Word: derfner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Joel L. Derfner '95, who got his left nipple pierced a little more than a year ago, says that in New York and San Francisco a whole culture has developed around body piercing. For instance, he says, the location of your pierces tells others which positions you prefer during...
...Derfner does not identify himself with this culture and enjoys his nipple pierce for a different reason. He says he likes the "cognitive dissonance" of his preppy attire coupled with his nipple ring. He also thinks the nipple ring is "cute...
...Derfner, though, there is a drawback to the jewelry: "Now, every time I go through an airport metal detector, I get really scared," he says...
...Derfner got his nipple pierce at Innovations in Leather, in Boston's South End. But an employee interviewed this week says the store currently does not offer body piercing...
...Joel Derfner as Ralph Rackstraw sings in an elegant, well-projected voice with effortless transitions to higher registers. Even his speech seems melodious, as if half-sung. With arms flailing wildly about him, he gives his part some wonderfully bombastic melodrama. Jill Weitzner shines as Little Buttercup. She communicates complex thoughts with her facial expressions, and has a crystalline, resonant voice to match. Weitzner's movements capitalize almost instinctively on her physique (in the play, she is given enough weight to take down a truck). We have no doubt that she is ideally suited to this type of physical humor...