Word: dieselized
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When I’d walk into Diesel Cafe, a coffee shop frequented by lesbians in Davis Square, it seemed like I was surrounded by women who I could immediately tell were gay. They all had the same boyish look—in my mind, this rejection of traditional assumptions of gender performance was a way to openly declare they were not heterosexual...
...kind of short-hand stereotyping that made it easier to categorize the women I was meeting at bars. I gradually came to understand the general looks associated with the words “butch,” “femmes,” “diesel dyke,” “baby dyke“ or “lipstick lesbians” and others as mechanisms for self-definition and description. From within the gay community as well, stereotypes based on dress became a way to declare identity...
...teens mix it up in Newport Beach, Calif. "One of the directors told me, 'We want teenage girls to get excited about what Marissa is wearing when she's onscreen,'" says costume designer Alexandra Welker. Bring on the Diane von Furstenberg! There's plenty of casual wear too--Juicy, Diesel, Theory--because, after all, this is the beach. Fashion forecast: status is back in a big way. --By Jeanne McDowell
Electricity starts at the power plant, produced by a spinning generator driven by various means: a hydroelectric dam, a large diesel engine, a gas turbine or a steam turbine. The steam is created by burning coal, oil or natural gas or by a nuclear reactor...
...Even without Diesel, No. 2's opening revved past the first's. It will endure "as long as young people like cars," says a box-office guru...