Word: sexualism
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...right now, for Judd Apatow's slacker romantic comedy, it's beginning to smell a lot like Zeitgeist. (Which in this case has underodors of bong smoke and turd jokes.) Maureen Dowd, the New York Times' ageless arbiter of sexual politics, weighed in with a column on the movie. So did just about everyone who writes for The Huffington Post. Yesterday I received a promotion for a 1982 Eastern European art film that the publicist ID'd as "'Knocked Up,' Polish style." And there's the lawsuit from the author of a humorous memoir called Knocked Up: Confessions...
...Here's where I have to say: It isn't that good. Not quite "an instant classic, a comedy that captures the sexual confusion and moral ambivalence of our moment without straining, pandering or preaching," as the Times' Tony Scott opined (in, I have to add, a brilliantly written review). Nor can I agree with the declaration of my friend Richard Schickel, here on TIME.com, that "Apatow, represents, for the moment at least, the best in American movie comedy ... a throwback to the kind of screenwriters who created the classic romantic comedies of the 1930s...
...social norms” that hinder students from seeking treatment. One way to lift the taboo surrounding mental health issues is to publicize the extent of the problem, Barreira says. UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL The Crimson’s senior survey results also offer a clearer picture of sexual behavior among Harvard undergrads. According to the survey, 28 percent of seniors said they never had sex during their four years in college. Of the students who said they never had sex while at Harvard, two-thirds say they are happy with their choice of abstinence. On average, Harvard seniors...
...ward, woman! The regular contraceptive pill is not, and has never been, available over-the-counter (OTC) in any American pharmacy. In order to get hold of “The Pill,” a woman must first see a doctor, who will politely grill her on her sexual history, suggest strongly that she have a pair of tongs stuck up her vagina for a pap smear, and send her on her merry way with a renewable prescription for control over her own body...
...article in The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that Walcott was again accused of sexual harassment by a student at his own university. According to The Chronicle, Nicole Niemi, a graduate student in BU’s playwriting program, claimed that Walcott threatened to keep a play she wrote from being produced unless she had sex with him. BU officials could not be reached for comment on the case...