When Dionne Monsanto was pregnant, she decided that she wanted to find a name that means “blessing” for her daughter. Though Monsanto—a Black American—has no specific ties to South Africa, she chose the name Siwe, an adaptation of the Zulu name Busisiwe.
Siwe grew to be a talented artist. “She was brilliant. She was beautiful. She was a writer. She was a guitar player. She was a dancer,” her mother says. Read More...
The Somali-born model’s mom, Marian Abdulmajid, is dead. She announced on Twitter Friday, April 1, 2016 “Saddened by the death of my mom Maryan Baadi. May Allah grant her the highest jennah #ripmaryanbadi,” wrote David Bowie's widow. Iman, 60, has not specified the cause of her mother’s death. She also pleaded with the public to respect her family's privacy as they mourn. ADVERTISEMENT
"I beg that you respect our family's privacy during our time of grief," Read More...
War crimes are as old as war, and thus as old as mankind itself. Homer’s Iliad—Western civilization’s first great work of literature—is about one, after all. It chronicles Achilles’ inexorable moral collapse during the last days of the Trojan War. His prolonged ethical erosion and self-debasement culminates in a vile transgression: the desecration and mutilation of Hector, Troy’s greatest hero, whom Achilles had just vanquished in battle.
But one variety of repugnant battlefield behavior—a twist on the timeless yet now morally unacceptable practice of plundering enemy corpses for keepsakes, whether equipment or flesh—is uniquely modern: the trophy shot. Read More...
