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...constrained by social-sexual normative behavior. I think, Ms. WBT, that your ethical self-redemption hinges on the fact that you had no idea of the “goings-on.” But come on, Ms. Matlock. The creepy furniture and leering shopkeep. The alternately repressed and navel (fly?)-gazing or flushed-faced and elated-yet-guilty clientele? Body language! Back to sixth grade with you! Plus, you shopped there?! You’re the first one I’ve met. Strange, Ms. WBT. I think there’s something else that you really wish...
...women, one man, all standing in black with their fingers clasped, bouncing to the beat behind their backs sang with their chins up and their lips curled. “Look how happy they are!”Energy fed dance—by the third song even the navel-gazers tapped their toes. The better three of them in front of me traded elbow nudges and head nods. One wore white, the other black, and the third stepped back as if to judge. A duel ensued.The soldier in black stood a few inches taller. She churned her arms, dropped...
...click away--is cashing in on the look of the moment, some Young Turk will thrust a seemingly absurd idea onto the runway and turn the multibillion-dollar global business on its head. Prada did it when she introduced that ladylike look just as every fashionista was baring her navel. And a year ago, Italian designer Stefano Pilati gave the crowd at his debut Yves Saint Laurent show a jolt when he suggested the awkward silhouette of short, tulip-shaped skirts and puff-sleeved blouses. The audience left the show cursing and returned six months later dressed head...
Wolff's time is the '70s, a decade of convalescence, navel watching and delayed-stress syndrome. In Soldier's Joy, one veteran of the lost war tries to get another to surrender a rifle after he threatens to shoot himself. The would-be savior complains about the confusion "back in the world," vet talk for home. But he too is deeply disturbed. "You think you've got problems," he says to the distraught man. "There's nothing wrong with you that a little search-and-destroy wouldn't cure...
...smidgen of the 17 sq. ft. of skin that covers an average human escapes his hypotheses. Brooke Shields' full eyebrows and the small noses sported by contemporary male matinee idols both have something to do with the rise of feminism in the West. "The shape of the female navel has changed in recent years," Morris announces, a statement that, if true, ought to make headlines the world over. But worrying about such matters as truth is a function of the brain, an organ that does not fall within the fleshly delights of Bodydwatching...