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...something of consequence is at stake here, and it's not just art. Arbus worked at the point where the voyeuristic and the sacramental converge. She lies in wait for your first misstep in her direction. Then she dares you to stare at something--a little boy with a toy hand grenade, a dominatrix embracing her client--until you admit your own complicity with whatever it is in there that frightens you. At that point, all the picture's traps unfold, and it confers its rough grace. Like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Photography: Diane Arbus: Visionary Voyeurism | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

Drag Night is a hallowed annual event scheduled for tonight in Adams House. Adams was once known as the artsy, gay-friendly House before randomization, and the night has ostensibly offered a space for students to toy with gender and sexuality. Isn’t that a good thing? Maybe we all want to swagger or saunter around a bit more—and we’re grateful for a safe community in which to do this. But Drag Night doesn’t always foster the kind of freedom and diversity it purports to. Prince Charming...

Author: By Beccah G. Watson, | Title: Something to Shave About | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

Plenty of activities are available--dune-buggy racing, dog training, jet packing--but don't confuse There with a video game. Nobody's keeping score. It's more like a massive playdate. Everything from the cute Toy Story--style graphics to the clothing stores where characters can dress up in the latest fashions (provided courtesy of Levi's and Nike) is designed to give you something to chat about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There's Life in There | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...feline, one of the most highly evolved predators in the natural world, is capable of dispatching a dozen mice at a brief sitting. Alarmingly, it tends to dawdle before administering the coup de grace. Behavioralists believe this happens because cats are programmed by a primitive, vestigial stalking mechanism. Cats toy with their prey because they may be teaching kittens to hunt or may be exhibiting their prowess; cats do not always relate killing with the need to eat. When they finally do away with a mouse, it is with Darwinian perfection. The cat's teeth are arranged to sever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: 22 Years Ago In Time | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...Bathing is fun with Bathology bar soaps! Each time you wash your hands you get a tiny bit closer to a toy, such as a golf ball, Gumbi or actual nail polish. Some soaps even stand with projecting arms and legs. $4.95-$9.95. Hidden Sweets...

Author: By Christine Ajudua, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pick of the Square | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

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