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Asian-American males have often been portrayed in the media as short, hairless, socially awkward nerds with a disproportionate love for math and science. This issue of negative racial stereotypes in the media has made itself manifest in The Crimson's own daily comic strip, "The Misanthropic...

Author: By Andrew S. H. ting and Jenny I. Shen, S | Title: Mister Chu's Bad Side | 4/18/2000 | See Source »

...semifinalists answered questions along the lines of how they'd spend his money and, by the way, would they mind if he went to strip clubs? There was Rockwell--picked from some 100 well-endowed lonelyhearts--watching from a high-tech perch (he should have been stroking a hairless cat), his face hidden until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Fox's Bride Idea | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...little to a fair amount. At the time, a wig seemed like the right solution, but I grew to wonder whether it was really the best choice. As a young girl it was easier not to have people stare at me on the street or whisper about my hairless presence. No ten-year-old wants that. But, as I grew more comfortable with my situation, I resented that I had to hide something from the world. I avoided overnight trips and retreats in fear that people would find out my secret. I reluctantly shied away from many sports teams, afraid...

Author: By Susanna M. Flug, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Lost and Found | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...apparently, society no longer expects me to take this high road. Not only is there a national chain of laser-hair-removal stores, called Vanishing Point, that runs an ad with a woman touching only a finger-sized part of her otherwise hairless body, but--I've completely forgotten the end of this sentence. I'm stuck on that "finger-sized part of her otherwise hairless body" part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaving the Body, Fantastic | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...reddish, piggy eyes set in a big round head. He wore a brush cut that looked like static electricity firing up from his pink skull. Milosevic settled complacently onto a sofa, with Wiesel on his right, and cocked one leg onto the cushion, showing an expanse of hairless, pale calf above his black sock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Balkans' Heritage of Hatred | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

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