Between snap and glossy come the retouching, manipulating, “perfecting.” But some now choose natural over fantasy, letting faces and figures be.
The human body is a battleground, and the arena of conflict is your favorite magazine. Enter ESPN mag's "Body Issue," released in October and featuring photos of nude athletes. With expert lighting, makeup, and a light dusting of Photoshop, these bodies are shown at their best. But in a twist, they are not super-Photoshopped - no use of a computer program to slim, twist, or wrest them out of shape so that someone everyone recognizes becomes almost unrecognizable.
A new generation embraces an old favorite.
Someone says "piano bar," and you'll likely conjure up an image of something romantically Old World. Dark, smoky room. Tuxedo-clad musician. Sinatra, Sondheim and Styne fans heartily singing old, boozy songs and stuffing dollars into a giant snifter.
Web sites such as regretsy, lamebook and septafail percolate with criticism, sarcasm and snide sniping.
Sir Isaac Newton told us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. He was referencing physics, but the theory seems to hold true for the Internet, too: For every successful idea or product, there is an equal or opposite outlet for making fun of it. So etsy has regretsy. Facebook gets its daily comeuppance on lamebook.com. Wal-Mart finds its customers unflatteringly depicted on peopleofwalmart.com.
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Columnist Elizabeth Wellington has an eye for the new, the unusual and that which suits us all.
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From the Heart
Mae Pasquariello doesn't have anxiety dreams about hourly exams, finals, or overdue papers. She doesn't worry about grades, or even class participation.
Science of attraction.
WASHINGTON - Eli Finkel was still an undergraduate when he realized "somebody could spend his life asking questions about relationships, trying to find the answers to those questions, and then teaching interested young minds about the research."
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