Sentences with phrase «as taboo a subject»

But — reason # 2 — doubt is about as taboo a subject as you can bring up in church.

«British people can be very uncomfortable talking about death, and suicide in particular is often perceived as a taboo subject,» explains Dr Pitman.

It is also important to stop thinking about hooking up as a taboo subject.

So many charities and organisations have realised the importance of talking about mental health to ensure it is no longer seen as a taboo subject or something to be ashamed of.

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In much the same way that we need comedians of different racial backgrounds, female comedians can tackle subjects that are taboo, or that white male comedians can't address with as much insight or depth.

As the stigma around mental health begins to break in the mainstream media, one employment lawyer in Hampshire is urging businesses to tackle the previously «taboo» subject.

The post «war «taboo» on serious discussion of the Holocaust was not broken by the 1967 Arab «Israeli war, as he repeatedly asserts, but by the Eichmann Trial of 1960 «62, as every serious account of this subject notes.

Jules suggests to me that as many as eighty per cent of techies are religious, but that this number is highly uncertain because the subject matter is taboo among most modern scientists; it's not something we talk about in our daily working lives.

Will doubt become a less taboo subject among Christians as more and more writers confront it?

We are not using God's Word, the Bible, when trying to educate people, Christians and non-Christians, about what God has to say about caring for the poor, racism (a taboo subject in many evangelical circles), and articulating moral principles like the immoral budget proposed by Ryan - Romney as well as many other societal issues.

Suicide remains a taboo subject, even though there are about as many suicides in the nation each year as there were American deaths in the entire Vietnam war.

And then comes: the taboo subjects; talking about people as if they are not there (or as if they are an «issue», not a person); assuming everyone (who counts) is of a certain race, ability, class, language, sexuality or gender; various non-biblical behavioural rules; the targeted enforcement of church rules (whether «biblical» or not) on particular groups; and the general reluctance to see things from another's perspective (even if this is a skill that churchgoers use all day, every day, outside thw church).

I escape censorship because my book flies under the radar by dealing with such obviously taboo subjects as teenage prostitution.

Political talk is often seen as one of those no - go subjects; a taboo topic that shouldn't be raised in polite company, (particularly not with someone you've just begun dating!).

Many find sex between seniors and romance a taboo subject and it's hard for people to imagine older daters to be as sexual as someone in their twenties and thirties, but as many know, it's important to have a full and active life to really enjoy every aspect of a relationship.

Based on Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel 2002 «The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures,» the film bravely and brazenly turns its taboo subject matter — the sexual awakening of a teenage girl — into a funny, smart and honest story that entertains as much as it educates.

And Pan's Labyrinth did win plenty of technical awards, but its subject matter wasn't nearly as taboo or off the beaten path as The Shape of Water is.

Ball's remarkably frank approach to a number of decidedly taboo subjects - rape plays an increasingly key role as the movie unfolds - is generally allayed by the undercurrent of darkly comedic elements, though it's ultimately Bishil's exceptionally strong performance that holds the viewer's interest throughout the movie's admittedly uneven running time.

It's interesting to think about Philadelphia, dated and slightly stereotypical as it is, as a product of its time and an effort to broach a taboo subject in light of today's cultural movement in Hollywood for diversity in storytelling.

The movie and story isn't as powerful and gripping as Gone Girl, but it's still a dark and twisted tale dealing with taboo subjects and interesting characters.

For this irreverent adventure essentially undermines itself via ill - advised departures into such taboo subjects as child molestation and date rape, all in search of a cheap joke.

But, shot by Preminger in knife - sharp black and white on actual government and Washington D.C. locations with the co-operation of the Kennedy White House — it looks like noir, feels like noir, and is as murderously frank and coolly unabashed about taboo subjects as «Double Indemnity» or «The Maltese Falcon.

National leaders of teachers unions, long opposed to change, are willing to talk about once - taboo subjects such as making it easier to get weak teachers out of classrooms.

As a matter of fact, my new ebook «The New Power of American Women» is intentionally provocative because I challenge typical taboo subjects and beliefs about women.

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Working across a variety of media (with the gridded «photo - work» becoming their signature format), they have taken life to be their primary subject, placing taboos such as sex, religion, race, and class at the heart of their work.

It may sound like a gimmick, but this subversive, punkish invention allowed Baselitz to smuggle in taboo subject matter such as Nazi eagle insignia, and so deal with Germany's traumatic past.

Seen as a question the exhibition seeks to expose, either directly or symbolically, a prompt for conversation around the particularly taboo subject of death in contemporary society.

Formed in Toronto in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal, General Idea is internationally recognized for work that tackled such subjects as the myth of the artist, the role of mass media, the relationship between the body and the identity, issues of gender and sexual repression, and famously HIV / AIDS activism at a time when talking about the disease was a taboo.

In the Middle East, many subjects — such as the ones you explored recently in your paintings — are still taboo.

Despite a cultural taboo, Namdakov has addressed the subject of Genghis Khan, sculpting the great Mongolian leader in bronze (2003, 2011) and acting as art director in the film Mongol (2007), for which he received Russia's Nika Award for Best Art Direction.

As for the narrative scenes that he depicts, they too are ostensibly African: Armitage travels to his homeland to derive inspiration while making drawings and watercolour sketches, and his finished paintings often foreground aspects of East African culture, such as indigenous folklore, issues surrounding mental health, or the taboo subject of homosexualitAs for the narrative scenes that he depicts, they too are ostensibly African: Armitage travels to his homeland to derive inspiration while making drawings and watercolour sketches, and his finished paintings often foreground aspects of East African culture, such as indigenous folklore, issues surrounding mental health, or the taboo subject of homosexualitas indigenous folklore, issues surrounding mental health, or the taboo subject of homosexuality.

Now, to the list of taboo subjects she's taken on, Ms. Semmel can include representing herself matter - of - factly as a naked, older woman.

The most thorough and wide - reaching survey of the representation of the nude in American visual culture yet published, Dijkstra's book explores the history of the subject from its earliest manifestations in the paintings of John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West to the taboo - shredding imagery of late 20th - century artists such as Alice Neel, Robert Mapplethorpe, Eric Fischl, and John Currin.

Minimalist geometry is used as an empty shell into which controversial or taboo subject matter relating to gender, race and history is inserted.

While the subject was regarded as taboo only five years ago, the normalisation of geoengineering as a legitimate response to global warming is now proceeding rapidly.

The entry also addresses several traditionally taboo subjects, such as the influence of LSD on the drafting of the Constitution and the role of funk - slaves in painting the White House black.

There are no real taboos as far as subject matter goes, but think carefully about questions on salary or bonuses, as it could leave the interviewer with the sense money is your primary motivation.