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...expose human volition.” Butler: “You’re such an essentializing cow. It’s the product of two distinct bodies, in this case only one: a corporeal body. The offspring, as its organic essence is generated through the raped body, is coded by feminine violation and hence ‘marked’ or ‘inscribed,’ if you will, with the very constructed-ness of gender.”Haraway: “Oh I certainly will construct your gender, you tired old feminist monkey. Why don?...
...friends. * BE PRO-ACTIVE about getting to know as many punches as possible. Reach out to those girls who aren’t automatically on everyone’s radar! [just remember to let Aimee and Steph know when you set something up].* BE PITHY. That’s code for ‘say it in 10 words or less.’ [According to the OED, also: ‘strong, full of alcohol.’ Be that too, just not at meetings...
...hierarchical," says the police officer. "Here, control is even stronger because no one talks." Not a single arrest has been made for any of the past year's 23 murders in this stretch of eastern Calabria. Local residents say that they are not complicit in omertà, the mob code of protective silence. But most are scared that the government cannot protect them if they talk. Lingering in front of the cathedral after Fortugno's funeral, Giuseppe Macri, 50, says he was skeptical that all the strong words spoken from the pulpit would be followed by action. "Calabria...
...great, gothic effect. But she's hardly the first novelist to "go there," as the kids say. Leo Tolstoy, Robert Graves, Nikos Kazantzakis and Norman Mailer, to name a few, all took a run at Jesus, to say nothing of the eyebrow-raising suggestions found in The Da Vinci Code. One James BeauSeigneur has authored a lively series of novels about a reconstituted Jesus who was cloned from cells found in the Shroud of Turin and who does battle with Yahweh for the fate of all mankind. So all those with feathers to ruffle have probably already had them well...
WANTED: POLO SHIRTS, SIZE XXL Big-and-tall stores should brace themselves for some wealthy new customers with an urgent need for sport coats. When the NBA's new dress code goes into effect Nov. 1, Philadelphia 76ers guard ALLEN IVERSON is one player who will have to retire his throwback jerseys, do-rags and chunky gold chains to comply with the new "business casual" rule for games and league events. To tackle a perception problem, NBA commissioner David Stern has banned all headgear, shorts, T shirts and necklaces visible outside clothing. "Everybody has their own style," says Iverson. "That...