Word: maleness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt. Two contemporary British scholars, one male, one female, try to collect evidence about a presumed love affair between two Victorian poets, one male, one female. Antonia Byatt, who until recently has been known chiefly as Margaret Drabble's older sister, comes into her own as a novelist (and romancer) of dazzling inventiveness...
Hardly anyone managed to see these signs, however, since they were so quickly removed. A member of our group actually saw a male undergraduate disposing of one sign in the trash. This individual is, furthermore, a member of the Harvard-Israel Public Affairs Committee (HIPAC), and while COP accepts HIPAC's statement that his act was not official group policy, the question remains as to why he felt compelled to do what...
...servants, Hollywood remembers the less fortunate. On this year's dole list are the American Indian (Dances with Wolves), the mentally bereft (Awakenings), the Nisei interned during World War II (Come See the Paradise) -- noble victims all, and all seen through the dewy eyes of a white male star (Kevin Costner or Robin Williams or Dennis Quaid) who elevates their plight by suffering along with them...
Offstage, the distant thunder of great events. In the background, an exotic city, sleepless, decadent and aswarm with corrupt and conniving characters. In the foreground, a displaced American male hides his latent idealism under a shady manner, and a displaced European woman hides her latent sexuality under the guise of loyalty to her husband and the outlawed political cause to which he has made a passionate and dangerous commitment...
...popular male ponytail, which is hanging in there. But a greasy look and gangster chic are offering strong challenges. What next? Heard of baldness...