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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whenever and wherever men cross dress--whatever their persuasion--it is gay and it's not gay because of some "natural" propensity gay men have for cross dressing. It's gay simply because gay men and drag queens are repeatedly confused and conflated. The art of cross dressing has developed...

Author: By Adam J. B. lane, | Title: New Notes on Camp | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

In our democracy, people often vote in their immediate self-interests. In theory, election results capture the Popular Will--an aesthetic feature of democracy. However, the individual jealousies, fears, and prejudices of the uneducated many hardly form a valuable aggregate. Most often, politicians do not follow any Popular Will, but...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: Restrict Franchise to the Elite | 3/6/1993 | See Source »

According to club member Mark P. Immel '94, "Dance is a social activity and an athletic activity and an aesthetic activity."

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Those Dancin' Shoes | 3/3/1993 | See Source »

Generally, Rothenberg seems to be at her best in paintings that combine a single image with anxious focus. In the later '80s she became preoccupied with a different, atmospheric style of painting and images of dancers (including one of her aesthetic heroes, the painter Piet Mondrian, imagined solemnly doing the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Signs of Anxiety | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

Hahn's Micaela, on the other hand, explored the depths of tepidity. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, her voice was most likely melodious. But the orchestra too easily drowned her out, and her acting was nonexistent. Micaela is an interesting bit part; despite her fragility, she feigns strength...

Author: By Lawrence M. Brown, | Title: Dunster House Opera's Carmen Charming at Best | 2/25/1993 | See Source »

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