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...defend Playboy against charges of objectifying women. In fact, the airbrushed perfection of some Playmates struck me as robotoid, threw cold water on my desires even when every voyeuristic impulse was begging to be satisfied. And putting cotton tails and bunny ears on Playboy Club hostesses made them no more alluring than Bugs Bunny in drag. But just as surely, the feminists? very sensible argument flies in the face of biology and culture. ?Men look at women,? John Berger famously wrote. ?Women watch themselves being looked at.? I believe he also said that the camera is a man looking...
...What Kinsey studied, Hefner exploited, in a very 50s way. It was a serious decade, and Hef was, is, a serious fellow - serious even about having fun. He always struck me as an Organization Man (as long as it was his organization). His careful conversation and tight smile reminded me of any number of Midwestern businessmen, politicians, anchormen, clergymen. Hefner was raised a Methodist and remained methodical, at heart and at head. In a second A&E special, ?Inside the Playboy Mansion,? he shows off his Holmby Hills estate; it?s a sort of Neverland, with the wildlife preserve...
Jill Asay fell in love with Ben Colgan on their first date in New York City when, in a burst of exuberance, he suddenly started running down First Avenue, hurdling parking meters. Struck by the sight, other men on the street began imitating Ben. Though some were taller than his 5 ft. 7 in., none could clear the meters. "That was my moment," recalls Jill, 34. "Here's this guy, he's athletic, he's fun, but mostly he's a leader. He made other guys want to follow...
...October, after nearly a half-decade of sparring with residents over its building rights on its property along the Charles River, Harvard struck a deal with the city for its future expansion in the Riverside neighborhood...
...Harvard struck back quickly, scoring its first of two power-play goals on the evening. At 15:12 of the first period, sophomore forward Jennifer Raimondi found some room to the left of the goal and fired a slap-shot by Schaublin...