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When a woman came to Damien Deeds’ Manhattan tattoo parlor last year with a five-inch perforated keloid scar across her shoulder blade, he saw a creative opportunity. Tatttooist Damien Deeds created a butterfly around his customer’s keloid scar. (Courtesy of Damien Deeds) Jane Fox had her mastectomy scar incorporated into a skeletal lizard design. (Courtesy […]
Continue ReadingHyphenating a surname at marriage is no longer the powerful feminist statement it once was. The hyphen’s moment has passed… Hyphenation may be the most egalitarian approach to surnames, yet like so many other trends popularized in the ’70s and ’80s, it hasn’t aged well. As women saddled with hyphenates face their own naming decisions, […]
Continue ReadingWhether on display in a museum or the shoe-box creations of students, dioramas have sparked imaginations, as well as a debate… A book that sells for $1,250? Yes, that’s the cost of Walton Ford’s “Pancha Tantra.” It’s a high price, for sure, but “Pancha Tantra,” with a print run of only 1,600, is no run-of-the-mill […]
Continue ReadingNow that blatant displays of racism are condemned and even outlawed, some psychologists are exploring more subtle expressions of prejudice… Researchers say the daily repetition of such incidents can have corrosive, and sometimes deadly, consequences. Carl Bell was waiting his turn to check in at his hotel. A well-regarded psychiatrist and academic, he was traveling […]
Continue ReadingOnly three percent of US construction workers are women. But with baby boomers about to retire, employers and labor unions need women more than ever… To increase the ranks of women in construction, the newly founded Rosie the Riveter Charter High School in California will start preparing careers in hard hats. After she dropped out […]
Continue ReadingMore than 60 years after the holocaust, survivors are struggling for survival. Their enemies are now poverty and neglect, despite millions being set aside for their benefit… When Louise’s husband and daughter died of cancer within a span of 15 years, Louise was left alone, wheelchair-bound in a small walk-up apartment in Queens, New York. […]
Continue ReadingThe soaring popularity of tattoos has led to more than a few regrets. Removal is difficult and expensive, so artists now specialize in covering unwanted tattoos with new ones… The melting-Jesus tattoo seemed like a good idea at the time. It was Brian Moore’s 18th birthday, and he had been counting the days until he […]
Continue ReadingA young, vibrant woman died last month receiving liposuction. The successful, single mother lost her life trying to rid her tummy of fat… It is most bizarre that her Toronto surgeon had no specialties and no hospital privileges. The surgeon was training in family medicine but she is not listed as an accredited family practitioner […]
Continue ReadingBeat him with birch twigs and never, ever, laugh at him. An insider’s guide to snaring your very own Russian billionaire… The prospect of getting hitched to a rich Russian has never looked so good. Where once they were seen as surly-faced, poverty-stricken vodka drinkers, Russian men are now a real catch. With more cash […]
Continue ReadingMoving beyond the “tell me about your mother” approach, some psychotherapists are using horses to facilitate the therapeutic process… It is an innovative mental health approach that is gaining traction across North America. Jay decided regular psychotherapy wasn’t working when eight years of sitting on a therapist’s couch left him with only one insight: He […]
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