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...haven’t drastically changed the way I dress or gained or lost any weight. No, I’ve just cut my hair. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I can’t pull my hair back into a ponytail. I can’t even use barrettes. Now I’ve got the same hairstyle as my little brother. Boy short. It’s so short that a rushed airplane security guard took one glance and thought...
...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...
There are only two ways to avoid liberal hypocrisy altogether. The first way is to eschew all sensory pleasures, dress in rags, and eat saltines every night for dinner. The leftist ascetic who sacrifices everything for his beliefs in social justice is undefeated in the many battles of the civil war of the self; he is the ultimate champion of the higher self. The second route to total consistency is to avoid the civil war altogether. The draft-dodgers (of the civil war of the self, that is) who have no qualms about climbing the corporate ladder and buying multi...
...lane are brothers, sisters and cousins who have cross-married to avoid paying dowries. When they shed their hijab, Afghan women lead a feisty life. Ghotair is the family hairdresser, and all the women have short, styled hair. The husbands enjoy it when their wives apply makeup and dress in transparent, low-cut outfits so that they look like Bombay movie stars. "They have many desires," grins Ghotair. The other women chortle happily, swapping stories of conjugal demands...
...friends who have left the Harvard womb and actually have jobs are pretty much all aspiring yuppies now, at least superficially. They wear suits and sweater sets to work and change from sneakers to dress shoes after their morning commute. And for the most part, while they still struggle to make rent, they can breathe a little easier because if they get sick, their companies will pay for their medical costs. Of course, the ones who don’t have jobs, thanks to this wonderful economy, are for the most part living at home, dissatisfied with the sparse offerings...