Word: fetishize
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...been a-flurry with e-mails in preparation for the big Night. Although Drag Night has historically had a minority drag king showing, there have been no House e-mails from women—and this is a good indication of the lay of Drag Night land. The fetish of femininity is so powerful, that it’s just not as fun to go against the grain. So although women do participate in the event, the main acts and personalities have usually been male. At best, Drag Night allows us to flirt with the gender binary, without taking...
Republicans turf-wrestling like infants, playing fast and loose with national-security secrets, tripping over themselves in the rebuilding of Iraq? Weren't these guys supposed to be the grownups? Isn't the President supposed to have a bureaucratic neatness fetish? Given his famous impatience--and his very quick temper--why hasn't Bush taken control? I asked members of the first Bush and Reagan administrations about this. At first, they professed mystification, but then, after some consideration, they pointed fingers at one man: Dick Cheney...
...Republicans turf-wrestling like infants, playing fast and loose with national-security secrets, tripping over themselves in the rebuilding of Iraq? Weren't these guys supposed to be the grownups? Isn't the President supposed to have a bureaucratic neatness fetish? Given his famous impatience-and his very quick temper-why hasn't Bush taken control? I asked members of the first Bush and Reagan administrations about this. At first, they professed mystification, but then, after some consideration, they pointed fingers at one man: Dick Cheney...
...Americans don’t produce enough earnest strummings locally, so they import it from across the pond to meet the limited demand. What America does produce in abundance doesn’t often make for good export, though. Much less than gangsta rap, the American fetish for jam-bands does not travel well—perhaps the gloomy British weather is less conducive to day-long festivals and hour-long solos than Vermont or Colorado. No moe., no Phish, no String Cheese Incident—Britons like their rock music in manageable five-minute song format...
...conclusion of the festival, Tanya’s film was awarded “Most Creative,” beating out a variety of erotic shorts that focused on topics such as clown and animal-fetish...