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...extremely different from me in real life,” Lowe says. While Bradshaw finds the underground night scene novel and intriguing, it has grown repetitive for Lowe. “I sadly make a habit of finding myself trashed outside of a club wearing a dress, with my stiletto trapped in the drain,” he says. Beyond these personality differences, Lowe has found it difficult not to come off as “cocky” when speaking “American.” “Maybe cockiness is part of my ingrained stereotype...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It's Getting Hot in Here (Here being the Loeb Mainstage) | 11/14/2002 | See Source »

...emotion on the set." What he is happiest about, adds Yuen, is that the script made the three women "quite distinct" from one another. Mok is the earnest one, Zhao acts playful, while Shu Qi is the diabolical knockout, high kicking in her 10-cm stiletto heels. "It's a difficult thing to do, write about three women and the kind of relationship they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Triple Whammy | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...know from the internet that everything has its freaks. There are freaks for Legos, for presidential graves and for women who kill rodents with stiletto heels. But with the Internet, you always suspect that these people are half ironic, that part of their fun is pretending to be obsessed. The Lewis and Clark fanatics, for the most part, do not build fan sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have You Ever Tried Ashcakes? | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...stage directions by Salvador Dali. Each of the teams is led out by the silicone jiggle of a "ladyboy" (Thailand's English term for transsexuals) to the off-key oom-pah-pahs of the prison brass band. Stubble shows through sweat-beaded pancake as the transsexuals teeter in stiletto heels on the turf. Miss Nigeria has an Afro wig, Miss England a ball gown and crown. Miss Japan is mincing in a kimono. Miss America has a jerry-rigged hula skirt that threatens to fall down. A thick papier-machE chain is snipped with giant scissors, and its two halves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaaoooool! | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

Miss Harvard should embody fitness. In order to accentuate my calf muscles, I decided to parade around in four-inch stiletto heels. As I practiced walking up and down Winthrop House’s F entry, I felt like an elephant on a tightrope—the diameter of the heel’s base was only one centimeter. Apparently, women walk on their tiptoes; if you put any weight on the heel it’s likely to crack under the pressure, especially if you have turkey-shaped thighs like me. As I grew more comfortable, I added sass...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The True Confessions of Miss Harvard | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

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