Prom’ Sees a Chance to Make L.G.B.T.Q. Characters Visible 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet a trio of paintings from the early 17th century of St. Sebastian, that icon of eroticized suffering, affirms that sometimes the male nude could be sexed up, too, even in religious context. Now Showing: Porn Fit for Spanish Kings 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z To paraphrase Auden, this shows an affirming flame at a time beleaguered by negation and despair. Against all odds, A Tribe Called Quest delivers one final masterpiece 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Truth and reconciliation is a death and a birth, accordingly arduous, tense, procedural, affirming, painful. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z It affirms the relatively young practice of cinema as a high art, right alongside opera and theater, where booing is not unknown. At Cannes, le Booing Isn’t Just Reserved for Bad Films 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Depicting relatives, cultural heroes and invented women, Kalman’s images encompass both everyday pleasures and incomprehensible loss, always affirming art’s sustaining grace. Best Art Between the Covers of These Holidayx Books 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Related: Anthony Doerr: 'I grew up where to call yourself a writer would be pretentious' The pretentious flaws of others affirm your own intellectual or aesthetic expertise. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z But our job — a job that we perform with fewer constraints and compromises than the academy — is also to affirm beauty and excellence. Let’s Talk About the Oscars: An Evening of Squirming 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Derrida, who died of cancer in 2004 urging his friends to affirm life, was no nihilist. Derrida: A Biography by Benoît Peeters - review 2012-11-14T08:00:01Z To read Rookie was to be seen and to find a place where perhaps the most affirming comment section on the Internet empathized with conflicting feelings. Rookie Brought the Inclusive Spirit of Zines to the Internet Era 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z A true crime story and a madcap comedy, a heist movie and a scalding polemic, “The Big Short” will affirm your deepest cynicism about Wall Street while simultaneously restoring your faith in Hollywood. Review: In ‘The Big Short,’ Economic Collapse for Fun and Profit 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Others affirm a different relationship: Nature as a projection of the human. ‘Extreme Nature!’ Review: Horror and Beauty in the World Around Us 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Each of them have titles that are affirming and upbeat, like "Keep Hope Alive" and "Holding Steady." Self-published zines are back as artists respond to our reality in quarantine 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Now she affirms: “Our differences are our superpowers.” Review: ‘El Deafo’ by Cece Bell Henry: It’s both daunting and affirming to be reminded about how many things really do not change. Ride the rails with Billy Bragg and Joe Henry: “You never hear anybody talking about a lonesome car alarm, do you, playing in a distance” 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Sometimes, affirming the validity of another person’s experience is the best way to inspire them to dig deep and explore their own behavior and motivations. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman wants to turn off the male gaze 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z But it is more ambitious than that, as if affirming that with its particular focus, it would also end up disclosing something universal. Critic's Notebook: Buffalo Bill Museum in Wyoming 2012-08-03T19:07:26Z And he affirms two of the Pictures Generation’s founding principles: Photographs lie, and a copy is as good as an original. Richard Prince’s New, Late Style Is One of His Best 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z A Superior Court judge agreed, dismissing charges against us and affirming our right to publicly disavow race-based policies. It’s not enough to disavow the Klan: Racists and Republicans have years of experience disavowing Klan, but supporting racist politics 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z A force in motion on the New York jazz landscape for well over a decade, Mr. Irabagon has made a series of choices that affirm this scope. Jon Irabagon Paints Tradition in New Hues 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z There is something about seeing an old and beautiful tree that is just so affirming of nature and life. There’s a lot more to winter trees than meets the eye 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The dinner series, he explains, affirms his company’s ethos of food as a “vital anchor” for community building, justice work and healing. How to Throw a Dinner Party Like a Performance Artist 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z He's one of its major talents, as this survey of his tirelessly inventive career is set to affirm. This week's new exhibitions 2012-05-25T23:05:24Z Before that, on Saturday, around 100 women will walk the red carpet together in order to “affirm their presence”, Frémaux said. Cannes 2018: Cate Blanchett defends festival's failure to select more women directors 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z “Joe Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute,” Powell said, affirming the image the convention is seeking to project, of a nation coming together, not just a party. Perspective | On a night of sales pitches and political star power, health-care activist Ady Barkan kept it real 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z District Court judge in Los Angeles who has handled the case, will have at least one more preliminary legal issue to consider before affirming that the case should proceed to trial. Norton Simon dealt setback in Nazi-looted art case 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The lacerating ironies of the very posh have never seemed so life affirming. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z At the center of many of these videos are dancers expressing pain and joy — affirming that they are alive. Dancing Bodies That Proclaim: Black Lives Matter 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z His hiring practices represent the kind of real activism that few other moviemakers embrace, as the parade of men thanking their wives last night continues to affirm. What ‘Green Book’ Says About the Academy. Our Critics on the Oscars. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Ten bills prohibit schools or teachers from “compelling” a person to affirm belief in a “divisive concept,” while eight mandate “balanced” teaching of “controversial” topics. Bans on Critical Race Theory Threaten Free Speech, Advocacy Group Says 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z This first major New York revival affirms that “The Piano Lesson” is among Wilson’s masterworks, but flaws are often part of the fabric of even the greatest plays. Theater Review: August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ at Signature Theater 2012-11-19T03:00:00Z Speak to your girlfriend, not just to tell her what you’ve seen, but to affirm what your letter tells us, which is how much you love her. I Found My Girlfriend’s Sex Tape Online. Should I Tell Her? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z On its surface it suggests a reversal; in truth it affirms all that has preceded it. Review: ‘Straight’ Glides Between Sexual Assumptions 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The World Health Organization affirms that “There is no evidence of a link between MMR vaccine and autism or autistic disorders.” Don’t forget that Trump is also an anti-vaxxer 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z "We are pleased with this ruling, which affirms there are more appropriate ways to help people manage their overall sugar consumption than through mandatory and misleading messages," the beverage association said in a statement. Appeals court blocks San Francisco law requiring warnings on soda, sugary-drink ads 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Ms. Freedman testified in court that she frequently assumed that the absence of expressed doubt meant that an expert was affirming a work’s bona fides. Selling a Fake Painting Takes More Than a Good Artist 2014-05-02T21:48:29Z How could material affirming French identity — including its largely Roman Catholic character — be reimagined during an era in which that identity is more self-effacing and less sure of itself? Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z Justices could affirm the lower court's decision, deny the decision or send the case back for a procedural step that was skipped, among a range of options. Illinois high court to rule in police torture case 2012-02-02T11:45:00Z For “Digital Empathy,” Julianne Swartz has hidden audio equipment in elevators, bathrooms and drinking fountains that plays digital voices intoning ostensibly informative, affirming and reassuring messages. Critic?s Notebook: Sculptural Surprises Grace the Streets 2011-08-18T22:26:28Z Maybe the absence of her presence affirms her success at being the one who made a clean break from our family, although she has left us with the presence of her absence? Annabelle Gurwitch on family — the one you're born with, and the one on your book cover 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Steinem said, “I don’t know what ripples will come from” the film, but just being asked was affirming: “It’s a way of being heard, which we all need.” Steinem?s Story, for a New Generation 2011-08-14T03:00:07Z It was a way to give the symbol of male power to women, while affirming their femininity. In the Biopic ‘Yves Saint Laurent,’ Fashion From the Vault 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z To counter the slow death of inequality, I argue that the sort of mirroring in popular culture that affirms viewers from marginalized groups is life-giving. Oscars 2019: Beyond the stats, why diversity matters 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Stone affirms this appraisal with sweeping, sun-drenched shots of the water, the sky and the golden bodies of Ms. Lively and her co-stars, who snuggle together like blissful, exceptionally well-proportioned kittens. | 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z In addition to affirming each other’s capital-C Choice to embrace their natural color, members of the group also share skin care and makeup tips. Some young women embraced their gray hair during the pandemic. They might not go back. 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z The novel lacks a conventional climax, to be sure, but it hits a high point of another kind, a spiritual affirmation as well as an aesthetic manifesto, when Bourgeois affirms her core principles: Review | What inspired sculptor Louise Bourgeois? One novelist takes a guess. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z There’s an in-the-moment urgency to his visceral rhymes, dismissing obtrusive opinions from non-Black people and affirming his resolution to keep his foot on the gas. Seattle musicians tell the stories of our historic year through song 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z He’ll spend a whole episode neglecting his friends’ problems while trying to get them to affirm that he’s a nice person. How an American Network Saved One of TV's Best Twentysomethings 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z For a band whose pet subject matter is how depressing and worthless life can seem, they create a sound that is about as affirming as it gets. “It’s OK to always be a loser”: Patrick Stickles reveals the secrets of Titus Andronicus 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Too rigorous to offer false hope, they nonetheless affirm the necessity of witness and an antidote to despair. Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Unsung but Worth Your Time 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z We have the phrase "life affirming" in our family that we just apply to everything. Nora McInerny rejects the cult of positivity that demands we get over grief: "Bitch, how?" 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z It is a rapturous magnum opus, that is heartbreaking, devastating, and life affirming all at once. Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” is a masterpiece — see it in the theater if you can 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z “It is absorbing, lucid and true. Anyone who has lost someone by inches will recognize the struggle to push through despair and affirm the dogged endurance of love.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Jensen had a first career as an actor but decided to switch directions after working with an L.G.B.T.-affirming therapist. The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Yet you need only catch the star’s appearances at any recent awards show to affirm she is quite literally smoking hot. Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ naked victory 2014-04-09T14:26:00Z The film also addresses the couple's struggle to find a church that will affirm Cole's identity and the couple's relationship. Outfest Los Angeles explores a world of transgender experiences on film 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z While neither man seemed interested in denying reality, both made clear their intention to affirm life while it lasts. A Mighty Generation of Musicians. A Moving Final Chapter. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The imagination, he affirms, can “provide a more-than-adequate substitute for the vulgar reality of actual experience.” Review | To get us through, finding the wisdom of books written in isolation 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z “My obsession,” Karpen affirms, “is getting groups of musicians together who play different kinds of music and seeing what kind of new things can happen.” Works by UW composer Richard Karpen take stage with JACK, SSO 2014-03-13T20:19:56Z Keeping Wilson’s flame alive, 13 years after his death, remains a critical job for the American theater, as this evening in the Fichandler affirms. Review | August Wilson at his best is a gift. Arena Stage is giving you one. 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z These words lead into the chorus of “Green Aphrodisiac,” a track from her artfully affirming new album, “The Heart Speaks in Whispers.” The Playlist: Searching for the Real Desiigner and Saying Farewell to a Punk Band 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z More than that, the alienation of American audiences from the riches of global cinema affirms some of this country’s worst and most dangerously parochial tendencies. Strangeness and Daring at the New York Film Festival 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The L.G.B.T.-affirming classes are designed to accomplish two core tasks. The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z And most of the selections that reach theaters will stay there long enough only to be reviewed by critics, affirming a film’s feature status, before moving to video on demand. More Movies at Sundance Are Sidestepping the Big Screen 2014-01-13T00:51:34Z WITTAMS-NANGLE Also, it definitely is not easy in this country to be able to get gender affirming care, especially at our age, because you need to either have money, or luck. L.G.B.T.Q. Teens on ‘Heartstopper’: ‘I’m Fine With It Not Being Perfect’ 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Jean, 37, from the beginning of his recording career has been a champion of Caribbean culture as an extended family, affirming his Haitian roots but also mingling styles from across the Americas. Music: Musician Wyclef Jean Running for President of Haiti 2010-08-05T17:06:00Z If there were ever a rock star to affirm the power and necessity of dancing, to return it to the realm of vital human expression, it is Yorke. Perspective | Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke dances like no one’s watching — and it’s a beauty to behold 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z It treads a careful boundary between nasty and sweet, balancing the rude humor of humiliation with an affirming, tolerant, almost scolding final message: Be nice! | 'Dinner for Schmucks': Steve Carell Stars in ?Dinner Game? Remake 2010-07-29T16:26:00Z "There is a communal value - they affirm the continuity of our literary culture." Maya Angelou to receive honorary book award 2013-09-05T13:17:17Z “I can affirm that we make the best chocolate in the world,” Rick Mast said, in an interview with Vanity Fair, last year. The Way Forward for Hipster Food 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z To wear clothes made popular by the Ivy League is to announce an affirming attitude toward the Ivy League. Cheap chic ruined us 2012-06-13T11:45:00Z The Bible’s first five books, for example, possessed a special status: a fragment of Leviticus shown here is written using an ancient paleo-Hebrew script, affirming the text’s antiquity. Exhibition Review: ?The Dead Sea Scrolls? at Discovery Times Square - Review 2011-10-28T22:51:17Z They are showing the rest of us how their life experience affirms, and enhances, the theater. When Disability Isn’t a Special Need but a Special Skill 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Because of her privacy and her timeline for affirming her identity before college, we kept it to ourselves for about five years. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Frustrating questions after transgender daughter comes out 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z But at his new place, Mark Barak wants to affirm a connection with local growers and minimize imports. La Pecora Bianca Joins the Italian Crowd 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z I wouldn’t call it hopeful, but I would say that Mr. Sissako, for all his warranted pessimism, affirms a humanist faith that is one of the cornerstones of modern cinema. The Year the Studios Get It Right 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z It portrayed the possibility of love between two people of the same sex that was positive and affirming, yet realistic about the barriers. ArtsBeat: The Gay Film That Changed Your Life 2012-03-16T15:00:11Z Joel and Ellie's journey as the primary focus inspires the auxiliary plots to emphasize the necessity of caring for others as a means of affirming one's purpose. Have hope for "The Last of Us," a drama about enduring at the end of the world, not just surviving 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z But he swiftly rejects the idea as the suggestion of the devil, and affirms the Bible story conclusion. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z In fact, the drama is just the opposite of what its critics claim: a show that challenges the prejudices of its viewers rather than affirming them. Homeland is not Islamophobic despite what some critics claim 2012-12-24T00:05:34Z Like those wholesome, tuneful shows, “The Book of Mormon” is about naïve but plucky educators set down in an unfamiliar world, who find their feet, affirm their values and learn as much as they teach. | 'The Book of Mormon' : Missionary Men With Confidence in Sunshine 2011-03-25T02:30:32Z Not just the schools, but also our affirming Methodist church and our progressive neighborhood, where Pride flags are ubiquitous and family diversity is celebrated. Say gay 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “It’s fiction but affirms what we already know from a long string of real-life examples: It’s best not to look too closely behind your favorite celebrity’s facade.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘National Treasure’ and ‘Conan Without Borders’ 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “He’s been such an affirming presence in my life and such a reminder of what my job is as an actor,” he says. Chris Diamantopoulos builds a hot career, on screen and off 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Having more language and examples that articulate a way to be in relationship with others outside conventional understanding is affirming because I have, and want more, relationships like that. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z When a transmasculine character did pop up, he was often a victim, his story limited to and by trans trauma; Smith describes seeing “Boys Don’t Cry” while in high school as both affirming and terrifying. The Trans Actors Challenging Outmoded Ideas of Masculinity 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Mock helped to change the tone of “Pose,” which began as a darker series and matured into a warmer, more affirming one — a family drama with some glitter and spectacle. True Romance: Janet Mock on the Final Season of ‘Pose’ 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z His focus on African Americans in his community affirms that value, pithily summed up by the meme Black Lives Matter. Andre D. Wagner's stirring photographs tell it like it is 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Others were won over by the energetic track, with its affirming chorus “One life, live it up/‘Cos we got one life.” World Cup divides fans with 'Live It Up' Will Smith anthem 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z “I founded Well-Read Black Girl in 2015 to serve as a one-of-a kind affirming space for Black women to encounter literature and engage in critical discourse with one another,” Edim said in a statement. Well-Read Black Girl to help launch new literary series 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “Our first 12 weeks affirms the strong public appetite in Los Angeles for meaningful and accessible contemporary cultural experiences.” The Broad museum set to hit new milestone 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Many of the bills, according to PEN, include language that purports to affirm freedom of speech and thought. Bans on Critical Race Theory Threaten Free Speech, Advocacy Group Says 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The American Academy of Pediatrics affirms “There is no definite, scientific proof that any vaccine or combination of vaccines can cause autism.” Wrong again, Jenny McCarthy: First it was vaccines and autism, now it’s HIV 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z “How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost?” he asks, while affirming rationalism as the surer path to a happy existence. 5 religious leaders who became outspoken atheists 2013-03-27T12:44:00Z As long as spouses affirm the equal value of both genders, might we conclude that such an approach to gender relations is consistent with the New Testament vision of relationships free of patriarchy? The Bible backs same-sex couples: Point by point, why the haters are wrong 2014-05-10T15:00:00Z All this affirms the views expressed above that The Spire is, among other things, about the creation of something from nothing: buildings from empty space, gods from human needs, and books from thoughts. Reading group: The Spire's many meanings 2013-04-15T10:34:02Z The reason for this show is affirming visibility on a global scale. It’s Time for African Resistance, This Artist Says 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z This reader said I was “affirming the idea that young women can and should ignore young men who are ‘just too nice and available’.” “Feminism is a sexual strategy”: Inside the angry online men’s rights group “Red Pill” 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “There’s very little maneuver room. And that is where the L.G.B.T.-affirming therapy can also be helpful.” The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z There are a mere 21 of his portrait drawings, mostly from the late 1960s and ’70s and none recent, just enough to affirm his exceptional draftsmanship. David Hockney’s Life in Painting: Spare, Exuberant, Full 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z They affirm, she said, a Desmond Tutu quote that is painted on her center’s wall behind the reception desk: “One day we will wake up and discover we are family.” The Daily Call That 200 Arts Groups Hope Will Help Them Survive 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z When the ragtag inhabitants of this realm sing Mozart’s choruses affirming brotherhood, for a moment they seem to have insights into the human dilemma. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z But this rethought and more antagonistic “Monochromatic Light” strikes a new richness in New York, and it affirms how abstraction can give form to suffering and freedom in ways more straightforward expression so often cannot. Review: In ‘Monochromatic Light,’ Artists Saturate and Vacate Space 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z A more concise Pumpkins isn't what anyone was expecting at this point in the band's career, but on its own limited terms, "Monuments to an Elegy" affirms that Corgan remains defiantly in his own lane. Smashing Pumpkins go pop, sort of, on 'Monuments to an Elegy' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z The fragment concludes, euphorically, with an intimate and erotic chant affirming the female body: Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z This is completely different from a universalism that acknowledges racist histories and celebrates cultural difference while affirming our common humanity. ‘Sisters in Hate’ Offers a Window Into Women in the White Nationalist Movement 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Started in 2006, Antioch’s program is, to its leaders’ knowledge, the country’s first and only graduate-level L.G.B.T.-affirming clinical psychology specialization. The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z “It was something upbeat and happy,” Underwood affirms. We can’t take any more of 2017, so we’ve turned to the Hallmark Channel in desperation 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The world instantly recognises these tunes as masterpieces, thus affirming the Beatles’ intrinsic brilliance. When will the white rockumentary conveyor belt end? 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The depth of loathing that Taylor taps into in "Anti-Hero" also affirms our own experience. "I’m the problem, it’s me": Why do musicians revisit their pain and doubt in their art? 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z We’re forced either to lament or to celebrate old age, rather than simply “affirm it as a significant part of life.” What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z This year includes 99 features and 69 shorts, fiction and nonfiction, from around the world, which gives movie lovers the chance to roam widely, to affirm their taste and sometimes to have it challenged. New York Film Festival Is a Feast for True Believers 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Season 2 affirms that the series is not merely a fine and nasty piece of entertainment. In its quest to skewer reality TV, ‘UnReal’ fearlessly takes on race relations 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z If discovered, it will only affirm whatever negative biases her colleagues may already harbor. Review | In HBO’s sordid but watchable ‘Industry,’ the world now belongs to the zuppies 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z It would be wonderful to have a romantic comedy that affirms that in an emotionally intelligent, universally appealing way. Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z As the experience of watching television becomes increasingly fragmented, the Emmys can and should perform the necessary function of affirming one’s personal taste in what to watch. Review | At this year’s Emmy Awards, the talk about diversity doesn’t quite translate to trophies 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The crowd also applauded when “On the Record” showed a group of hip-hop D.J.s affirming their support for the accusers. Russell Simmons Documentary Premieres Amid Controversy 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The other bass, Charles Wesley Evans, brought tenderness to an aria affirming that it will be easier to take on the cross in his life because Jesus had first done so. Review: An Intimate ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Has a Shattering Effect 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z On the other are the vast majority of mental health professionals who study gender dysphoria insisting that affirming a child in whatever way they express their gender is beneficial to their mental health. 'She just started blooming': the trans kids helped by a pioneering project 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Just as affirming is a poem by Kuwaiti artist and writer Shurooq Amin describing “the shallow depressions in/ your mattress made by not one,/ but two daughters of Muslims.” Review | ‘We Wrote in Symbols’ is a groundbreaking collection of Arab women writing about love and lust 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z I was just another woman, expected to affirm a man in a public place. Best of 2018: What a dominatrix knows about #MeToo 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Which is affirming, on the one hand, but at the same time it’s given her and her staff an uncomfortable feeling. Anti-racism trainers were ready for this moment. Is everyone else? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The sixth season affirms this, with the clown's despair and regret more frequently showing through his theatrics. When it comes "Better Call Saul," we should be in no hurry for it to end 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Zoned for dissent, the stage was simultaneously a place to affirm longstanding beliefs. Gordon Davidson didn't just change L.A. theater, he changed L.A.'s image of itself 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z His ego is not so fragile, he says, that he needs someone to tickle him like a stuffed animal and affirm that he’s lovable. Books of The Times: A Graphic Memoir That Earns the Designation 2011-05-24T21:24:59Z Because of the new national identity, Webster conceived of a standard-setting dictionary that might eliminate regionalism and affirm Americanized versions of British spellings. Exhibition Review: ‘1812: A Nation Emerges,’ at National Portrait Gallery 2012-06-25T21:40:37Z This show closes the loop on the project and affirms one of its apparent tenets: the potency of self-representation. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z But over the course of the novel, Emezi constantly affirms and resists the inevitability of that tragedy. Review | Like ‘Freshwater,’ Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ explores lives outside society’s expectations 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z It's a world that stretches from boys who eventually see themselves as transgender to those who affirm that they're boys, but boys in dresses. Motherlode Blog: When Does a Boy in a Dress Become Something More? 2012-08-10T21:03:00Z A space that demands his full attention, lest he affirm the sense that he was never meant to be there to begin with. Jeremy O. Harris: Brandon Taylor ‘Subjugates Us With the Deft Hand of a Dom’ 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z “Shuffle Along” reclaims a musical more or less lost to history and affirms the importance of black artists to Broadway going back almost a century. ‘Hamilton’ and Company: Tony Award Nominees in a Season That Reflected the World 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z When planning the study, I thought I might have an affirming experience or "defining moment" that committed me to veganism for life or to ditch veganism. I ‘self-experimented’ to compare a vegan diet with eating meat — this is what I found out 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z I imagined slaves traveling through treacherous terrain, with bleary eyes and a lingering sense of trepidation, but with a steely determination to live in a country that would affirm their humanity. Exploring Detroit’s Underground Railroad Sites 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z This episode only affirms that while illustrating the ways that a single life can represent the nation's labyrinthine identity. Angela Davis shows us why "Finding Your Roots" complicates and strengthens the American story 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Some among us reach for histories that affirm the established view of who we are as a nation. When White Supremacists Overthrew an Elected Government 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z When she discovers a stash of previous drawings hidden under the floorboards, she not only affirms the consistency of her vision, but also the eerily consistent pattern of behavior that defines her life. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 4: Truth and Consequences 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Taylor Swift is returning her music catalog to streaming services, ending the digital music world’s highest-profile feud and affirming that streaming is now the dominant music format. Taylor Swift Returns Her Music Catalog to Streaming Services 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z “Even though you were wrong, you were still right,” Carol tells Rick, affirming his earlier skepticism. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: Has Rick Lost His Hold on the Group? 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The book “affirms Haskell as a laureate for the earth, his finely tuned scientific observations made more potent by his deep love for the wild he hopes to save,” Cynthia Barnett writes in her review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z But the American reality has always been about violently affirming the political power of whiteness. This can’t become our new normal: Hate acts reported across the country in wake of Trump’s victory 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The two books and the film tell essentially the same story, which ends in June 2013 with the Supreme Court affirming a reversal of Prop 8 at the district court level. ‘The Case Against 8’: Lights, camera, equality In a room like this one, it’s hard not to reflect wistfully on the affirming quality of the band’s older, more emphatic hits. Music Review: Coldplay Unveils New Songs at the Beacon Theater 2014-05-06T21:32:31Z The Let's Acknowledge Legitimately Authentic, Literate Americans Love Apathy resolution, to earnestly affirm that climate change is an existential crisis and we really should do something about it someday. Style Invitational Week 1447: Give it to us straight 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z That, Mr. Reiner affirms, is when skilled comedians rise to the challenge. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Excavating the 2,000-Year-Old Man' 2012-02-29T22:09:20Z They invite an audience to affirm and applaud what it sees. What to do with Confederate monuments? Put them in museums as examples of ugly history, not civic pride 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z There’s a longstanding tradition among critics of straining to affirm the importance and the social value of the art of movies in order to spare themselves the feeling of frivolity and hedonism. These So-Called Bad Movies Prove the Urgency of Film Criticism 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Hozier’s show proved that there is beauty to be wrung from troubled old things, though, and his surprise stardom affirms that. Hozier takes a worshipful L.A. to an actual church 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s because our job description is neither to affirm nor to oppose popular opinion, but to plot a tangent away from it. Unexpected Lessons From ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z So the chapel both invites solitude and affirms, by its very presence, the need for community. How Can I Avoid Feeling Lonely When All My Friends Are Coupled Up? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Even a desire to affirm human dignity and elevate the human spirit can be corrupted by dishonesty in the form of sentimentality. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z She said that in European paintings of the late 18th century, blacks were often depicted as lower-class figures to affirm the higher status of the white subject. ‘Belle’ and Slavery’s End in Britain 2014-04-25T18:31:59Z I hope millions more write to you to affirm women's desire for deep pockets in our jeans. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Take care when using chemical cleaners 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “I affirm their sexual orientations and gender identities because they reflect the diversity of God’s good creation.” A new book on faith from popular author who died in 2019 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Watching the new movie with her family during dinner on Monday night, Wheeler was thrilled to see something new: the scenes of Velma affirming her attraction to women. Yup, Velma is a lesbian. A new film removes any doubt. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z It was life- affirming because I realized I have all this history I need inside me.” An Avant-Garde Theater Artist Gets Her Due 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Her stardom affirms how certain viewers can alter our representational choices. Heroines Triumph at Box Office, but Has Anything Changed in Hollywood? 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z “It is essential to the Guggenheim’s mission to engage directly with people throughout the world, to affirm the transformative potential of art,” Richard Armstrong, director of the Guggenheim, said in a statement. Jury Announced for Guggenheim Helsinki Museum Design Competition 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The question is whether the works should be freely available to see, and Mr. Moeller’s exploration of both sides of the discussion ends up affirming the importance of thinking critically about film. Movie Listings for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Whatever the case, Valentine’s Day is a grossly excessive film with far too many subplots and one too many Hallmark moments that only affirm one’s hesitance with the genre. Ranking: Valentine’s Day Films From Worst to Best 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The singing, songwriting, and playing on the album affirm the extent to which all four of the Beatles became consummate musical professionals in the course of their eight-year career. When the Beatles Walked Offstage: Fifty Years of “Abbey Road” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s a scene that affirms both the real horror and surreality of what Dana was subjected to. Review | A harrowing hostage story is told with stunning subtlety in Broadway’s ‘Dana H.’ 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Her absence could lead to a 4-4 split, which would affirm the 9th Circuit’s decision. High Court to take on Ariz. immigration law 2012-04-25T10:05:00Z It was her oldest daughter, Lourdes, affirming the family connection in movement. Madonna Is Still Taking Chances 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z “This ruling affirms our ability to move forward with our plan to deliver on the Library’s long-standing priorities in our midtown facilities,” said the library in a statement. Judge Dismisses Legal Challenges to Defunct Library Plan 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The study affirms past approximations of the ideal “nasal tip rotation and projection” as far as plastic surgery clients are concerned. Study: Kate Middleton Has a Perfect Nose 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z First, to present tough topics in a warm, human-centered and affirming style. 2 Graphic-Style Guidebooks to Calm Kids’ Social Butterflies 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z It's a life affirming thing to remember that you are awake in the world. Nora McInerny rejects the cult of positivity that demands we get over grief: "Bitch, how?" 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z It felt extraordinary to affirm this most basic of American values. New York Stands Up to Trump 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The episode opens with 40-year-old footage of Reagan in Mississippi, affirming his support for “states’ rights” at a county fair filled with white voters. Was Reagan a Precursor to Trump? A New Documentary Says Yes 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The headline is certainly affirming for those patriotic Judeo Christian Americans among us. Keep God out of public schools: There are no heroes in Texas student’s “is God real?” assignment controversy 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z As an audience member, nothing is more affirming than to simply see the truth of my life on the screen. David Simon, J. Cole, Patricia Lockwood and Others on Social Issues as Manifested in Art 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z “To see this many people learning Gaelic, potentially listening to my gran, that’s really affirming,” he said. Hawaiian, Gaelic, Yiddish: so you want to learn an endangered language on Duolingo? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z But if the movie doesn’t offer a blandly happy ending, it affirms that a story has begun that only Palace can truly tell. ‘The African Desperate’ Expands the Movies’ Narrow View of the Art World 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Simons and Burns do the work of affirming their humanity by showing just how average they can be – buying cold cuts, talking baseball, collecting stamps. 'It can't happen here': the horrifying power of The Plot Against America 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z It was also part of a diplomatic attempt by Ricci to affirm the greatness of his own religion and culture. 2010-01-20T05:23:00Z The New York Times called the film “a modest little Vermont-made farce” that “surprised and delighted” the audiences “by boisterously affirming that life can be a ball and movie-making can be fun.” Adolfas Mekas, Avant-Garde Filmmaker and Teacher, Is Dead at 85 2011-06-03T02:56:22Z Some years, the Tonys affirm the primacy of American mainstream theatre on its own shores; other seasons, we take our lessons from the British. The Tonys' battle for Broadway 2010-06-14T21:00:00Z “He was extremely affirming with all of us, and he was funny — hysterically funny.” Chick Corea, the Master Mixer of Jazz’s Past and Future 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Windsor, not Perry, is the decision that more than a dozen federal courts have relied on to affirm the freedom to marry. ‘Redeeming the Dream,’ by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z And just as in the physical world, it’s all too easy to focus on one jerk who poisons your faith in humanity over 99 folks who affirm it. On Anna Gunn, the Skyler-Hating Sexists, and the Billion-Megaphone Era 2013-08-26T15:13:37Z “And the training we do differs from other kinds of speech therapy, because clinicians must always remember that clients are not affected by any pathology. We are just helping them in affirming their identity.” In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Neither breaks new ground, but each affirms the pleasures of consistency. Wonders in a Grim World: The New York Film Festival’s Best Trick 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Those disciple films sacrificed a broader audience by eschewing the comforting clarity of organized religion for doubt, challenging their characters’ faith rather than blindly affirming it. The Last Temptation of Christ at 30: how Scorsese's drama still soars 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Not really, other than to affirm how note-perfect it was in the first place in staring down one of public life’s few great taboos. From The Sopranos to Twin Peaks: the best TV isn’t timeless – it’s prescient 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Not just by affirming it verbally, and not just by wearing it on a shirt, as if the whole world doesn't already know that white lives mattering is a given. Kanye West proved white lives matter. Now what? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Book after book, her writing affirms a beguiling originality. Ann Beattie is one of our few contemporary masters of storytelling 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z I do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Style Invitational Week 1322: Back to the drawing board 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z If anything, these 11 minutes of lush sound should affirm that human beings use more than hearing to listen. All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z “It was very affirming that there are possibilities. However, you have to be very fiscally careful.” How Quitting a Job Changed My Personal Finances 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z "It’s a little glimmer of hope in a season of highly depressing news cycles, that affirms we are in with a chance of civilization in 100 years," he said. David Mitchell has a new book, but you'll have to wait 98 years to read it 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z He continued: “I regret standing against marriage equality, for not affirming your place in the church, and for any ways that my writing and speaking contributed to a culture of exclusion and bigotry.” Christian author Joshua Harris is sorry for the damage he did. Now what? 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z After all, Cruz has been an outspoken opponent of affirming bathroom access for transgender teens. Go ahead and call Caitlyn Jenner a delusional GOP shill — but don’t say she’s not a woman 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z That when you’re with a group of people and you all see something together that is true for all of you, then that simultaneously affirms what we all have in common. To see or not to see? Experiencing Shakespeare during the pandemic offers its own rewards. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z However, it excludes Christians who, for example, may not affirm a belief in the Virgin Birth, or who are convinced gay marriage is compatible with the teachings of the Bible. How the American Bible Society became evangelical 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z "Dior affirms with the utmost conviction its policy of zero tolerance toward any antisemitic or racist words or behavior," Dior Chief Executive Sidney Toledano said in a statement. Dior suspends Galliano pending racism inquiry 2011-02-25T14:41:44Z But as Byrne sings on the serene “Portrait of a Clear Day,” “Love affirms the pain of life.” How Julie Byrne’s Astral Folk Music Took Flight 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Putting these stories out into the world is one way of affirming “Black Lives Matter” but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still plenty of difficult conversations to be had in Hollywood. Gina Prince-Bythewood: 'Films about black women are the hardest to get made' 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Faithful Husband: I am sorry this is happening, and I want to affirm your acceptance of the loving kindness and support offered by your friends and your church community. Perspective | Ask Amy: A loving husband rejects unhelpful ‘help’ 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z But there’s a vast difference between a merely illustrative depiction in the interest of affirming factlets and a dramatic recreation that restores the complexity of experience. Nina Simone and the Clichés of the Musical Bio-Pic 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z He hoped that the people who ran ABS could affirm, “Jesus Christ is Lord” — nothing more, nothing less. How the American Bible Society became evangelical 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z With every book, with every question, with every overt display of ambivalence and disgust, he was affirming to us that we were contenders. What Philip Roth Taught Me About Being an American Jew 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z As Mr. Sealey points out, the Super Bowl just set a record, with 106.5 million viewers, affirming the power of event television. 2010-02-12T23:50:00Z Research affirms the critical importance of children’s access to enriching, stimulating early experiences for healthy brain development. Black lives matter in school, too: Disparities in education begin at an early age — and that needs to change 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Updike felt that the universe had “a color, a quiet but tireless goodness that things at rest, like a brick wall or a small stone, seem to affirm.” ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-03T22:40:08Z Slight differences between the two women—the extra swell of Kganye’s Afro, the shortfall of her smile—affirm her mother’s inimitability and, by extension, the lasting ache of her absence. A Daughter’s Ghostly Re-Creations of Her Late Mother’s Old Photographs 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z I was totally LGBTQ+-affirming in the 1980s, but I remained within an evangelical denomination because I thought it was okay to change it from within. "As a Woman" author Paula Stone Williams: I was "unaware of my male privilege" until transition 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z One suspects that Wright would find a way of affirming that as well. A Poet Maps the Landscapes of Memory 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The affirming visibility she had always craved was hers; at the same time she was vanishing into her art, becoming one with it. Art Review: Yayoi Kusama at Whitney Museum of American Art 2012-07-12T21:34:04Z Gross, who is professor of creative writing at Glamorgan University, said winning the Wales Book of the Year award shortly after the TS Eliot prize was "hugely affirming". Philip Gross wins the Wales Book of the Year award 2010-07-01T11:34:00Z The eight painted etchings newly acquired by Tate Britain affirm our understanding of Blake as someone with an intensely personal vision. William Blake's passionate humanity 2010-08-12T15:00:00Z “Show that you’re affirming that this was today, this is now. Don’t use a global ‘I’m sorry you’re so upset’ or ‘It’s terrible that you hate school,’ ” Baldwin advises. How to teach a child to reset after a bad day (without fixing their problems for them) - The Washington Post 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The festival is eager to affirm an identity for itself in part because it is making its West Coast debut just a week before the established Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. What's Next: Organizers of YA book festival plan YALLWEST for L.A. 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z It's about affirming that he and Disney know she's one of the faces of the future. Racist attacks on a Black girl earning a supposedly "white" role isn't about canon but excellence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Dragon Talk affirms the fact that poetry is memory and the painful irony of this is revealed in the poems about her mother. Poetry review: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z The Parents Television Council—the advocacy group that generated many, many of those mass-mailed complaints—cheered the ruling yesterday for affirming, or at least not striking down, the FCC’s regulatory powers. The Supreme Court’s FCC Ruling: A Decision, But No F-ing Closure 2012-06-22T12:07:52Z At 2 million copies, "Relapse" has significantly lower sales than his previous sets but was the top-selling rap album of 2009, affirming the continued loyalty of his fans and his music's ability to withstand leaks. Eminem, clean and sober, draws on new inspiration 2010-06-25T23:23:00Z Whatever it does for tourism, “Cold War 2” helps affirm Hong Kong’s film industry as a sturdy action factory. Review: ‘Cold War 2,’ a Brisk Exercise in Hong Kong Suspense 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z “It also scared me that I could have potentially lost my parents, and it just really made me want to affirm the love that I have for Madeleine, because tomorrow is not promised.” Sharing Their Visions, Two Filmmakers Find Love 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Mostly black, faintly predatory and spliced here and there with mock crocodile panels, that collection seemed to affirm Ms. LaPointe’s stature as “a high priestess of goth opulence,” as Style.com later called her. FITTINGS: Countdown to Fashion Week: Thank the Deli for That Dress 2013-08-21T18:17:47Z George again affirms, “Yes, if I needed it.” Mal Sharpe, Groundbreaker in Street-Level Pranking, Dies at 83 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “They want their ‘news’ to affirm them rather than inform them.” Sean Hannity is the face of the post-Trump identity crisis at Fox News 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z But this video is so aggressive in its attempted self-awareness that it actually has the opposite effect of affirming the worst of its ditsy-blond stereotypes. Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears' 'Pretty Girls' video is enough to make John Waters cringe 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z “Because they are not interested in what you have to say, they only want you to affirm/confirm what they are saying.” The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Stand-up has grown into a far more bonafide art form than its silly slapstick predecessor, further affirming the immorality of thievery. So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z In the way it’s choosing to reach a new audience, Showtime is affirming how old-fashioned even its most adventurous TV programming really is. Television/The Web: Fishing Online for Cable Viewers 2011-02-20T02:01:55Z But let the sacred and the secular, the idealistic and the hedonistic, the political and the aesthetic, the local and the global all affirm their part in her music. In a Hometown Send-Off, Aretha Franklin Belongs to Everyone 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z In those not-so-distant days, today’s Supreme Court ruling affirming same-sex marriage — and by extension, the equal dignity and worth of gay citizens — was utterly unthinkable. The victory I never thought I’d see: How the Supreme Court just saved young gay lives 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Gaul’s book both affirms that faith and alerts them to high-end developers and others with a financial interest in denial. The Homes in Dorian’s Path Are in a High-Risk Area. Why Do They Cost So Much? 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Federal Election Commission affirms, we should not impose burdens on corporations that we do not want to impose on individuals. Can’t a capitalist be moral? 2012-06-17T22:00:00Z As she affirms over and over in her book, Ford — a Guitar Player magazine "Certified Legend" — was the first female to play serious lead guitar in a hard rock band. Lita Ford kisses, rocks and tells in her long-awaited memoir 'Living Like a Runaway' 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z You notice this early in the show in a drawing that simply announces “Mark Twain” in slightly unruly letters, affirming the writer as an implacable fact of American consciousness with a simplicity that presages Twitter. Review: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Unknown Notebooks’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Director Martin Scorsese said Ebert "was always encouraging, always affirming, but without making a show of it". Roger Ebert: film luminaries pay tribute 2013-04-12T13:10:22Z But taken too far, it affirms suspicions that many firms and markets are “too big to fail”—surely an invitation to future crises. Man in charge 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Suominen launched the project torn between curiosity and a desire to affirm old beliefs. Former Christian fundamentalist: Science robbed me of my faith 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z Ms. Doran’s beautifully wise play affirms the adage that the only guarantee in life is permanent change. Review: ‘The Mystery of Love and Sex’ Looks at Identity and Secrets Too 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z It would be spoiled by description, but I’ll just say it affirms the power of language, fired by a child’s imagination, to turn any old room into an exotic playground. Theater Review: ‘The Jungle Book’ Opens at the Goodman Theater 2013-08-06T20:35:47Z An epilogue brings Anne’s and Frankie’s daughters together three decades later to affirm that their friendship was a defining moment in both women’s lives. Review | ‘A Net for Small Fishes’ is dark, entertaining historical fiction 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to affirm anything like that,” she says. Everyday Zen: On the road with Willie Nelson at 81 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z If true, it’s probably because her songs incorporate the most affirming pop tropes and strategies of the past 10 years. Perspective | Lizzo is everything. Is that enough? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z This is a narrator whose tone constantly affirms the expectation of decency and regards even the most dire circumstances with ironical good humor. Review | Michel Faber’s ‘D’ is a quirky adventure for readers young and old 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The document affirms the king as subject to the law like any other citizen. Unearthed From Town's Archives: Copy of Magna Carta From 1300 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The quartet's success helped affirm the viability of a musical community that didn't depend on the major labels and radio conglomerates for its existence. Post-punk landscape: Before there was a Nirvana, R.E.M. blazed the trail 2011-09-22T16:34:37Z “For me, voting yes on 3 is a vote for my existence, it is a vote to affirm the truth of who I am,” he said. 'This is life or death': trans people threatened by Massachusetts vote 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Her own sit-downs with him affirm that he is as amiable and self-deprecating as fans might hope. Review | ‘Weird Al: Seriously’ gives a talented musician his due 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s a political drama based loosely on historical events, and its approach to them is cagily defined in an opening voice-over, which affirms that the film’s details are fictional. The Rarely Seen Ingmar Bergman Thriller That Bergman Himself Rejected 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Second, we saw a movie as a way to reach more people who are suffering – to affirm their experience, offer comfort and show they aren’t alone. The real life people behind Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carrell’s film Beautiful Boy 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z This exhibition affirms that Weegee brought to street photography a new, often shocking vitality. Art Review: ?Weegee? at International Center of Photography - Review 2012-01-19T23:35:18Z They continued, "Always affirm the love you have for that person, even if there is no resolution. The ultimate conflict resolution is making the conscious decision to love." Virginia couple married for 30 years claim they've never argued 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The reprieved Crasweller argues effectively on the other side, affirming the human instinct to cling to life, and evoking the peculiar horror of awaiting a fixed date for one's death. David Lodge: rereading Anthony Trollope 2012-12-14T22:55:04Z The D’Souzian approach favors directness in how it affirms all the beliefs of its simpatico partisans, but his ideological opposites indulge in saner versions of the same tactics. Borat v Trump: can entertainment really affect an election? 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Though not quite as song-oriented as “Cinder” or as masterful as “Horse Stories” in 1996, the collision of the abstract and the beautiful on “Toward the Low Sun” affirms the Dirty Three’s enduring vitality. Album review: Dirty Three, 'Toward the Low Sun' 2012-02-27T18:49:00Z Gaye affirms "Right on, brother" to men who respond in kind at different points in the song. "What’s Going On" at 50 — Marvin Gaye’s Motown classic is as relevant today as it was in 1971 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z That may have registered as a dig at the studio powers that be, but as the sequel affirms, it’s really a smiling affirmation that the guys in charge know precisely what they are doing. ’22 Jump Street’ Puts Cops on Campus 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z This posthumous collection affirms Rukeyser’s importance as a poet of witness, most notably via her long sequence “The Book of the Dead,” about an industrial disaster. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z They’re filling the air, but somehow they only affirm the feeling of lightness and ascent. The Playlist: Unreleased John Coltrane, and 9 More New Songs 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Ken Livingstone piously affirms that he would never even speak to a reporter without a minder present. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z A golden pocket watch in several works seems to affirm notions of time passing, extinguishing life as it goes. Art Review: Willem van Aelst Still-Life Paintings at National Gallery 2012-08-10T04:50:08Z In 2020, an appeals court decision affirming Led Zeppelin’s victory over a copyright challenge to its song “Stairway to Heaven” seemed to steer case law back to more familiar territory. Ed Sheeran Trial: Did He Copy Marvin Gaye? Here’s What to Know. 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z “America and Iran” rightly posits that “antagonism between Iran and America is wholly unnecessary,” and, as Ghazvinian affirms, there is in the United States a powerful chorus that wants nothing to do with Iran. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Today they have converged on Berlin, where the grandeur of the Hotel du Rome, its high-ceilinged corridors thronged with journalists and TV crews, affirms that Depeche Mode aren't in any danger of downsizing. Depeche Mode: 'We're dysfunctional. Maybe that's what makes us tick' 2013-03-28T14:03:56Z Yet Qodrat clings to his cinematic fantasies, in a bittersweet gesture that affirms both the hope and the futility of the movies. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Before he left, the two expressed their devotion, both affirming that they were in it for the long haul despite having dated for less than a year. On Love: Bridget Nugent & Dean Reineking 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z It’s affirming for parents to see their lives reflected back at them, and in a theme-park fun house no less, with all of the dreary bits made stretchy and silly. Review: ‘Catastrophic Happiness,’ a Comedy of Manners About Bumpy Child-Rearing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The English songwriter Jorja Smith sings “I Am” over an adamantly sluggish drumbeat and a lonely guitar line, affirming a sense of duty: “When you know what you got, sacrifice ain’t that hard,” she declares. Kendrick Lamar Gives ‘Black Panther’ a Weighty Soundtrack 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z However, Butcher Boy's third album sees them affirming their own groove of beautifully crafted and orchestrated pop songs. Butcher Boy: Helping Hands ? review 2011-08-25T21:40:00Z Would the sale affirm concerns that demand at the top end of the art market may be cooling? Worries of Market Chill at Sotheby’s Auction of Ex-Chief’s Collection 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z She says now that with people like her and Caitlyn Jenner in the public eye, trans people are experiencing “unprecedented affirming visibility”. Laverne Cox: 'Now I have the money to feminise my face I don’t want to. I’m happy' 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The answer, Ms. Bayer and her team affirm in “Making the Met,” lies inside the beautiful objects themselves, in the layers of history that have accreted in the last century and a half. How the Met Was Made 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “It absorbs like regular fresh pasta, right?” he affirms. Why gluten-free fresh pasta’s hard to make — and how one D.C. chef mastered it 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z I think people are looking for permission to talk about these things because there are so few outlets to be listened to nonjudgmentally, and it's an invigorating, affirming experience. There's no shame in "A Sexplanation," a fun, honest documentary that steps in where sex ed left off 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Chelsea Clinton quickly responded with a children’s book, “She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World” — a cheerful, affirming collection of mini-biographies for little ones. ‘She Persisted’ Review: A Musical About Women Who Triumphed 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s simple and affirming and is the first thing I learned to cook for myself. I didn’t like grandma’s brisket — but here’s why I’ll always love it 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z It was so affirming — not that we needed it, but it was this incredible experience. Lily Rabe waited 15 years to make her directorial debut: "It's not the arena for playing it safe" 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Warmhearted and affirming, it’s a feature-length testament to the uniting power of popular song. Stream These 15 Great Titles Before They Leave Netflix in July 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The Wire described it as a “series of misfires, wearing inauthenticity on its sleeves like a badge of honour”, while the Daily O said it “affirms China’s stereotypes about India”. Jackie Chan blockbuster blasted for Indian stereotypes 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Brooks notes with dismay the growing ranks of college students who happily affirm that, upon graduation, they will aim for financial success over other possible goals. David Brooks’s Search for Meaning 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Like “Provenance” itself, they do more to affirm academic Marxist platitudes than to sharpen critical awareness about the nefarious doings of the collectibles industry. Amie Siegel: ‘Provenance’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z After the first season, however, the show won big at the Emmys, affirming both its cult status and critical approval. For creamier, tastier scrambled eggs, just add peanut butter (seriously) 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z He is an aficionado of the unequal struggle, eager to affirm again, and again, the little guy’s triumph. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The music, overall, is thought to be genial and, despite some mysterious moments, affirming. Bavarian Radio Symphony Performs Brahms and Ligeti 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Choosing “sorry, not interested” at the start or failing to affirm your consent closes the app. Say no to this YES to SEX app: Avoiding “awkward” consent conversations shouldn’t be a goal 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z We concluded that, while some of these characters occasionally slip into stereotypes, most of them affirm the ability of people with autism spectrum disorder to confront bigotry and speak about their own conditions. With a limited on-screen presence, autistic characters have emerged in another medium: fan fiction 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z With music that hints of Copland, Mr. Huang tries to rescue the trope of the affirming American anthem from triteness. A Soldier’s Racially Charged Suicide Becomes a Powerful Opera 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Now I think that worth is one of the reasons why romantic love has become so crucial; it’s become one of the places where you can affirm your worth. Our new era of hearbreak 2012-06-24T18:15:00Z Because of that past, there also seems to be a reluctance in the museum to affirm French identity. Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z The medium of late-night offers that wide reach to affirm the values of hard truths even for those who’ve experience them daily firsthand. Late-night TV sensation Amber Ruffin and her sister co-wrote a book about racism. And, yes, it’s hilarious. 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Instead of the sci-fi saga’s familiar title crawl and brassy score, though, their work usually begins with notices affirming that rights to the story belong to Lucasfilm. The Force (and a Lenient Disney) Is With ‘Star Wars’ Fan Filmmakers 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z "A typically kind moment from him. A life affirming one for me." Legendary playwright and activist Terrence McNally dies of coronavirus complications 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z But there is something a little Emperor’s New Clothes about Ms. Mills’s strenuously affirming company ethos. Critical Shopper: Swimsuits at Zimmermann and Malia Mills 2012-06-19T18:14:51Z This Kelly interview affirms most of the real-time reporting about how it is there.” Perspective | Trump cries ‘fake!’ about media reports of White House chaos. But they keep getting proven right. 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z In Genovés’s case, this meant dedicating the remainder of his academic life to affirming that violence was not an innate human tendency. “The Raft” Chronicles an Extreme Experiment with Human Nature 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “I think any youth, especially Haida youth, that sees their language being spoken on a feature-length film—that will affirm their identities and empower them to speak.” Can Film Save Indigenous Languages? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Its deeper purpose was to celebrate The Shining as a glorious enigma, a film that invites Grand Unifying Theories without ever quite affirming any of them. The Shining at 40: will we ever fully understand what it all means? 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z Science affirms the idea that hugs may be good not only for the soul but also for our physical well-being. Is the era of hugging over? Some people sure hope so. 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The practice of catching fish affirms their worldviews and puts them into action in nature. For indigenous communities, fish is more than food 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z "It's not just entertaining. It's life affirming. It celebrates the triumph of the human spirit and that's so important in these times." Box Office: 'Hidden Figures' Dominates MLK Weekend as 'Live by Night,' 'Monster Trucks,' 'Silence' Collapse 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z One of the first affirming gestures he made toward the young writer was to paint a beautiful nude portrait of him. James Baldwin: Pessimist, Optimist, Hero 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A congregation will teach a biblical position on the sinfulness of same-sex acts, or it will affirm same-sex behaviors as morally acceptable. Southern Baptist Convention kicks out church for being too tolerant of LGBT members 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Ted's paradigm envisions excellence through self-examination and collaboration, believing in one's self while being curious enough to affirm the best of what we see in others. The "Ted Lasso" way is comforting – and a counter to the hollow nationalism Americans have embraced 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z In the affirming tenor aria “Every valley shall be exalted,” little flourishes in the strings were echoed by bustling replies in woodwinds, a colorful and unabashedly symphonic touch. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z The Nobel was seen, Lovell writes, as something that would “affirm China as a powerful, modern, international civilization.” Can a Big Government Push Bring the Nobel Prize in Literature to South Korea? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Her pictures affirm the external majesty of the lakes and glaciers there, but to invoke less overt currents of power, she overlays fragmented patches of colored gels atop the conventional landscapes. Seeing the world through an artist's mint-colored glasses 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Today, most of us are members of this crowd, conformingly affirming our uniqueness. It’s time to stop looking for yourself 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z To accuse someone of pretentiousness, of trying to stand out, affirms the fact that you fit in with everyone else. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Wars do, however, make warehouses of money as this franchise has been affirming for decades. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Richter, even as his auction prices have reached Alpine elevations, has never been certain — and this beautiful valediction, with 60 years of work, affirms the artistic and moral force of his irresolution and skepticism. The Sublime Farewell of Gerhard Richter, Master of Doubt 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z It also affirms that he is a nice, normal, humble guy, neither a zealot nor an egomaniac. Review: ‘Snowden,’ Oliver Stone’s Restrained Portrait of a Whistle-Blower 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Who would take issue right now with a teen-focused romantic comedy that affirms cross-cultural experiences, subverts some stereotypes about immigrants and acknowledges a spectrum of desire in adolescent girls? Review | Mindy Kaling’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ is breezy, cheerful and not as good as it ought to be 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z As uplifting as the wildlife habitat component is, for me, the garden affirms something even closer to my heart. Converting a suburban yard into a wildlife oasis, one plant at a time 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z There’s nothing as latently, unintentionally comical as affirming simplicity by way of complexity, as maintaining a tone of high seriousness amid the stuff of ordinary life. Ingmar Bergman and the Risk of Ridicule 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Here he affirms his allyship with the sisterhood, maybe a little too strenuously. For a Literary Man’s Man, Mother Knew Best 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z In fact, the scholarly literature on this issue strongly affirms, through detailed historical analyses and empirical investigations, this very point. “The Islamic State would not be with us today if the United States hadn’t invaded Iraq”: Islam, religion, and the interview Donald Trump and Ted Cruz must read now 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z When the ceremony reached the point where their infant’s “spiritual aunts and uncles” were meant to affirm their support, the family and friends that were asked to accept this duty participated remotely. True Tales of Quarantined Socializing 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Grouper music doesn’t seem to concern itself with being noticed, or even enjoyed, but it’s out there, and at a bare minimum, it affirms life. Review | This new Grouper album, ‘Shade,’ is life-affirming in ways you might not remember 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The movie’s first two-thirds are fairly faithful, but a daring final act, a more deliberate and affirming meditation on art and life, transmutes the tragic ending into something more wistful. ‘The Seagull’ Brings Chekhov’s Doleful Comedy to Cinemas 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z In Massachusetts the Puritans came to affirm their faith. Favoring Immigration if Not the Immigrant 2011-05-08T22:39:54Z He self-consciously and intentionally plans to create what he considers a work of art, and he affirms that his walk will be a thing of beauty. “The Walk” Falls Short of Artistry 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Thank you for your piece on Woody Allen that helps to affirm the confusion/sometimes guilt I feel every time I watch one of his films. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z I don't read to affirm my preconceptions, but rather to be shaken free of them. 'I am provoked, disturbed' - David L. Ulin on the best books of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Even now, enormous calligraphic roundels in Arabic impose themselves on its cavernous space, affirming that if this is a house of God at all, the commanding spirit is Islam. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z But the apparently amicable outcome in the Cooper-Maisani business may affirm the wisdom that enduring love matches are about compromise, conflict and, when necessary, forgiveness. It’s not my fault, I’m a sex addict! 2012-10-08T20:30:00Z Yet while Mr. Dorsky ends with nature, the image’s moody beauty affirms that this is also very much a representation, a devotional song, art. The Startlingly Beautiful Films of Nathaniel Dorsky 2012-04-13T17:02:18Z Her redemption is announced by an affirming celestial chorus and pealing organ. Music Review: A Review of the Metropolitan Opera?s ?Faust? 2011-11-30T13:23:05Z For those of us looking after babies in a society where workplace discrimination against mothers is standard, there is a disconnect between news affirming the victory of feminist choice and the domestic reality. Jacinda Ardern will be back running a country weeks after giving birth – what does that mean for other women? | Chitra Ramaswamy 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Life sucks, or so this bunch says again and again — affirming it, refuting it, even floating a referendum out to the crowd. Who says “Life Sucks”? Chekhov, through Posner, at Theater J 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “I wanted to just affirm humanness,” Lee said of his play. ‘Driven by the Potential for Joy’: Comedies Are the Thing This Spring 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z But whatever your tastes, it is affirming to see two strong concerts making such different and such excellent cases for themselves, their goals and even the field at large. Review | Facing death, affirming life: Classical music’s yin and yang in one weekend 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z While things are slowly improving, transgender inmates remain locked away and ignored in a system that often refuses to recognize that they are human—let alone affirm their gender identity. “Orange Is the New Black” could help save trans inmate lives: Prisons continue to fail women like Sophia 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z It's unlikely a coincidence that in the midst of this year's gruesome deluge of events, there's been a boom in exuberant, affirming entertainment. A feel-good cheat sheet to survive 2018: Life-affirming TV, movies, podcasts and more 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z What I mean is that ideally, you would be able to show compassion and concern toward a fellow human being without affirming his reprehensible actions. Perspective | Ask Amy: Family member’s arrest causes issue of how to show compassion 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Both 9/11 and the coronavirus crisis brought out a sense of solidarity among New Yorkers that affirms the city’s resilience. Coronavirus Notebook: Finding Solace, and Connection, in Classic Books 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z It was nearly dawn when she and Mr. Peralta stole a kiss, affirming their mutually felt connection. Don’t Fall in Love With Me, She Said. He Wouldn’t Listen. 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z I like to think of Johnson’s lovely collages as the secret objects kids craft in their club houses, to affirm their membership. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The Doctor still affirms his belief in Jah, and this is on balance an upbeat book. ‘The Half That’s Never Been Told,’ by Doctor Dread 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And, on film, Alex Hubbard creates a tarred-and-feathered version of Abstract Expressionism, as if to affirm once and for all that if painting isn’t dead, it should be. Critic?s Notebook: SoHo, Steadfast Bastion for Alternative Works 2011-04-22T03:29:51Z The fact is, it’s not easy to only look within ourselves to affirm our beauty. Why Your Self-Esteem Matters More Than a Compliment 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z He’s not a wistful old man; he’s tense and obdurate even in the presence of pleasant or affirming words. Music Review: Strumming Solo, With the Reverb of a Full Band 2011-04-25T21:59:38Z In the comments of my quizzes people would affirm their results as if they were scientifically proven: “Omg this is so me!” Am I Gay or Straight? Maybe This Fun Quiz Will Tell Me 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “I think literature affirms our shared humanity. It allows us to experience life as seen by others in a way that no other medium can.” The book prizes are coming! The book festival is coming! 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Seeing minorities at the forefront of popular established titles affirms the audience's diversity, not to mention a more accurate representation of how the world looks. TV revivals and inclusive casting: An opportunity that can’t just be skin-deep 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Adams' task as Winnie is to make her struggles seem real as she tries to keep anguish and despair at bay and affirm, in spite of everything, that "this is a happy day." Brooke Adams learns the dirty truth of Beckett's 'Happy Days' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Abetted by the longtime producer and songwriter Babyface, the music stays sparse and cunning; trap percussion and blithe backup voices pop in, affirm her, and vanish. The Playlist: Christina Aguilera’s Bizarre Puzzle, and 13 More New Songs 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Tolstoy left the world in an existential panic, saying: "One must speak out from the top of Golgotha and affirm the truth by suffering and, better yet, by death." John Tavener: 'The days of seven-hour pieces are gone' 2013-07-01T18:00:01Z By the logic of “Certified Copy,” such allusions just affirm the originals’ value. What Makes Kiarostami a Modern Master? Start Here 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z As a result of affirming his Godlessness, he was deselected as a representative Scottish peer in 1880 – a humiliation that preyed on his mind. The Marquess of Queensberry: Wilde's Nemesis by Linda Stratmann – review 2013-04-17T13:00:03Z A portrait of Britain at the end of empire, with a bottomless capacity for the hilarious and ridiculous, it affirms Taylor’s place among the best fictional minds of her generation. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The exhibition affirms what the center as a whole demonstrates: that behind the mythologizing is something worth cherishing, even if it is flawed, complex and still evolving. Critic's Notebook: Buffalo Bill Museum in Wyoming 2012-08-03T19:07:26Z When I look back on it now, that was an awfully convenient position to take for a powerful white male and I wish I had come out sooner in terms of being LGBTQ+-affirming. "As a Woman" author Paula Stone Williams: I was "unaware of my male privilege" until transition 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z In these poignant yet often bitingly funny chapters, Solomon affirms her descent from the African American foremothers who claimed the Black female experience as their literary turf in the second half of the 20th century. Review | ‘The Days of Afrekete’ is a bitingly funny novel with echoes to ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z In affirming its decision, the court declared that “the rights of the mother cannot be privileged over those” of the fetus. These pro-lifers are fine when women die 2013-05-30T14:37:00Z That the same quotation can be purchased on mouse pads and coffee cups does nothing if not affirm Gibbon’s wisdom. Books of The Times: ‘The Son,’ a Novel by Philipp Meyer 2013-06-19T21:01:43Z These affirm that employees are involved by mutual consent and aware of the company’s policies on relationships and harassment. Work Advice: After a breakup, breaking the news at the office 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Rather than compete for her, they pledged to forget her and affirm their lasting friendship. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Thus she acknowledges the lure of faraway places while affirming that her emotional compass always points homeward. Oz Revisited – Part 5: What’s the Matter With Kansas? 2013-09-20T20:09:43Z How do I distill this information, these stories into something affirming? Family history, distilled: My ancestor Nathan "Nearest" Green, Jack Daniel's and my dad's sobriety 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The moral compass is always clear for both of us — to affirm the dignity of loving relationships and to respect the health and privacy of women. I don’t know how to be Catholic any more 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Featuring 24 artists and bands, this album from Aya World Productions affirms all families’ common humanity while also emphasizing the particular achievements and goals of people of color. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z In a statement Friday, Project Veritas lawyer Elizabeth Locke hailed the ruling as “a victory for the First Amendment for all journalists and affirms the sanctity of the attorney-client relationship.” Judge upholds ruling against NYT over Project Veritas memos 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z One critic wished that Vogt had focused “more on the harmless side of the children’s powers,” an indication of how strong the desire is to affirm childhood as a time of incorruptible purity. In ‘The Innocents,’ Kids Behaving Deadly 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z For the rest of us, recreating their swim is far from life or death, but it’s certainly life affirming. Escape from Alcatraz: a swim from the Rock to the San Francisco shore 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “Today’s ruling affirms that the New York Times’ behavior was irregular and outside the boundaries of law.” Judge upholds ruling against NYT over Project Veritas memos 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z For all that, detective fiction, she says, is an inherently optimistic genre, affirming belief in a rational, comprehensible and manageable universe, and she isn't quite ready to confirm Dalgliesh's retirement. P.D. James channels Austen in new murder mystery 2011-12-22T21:04:04Z To be a woman who makes horror films today affirms that “women feel violence and anger,” as Ms. Ducournau told Rolling Stone. A Sisterhood of Scares 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Further, he asserts, adopting Hegel’s terms, that “the being of the players is not being-in-itself, but being-for-us, mediated through the spectators and requiring their recognition in order to affirm the players’ existence.” From Politics to Scandals, Sports Seem to Speak to Our Times 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s a naive and lovely evocation of the power of art — backed up by an affirming work. Music of our time: Washington Chorus offers monumental Glass symphony 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z This novel reads as if its author has been sent here, like Spock aboard the Starship Social Progress, to affirm our principles. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Show business rule No. 1: Never doubt Barbra Streisand, as this week’s music charts affirm once again. Streisand’s ‘Encore’ Tops the Billboard Album Chart 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Every time he names an ingredient, the chef responsible for that piece of the meal affirms, “Yes.” Magic out of mould: inside the world’s wildest restaurant | Jordan Kisner 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Breezeblocks is the sort of idiosyncratic indie we'd imagine bands we've never heard such as Swell Maps or Arab Strap would have purveyed, affirming that there are quixotic imaginations at work here. New band of the day – Alt-J (No 1,275) 2012-05-24T15:26:10Z Director Eric Tucker and playwright Kate Hamill of New York’s Bedlam troupe affirm the richness of theatrical opportunity in Austen’s decorously vibrant characters, in a fluid staging that sparkles with wit and invention. This is how you bring Jane Austen to the stage 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Bassem Samra, co-lead in the film, added: "I felt that even if it might have been my last film, we wanted to affirm our presence as artists and do our job." Cannes 2012: After the Battle, the Egyptian fight for film 2012-05-17T16:11:53Z But it had all the affirming, assertive spirit you could want. Review: For 9/11 Tribute, the Met Opera Returns Home 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Michael Mantlo, at least, can affirm that such homegrown measures have worked for his brother. Comic Character Creators Fight for Cash and Credit 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z This contrasts sharply with the way my friends on Twitter and I experience it: as a quotidian and affirming means of personal interaction and communication. It's complicated: Selfie and A to Z reflect TV's uncomfortable relationship with social media 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z What Ms. De Keersmaeker knows, and what “Work/Travail/Arbeid” resoundingly affirms, is that difficulty and delight are not at odds. As You Take in the Paintings at MoMA, Watch Out for the Piano 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z This one-shot bridge affirms all that by tossing everything they and their stans desire from this Hallmark holiday into a blender and dumping out a gloriously messy yet spectacular dessert. The Harley Quinn twisted Valentine's special brings the raunch and romance to our Hallmark holiday 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z That energy affirms the story's emphasis on a realness that ensures the most heightened moments find their way back to solid ground regardless of circumstance. "Pose" kicks off its final fabulous walk by ratcheting up the nonsense as well as its optimism 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z In Washington, he worked with the Chief Seattle Club, which provides “a sacred space to nurture, affirm and renew the spirit of urban Native peoples,” according to its website. Tram conductor gives Tlingit lessons on ride 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z “There were moments where seeing things through a child’s eyes in a pandemic was deeply, deeply calming and affirming,” Brady says. Perspective | What the ‘return to normal’ means for toddlers who no longer remember ‘normal’ 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z “I seek righteousness,” she replies, “but I’ll take revenge,” an exchange that affirms the story’s bloody course. Review: Denzel Washington Rides High in ‘The Magnificent Seven’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The church was and is very conservative; their theology was that of the Evangelical Free Church of America, which doesn’t affirm women or gay people as pastors or elders. You can have a church or be a free woman – but having both is a struggle 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z He also scored an affirming co-sign from Madonna, who sought Diplo out for a fresh new sound while making this March’s Rebel Heart. How Diplo Is Making Pop Music Weird 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z “Footnote,” a wonderful new film from the American-born Israeli director Joseph Cedar, at once affirms this conventional wisdom and calls it into question. Movie Review: ?Footnote,? a Satire and Family Drama by Joseph Cedar 2012-03-08T17:16:01Z Large-scale paintings like “Method Man” and “James Brown is Dead” continue to affirm his fascination with African-American commerce. Hoop Dreams of His Own Design 2010-12-10T16:55:00Z And now here was a congressman from Tennessee, affirming that the power to act was hers. One of America’s top climate scientists is an evangelical Christian. She’s on a mission to persuade skeptics. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Also Korngoldesque are the glinting dissonances that affirm rather than undermine the diatonic harmony, as if putting floodlights on the chords. Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z In general it affirms that art is always a reflection of the environment that produces it. Art Review: Surfing Art at Nyehaus, Petzel and Metro Pictures 2010-07-22T21:52:00Z They are the locus of tribute and memory; they affirm connections to a place and its past. Museum Review | African Burial Ground Visitor Center: A Burial Ground and Its Dead Are Given Life 2010-02-25T22:31:00Z Reading became a means of escape, and then a means of identifying and affirming who I was in the face of the prison’s oppressive environment. Amanda Knox: By the Book 2013-05-07T18:24:20Z Today, Hollywood’s fascination with de-ageing technology seems to affirm Brando’s bleak premonition, as it continues to insist older actors surrender to its obsession with youth. Over-40 actors still fighting the ageism that stymied Judy Garland 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Your husband would be wise to affirm his affection and devotion to you. Perspective | Ask Amy: Cancer treatment brings on odd requests 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z The song offers mic-drop confirmation of Miranda’s virtuosity as a composer and songwriter while affirming his particular genius as a cultural historian. ‘In the Heights’ Review: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Where gridlock on the 405 can be a stage for a massive, communal, life- affirming dance. Triumphant ‘La La Land’ demonstrates the power of dance to tell a story 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The four artists who are still alive have gone separate ways since their formative years, but Ms. Boas’s selection of later works tends to affirm the group’s early commonality of vision. Art Review: 5 Artists in ‘Energy That Is All Around: Mission School’ 2014-04-24T21:50:22Z She points to hip-hop’s anti-sentimentality, an ethos that prioritizes love of your friends, your “boys” and the often political need to constantly affirm the self as a response in a community that feels attacked. Lonnae O’Neal: Whither the mack-daddies? 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z At the same time, lawsuits by Chinese-Americans began to attack discrimination and affirm citizenship rights. ‘Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion’ Exhibition Opens 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Then Mr. West and his stable were back onstage, affirming the entrepreneurial sentiment “I go for mine/I got to shine” amid a deep, mighty rumble. ArtsBeat: SXSW, Brought to You by G.O.O.D. 2011-03-21T04:23:05Z But on Thursday the inevitable compromises seemed minor compared to the opportunity for audience-building and for affirming the accomplishments of what is surely our city’s most undersung art form. Hollywood Bowl show marks a breakthrough for homegrown L.A. dance troupes 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z “This is what it’s all about,” the text affirms. 3 Picture Books: How to Hike, Camp, Relax in the Great Outdoors 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z In reclaiming "Flying," Young affirms that for him country music wasn't just another '80s mood swing, but an essential building block of his career. Neil Young gets back to the country 2011-06-13T15:53:30Z They want to be affirmed in all the things that television usually affirms: being larger than life, the action, the adventure, the nonsense. ArtsBeat: The Game Never Ends: David Simon on Wearying 'Wire' Love and the Surprising Usefulness of Twitter 2012-04-05T16:14:47Z If hired permanently, museum employees must sign a “statement of faith” affirming their beliefs in AiG’s principles. My Creation Museum quest: A skeptic’s genuine search for faith, science and humanity in a most unlikely place 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z “Which affirms, like many failed takes before it, that the original is about 70% brilliant record and 30% brilliant song,” he wrote. That cover song at the end of "Stranger Things" season 3 has its own back story 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z His latest drawings favor gentleness and modest size while an extraordinary variety of texture, space and light affirm his abiding interest in process and materials. Museum & Gallery Listings for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Yet the ceramics and stone carvings found there affirm cultural and economic exchange between island societies and those on the Caribbean mainland. The Art of Caribbean Exchange, in Gold, Stone or Hardwood 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z His appeal to the Labour party members tends to involve him brandishing his party card and affirming his loyalty to its motto: Putting power, wealth and opportunity into the hands of the many. David and Ed Miliband on sibling rivalry 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z They don’t involve the U.N., they don’t invoke diplomacy, they don’t assert a principle of pacifism but affirm a policy of prudent and patient but ready and robust defense. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z From the first measures of this live recording of the premiere at Minnesota Opera, conducted with impressive cohesion by Lidiya Yankovskaya, the swarming strings and piercing winds affirm that there will be no coddling. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Her interpretation affirms that even at 74, she’s still much more than that. Album review: Wanda Jackson, 'Unfinished Business' 2012-10-08T15:39:00Z These replicas, particularly, affirm that what matters here is less an art work’s appearance than its offering — or how each object expresses and substantiates an enduring friendship. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z He racks up more miles in “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” the seventh entry in a 27-year-old-franchise that repeatedly affirms a movie truism. ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Still Running 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Whether Alaska voters affirm Peltola on Nov. 8 or rank the candidates to reinstate a Republican, for this one week in Washington, there was bipartisan joy over a single election. What good is 16 weeks in Congress? Mary Peltola is about to show us. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Brown, whose parents divorced when he was young, has long claimed -- and his mother affirms -- that his stepfather was physically abusive. Chris Brown finds an unlikely defender 2011-04-05T15:06:00Z The famous Hippocratic Oath affirms that doctors should protect the sick not only from disease but also from “harm and injustice,” and instructs physicians not to prey on patients’ vulnerability for their own gain. Can the Benjamin Rush Society Bring Free-Market Ideas to Medical Schools? 2011-11-03T17:04:58Z It can affirm the human capacity for invention even when death is stalking your studio door. The Saint Who Stopped an Epidemic Is on Lockdown at the Met 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z A final surprise from Todd’s dead beloved mother is somewhat predictable but poignant, freighting the novel’s last pages with an affirming ache. Eli Gottlieb’s ‘Best Boy’ 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z “One thing I hope the production does is affirm the play as a beautiful piece of theater,” he said. ‘All Our Happy Days Are Stupid’ Heads for a New York Run 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z With the country splintered, its institutions shaken, a book documenting a classic American play affirming shared life experiences and bedrock values seems especially timely. ‘Our Town’ debuted in 1938, but it’s still staged everywhere. A new book explains why it’s so timeless. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z This is reality television at its most micro, affirming the belief that everyone is a star in the making and that anyone’s life can be broadly relatable. Television in Review: ?Women, War & Peace? on PBS - Review?Chelsea Settles,? an MTV Reality Show - Review?Reed Between the Lines? on BET - Review 2011-10-10T23:24:44Z Four new books narrated by older siblings adjusting to the arrival of new babies all have the potential to be as affirming to young readers as the milk bottles were to my sister and brother. But I Wanted a Puppy! 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The nature of VHS, Mr. Harris said, made self-documentation “readily available,” so that people who lacked representation could “begin to build a library, an archive, to affirm their existence and that of their community.” Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes? 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z It was wonderful to hear the affirming chorales that end each scene in this epic work, which tells of Jesus’ last days and crucifixion, sung with such full-bodied sound and directness. Oratorio Society of New York Performs ‘St. Matthew Passion’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z And so to be able to get up one day, and to stand up, and to have this void, or this vast openness in between my legs, was just so deeply affirming. “To Live in the World, and Not to Hide”: An Interview with Janet Mock 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Because there is a valid point here: Unless they star Meryl Streep, movies about women are routinely dismissed because they’re about women, as the patronizing term “chick flick” affirms every time it’s reflexively deployed. Kathryn Bigelow: How Oscar Found Ms. Right 2010-03-10T19:14:00Z Concerts require crowds — crowds that sing and dance and cheer and heckle and ultimately affirm that we’re participating in some form of consensus reality. Perspective | Live music is on hold. Life goes on. 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z We weren’t, though, and soon broke up, affirming my suspicion that I wasn’t meant to be with brown men. In My Sari, Kissing the Soccer Coach 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z This sweetheart cartoon for young audiences looks and moves a lot like “Summer Camp Island” — children in mystical environments having adorable, affirming adventures. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Part of that campaign has been affirming a policy of cultural exceptionalism. Abroad: In Age of Globalism, Pardon My French 2010-04-21T22:03:00Z That July, the country band initiated a lawsuit asking the courts to affirm its right to the name “Lady A,” a trademark the band first registered in 2010, according to the complaint. Seattle singer Lady A and former Lady Antebellum band end lawsuits 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Amy, I don't get why you affirm this sort of infidelity. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman wants to turn off the male gaze 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Each time Eric steps outside, though, these screens fall away, and he’s left in a mounting frenzy of life and death, one that affirms its reality with brutal finality. ‘Cosmopolis,’ Directed by David Cronenberg 2012-08-16T21:29:47Z “Our lives matter,” the preacher affirms to a chorus of “Amen.” With zeal, Theater Alliance brings back its Hayes-winning ‘Black Nativity’ 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z But hearing him talk hip-hop and politics affirms the carefully considered values of a longtime traveler. Adam McKay went from Ron Burgundy to Dick Cheney, and it actually makes perfect sense 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The Book itself has a marvelous voice: adult, ironic, affirming at every turn the importance of books as a repository of humanity’s deepest wisdom and highest aspirations. Review | If a book could talk, what would it say? Ruth Ozeki has some ideas. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z A panel comprised of thought-leaders with a variety of opinions gather to affirm one another's positions on policy matters or rebut them. CNN and NBC betray Sunday viewers seeking analysis on damning climate change report 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Throughout the centuries, the elite have used it to affirm their status—the Korean gallery, for example, includes a lavish 1905 court costume made from red wool, as well as two 19th-century rank badges. ‘Dramatic Threads: Textiles of Asia’ Review: The Very Fabric of Asian Societies 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z They’re thoroughly codependent, New York and Los Angeles, and affirm their cultural identities by looking at the other with oscillating dismissal and envy. The Los Angeles Art Scene Looks to the World 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z I’m not the man to affirm or reject its attribution; it is accepted as a Leonardo by many serious scholars, though not all. That $450 Million Leonardo? It’s No Mona Lisa. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z In March 2022, she openly opposed Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which would improve the process by which trans people can legally affirm their gender. J.K. Rowling removed from Museum of Pop Culture exhibit for her transphobic views 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z For Hello Sunshine, “Daisy Jones” could affirm its book-to-screen dominance after its successes with the film “Where the Crawdads Sing” and the Netflix series “From Scratch.” ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ and the Ballad of Making Rock ’n’ Roll TV 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z To that end, he asks hungry consumers to “affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values.” Chick-fil-A starts a culture war 2012-07-23T21:20:00Z The joys of my identity are similar: I am part of a glorious sisterhood that affirms me in a language that transcends geography. Being black in America is not so different from being black in Britain | Bim Adewunmi 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The festival announced half of its feature lineup on Wednesday, also unveiling a new international narrative competition catergory to help further affirm its commitment to showcasing world cinema. Gael García Bernal, Demetri Martin at Tribeca Film Festival 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Seriously, they note, the Wili-style community in “Giselle of Loneliness” has an uplifting resonance, not a somber one, which echoes the affirming dynamic that Pyle and fellow company members have created in Ballez itself. This LGBTQ ‘Giselle’ celebrates individuality, putting a spotlight on non-inclusiveness in classical ballet 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z It was so affirming for me to be recognized as a woman by my church. Since Caitlyn Jenner, Renaming Ceremonies Gain Visibility 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Salahuddin: The whole thing for me just makes me really, it affirms my faith in a higher power because we didn't intend for this thing to come out and be so right on the money. From gas masks to kente cloth, "Sherman's Showcase" Juneteenth special is well-timed and prescient 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z A generous portrayal of a couple’s affirming response to their transgender child. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Yet, while some European designers vamped desire in a kind of cartoonish fashion, we still aren’t seeing much that seems particularly sex positive or even body affirming. The End of Gender 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Instead, it presents tradition as a choice and a resource, affirming a heritage or giving it a personal twist. Globalfest Showcases the Sounds and Traditions of World Music 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z There’s joy in affirming that we are simultaneously so very big and so very small, that having a great life isn’t always about having a big life. Karen Klein: YouTube’s most evil bullying video 2012-06-21T15:45:00Z The moment is vintage Tyler: the epiphany that will surprise no one, a clever rephrasing of conventional wisdom that merely affirms what we already believe. Anne Tyler, Close-Up Artist, Zooms Out for a Novel of Family Rifts 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z But as a low-key, largely amiable comedy that spends as much time critiquing — or gently mocking — wokeness as it does affirming it, it’s in a particularly tricky place. In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Our private reckonings, in their complex formulations, are as fascinating, repulsive and affirming as her fractured narrative of self-harm and eventual healing, “the pale shoots deepening into a rich green as they widened and grew.” Review | A writer turns her suicide attempts and self-harm into lyrical prose with ‘Juliet the Maniac’ 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The shows further affirm that, in the age of the 24-hour news cycle and endless social media feeds, there’s no escape from news of horrific acts of hate, social injustices and inequalities. Afropunk: Feeling Black Activism’s Joy, and Its Pain 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z But the appeals court, affirming the earlier decision, said the rule was not applicable in New York. Kesha Again Blocked From Breaking Contracts With Dr. Luke 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The mainstream view holds as truth that these people were affirming the supremacy of the culture whose clothes they’d adopted. The Making of Black Ivy Style 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z They adjust to some degree to life in America and to the individualistic ethos of American education, but the experience also affirms their sense of Chinese identity. Review: ‘Maineland’ Considers America With Help From Chinese Students 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The gaze is used as a strategy to affirm white superiority. "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is beyond subtitles — and the white gaze 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z “In a Better World” affirms the modern version of this faith — human rights abroad, therapy and wholesome food at home — by subjecting it to a sympathetic critique. | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z The name, when paired with “Wade,” connotes both a historic 1973 Supreme Court case affirming a woman’s right to abortion, and the passionate debate that rages to this day. Top 10 choices (possibly) in the new theater season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z "Their generosity affirms that New Yorkers want the Seaport Museum to survive," said Susan Henshaw Jones, president of the museum, who is also the director of the Museum of the City of New York. ArtsBeat: A Life Raft for Seaport Museum: $500,000 Gift 2013-01-04T14:04:44Z Presumably, at least part of that audience was from the segment of Christianity that affirms a seven-day creation a few thousand years ago. Television Review: Neil deGrasse Tyson Hosts ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ 2014-03-07T23:00:27Z It really is a thrill to discover that, faced as we are with massive urban migration and rapidly expanding slums, there are big success stories that affirm the power of simple ideas. ArtsBeat Blog: An Exhibit at the United Nations on Design That Improves Slums 2011-10-21T19:17:22Z Sure enough, the next day, his former honor returned my call to his cellphone to affirm that assessment. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C. On her weekly E! show “Fashion Police,” Rivers wisely surrounded herself with a panel of “experts” to both affirm her remarks and deflect them. Critic’s Notebook: Loving Joan Rivers meant never having to say you’re sorry If the goal of Daniel’s writing is to affirm the faithful in their commitment to church membership, she’s taken exactly the right tack. Are you SBNR (spiritual but not religious)? 2013-03-02T13:00:00Z “I am absolutely affirming my support for Cynthia Coffman as attorney general,” he said, glowing magnanimously. The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z For many team's supporters, the World Cup becomes an event to affirm one's national identity. Why many soccer fans in the U.S. will be cheering on another team (probably Mexico) 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z There is a religious intention here, called attention to in quotations from the Koran, their calligraphy intertwined with the ornamentation, affirming a unifying power. Exhibition Review: Temptations Found in Gardens of Islamic Delight 2011-05-20T23:27:00Z In his films and his ceaseless explorations, he affirms time as grounded in the rhythm of life rather than measured as a countdown to death. Movie Review: ‘Fragments of Kubelka,’ Directed by Martina Kudlacek 2013-05-02T22:39:52Z The actors in this Vineyard Theater production are bigger than the people you usually see onstage, and there’s something both rebellious and affirming in that. Review: ‘Gigantic’ Takes On a Ton of Teenage Angst 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The collection includes posters with affirming messages and images of courageous black soldiers to stir in its intended audience a sense of national belonging and patriotic pride. TV host's black war posters focus of Pa. exhibit 2013-06-01T15:36:11Z The first thing to do after someone opens up to you is respond in a way that is “affirming and validating,” O’Connor said. How to talk to loved ones when you’re worried about their mental health 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z From dank basement to rain-drenched forest to roaring river, each punishing confrontation reveals a desire to survive that we sense she is only now affirming. ‘Alone’ Review: Catch Her if You Can 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The quartet’s success helped affirm the viability of a musical community that didn’t depend on the major labels and radio conglomerates for its existence. R.E.M. breaks up, leaves behind career that balanced hits, integrity 2011-09-21T21:46:00Z I was quick to affirm his thoughtfulness with reassuring texts, handwritten notes and quiet thank-yous right before we drifted off to sleep. My unreal reality TV romance 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Such museums are monuments, temples mythically recounting an empire’s origins, displaying its accomplishments, affirming its power and its encyclopedic grasp. Critic?s Notebook: To Each His Own Museum, as Identity Goes on Display 2010-12-28T23:04:19Z This restoration of order via Arkham Asylum affirms the overarching inference of the film: Arthur’s descent into violence and destruction is triggered by his mental deterioration. Why Joker's depiction of mental illness is dangerously misinformed 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Yet the Adagio has always found serious listeners who continue to affirm its inherent quality. An Adagio for Strings, and for the Ages 2010-03-05T19:18:00Z There was Jeffrey, a Jewish man who had yearned to be a bar mitzvah, and was able to do so, affirming his heritage. Loren Cameron, 63, Dies; His Camera Brought Transgender Men to Light 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It was funny, bittersweet and affirming — a reminder that the truest friendships last lifetimes. Music Review: Crosby, Stills & Nash’s vocal friendship transcends specter of mortality This event was an affirming celebration of that tradition, as well as a profound statement of our larger communality. ‘The Public Domain’: Cherished Harmony in a Splintered Nation 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z "Sudden Death" affirms the joys of play amid a drowning world. Aztec and European empires collide in the strange and bloody 'Sudden Death' by Álvaro Enrigue 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z She also reported that Cho, who pledged to never endorse a candidate from the pulpit, joined a group of evangelicals who condemning Trump, arguing that his campaign “affirms racist elements in white culture.” Jesus wept: How can you call yourself a Christian if you voted for Donald Trump? 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z What they affirm, most of all, is consensus, an ideal of harmony that isn’t so much apolitical as anti-political, finding expression not in the voting booth but at the box office. Are the Movies Liberal? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z It affirms primitivism as a vehicle to achieve art. At Saison, the hearth’s fire and smoke set the beat for the kitchen 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z But unlike the purses of Canal Street, food copycats may even affirm the value of the real deals and turn an unknown chef who spawns a trend into a household name. One of these is the Cronut. The other is food plagiarism. And you can’t stop it. 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z If Dillon seems driven to a point of obsession, the garden merely affirms that. The curtain falls on Ireland’s most famous private garden 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z I began using “feminisms” to more accurately depict and affirm such a richness of constituencies. Robin Morgan on Why Feminist Is a 21st Century Word 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z During the landmark event, it will "affirm the Dalai Lama's message that, in order to build a peaceful world, there is an urgent need to foster a culture of non-violence and dialogue." Manchester prepares for visit by Dalai Lama 2012-06-13T09:00:00Z "Whether in 'My Fair Lady,' 'Pretty Woman,' or more recent versions of this story, social hierarchies are cemented, rather than challenged, because these narratives tend to affirm the value of the socially dominant position." "He's All That" and why the Pygmalion story is so important to – yet undermines – teen stories 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z She opened with a galvanizing spiritual, “Every Time I Feel the Spirit,” which set an affirming tone. Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z If nothing else, Cannes affirms that there is more to see and think about than Disney and Netflix, the twinned behemoths that increasingly dominate screens and the attention of the entertainment media. At Cannes, the Heartfelt and the Scathing Exist Side by Side 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Collectively, books on Christian manhood have millions of copies, sending the message of an aggressive, testosterone-driven ideal of Christian manhood and affirming the new evangelical identity. From Donald Trump to John Wayne: How to become a hero of the Christian Right 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z For the white guests, who continue drinking and popping Xanax to get through, the results play against their beliefs in America while affirming Chappelle’s cynicism. Saturday Night Live: Dave Chappelle back to see in the Trump era 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Using new pronouns for others affirms who they are and enables them to feel respected and seen. College students are increasingly identifying beyond "she" and "he" 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z But there are also Hollywood movies that seem to me to affirm democratic possibilities without resorting to rosy, increasingly dubious projections of consensus. A Movie House Divided 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z I no longer hope to avoid arousing the demons of racism—I know that such an awakening is an unavoidable result of affirming my own humanity. Obama’s Parting Gift: The Power Not to Fear White Racism 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He wrote music in primary colours and optimistic gestures: even Pastoral, the first movement of a planned Third Symphony, is overwhelmingly affirming, despite the fact he finished it only five days before he died. SCO/Walker ? review 2011-03-21T18:27:39Z “Recovery is a journey that you take each day, and mine has been affirming from a musical standpoint and a community perspective,” McCready said in a statement. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready to be honored with all-star concert in Seattle 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s an affirming day for people like Precious Davis, a biracial transgender woman who is sitting on a couch beneath giant silver balloons that spell out the word “LOVE” in capital letters. Exclusive: Inside Miley Cyrus' Photo Shoot With People Across the Gender Spectrum 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Freethinking child psychiatrists preached tolerance, defining these acts as the Nineties’ version of the World War II graffitist’s “Kilroy Was Here,” affirming the autonomous self in a volatile age. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Jordan wanted him to affirm that Google wouldn’t help former vice president Biden. Perspective | Tech titans gave their House testimony virtually. But it was the congressmen who departed from reality. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z But Dr. Bambach, as a scholar, is careful to couch her claims, even as she affirms them. How a Curator Attributed This Drawing to Michelangelo 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z I affirm your life choices, even as contemplating the emotional labor required makes me want to pass out. Who would have guessed that "What We Do In the Shadows" would provide a clear model of polyamory? 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Upon attending St. Mike’s, Mr. Earley said, “That was just it for me. It was the most affirming moment in adulthood for what a religious life could be.” Relationships with Grandmothers (and God) Drew Them Closer 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z There are those for whom this magazine is really affirming. Q&A: Real Simple's Editor on the Frazzled Life of a Working Mom 2010-04-15T08:00:00Z Other media outlets, including “GMA,” subsequently stepped up and allowed Owens to have his say, which he did by affirming the worthiness of honorable work for all people who can get it — men and women. Norm Macdonald has a show. But when hasn’t he? That’s the problem 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But at the same time the idea that movies might ennoble their audiences and even improve us as we watch them, affirms a faith in cinema that is almost Utopian. 2010-01-22T20:27:00Z Brown aspired through his illustrations to “affirm lessons that children of all colors need to learn,” Hart said. Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown: A Children’s Book Deferred 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In his new Netflix special, "Baby J: A Wide-Ranging Conversation," the gifted comic affirms that nothing his online detractors could ever do will rival his own powers of self-destruction. John Mulaney's "Baby J" is the latest cancellation comedy reframing a controversial narrative 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z It’s a riveting television moment, even now — or maybe especially now — watching a diverse bunch of children affirm, “I May Be Poor/But I Am Somebody/I May Be Young/But I Am Somebody.” Why "Sesame Street" was always my street 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The affecting conclusion of “She Kills Monsters” affirms it as more than a glib riff on nerd culture. ‘She Kills Monsters’: A daring journey into the world of Dungeons & Dragons There are a few funny moments in “Jack and Jill,” most of them celebrity cameos that also serve to affirm what a cool, connected celebrity Mr. Sandler is. | 'Jack and Jill': Adam Sandler in ?Jack and Jill? - Review 2011-11-10T23:57:03Z In showcasing people who are persistent, clever, flawed, loving, struggling and full of contradictions, “Broke” affirms why it’s worth solving the hardest problems in our most challenging cities in the first place. ‘Broke’ Chronicles a City Out of Cash and Awash in Desperation 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z "You know what, we're just really tired tonight. Let's order some life affirming pizza." Nora McInerny rejects the cult of positivity that demands we get over grief: "Bitch, how?" 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z |
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