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- From: joe@spdcc.com (Joseph Francis)
- Subject: Re: Changing standards of female beauty (was Re: Ageism)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.114121.17601@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <mattm-231292130250@mcmelmon.apple.com> <1haug6INN9tj@mizar.usc.edu> <mattm-231292173402@mcmelmon.apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 11:41:21 GMT
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- In article <mattm-231292173402@mcmelmon.apple.com> mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon) writes:
- >In article <1haug6INN9tj@mizar.usc.edu>, adolphso@mizar.usc.edu (adolphson)
- >wrote:
- >
- >[etc, etc]
- >
- >You see the problem, DLM? Even when I *say* "half humorous" - it
- >is not readily apparent to even the better educated twits that
- >what follows is not necessarily to be taken at face value.
- >
- >I think, however, that a casual jaunt through Vogue, et. al. during
- >the period in question would reveal a strong androgynist bent.
- >What does an androgynous woman look like? No chest, little
- >variation from chest to waist to hips. Short, simple hairstyle.
- >And, of course, no body fur.
- >
- >A 13 year old boy.
-
- I might ad that it does, coincidentally, bear a remarkable resemblance
- to a prepubescent woman, also. A classic Nabokovean Lolita
- 13-year-old-girl. Who says that fashion editors aren't
- nymphettophiles? Louis Jourdan said it all, I think.
- --
- US Jojo; damp, slighly soiled, but tasty nonetheless.
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