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Ever wonder whether Margaret Thatcher was submissive in bed? Why women retain interior design details better than their male counterparts? Or the semantic differences between “slave girl,” “it,” and “girlfriend?” If any of those topics tickle your fancy, I hope that you attended Harvey C. Mansfield’s recent discussion of his new book, “Manliness...
...amassing a collection of supersized toys. Roman amphitheaters, Tibetan temples and Egyptian sphinxes tower over the arid terrain, left behind at the appropriately named Atlas Studios by crews working on films including Kingdom of Heaven, Kundun and Gladiator. (Producer Dino De Laurentiis is on the set of Slave of Dreams in 1994.) Moroccan entrepreneur Mohamed Belghmi had a hunch that the ethereal light quality in Ouarzazate would appeal to filmmakers, so he founded the film studio in 1983. Since then, the sets and natural landscape have provided the stunning backdrop to actors Orlando Bloom, Gérard Depardieu, Russell Crowe...
...Shahar does not deny that his primary goal is to teach his students how to be happier and healthier, not to inundate them with abstract psychological theory. He wants them to learn how to feel better about themselves and become better citizens, not to slave over stuffy, abstract concepts they’ll never use in everyday life...
...Christ ... exists across history and we therefore share the shame and the sinfulness of our predecessors." ROWAN WILLIAMS, Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking before the General Synod of the Church of England voted last week on a motion to apologize for the Church's role in sustaining the 18th century slave trade. The motion passed unanimously
...have horrid relationships with shrewish wives or girlfriends. This theme reaches its nadir in the depressing story titled "Bedridden," about a woman we never see and who never speaks, hidden under the bed covers since she has somehow been "re-shaped to please men" as a sex slave. The twist of the story - that men kill each other to become her "master" - doesn't make up for such a nasty premise. To be fair, in an epilogue the author writes, "The true scope of my work can only be understood after you have read my later stories." Sexism aside...