A media-use questionnaire was completed by 3,261 7th and 8th graders and a subsample of 1,074 respondents was interviewed about their sexual attitudes and behaviors. Based on results from the media survey, respondents’ top television shows, movies, music, Internet sites, and newspapers were content analyzed for portrayals or references to pubertal development, romantic relationships, body expos...

This paper contributes to the social media moderation research space by examining still under-researched “shadowban”, a form of light and secret censorship targeting what Instagram defines as borderline content, particularly affecting posts depicting women’s bodies, nudity sexuality. “Shadowban” is user-generated term given platform’s “vaguely inappropriate content” policy, which hides users’ f...

In light of work by Donna Haraway, Jacques Derrida and Hélène Cixous, this paper weaves a poetic response to the Western ethnocentric mode thought as that which cuts once forever line dividing nature from culture. That elevates Man over all other creatures, indeed living things, does so means phallic imaginary deeply tied Judaeo-Christian ontotheology – shame, nudity original sin. Through figur...

background and aims. tooth loss may lead to mastication disability, which in turn has important impact on individual’s quality of life. social and psychological factors have been shown to be associated with tooth loss. this study aimed to investigate the social determinants and prevalence of tooth loss, and presence of functional dentition among female heads of household under support of welfar...

This project examines three contemporary re-creations of Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth Venus, exploring how modern depictions the same image and story return to change vision. I juxtapose fifteenth-century painting with re-creations: Larry Moss’ Venus in Arigami (2009), Lady Gaga’s Applause music video (2013), David LaChapelle’s Rebirth photograph (2019). has timeless status as an icon beauty d...

Abstract Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius uses the transmigration soul to tie present past through corporal metaphors cultural preservation. These are laced throughout Apollonius’ visits Indian Brahmans and Ethiopian naked sages (Gymnoi), two wisdom groups who respectively celebrate deny embodied knowledge that reincarnation allows. This somatic line thinking culminates in a debate over Gymnoi’...