Most refreshing, the FT does not lose itself in the mire of myopic American culture wars, which very rarely breach the surface of material politics and/or economics. ICYMI: A NYT article about Twitter got lot of pushback from journalistsĬompared to the Times, the reporting is usually more in-depth the reporters generally have more expertise the coverage is more comprehensive both geographically and substantively even the op-eds are better (likely because they are far fewer, and they’re not used to pad the paper with “content”-confessionals, puff pieces, listicles-rather than reporting). It covers the world as it is-a global battle not of ideas or values, but of economic and political interests. The answer is simple: by literally any measure, the Financial Times is just a better paper. This makes me something of a curiosity among my colleagues at traditional media institutions-staffed largely by liberals-so I often find myself explaining my preference for the pink paper of liberal capitalism over the Gray Lady of cultural liberalism. I’m a writer, though my biggest audience comes from the listenership of Chapo Trap House, a popular leftist comedy podcast. I take care to read the kidding-not-kidding op-eds from wealthy people demanding that children be banned from restaurants and art museums.Īs a “big S” Socialist, my reading habits often surprise liberals.
If it’s the weekend edition, I even read most of House & Home, whose editors seem to have an incredibly generous definition of “real estate,” making room for topics like homelessness and wildlife conservation. I drink my coffee and proceed to read the entirety of the Financial Times, excluding the particularly dense bits of the Companies & Markets section. I then walk back to my apartment, look at the front page of the New York Times for approximately five to eight seconds, and throw the whole thing in the garbage with contempt. I feed them, make coffee, and walk barefoot and unwashed (mug in hand) through my apartment building’s common hallway to the front door, where I pick up my New York Times and my Financial Times.
I thank them for the moral support regarding my decision to wear a qipao.Every morning that I’m not hungover, I wake up around 8am, because that is when my two cats start howling for breakfast.
The South China Morning Post quoted someone in the Wenxue City News as saying, "Really don't understand the people who are against (Daum), they are wrong!" The person added an invitation: "I suggest the Chinese government, state television or fashion company invite her to China to display her cheongsam!"ĭaum, in an email to China Daily, said she has been "overwhelmed by the many people from China who have both reached out to me and have posted to social media their viewpoints. "It has a retro sort of classic feel." Another woman, looking at the photo, said it "looks really good." Vlogger Winston Sterzel, in a YouTube video posted Wednesday, walks through a street in China asking people whether it's OK if foreign women wear the qipao while showing them a photo of a woman wearing the dress. Mom explains: Mom of Utah teen who wore controversial Chinese dress explains prom photos The cheongsam: Chinese prom dress draws rage, but Utah student said she meant no harm We all support her," China Daily reported. User Xiaoxiongnaicha told the Weibo world that, "As a Chinese, we all very proud and delighted to share our cultural fashions with anyone around the world. "Can anyone living in the US let the girl know that many Chinese people think she looks stunning in this beautiful dress?" "It is not cultural appropriation, it's cultural appreciation," a user named Wuyiya wrote, China Daily notes.
Watch Video: How prom trends have evolved over the decadesĪ Utah teen's decision to wear a traditional Chinese-inspired dress to her prom threw Americans into a tizzy over its cultural appropriation.īut it turns out people from mainland China are supportive of Keziah Daum's use of the traditional cheongsam, or qipao, which drew an uproar when she posted a photo of her red dress on Twitter last month.Ĭ reported Daum was lauded on the Chinese social media website Weibo, where many complimented the dress and stamped out any negative suggestion of cultural insensitivity.
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