Issue 15 Jul/Aug 2002

Culture
Be Beautiful and Carry a Big Stick: Physical Attractiveness & the Massai Aesthetic by Robert Biswas-Diener
How Much Did you Pay for your Identity? The Big Business of Selling Individuality to Kids by Scott Puckett
Strummer: Passion is a Fashion by Antonino D'Ambrosio
People
WERISE: Clamor Talks with Julie Shaw about the First WERISE Fashion Show by Jason Kucsma
What's Your Relationship to Fashion? A Photo Essay by Ailecia Ruscin and Chantel Guidry
The X Factor: A Pirate Attack off Yemen by Zoltan Gyurko
Gangbanging: Analyzing the Phenomenon by RJ Castillo
Ruby Chaton: Stand-out DIY Design by Mollie Wells
Economics
American Made: Sweatshops in the USA by Casey Boland
Animal-Free Fashion: A Field Guide to Veganwear by Mickey Z
Sex & Gender
Sex or Sweatshops: The Scarlot Harlot Talks about Globalization and the Rights of Sex Workers by Mary Christmas
Media
James King is Convenient: In 1996, the New York Times Magazine sent an uncompromising message about the pitfalls of the fashion world. It did it? by Martin Schneider
After the last Merger: Fiction by Jeffrey Yamaguchi
Sounds in the Background: Muzak, Background Music, and Unlikely Song Choices by Boone Stigall
Politics
Unmitigated Power: Energy Production, Ideology, and Carolina Power & Light by Jordan Green
The Panther Insurgency by Paul Glavin
In a Chinese Joint by Oscar Tuazon

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