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...single-serving combination of a depressant (alcohol) and various stimulants carries a certain nightclub logic; Anheuser-Busch used to advertise its caffeinated beer, Bud Extra, with lines such as YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE 30 and WE SUGGEST 18-HOUR MASCARA. But public-health and law-enforcement officials--who have mounted an aggressive campaign against alcoholic energy drinks--worry that drinkers will assume they'll be wired enough to drive home after a long night of consuming these beverages. (More on the science later, but caffeine makes you feel only "wide-awake drunk," as researchers have...
...part of society. A Bangkok travel agency I use is staffed by kathoeys, and a cashier at my local grocery store is rapidly transitioning toward womanhood. One of the Immigration Department officers who last year helped me renew my work visa had both an Adam's apple and lavish mascara. Kathoeys star on TV soap operas and grace catwalks at fashion shows, while an all-kathoey pop group called the Venus Flytrap plies the airwaves. Notable kathoey athletes include a kickboxing champion, who liked to plant kisses on her vanquished opponents, and a volleyball team dubbed the Iron Ladies that...
...STOMP-inspired pieces. She points to one THUD collaboration, written by its female members, that combines parties and percussion as an illustration of the playful attitude with which they often approach their own compositions. “We perform it using things—high heels, lipstick containers, mascara, compact mirrors, and magazines,” Bray says. “It’s like getting ready for a night out.” Bray’s interest in THUD began before she came to Harvard. She discovered it her senior year of high school while looking...
...fight against HIV. "She made shopping a political act," says her friend Josephine Fairley, co-founder of organic chocolate company Green & Black's. "She was the first person to do that. She made cosmetics fun, sexy and affordable, and there was always a message. But instead of 'Buy this mascara, it will change your life,' her message was, 'Buy this mascara, it could change someone else's life...
...MASCARA, 85, a New Jersey resident, whose song I'm from New Jersey has repeatedly over the past 47 years come close to becoming the state's official song. A state senator has instead proposed a Bon Jovi hit for New Jersey's anthem...