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Last Orgasm in Hollywood
By Judith Lewis, LA Weekly
A recent viewing of the sexually frank new film Shortbus inspires Judith Lewis to muse about how, 'when it comes to sex in movies, we're all pretty much puritans.' In surveying Hollywood depictions of sex, Lewis identifies some consistent formulas: Happy, healthy sex is the domain of couples, while the dirty variety proffers an eroticism that ultimately ends in problems (like death). According to this formula, the key to making sex erotic is shrouding it in a veil of shame. Films like Shortbus, however, stand out by dispatching with shame and romanticized monogamy, in favor of just sex. -- Rachel Anderson
http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/last-orgasm-in-hollywood/14730/

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A new study by Israeli scientists suggests that genetics play a crucial role in the development of our facial expressions. Scientists studied the faces of 21 people born blind and the faces of their relatives as they were exposed to situations designed to evoke certain emotions. The blind participants' facial movements when angry, thoughtful, and sad resembled those of their relatives significantly more than those of strangers, indicating that we don't develop our expressions entirely by mimicry as children. Raising an eyebrow at this? Maybe your uncle is, too. -- Elizabeth Ryan
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