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European masterpieces were on show, but also works by US artists, including Hartley’s, Still Life, No.1, 1912, which are often overlooked One of the most notorious cultural events of the 20th century, marking the dawn of America’s love affair with Modernism. And yet, as the Armory Show reaches its centenary, the full picture of…
People feel happier if they believe they are having more sex than their peers. Researchers compared sex to income: People are happy if they have more than the people around them. Study participants who reported having sex at least once a week were 44% happier than those who hadn’t had sex in the past year….
I carried a lot of crosses as a Catholic altar boy. I also learned to mumble phrases in Latin and breathed in enough incense to choke an elephant. There is something serene about being behind a ritual. It lets you observe and reflect. And wonder why in the world people show up. Roughly six…
In one more week I was going to be a millionaire. At least, that was the rumor circulating around my wife’s family. One more week on Amazon’s best-seller list and I would have seven figures in the bank, easily. Her cousin had looked this fact up on the Internet, so it had to be…
Art by John Gara. How Pinterest Is Killing Feminism This isn’t where the internet was supposed to take us. Posted about a day ago One in five women over the age of 18 who regularly use the internet is on Pinterest, which had an estimated 23 million users users as of July. It also has an…
30/08/2012 – The Las Vegas Rager Prince Harry KENNETH MAXWELL Prince Harry of Wales, third in line to the British throne, has recently done much to change his image from playboy prince to dutiful member of the royal firm. He represented queen Elizabeth, in her Diamond Jubilee year, by visiting Jamaica. He then made…
Where Is the Right to Publish Royal Breasts Most Protected? Reuters John Hudson atlanticwire The scandalous publication of Kate Middleton’s unsuspecting breasts has created three case studies surrounding the right to publish royal private parts, and private is the key word here. Publishers in France, Ireland and Italy are facing legal threats from…
by Abigail Pesta ….August, 2012 Model and photographer Indrani spent her childhood in a 300-room palace in India. She turned that ancestral home into a school—and is fighting to give girls a better future. By Abigail Pesta. Indrani visits students at her ancestral palace turned school in India. She grew up in a crumbling ancestral…