Category Archives: framing

Choose the wide lens

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Students will stand on their heads when they enter my class in three weeks. I will be urging them to view communication through a wide lens. Most of us find it more fun to examine life through the prism of … Continue reading →

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Because we have no government

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

We spent last week visiting Maine, where a relative recently moved into assisted living. My father-in-law combed through papers, photographs, trinkets, cabinets and boxes at our relative’s house, while neighbors sorted through memories to save and give away. We found … Continue reading →

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Down to the bones

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery
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Just 5 more minutes

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A news article on chronic tardiness struck a chord. Seems that being late isn’t necessarily a character flaw. Or passive-aggressive behavior.

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You name it, you own it

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

When a 9200-year-old skeleton was uncovered along the Columbia River in 1996 scientists and journalists dubbed the ancestor Kennewick Man. Local tribes bristled at the naming, preferring to call the skeleton The Ancient One, or Oyt.pa.ma.na.tit.tite, according to scholar David … Continue reading →

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Redskins: bad for business

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A new argument emerged this week when a pair of researchers claimed the name of the Washington DC football team, The Redskins, is bad for business. Denizens from Indian Country say the name is offensive and denigrates indigenous North Americans. … Continue reading →

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Spoonful by spoonful

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Calling myself a weekend Buddhist seems to fit. I’m afraid to stray too far from my Indian upbringing. And I’m afraid to commit to a single way of knowing. Truth is, my spiritual upbringing was obscure: difficult to discern.

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When viewers panic

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The FCC—the Federal Communications Commission—says it will fine media production companies $1.9 million dollars for airing a movie trailer last year for the film Olympus has Fallen. I just caught a news report announcing the FCC said the trailer broadcasts … Continue reading →

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Show your pits

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

You gotta hand it to Dove. The beauty behemoth is launching a new campaign aimed at the armpit. And what better place for lift-off than the Motherland. New Jersey.

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Just another addict

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

About a year ago a smart and cheeky piece on addiction changed my perspective. The last time I thought about taking heroin was yesterday, wrote Russell Brand in 2013. Sober and drug-clean for a decade, Brand talks with self-deprecating humor … Continue reading →

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