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Reject modernity and embrace the tradition of watching Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen getting wasted on live tv once again.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Impressions of the week: Overall, this season successfully married tradition with modernity, presenting collections that were both timeless and forward-thinking.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
Now in its 11th year, the nine-course menu features both traditional and homegrown recipes, curated to juxtapose heritage with modernity.
—Natalie Keng, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Similarly, we’re told that this island has been struggling with modernity, experiencing an existential crisis because its age-old traditions and seemingly unchanging ways are being encroached upon by technology and outsiders.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Impressions of the week: Overall, this season successfully married tradition with modernity, presenting collections that were both timeless and forward-thinking.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
Now in its 11th year, the nine-course menu features both traditional and homegrown recipes, curated to juxtapose heritage with modernity.
—Natalie Keng, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Similarly, we’re told that this island has been struggling with modernity, experiencing an existential crisis because its age-old traditions and seemingly unchanging ways are being encroached upon by technology and outsiders.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Modernity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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