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...should remain, a central symbol of what is surely the most immoral and misguided military adventure in American history. All I am arguing here is that Morris?s manner of relating this story is very often quite inappropriate to its substance. It is a sordid and appalling tale and what it demands is almost an anti-style - rough, crude, grim, technically poor imagery unrelieved by sleek, slick fancy work. If you are going to rub our noses in this ugliness, you must not let up until, perhaps, we have learned our lesson...
When Dr. Michael Salzhauer became concerned about his plastic surgery practice’s effect on families, he decided to respond in the most effective way possible: by writing a children’s book. Entitled “My Perfect Mommy,” the tale tells of a young girl whose mother undergoes a nose job, tummy tuck, and breast augmentation. Aiming his story at a four- to seven-year-old audiences, Salzhauer is ostensibly attempting to allay the apprehension of children whose mothers go under the cosmetic scalpel. (See correction below...
...garments are meant to fit people, not vice versa? If we teach children as young as four that cosmetic surgery is a panacea for all self-esteem problems, our collective national body image can only become still more distorted. Notice further that fathers and sons are absent from this tale, a fact that sends the decidedly antifeminist message that it is only the female body that must be perfected...
...surprising, then, that Paulistas all have traffic stories to tell. These range from the depressingly familiar - the time it took them two hours to move one city block - to the admiringly audacious - one oft-repeated tale involves a guy throwing a cell phone in the open car window of a girl he fancied, and then calling her to ask for a date. Everyone knows someone who sat so long without moving they gave up and parked their car to wait it out at the nearest coffee shop. And with a construction boom under way, some people are now complaining...
...right back and you’ll hear a tale about 11 people stranded on a desert island, their clashes with the native culture, and their fierce struggles for power. “Castaways,” the freshman musical comedy about the troubles of island life, opens April 18 in the Adams House Pool Theatre. The Roving Reporter got tired of talking to his volleyball, so he decided to go find out what the play’s cast and director were up to.Matthew C. Stone ’11RR: What do you do for the freshman musical...