I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes and all of that. —Chantal Joffe 6 I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in Br...
If you look at the biggest cities in 1950, seven out of the top ten were in the developed countries but by the year 2000, the developing countries will have eight out of the top ten. New York, which in 1950 was number one with a population of around 12 million, will only be the s...
GJ: Yes. There are usually only one, or maybe two, decent women’s parts in anything. But the issue of power is — I mean, look at Theresa May and Angela Merkel. It’s taken an awfully long time for political parties to make the changes that were necessary so that women became pros...
Tattoos used to be taboo. Those in the 55-and-over demographic came of age in the 1960s and 70s, when sailors, prison inmates, gangsters and motorcycle riders had tattoos. Tattoos were rare in the general public. Norman Keith Collins, also known as Sailor Jerry Tattoos, along with piercing...
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have falle...
Her husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer while the pair were at Harvard. Ruth made sure she attended not only her classes but his too. She typed all his papers for him, besides taking care of him and their daughter. All her hard work earned her a spot on the Harvard Law Review...
(most of them white men) have built and expanded the world of the X-Men. New characters were added, and the discrimination that mutants like the X-Men face in the Marvel Universe was developed. Over time, the dynamic of the “feared and hated” mutants who nevertheless defend ordinary ...