Lockdowns Destroyed Our Human Energy Exchange Economy and I Want it Back

My husband and I went to a comedy club with friends a few weeks ago. I was afraid to go - would the comedians be funny? Or would we be sitting...

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The Duty of Beauty: Vanity in Downton Abbey

Any of us who are into fashion and beauty watch Downton Abbey with an eye for the details: the clothes and jewelry, and of course, the hair and (imperceptible)...

Makeup as Performance: Cindy Sherman

Do we create our own identities, or are they created for us? In the age of seemingly infinite aesthetic choices (including surgery), are our physical identities truly fluid, or...

Artist Francesco Vezzoli Shows us What the Ancient Romans Looked Like With Their Makeup On

True Colors (A Marble Relief Head of a Goddess), c.1st century A.D.-2014. Francesco Vessoli It's easy to imagine the ancients in monochrome. Their classic architecture and statuary give us pure...

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