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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...terms of numbers were the investment banking and computer technology firms, the latter having long shed their Silicon Valley grunge. Here and there were token "alternatives"--Teach for America, the Peace Corps, the Walt Disney Corporation--some of whose employees chose to wear clothes that tended (gasp) more toward casual Fridays than toward Wall Street...
...horror of horrors) even "Taste Menses." Why are these sexual behaviors sensationalistic, trivializing and fundamentally indecent? As a co-chair committed to recuperating pathologized sexualities and gender identities, I am not willing to re-closet those of us who fall outside monogamy. Public visibility is a small, initial step toward avowing these privately popular but publicly denied behaviors. One person's "sensationalism" is often another's way of desiring and living. It's not worth coming out into a world where all we've done is switch the genitals and left whom and how we can love unchanged...
Yuppie guys, on the other hand, until recently, have lacked the range that women have been privy too. So-called "dick" flicks are not nearly as interesting or varied as movies more geared toward us of the skirt persuasion (even the name isn't as fun) - only lots of guns and strippers, or some wicked combination of both. And while I can easily revel in South Park, if some poor bloke happens to stumble upon any movie with Sally Field, it is indeed a sign of the apocalypse. I once caught (caught is the key word here) my father whimpering...
...Which is why the recent flush of movies geared toward men that seem to have fewer guns and more thought has been terrifically surprising. Fight Club, in particular, has gripped preview audiences with its maze of guy angst. (Since when have guys had angst? Girls patented angst.) The story of a charismatic anarchist (Brad Pitt) who starts up a group of men who beat the crap out of each other for fun, drawing in yuppie men chucking their grey flannel suits for a life of chaos. Other yuppie violence movies have stirred the male psyche recently - American Psycho and American...
...Look for a card with perks you'll use. Many cards come with features like frequent flier miles, dollars toward music and musical equipment, free movie passes or restaurant and hotel discounts, that accumulate with each dollar charged. Find one that offers something you spend money on already...