The Beauty Experiment

Ancient Chinese Textiles!

by Phoebe on Apr.02, 2014, under time

Ancient Chinese velvet textiles from 1063. The top textile features the chrysanthemum, which is a symbol of female beauty in Chinese ...

by Phoebe on Mar.19, 2014, under time

Many thanks to the members of Mothers and More/ suburban PA who hosted me via the magic of Skype for a ...

by Phoebe on Feb.22, 2014, under time

Long, long, ago in a galaxy far, far, away, I co-edited the UC Irvine literary journal, Faultline, with the poet Elaine ...

by Phoebe on Feb.19, 2014, under books, media

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/12/275884140/dating-sites-offer-chance-at-love-and-a-lesson-in-economics ...

by Phoebe on Feb.16, 2014, under change, media, time

Peanut butter, frosting and hope. Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, a Muslim, was inspired to create a “call to peace” song with ...

by Phoebe on Feb.14, 2014, under time

The Love Cook Let me cook you some dinner. Sit down and take off your shoes and socks and in fact the rest of your ...

by Phoebe on Feb.12, 2014, under time

This poem about sticks comes from Seamus Heaney’s The Spirit Level (FSG, 1996). As a parent, I see the sticks of ...

So American Apparel has a store window up with the work of Petra Collins in it: mannequins with bush, modeling panties. ...

This series by photographer Katie Moore very gently bends your brain, I think, making the eternal teen grow up. I wonder ...

by Phoebe on Jan.27, 2014, under time

It’s nine degrees here, but this Updike poem outside the school library warmed me utterly. ...