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What "coffee table books" would they have/ what would they read at a doctor's office?

Xemnas - Bob Willoughby: A Cinematic Life - This comprehensive large-format monograph on renowned photographer Bob Willoughby's extraordinary, cinematic life is a tribute to his remarkable career. From the 1950s through the 1970s, Willoughby photographed many of the most significant stars of the era in film and jazz. 

Xigbar - Terry O'Neill: The A-Z of Rock 'N' Roll - A chronicle of rock 'n' roll history as seen through the lens of master photographer Terry O'Neill.

Xaldin - VHS: Absurd, Odd, and Ridiculous Relics from the Videotape Era - Comedy writers Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher have spent the last 20 years collecting the best odd and unintentionally hilarious videotapes ever produced. Since 2004, they've resurrected them for sold-out audiences across the country as part of their touring show, the Found Footage Festival. Now, for the very first time, they've collected the greatest VHS covers into one handsome compendium -- along with their priceless snarky commentary throughout.

Vexen - Evolution: A Visual Record - Stunning images to reawaken us to the scientific process that drives the amazing diversity of life on earth.

Lexaeus - The Art of the Cheese Plate: Pairings, Recipes, Style, Attitude - A perfect gift for any host or cheese lover, The Art of the Cheese Plate offers clear directions and expert tips for perfect cheese plates and creative condiments.

Zexion - The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos From Bookworms World Wide - A beautifully packaged full-color collection of literary tattoos and short personal essays, The Word Made Flesh is an intimate but anonymous confessional book, in the vein of thought-provoking anthologies like PostSecret and Not Quite What I Was Planning.

Saix - United States Coinage: A Study By Type - A definitive work on American history as illustrated by United States coinage.

Axel - Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be - A very funny collection of 100 X-ray images showing foreign objects ingested or inserted into human bodies, accidentally or on purpose.

Demyx - Underwater Dogs - The exuberant, exhilarating photographs of dogs underwater that have become a sensation.

Luxord - Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found - Milk, Eggs, Vodka is a celebration of the humble grocery list. Almost anyone will find themselves engrossed in this voyeuristic look into everyday life—less than healthy lists, lists for parties, lists with personal and often odd annotations on them...and the list of lists goes on. Besides over 150 found lists, the book also includes short essays on collecting, shopping, eating, and list making. 

Marluxia - Queer Maximalism - Machine Dazzle is the much-in-demand designer and artist behind popular cabaret, drag, and performance stars such as Taylor Mac and transgender icon Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. For the first time, his over-the-top stage creations, made for himself and others, are collected here alongside stage environments, ephemera, and photos from his career.

Larxene - Women Before 10 AM - Following up on her highly praised bestseller Men Before 10 a.m., celebrity photographer Veronique Vial completes her wonderfully intimate and revealing portrait of the sexes with Women Before 10 a.m., a captivating collection of your favorite fashion, cinematic, and pop culture beauties, starlets, and models before ten o'clock in the morning.

Roxas - The Great American Cereal Book: How Breakfast Got Its Crunch - The Great American Cereal Book is the definitive compendium of breakfast cereal history and lore, celebrating the most recognizable brands and packaging, such as Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes, Grape-Nuts, and Trix.

Xion - Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak - The most comprehensive survey of the work of Maurice Sendak, the most celebrated picture book artist of all time―with previously unpublished archival materials.

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what I’ve been reading V

I frequently save news articles, essays, short stories, etc. to my phone to read when I have time to kill. Here are my favorites from 2017.

I use the Instapaper app to read these on my phone. Previous editions are here: one two three four

BIOGRAPHIES, INTERVIEWS, AND PEOPLE OF INTEREST

How One Las Vegas ED Saved Hundreds of Lives After the Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History - This is heavy on the medical jargon but is still a fascinating read.

Keepers of the Secrets - “I was told that the most interesting man in the world works in the archives division of the New York Public Library, and so I went there, one morning this summer, to meet him.”

A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich People, and Moby Dick - The weird world of a high-end moving company.

The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana - Mantel could never release another novel and just blog about the British royal family and I’d read it every single day.

The Iconoclast - A doctor doggedly pursues a new form of cancer treatment that yields incredible results.

The Brutality of the Barkley Marathons - I think I put something up about the Barkley Marathon every year, but it’s endlessly fascinating to me.

Patrick Stewart Will Look Great Forever - A light celebrity puff piece, sure, but Stewart’s charm comes through even here.

The Librarian of Congress and the Greatness of Humility - A great profile on Dr. Carla Hayden, the first female person of color to be Librarian of Congress.

Alex Haley Interviews Martin Luther King, Jr. - See title.

FOOD

What Would it Take for an American Guy to Become Danish? - I rarely read travel articles that make me want to go to the place depicted immediately, but this is an exception.

A Last Dinner in the Jungle - Eating in France’s largest refugee camp.

Why the “Hot New Food Town” Must Die - See title.

Slop Machines - If you’re getting pork off a Vegas buffet table, it probably ate the same stuff you’re eating.

Revenge of the Lunch Lady - A very different perspective on Jamie Oliver and American school lunches.

CRIME AND POLICING

The Curious Case of the Disappearing Nuts - Thieves stage elaborate heists to steal nuts. Yes, like the kind you eat.

HISTORY

Beneath the Yew Tree’s Shade - On the association between yew trees and death.

The Long Way Round - The unbelievable true story of a Pan Am flight that essentially had to circumnavigate the Earth after Pearl Harbor, this will end up as a movie someday.

Untitled blog post on Roman inheritance law -  The sources on this are pretty thin, but the thesis - that all of Western civilization as we know it is predicated on Roman inheritance law - leads to some fascinating reading.

At War With the Rat Army - A family fleeing Nazi Germany wages war on a vicious rat population.

When Fairfield County Was the Comic-Strip Capital of the World - An intriguing look into the Sunday funnies.

SPORTS

A 15-Year-Old (Sorta-Maybe) Basketball Prodigy - What it’s like to be courted by Division I basketball programs before you can drive.

Colin Kaepernick is called a distraction, but from what? - Argues an excellent point about media coverage of Kaepernick.

Why President Trump ignites Gregg Popovich - I was not familiar with Popovich prior to this year - this is an interesting profile.

GAMES (VIDEO AND OTHERWISE)

The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons - Tabletop RPGs seem to have had a great year, as this piece discusses. (Now if only I could get my buddy to pull the trigger on his Curse of Strahd game...)

Exit the Dungeon Master: Tonys Rehearsal Is Calling - See above.

Game Maker Avery Alder on the Mechanics of Care - A palate cleanser after all the D&D talk above.

Your load is too heavy: Zork deep reading - Analyzing inventory management in a classic text adventure yields some interesting insights.

How to Make an Escape Room - See title.

Far Cry 5 Is About Living Under Fear in America - An extremely good piece by extremely good guy Austin Walker.

Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams talks about simulating the most complex magic system ever - A great check-in with the strange, wonderful Dwarf Fortress behemoth.

Quadrliateral Cowboy Points to a Different Kind of Intimacy in Games - I came to Quadrilateral Cowboy for the programming/stealth puzzles, but I stuck around for the little snippets of your crew between jobs.

PLACES AND TRAVEL

A ‘tale of decay’: The Houses of Parliament are falling down - See title.

Building in the Shadow of Our Own Destruction - See title (n.b. I did not intentionally start this section with these two)

The death and life of the great British pub - I swear to God, this order isn’t intentional.

What Happened to Worcester? - A good profile on a good city.

TECHNOLOGY

Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will - I’ve heard the premise of this article repeated multiple times, but this is the first time it actually clicked for me.

Something is wrong on the internet - I’ve proselytized for James Bridle here before, but this piece of his on children and YouTube that went viral (in my tech circle, at least) is required reading.

The Judge’s Code - On William Alsup, a federal judge who has become something of a celebrity for his handling of huge technology cases.

The Founder of Pinboard on Why Understanding Fandom is Good For Business - Another guy I’ve stumped for, Maciej Ceglowski, talks about his surprising success in working with fandoms on his bookmarking service Pinboard.

Where Pizza Rat, fake news, and art collide, there’s a wizard named Zardulu - “Art criminal” Zardulu seeks to break down the boundaries of reality. See also this excellent Reply All episode.

The Disappearing Computer - Legendary tech columnist Walter Mossberg’s final piece looks ahead to a strange new future.

Who is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author? - A captivating piece on revealing the author of a malignant piece of software.

THE FINE ARTS

Do Androids Dream of Colossal Women? - On the preponderance of giant women in science fiction movies.

Ridley Scott breaks silence on replacing Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World - See title.

Why Black Men Love Dragon Ball Z - See title.

The First Woman to Translate The Odyssey Into English - See title. I read The Odyssey this year in the Fagles translation, but I actually might go back and read Emily Wilson’s version looking at the excerpts here.

Outlawry, Supervillains, and Modern Law - An entertaining perspective on how supervillains might be handled by courts in the world of comics.

How the Palmer House’s Actual Homeowner Ended Up in Twin Peaks: The Return’s Final Scene - A fun peek inside the most unsettling scene on TV this year.

The Secret History of Dune - A hefty chunk of Frank Herbert’s inspiration is revealed.

I Grew Up in A John Hughes Movie - On the surprising accuracy of Hughes’ films.

The Persistence of Prog Rock - I’ll stump for The Alan Parsons Project until my dying day.

Margaret Atwood on What The Handmaid’s Tale Means in the Age of Trump - See title.

The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going to Miss Almost Everything - On completionism, and why it’s impossible.

The Teenage Dreamland of Twin Peaks - Reflections on coming of age with Twin Peaks.

This Is Not an Interview with Poppy - See title?

Where It Was: Rereading Stephen King’s It on Its 30th Anniversary - See title.

The Jedi as samurai vs. the Jedi as ninja - Not exactly heavy intellectual material, but an interesting perspective on trying to make sense of Star Wars.

FICTION

The Woman of the House - Some housepainters find themselves in an unusual situation.

Under river, outside time: The Woolwich Foot Tunnel Anomaly - A crew of workmen discover some unusual qualities to a job site.

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Is Indian fashion industry ready for men in androgynous modelling?

Lemuel Huffman, Kean Rui Alvares, Amit Bitto Dey — men in androgynous modelling in India. (Source: TheBlackPearl Photography/Facebook; Kean Rui Alvares/Alok Johri, Amit Bittoo Dey/Rahul Saha) Related News

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Growing up, Kean Rui Alvares was always fascinated with make-up. “I used to love watching my mother dress up and remember longing to have my own dress rehearsals, unlike most boys of my age,” says Alvares. Now 26, he is a professional make-up artist and model. Like him, there are many men, who like to dress up, can strike the most beautiful poses, whose high cheekbones can steal more than a glance and who have begun slowly, yet steadily, stirring up a change in the Indian fashion industry.

But is the industry here ready to have more androgynous men walk the ramp? Are those experimenting with gender-fluidity feeling accepted? Women have been wearing pants – on the runway as well as off it – for decades now, but what of men in skirts?

The Indian fashion industry is not alien to male androgynous modelling. Wendell Rodricks, veteran fashion designer is known for the softer silhouettes he dresses up his male models in. Designer Arjun Saluja opened his show at the 2012 Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in Delhi with a male model wearing a pleated skirt with men’s shirt. The likes of Rohit Bal, Tarun Tahilani and JJ Valaya are known for floral motifs they embellish on their men’s collection, embroidered shawls, etc.

While men attempting to wear pleated skirts or flowy shirts with floral prints on the runway might seem unusual for many, Rodricks insists the concept has its roots deep in Indian history and culture. “If I wear a lungi, an earring and a necklace of pearls, it is not unusual to Indian aesthetics. We have Maharajahs who have worn more jewels than Maharanis, yogis with more drapes than devdasis. This proves that the topic of androgynous dressing is not alien to the East,” he told indianexpress.com.

Wendell Rodricks, Express Archive; LFW Summer Resort 2016

Come to think about it, even the traditional Garba attire for men — ghagras, angarakhas, achkans, churidars are unisex sartorial choices.

SEXUALITY AND ANDROGYNOUS FASHION

Addressing one of the common misconceptions, Alvares asserts that being an androgynous model doesn’t necessarily have to mean that the person is homosexual. “Society tends to perceive visually. I am a man who celebrates both Yin and Yang — my masculinity and femininity.” So when he chooses to dress up and wear make-up, it is a fashion choice and should not be necessarily construed as a projection of his sexuality. He believes society has made rigid categories and gender is one such. “Because of assigned gender roles, men are expected to be tough and women demure,” he said.

(Source: Kean Rui Alvares/Alok Johri Photography) (Source: Kean Rui Alvares/Alok Johri Photography)

Kolkata-based fashion photographer and model Amit Bittoo Dey is excited about his debut in London Fashion Week in September. Even before the 25-year-old started off as a model two years ago, he was experimenting with androgynous fashion, and was no stranger to cynicism and stereotyping; which continued even on his entry into the industry. “Which is why, almost every brand continues to choose only conventional men or women models as their faces,” he explains.

(Source: Amit Bittoo Dey/Arideepto Ghosh)

But, Dey says, his ‘brand of modelling’ has come to be more accepted now. “If compliments could pay bills, I would have been considered a millionaire! So there is hope,” he adds. Chennai-based Lemuel Huffman, a self-proclaimed drag queen, has a similar story. Though he is yet to find complete acceptance, he believes there has been a change for the better. “Compared to when I started, people are much more open now. Not a lot of people still want it, they’d rather have a girl modelling for them,” Huffman says.

Like Alvares, Huffman agrees that androgyny has got little to do with one’s sexuality. “It’s about art. And art shouldn’t conform to categories, including gender.” And it is definitely different from cross-dressing, which “is one’s personal preference of dressing. It is satisfying a fundamental personal quest. Androgyny is about celebrating both the sexes — it’s different,” he says.

(Source: Amit Bittoo Dey/Aniruddha Sen)

UNDERSTANDING ANDROGYNY

Ganesh Toasty, a fashion and beauty photographer from Chennai, says that “90 per cent of the industry” doesn’t understand androgyny. “They only know them as lesbians, gays and transgender persons,” he explains, stating how there are less male Bharatanatyam dancers now because of the femininity rendered by the mudras and bhavas (expressions) of the dance form. “Even if they are heterosexual, they are ridiculed and called gays. Now parents don’t even send their boys to learn dance,” he says. Toasty equates this with how men who experiment with gender-fluid fashion are often seen as.

In 2016, he created a beautiful segment called ‘Sui Generis’ (Latin for ‘one of a kind’) when he tried breaking the ceiling of conventional beauty. He chose Huffman as his muse for the shoot, and the result was beautiful.

(Source: Ganesh Toasty/ Facebook, TheBlackPearlPhotography/Facebook)

Toasty believes that though the industry is gradually broadening its mind, clients continue to be conservative. “Many still want conventional faces,” he says. Far from being an insipid experiment, the photographer insists that androgynous modelling is rather just “comfortable fashion”. As a fashion photographer, he feels it is important to admire beauty in all its manifestations. And with “Lem” (Lemuel), “it was love at first sight” for Toasty.

(Source: TheBlackPearlPhotography/Facebook)

Huffman broke conventions with his winged-eye make-up and sultry marsala hued-pout in Toasty’s Sui Generis. Now that there is more awareness about LGBTQI, a lot more people of the community have come out and are inspiring others to make similar fearless choices, he says. In one of Toasty’s shots, the 26-year-old is posing with faux fur twirled over his body, bronze hair styled into a side puff, looking dreamily yet fiercely into the camera – almost like an embodiment of the fearlessness he is talking about. Modelling for about four years now, Huffman prefers being a photographer’s model than walking the ramp.

(Source: TheBlackPearlPhotography/Facebook)

IS GLOBAL ACCEPTANCE ACTUALLY MORE THAN IN INDIA?

While Rodricks says the concept of androgyny is new to the West, Toasty and Dey are of the opinion that unlike closer home, there are more androgynous models in the international fashion scene because the industry is more receptive.

However Michael Tintiuc, from the European country of Moldova who began modelling in 2007, says ‘androgynous fashion’ is one of the fake trends “that was created by the fashion industry some five-six years ago”. “After it, came a new trend, in which shaved-headed model guys with a face that is not disfigured by intellect, wore sports-wear and sandals with socks. Now those, who mimicked androgyny, changed into sports-wear and shaved their heads clean,” he told indianexpress.com. Having ventured into modelling at 18, Tintiuc wasn’t initially successful. “The look of a tall, skinny, long-haired skater in tight pants was not in demand and looked quite different in comparison to the big, muscular men who were successful in the Russian fashion modelling scene then,” he says.

(Source: Michael Tintiuc)

Yet, Tintiuc agrees that this is a niche look and most times doesn’t fit the requirements of the labels and brands looking for a “standard look”. Now 28, Tintiuc, whose look was once described as “edgy and rock ‘n’ roll”, has been a part of many runway shows in New York, Paris, Milan, London and Tokyo for various labels like Z Zegna, Ann Demeulemeester, John Varvatos to name a few and featured in magazines such as Vogue Italia, Grazia, GQ, etc.

(Source: Michael Tintiuc)

Internationally, Miles McMillan, RuPaul Andre Charles, Andreja Pejìc, Erika Kinder, etc., have carved themselves a place in androgynous fashion. Closer home, a few like Alvares, Huffman and Dey are still paving the way for others.

(Source: File Photo)

India has a history of men wearing jewellery and floral, flowy silhouettes and even now have them lining their eyes with surma. Yet, is it too sensitive about changes that could challenge its masculinity? Or can an eccentric Ranveer Singh in a kilt, eyes kohled and holding a boombox purse save the day?

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