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...meatless lifestyle never really caught on in the West, although it would sometimes pop up during health crazes and religious revivals. The Ephrata Cloister, a strict religious sect founded in 1732 in Pennsylvania, advocated vegetarianism - as well as celibacy. The 18th century utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham believed that animal suffering was just as serious as human suffering, and likened the idea of human superiority to racism...
...pulsating beat of Israeli pop music and the aroma of falafel drifted out of a tent on the rain-drenched Science Center lawn yesterday during the sixth annual Israel Fest, a showcase of Israeli culture. I-Fest, co-sponsored by Harvard Students for Israel, the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, and Harvard Hillel, featured free food, activities, and booths for various Israel-related organizations. “Our goal is to make Israel a lot more accessible to the general population,” explained HSI President Miranda E. Rosenberg ’09, the main organizer of the event...
...region. Disney's basic marketing formula for the film's release abroad: find a local star to serve as a bridge between the Disney content and the local market. In Poland, fans watch HSM videos that splice together scenes from the original movie dubbed by fresh-faced Polish pop stars. On Israel's Disney Channel, a Gabriella lookalike sings soulfully in Hebrew. In India, the entire sound track has been re-recorded in Hindi, with Indian instruments - the tabla and dholak. The video shows Bollywood dancers dressed in Jaipur-pink cheerleading outfits, cavorting to bhangra, a north Indian dance beat...
...Every once in a while, an artist gets an inspiration that changes pop culture. Even if he's a slop artist, and the inspiration is a movie about a woman with a clitoris in her throat. Such a one was Gerard Rocco Damiano, aka Jerry Gerard, who died this weekend in Fort Myers, Fla., at 80, from complications after a stroke. With Deep Throat and his second film, Devil in Miss Jones, Damiano launched the 1970s movie craze of porno chic...
...glottal fellatio - a glo-job). "You had to be there," he said in Inside Deep Throat. "I'm thrilled that I was there. And I thank God I had a camera." Damiano gave this movie the tone of a mildly bright comedy, with an underscoring full of broadly ironic pop music, including a version of Mickey and Sylvia's "Love Is Strange" with naughtier lyrics. The movie, for which Lovelace was paid $1,200, and Reems $250, made both of them famous/notorious. Reems was found guilty of obscenity by a Memphis jury; the conviction was overturned on appeal...