To the editor: Thanks to Robin Abcarian for her column on the weasel word “problematic.” For years the use — now ubiquitous — of the word itself been deeply, well, problematic. The best demonstration ...
My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word "problematic" occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling with some twenty- and thirty-somethings at an outdoor birthday party in ...
A new McGill study suggests that problematic social media use among teens is in part related to broader social inequalities. Zékai Lu, a Ph.D. student in McGill's Department of Sociology and author of ...
My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word “problematic” occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling with some twenty- and thirtysomethings at an outdoor birthday party in ...
In a group chat about astrology, there would always be one member who is muted “being a lot”. As it is in any zodiac discussion, the matter that gets the most consistent responders is which sign is ...
Smartphones allow us to have information available at our fingertips, in addition to offering portability, convenience, and a sense of privacy. However, overuse of such devices may create a sense of ...
Ben Stiller promotes his movie "Tropic Thunder," deemed by some as "problematic" for its portrayal of certain characters, in Paris in 2008. (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press) To the editor: Thanks to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Tropic Thunder" director/actor Ben Stiller in 2008 promoting the problematic movie, in which Robert Downey Jr. wears blackface.