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...dozen pinned to their blousy satin suits. They even made it big in China during the Cultural Revolution when Mao-adorned pendants were the symbol of revolutionary coolness. Then the multinationals, elementary schools and junior athletic leagues took over and un-cooled the button. They became big and plastic, and their messages lost out to corporate hype and photo badges of 8-year-old softball players. Until now. Yes, the classic aluminum beauties are back. Kitschy slogans and retro cartoons decorate the small, round pins that reign again on the streets of fashion-conscious England and Holland. But no country...
...most important thing to a person… I find it especially amusing that the Cosmo girls held a press conference to announce a full month in advance that he’ll be naked in the issue—which will, of course, be wrapped in plastic bags...
...flat, northeastern nose. For $240, a doctor raised the bridge to give her a Western profile. Then, Lek laid out $1,200 for plumper, silicone-filled breasts. Now, the 22-year-old is saving to have her eyes made rounder. By the time she has finished her plastic surgery, Lek will have lost all traces of the classical Thai beauty that propelled her from a poor village to the brothels of Bangkok. But she is confident her new appearance will attract more customers. "I look more like a luk kreung, and that's more beautiful," she says...
...unanimously declared, “Daphne.” I am so not Daphne… Steve Buscemi got stabbed in the throat in a bar brawl this past weekend. Yikes! According to his publicist, he’s “ok” and currently looking for plastic surgeons to attend to his wounds… www.pimpwar.com. It’s got sass… Supposedly blond curly boys are the hot new models on the runway. And this is just after Justin Timberlake shaved off his flaxen locks. Tragedy… Speaking of Timberlake, he?...
Though the book has its shortfalls, they are minimized if one reads it in textbook fashion, a section a week. Galeano’s catalogue of “plastic delights, plastic dreams,” will gradually build up and the world will indeed slowly begin to seem Upside Down...