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...says, people assume that her husband does all the writing and drawing on their collaborative works. In many ways her artwork perfectly counterbalances Crumb's. Where he has one of the finest drafting skills of any living cartoonist her "tortured scratching" (her words) makes a mockery of proportion, weight and space. People hate her for it just as people hate Robert Crumb for his outlandish depictions of women and blacks. But just as Crumb's art comes from daring to confront his own prejudices, it takes guts to put your cartoon's next Crumb's, and Kominsky Crumb's artwork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All You Need Is... | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...protest stemmed from the idea that MIT denied him tenure because he is black and they are racist. Yet, a few days ago, in a major setback to the struggle against racism, Sherley started eating again, after only 12 days and a weight loss of 20 pounds...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein | Title: On Strike | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...course Sherley never allowed the hunger to become too unbearable: He was ingesting vitamins, drinking water, and taking electrolyte supplements—essentially, he was on an extreme sort of diet. Quite honestly, he could stand to lose the weight. At 245 pounds and 5 feet 8 inches, his body mass index is, according to several hasty online calculations, about 37.2—far above the healthy level of 18.5-24.9. According to Scientific American, the longest anyone has lived on a hunger strike was 73 days, but that is without vitamins. Death only becomes imminent at a weight...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein | Title: On Strike | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...doubles game and make him a recluse. Still, Denenberg made an impression on his teammates and his coaches. He matriculated as a self-described “six-foot twig,” but quickly earned a reputation as a “meathead” in the weight room and a hard worker with ruthlessly high expectations on the court. By the time he was a sophomore, he had built his body and elevated his game, but had still not secured a regular spot in the lineup. “He was a guy who really works the hardest...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Walk-On Finds His Stroke | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

...Church traditionalists, Martini remains a bete noire of liberal leadership. One conservative website described his recent remarks about an Italian euthanasia case as "another subversive blow." L'Espresso's veteran Vatican correspondent Sandro Magister, a supporter of the Pope's clear doctrinal lines, acknowledged Martini's continued weight. His dissent on moral issues, Magister wrote, "pits the highest leaders of the worldwide Church against each other with conflicting positions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Progressive Challenger | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

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