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...social activism or blatant moral hypocrisy - arresting contemporary art as easy exploitation. No one, for sure, can deny Toscani's ability to grab your attention. Shocking is again how many are describing his latest creation, a billboard and newspaper campaign for an Italian clothing line that features a stark photograph of a naked anorexic woman. On Friday, the image was summarily banned by Italy's advertising watchdog, citing infringements on the organization's code of conduct for exploiting an illness for publicity purposes. Toscani told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that he would sue for damages. On a recent afternoon...
...Pennypacker (which was already like a holding tank for the oddities of Harvard)—it just seemed like everyone’s high school was awesome. They all had International Baccalaureate programs, nationally competitive debate teams, and cheerleaders. Their schools were practically teeming with geniuses. Meanwhile, in stark contrast, my easy-going Quaker school was teeming with people that loved to smoke pot at eight in the morning. To top it off, back in freshman year, I would inevitably run into someone from a New York prep school who would tell me about his or her uniform...
...government.”Faludi attributed recent attitudes in the press to the growing trend of newspaper ownership by large corporations and the decline in investigative reporting at major newspapers.For Faludi, England’s more measured reactions to the July 2005 bombings in London provided a stark contrast to the post-9/11 American response, which convinced Faludi that the anti-feminism reaction was something distinctive to the U.S.She added that recent efforts by new British prime minister Gordon Brown to avoid the “chivalry and bluster” of President Bush exemplifies a more realistic response...
Although “We Own the Night” is set in a stark, drab New York City of 1988, it is unmistakably a product of our current social climate—a loud glorification of government-backed violence and a raucous endorsement of a “do whatever it takes” mentality. In the film’s world, cops are still called pigs, cocaine rules the street, Blondie still plays at clubs, and mobsters with ponytails wear tight leather jackets. But such 80s cultural stereotypes seem anachronistic, mostly because they so poorly mask the fact...
...Democrats’ operetta. Last week, President Bush vetoed a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) by $35 billion over five years. Immediately, the Democrats yanked out the tissues. Reid called President Bush “heartless.” Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) moaned that “all [the President] cares about is war and more war.” And Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-MA) wailed, “the same President who is willing to throw away half...