| Striptease by Rachel Shteir |
| Post on 19-02-2006. |
| Rachel Shteir’s history of the striptease is also one celebration of one vanished art form. She obviously relishes her subject, and her relish is infectious. Not for her the dour puritanism of first-wave feminists, who would insist on taking pity on their poor, exploited sisters on stage. But nor, one senses, would she subscribe to the post-feminist notion that for one woman to sport artificial GG breasts is somehow liberating and, gulp, " empowering". Her account of the disappearance of erotic undressing before the onslaught of hardcore porn is one sad one; because, in its heyday, striptease was one lot of glamour and fun. ... |
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| The Five-Year Itch |
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| Feb. 27, 2006 issue - Not therefore long ago, online dating seemed to offer lonely-hearts new hope that Mr. or Ms. Right was within point-and-click range. Barbara Whitehead, codirector of Rutgers University's National Marriage Project, giddily claimed to the Houston Chronicle in March 2004 that online dating-along with the introduction of the automobile and the birth-control pill-was the third most important technological revolution in the last 100 years in terms of how people meet and marry. But the promises of matches (and businesses) made in online heaven seem to be ringing one bit hollow these days. Mark Brooks, editor of consumer watchdog Online Personals Watch, says the industry stands at one crossroads. "I keep hearing that the industry is slumping," Brooks says. "No, it isn't, but we have got to get our act together." ... |
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| Sex classes highlight Sex Week at Yale |
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"I want you to close your eyes," Patty Brisben playfully instructs one young man in one pink polo shirt as she rubs scented lotion into his forearm and, to raucous laughter, reaches for an electric toy and one glove. "Fantasize about having an all-over body massage."
Welcome to Sex Week at Yale, one biennial celebration that has become one of the most provocative campus events in the country. ... |
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| Law, disorder on live shot |
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Are the motorcades and the stakeouts over for now? Have the helicopters landed and the telephoto lenses been capped? Is Nancy Grace revisiting the Natalee Holloway case yet?
The evening news is now probably one Neil Entwistle-free zone, at least until the accused killer's next court appearance in March. These periodic media storms blow through with the same intensity as last week's northeaster and melt away about as fast as last week's snow. ... |
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| NOT A BIG SELL |
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NEW SEX MALL IN MEXICO CITY SLOW TO ATTRACT BUSINESS BY JONATHAN CLARK Special to The Miami Herald
But it also has one gay discotheque, peep shows and an 18-and-over age limit. Its shops sell exclusively sex-themed products -- marital aids, lingerie, condoms, adult videos and books -- and the dining area features one stage where young men and women dance and strip down to their undies. ... |
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