Two women share with Conversational what their experiences with these sexy, sensual, body-affirming sessions have been as we talk about boudoir photography from both sides of the lens.
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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadows of the Crown by Anne Glenconner does not disappoint. You’ve got the landed aristocracy navigating courtship, marriage, and scandals, dazzling parties, and riveting drama elevated by the mere presence of money and titles.
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All BIPOC — and especially Asian — families dream of having their kids attend excellent colleges including the Ivy League schools. Though any Ivy makes the grade, for the Asian family, there is still a hierarchy within it.
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Of the roughly 5,193 public statues depicting historic figures on display on street corners and parks throughout the United States, only 394 of these monuments are of women.
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Let’s get one thing straight: the point of the long bath is not to get clean. The point of the long bath is purposeful unproductivity – to take a large swath of time wholly for yourself in an age when society increasingly demands you split that time again and again in the name of living a productive life…
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First off, let me explain: I am not a mathematician. The Tenth Muse is a book about mathematicians and math. Math is almost another character, complete with beauty, emotion, elusiveness, and suspense.
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I found the idea intriguing that a member of his family — a clinical psychologist, no less — would write a book providing a psychological assessment of a man that many Americans hate and many other Americans love.
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It’s impossible to talk about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people in the United States without discussing unemployment. By the end of March, The New York Times reported an estimated unemployment rate of 13 percent.
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Hi. I’m Erin, and I’m a germaphobe. I find the everyday interactions of life fraught with dangerous microscopic critters hell-bent on making us sick, miserable, or dead…
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So Aunt Jemima... she’s causing quite a stir all over the country. Last week, PepsiCo and Quaker Oats announced that the Aunt Jemima brand is being phased out. The company says it recognizes the character’s origins are “based on a racial stereotype…”
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Burning Man is known for curating outrageous art from around the globe and linking together the lives of inspired creatives. It’s also known to be a little... well, wild. As a counterculture festival packed with tens of thousands of people, who’s surprised?
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