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However, one should never forget that Meloy is no frail waif of a performer. To close the main set, Meloy picked up his giant twelve-string and played through an extended version of the epic, 10-minute-long Castaways and Cutouts finale, “California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade.” During the transcendent bridge that transitions between the song’s two parts, Colin sat himself down on the stage and turned his eyes downward to his guitar, strumming one single riff over and over, eventually shifting it around until he came to a new variation...
...feeds directly into general stereotypes of eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. Anorexia nervosa, for example, has permeated the parlance of the general public to the point that it is now being tossed around as an adjective pinned to any women with a bird’s appetite or waif-like body. By recognizing that men are not immune to distorted body perceptions or disturbed eating habits, one is acknowledging the multi-dimensionality of these illnesses, and thus the need for greater research and public education before any assumptions are made...
Needless to say, Charlotte’s introduction to Dupont is a rude awakening. Her waif-lush roommate Beverly Amory, a Groton girl, makes a lifestyle out of drinking and chasing Lacrosse players, and frequently “sexiles” Charlotte (a term, like many bits of slang—including “hooking up,” “getting crunked,” and “grinding” Wolfe delights in establishing his knowledge of). Charlotte’s academic pursuits initially suffer setbacks as well, as when she takes a class...
...next day. Not that she's the subject of much juicy gossip; the affair with Johnny Depp is long over, and her runway days are currently on hold. But the tiny model, who was discovered in an airport lounge at 14 and went on to launch a thousand waif looks, continues to inspire designers, fashion photographers and even artists. There isn't a stylish woman out there--from Cameron Diaz to Paris Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld--who wouldn't kill to raid Moss's closet...
...religious literature, sells to a lot of the red states. And red states, as their color portends, get angered really easily. To make its customers happy, Wal-Mart has often done some stupid things, like pulling Midge, a pregnant, married doll; making Nirvana change the song Rape Me to Waif Me; and forcing the Goo Goo Dolls to redesign the cover of A Boy Named Goo because a Wal-Mart executive thought the boy with blackberries smeared on him looked like a child-abuse victim. But like Vin Diesel with his facial expressions, eventually Wal-Mart was going...