Word: fashionization
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...grand, ornery anachronism, the sinewy symbol of a time when Hollywood took itself seriously, when heroes came from history books, not comic books. Epics like Ben-Hur or El Cid simply couldn't be made today, in part because popular culture has changed as much as political fashion. But mainly because there's no one remotely like Charlton Heston to infuse the form with his stature, fire and guts...
...large, he gets plus-size women to see that they're sexy through such subtle steps as plastering cheesecake pictures of them on billboards and videotaping the hubba-hubba comments of passersby. Likewise, on the Bravo show Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, the Project Runway host transforms from fashion coach into life coach, firmly but sympathetically persuading woman after woman to throw out her old wardrobe--and thereby her old views of herself, her status and her limitations...
With the change in the psychology of home-owning--from the house as shelter to the house as investment, retirement vehicle and personal ATM--came a shift in home shows' focus. Out of fashion went renovation programs like This Old House, about restoring details and loving a home for its character. In came playing the real estate market. Sell This House!, My House Is Worth What? and many more flattered the smug certainty of homeowners and speculators that their home equity would shoot endlessly up like shares of Google. HGTV, TLC and their ilk may not have created the real...
...Nalgenes Harvard people like creating their own clubs, but sometimes struggle to attract members to “comp” (see #4). Nothing induces Darfur concern in Harvardians like promises of “Free ’Nochs!!!” at an upcoming meeting. 2. Minority Fashion Shows While a glance around most Harvard classrooms may suggest otherwise, Harvard people love their fashion, especially when it allows them to reinforce offensive cultural stereotypes...
...Yesterday, Harvard began another twinbill—this one against Cornell, the last place team in the Gehrig Division—by digging its season’s grave a few feet deeper, losing, 6-5,in heartbreaking fashion in the first game when Big Red junior Scott Hardinger smashed a walk-off triple in the bottom of the seventh inning. But the nightcap gave the Crimson its first glimmer of hope in a long time...