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Welcome to the strange world of body modification, or "bod-mod," in which the human form serves as a personal canvas to be cut, poked, burned, stretched and adorned. It's a world in which terms like journey and enlightenment are used to describe acts of self-mutilation that would make even Quentin Tarantino cringe, a subculture combining tribal spirituality with kinky sex and a dash of circus sideshow. It may seem weird, but it has a long tradition: in November the American Museum of Natural History in New York City will present "Body Art: Marks of Identity," an exhibition...
...This year's girl does not have supernatural powers. This year's girl does not wield a sword or a stake, does not have a pinup's bod, does not even sport a radiant mane of natural curls. What Lindsay Weir has is a prodigious brain that she's slightly uncomfortable with, an olive-drab jacket weighing on her shoulders like chain mail and--something rare enough among prime-time adults, let alone teens--a genuine crisis of faith. Having witnessed, alone, the death of her grandmother--who told Lindsay, as she slipped away, that she saw "nothing" beyond--Lindsay...
...BOD SQUAD...
...BOD SQUAD...
...shirt and bikini contests) entails getting on stage with several other women and showing most of your merchandise to a crowd of 300 or so; she who elicits the most grunts and yells, wins. There are male equivalents (though fewer of them) to these contests, such as the Hot Bod Contest. In sum, many students of both sexes, while away from their respective colleges, decide to "let loose" and party hardly in a most candid...