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...three different approaches to the phenomenon of the female body in visual culture. "Fleshbags" is the most ambitious part of the exhibition because it spans the historical scope of the construction of female sexuality. Displays ranging from details of Botticelli's "Venus" to Manet's "Olympia" to Playboy cartoons remind the viewer that this is not just a criticism of a contemporary issue, but rather the problematic perceptions of the female body have been deeply imbedded and indoctrinated into social standards. The responsibility of art is a central issue; female nudes once considered the norm...
...through the breast implants has powerful effects. In the porno montage, they unmask the misogyny and artificial sex appeal of breasts. With these bags of silicone, these porno actresses have a commodity value. They remain nameless, but hyper-sexualized. In the case of the breast-feeding film, the bags remind the viewer of the physiological value of breasts that a male-oriented culture has trivialized and reduced to a sexual function. In the light of the recent problems with breast augmentation, LoCurto and Outcault offer the viewer a more natural alternative perspective of the female body...
...portrayed as an environmental corrective to the evils unleashed by the military-scientifi c complex. (It can be no accident that the villain's name is Flagg.) The good people make their stand in bucolic Boulder, Colorado; the bad guys set up headquarters in Las Vegas. Characters periodically remind each other about the perils of remaking society -- "trying to re-create the world that damn near choked the human race to death," as one puts...
...take a push-button blast through the solar system; but kids are scarce here: 85% of the customers are adults. Heather Bamberg, 24, forages until she finds a gift for her godchild: a cap with the Tasmanian Devil logo. More often, though, Bamberg shops for herself. "The themes here remind me of my childhood," she says, surrounded by icons of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the Roadrunner. "It's like looking in a museum. I never come to the mall without coming in here...
...occasion of National Secretaries' Day should serve to remind all members of the Harvard community of our indebtedness to those who perform the many secretarial functions essential to getting the work of the University done...