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...stripper,” they say. “I’m never surprised when strippers get raped.” And, if we’re being completely honest here, neither am I. Saddened, appalled, and troubled, yes. But never surprised. This lack of shock comes as a direct result of the way we’re socialized to think of people’s behavior in completely linear fashion—if A, then B. In this logic, if she is a stripper, and consents to have her body objectified on a regular basis, then she must...
...satisfy his partner’s…cravings. The song is an erotic on tour de force on par with “Darling Nikki,” and if you ever need to liberate a lady friend from the tyranny of her undergarments this song is your Shock and Awe. “3121” contains some of the most satisfying work Prince has done in years, work good enough to stand alongside his best. But’s it’s not a wholly successful endeavor—some real duds made...
...competition has narrowed and I find myself one step away—albeit, a large step—from realizing my dream of playing in the major leagues, the necessary adjustment period must be conquered. I am now at the point where I am trying to balance the initial shock of brushing shoulders with my former idols and convincing myself that I belong...
...funny way, this movie. You’re basically pushing a boulder up the hill every single day till you get into production and then you become a shock absorber; you’re absorbing everyone’s problems everyday and solving them. You have to really love the job you’re doing. With this project, no matter what problems came up, it was so worth it. I just kept thinking ‘look what Pierre...
...time schools, this attention is new and exceptionally disappointing. Duke teams have often been held up as a model of how college athletics should be; an academically great institution fielding teams from which most players graduate and few, if any, get into legal trouble.So it came as a tremendous shock to most people in the athletic community when three Duke lacrosse players were accused of raping one of two strippers hired for a party at the house of some team members.Part of what makes these allegations so surprising is that the incident occurred at Duke as opposed to, for example...