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June 29, 2017 AN 18TH-CENTURY “SAPPHIST”’S SEXY GARDEN
Mary Delany’s illustration of Rubus odoratus (purple-flowered raspberry) What could be more prim and proper than an English garden? Filled with intoxicating flowers and aesthetically pleasing delights, they might seem more sensuous than sexual today. But according to Lisa L. Moore, the eighteenth-century gardens of Mary Granville Pendarves Delany, an aristocratic woman with a gaggle […]
CLOTHING March 15, 2017 ‘Sexy’ clothing makes women seem more intelligent, study says
Unfortunately, women are still being judged by their looks Getty Images/iStockphoto It feels like women are constantly being told what to wear in order to make them look better, slimmer and more attractive because, believe it or not, in 2017 women are still being judged primarily by their looks. Yawn. It feels like women are […]
