Culture - xoJane

YOU'LL HAVE TO PRY THEM FROM MY COLD, DEAD, (LUCKY) HANDS: Feng Shui, Numbers And All The Chinese "Superstitions" My Mother Taught Me

Louise Hung — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Do I realize that all this sounds a little cray cray? Sure, but it's my family's cray cray and I'll defend it with every ounce of good chi I have in me.

What "Gangnam Style" Really Means -- From Someone Who Lived There

Erica Han Jin — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Millions of people have now watched the Gangnam style video; most have no idea that the song mocks the Gangnam lifestyle: the excessive pursuit of image, good looks, success and affluence.

What Women's Media Needs to Know About Chassidic Women

Chaya — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:00:38 -0400

When you slam Orthodox Jews because you think you're defending or somehow liberating the women of our communities, you're actually doing us a huge disservice.

The Zen of Butt-Head

Jess — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:00:08 -0400

Beavis and Butt-Head are the 90s answer to Warhol’s soup cans: culture so absurdly stripped-down that at first it looks like an insult.

The Last Time I Worked from Home (A 9/11 Story)

Lesley — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:00:10 -0400

I tried to write something about my new workspace, but it turned into a rumination on September 11 and our changed national culture. I don't know why this surprises me.