Word: woman
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...Consider the illogic with which the screenplay shoehorns a token African-American couple - their buddy Shane (Faizon Love) and his new girlfriend Trudy (Kali Hawk) - into the cast. Shane, a recently divorced man with the belly of a woman fast approaching her fourth trimester, is introduced begging Dave to co-sign a loan for a hot motorcycle that is intended to impress Trudy, who is 20, has pink streaks in her hair and calls Shane "Daddy." (The old joke is that in horror movies, the African-American characters always get killed first. Here they are saddled with such unpleasant stereotyping...
Whether this book is a welcome departure from the ordinary political memoir, or a silly attempt to renew Albright’s image in the public eye, it has certainly depicted Albright in a new light. She might not be the average American woman, but, as Caitlin N. Lewis ’13 says, “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” and Albright is no different...
...during this time, he met a woman in his community whose grandson had recently been killed by a driver speeding through a red light—and beyond her loss, she was despairing of the fact that the local legislature had voted down a proposal to install red-light cameras...
...announced that Tarana had been elected to the 29-seat Kabul Provincial Council (akin to a U.S. state legislature), winning with the second highest number of votes - 8,404 - out of a field of 524 candidates. "When I competed for Afghan Star, I wanted to prove that a woman from Herat could sing," says Tarana, adjusting her trademark stylish rectangular glasses. "Now that I have been elected to the provincial council, I will prove to people that a lady who can sing can be in politics as well." (See pictures of Afghanistan's TV election...
...photograph of Shields, taken in 1975 with the consent of Shields' mother, is by New York-based photographer Garry Gross. Gross told the Daily Telegraph he was disappointed that the photo was taken down and did not consider it pornographic, though "she was supposed to look like a sexy woman." The image removed from the Tate is actually a photo of that photo: in 1983, artist Richard Prince took a photograph of Gross's original photo, framed it, and titled it Spiritual America. And though it hasn't been censored before, it's not the first time it has stirred...