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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Jenni Young

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The complicated Chinese family tree - 1 views

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    video
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If these knishes could talk - first 10 minutes - 1 views

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    First ten minutes of a film about the New York accent
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If these knishes could talk - 1 views

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    A film about the New York accent will have its premiere on 16 May 2013. Some trailers and excerpts.
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Do They Really Tawk Like That? Not Now - 1 views

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    A new documentary examines the way that different immigrant groups adapted to speaking in New York City (NYT article)
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Our Hunger for the Obscene Details - 0 views

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    Sasha Weiss on the Cleveland Victims and Our Hunger for the Obscene Details: "I can't help asking, for whom, and for what purpose, were these details publicized? Why do I need to know what I now know?" (from New Yorker)
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A Code-Switching Tour Of L.A.'s Chinatown - 0 views

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    Calvin Ho, a graduate student at UCLA who studies immigrant communities, visualizes code-switching.
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Crunching The Numbers On Blacks' Views On Gays - 0 views

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    from Code Switch, an NPR blog
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How Different Cultures Handle Personal Space - 0 views

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    from Code Switch, an NPR blog
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For Some Young Latinos: Donkey Jaws And Latino Roots - 0 views

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    The process of integrating into mainstream America is a complex one if you are an immigrant. Often, people lose touch with their country of origin. A report about retro-acculturation or cultural straddling.
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Will Spanish Thrive Or Decline In The U.S.? - 1 views

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    from Code Switch, an NPR blog
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What's New And Not New About Jason Collins Coming Out - 0 views

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    Jason Collins, a veteran NBA center, has become the first male professional athlete in the four major American sports leagues to come out as gay. Collins wrote a first-person account posted Monday on Sports Illustrated's website. (from Code Switch, and NPR blog)
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On Behalf Of [BLANK] People Everywhere ... - 0 views

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    Cleveland prosecutor Victor Perez stepped into the familiar ethnic spokesman role when he distanced the city's Puerto Rican population from Ariel Castro, who is accused of kidnapping several women (from Code Switch, an NPR blog about race, culture and ethnicity)
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Words that last - 0 views

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    A research team led by Mark Pagel at the University of Reading in England has identified 23 "ultraconserved words" that have remained largely unchanged for 15,000 years (Washington Post)
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Killing Us Softly - 0 views

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    Video documentary about the portrayal of women in advertising. Jean Kilbourne (2010)
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Virginia Woolf: Shakespeare's Sister - 0 views

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    Speech on women and fiction delivered at Cambridge University 1928
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An impassioned call to action - 0 views

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    Novelist Kate Mosse considers Virginia Woolf's speech on Women and Fiction
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