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...fifth meeting, the course discusses menstruation: “We will discuss the social and cultural stigmatization of women’s menstrual cycles and the concept of women’s genitals as ‘dirty.’” If the FemSex gang is implying that stigmatization of menstruation exists at Harvard—that female undergraduates are shunned for five days or so each month—then I guess I’ve missed the red tents inside the Yard. Alternatively, if FemSex facilitators are suggesting we should talk more openly about menstruation...
...largely imported from the stage show but cropped to fit within the constraints of television blocking. The improvisational parts of the live show were cut back, though they’ve kept the occasional musical interlude, which they perform with their group, the so-called “Dickaround Gang.” Though the two aren’t famous yet, they plan a star-studded list of guest appearances. “We decided that if you get one chance to do a television series you should call in all the favors and bring in all your friends...
...condemned as counterrevolutionaries and shot without trial. It took the cleaners of Peking two days to hose away the blood and remove everything including the corpses.'' In September 1976, Mao Tse-tung died and the ferocious Jiang Qing was arrested for conspiracy, along with the rest of the infamous ''Gang of Four,'' whose members had played such a pivotal role in prolonging the Cultural Revolution. Then began the glacial process of ''rehabilitation.'' Cheng petitioned the police to investigate the death of Meiping. But not until October 1978 did a committee of officials finally come to her house ''to apologize...
...Many comics artists, including Kurtzman and much of the Mad gang, had been schooled in fine art before turning to the strips. Some, like Will Elder, Kurtzman's loopiest cartoonist, and Al Feldstein, the mastermind of EC's horror and science fiction comics before becoming editor of Mad in 1956, have turned to more respectable forms of watercolors - what could easily be recognized as art, if not great art - in their twilight years. But in their prime, when Elder and Feldstein (and Herriman and Segar and King) were doing their most vigorous work, sending out comic distress signals under...
...Molly was swept up by the New York Times to add some writing panache to the Grey Lady, but she brought more spice than the Times could handle. "Molly doesn't sand down," friend Adam Clymer said. Her legendary description of a community chicken killing event as a "gang pluck" was one wince too far for the Times, and she was back in Texas...