November 19, 2009 - Global Comment

Belle de Jour, a.k.a. Brooke Magnanti: the science of sex work

November 19, 2009
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By Allison McCarthy

Dr. Brooke Magnanti has revealed her dual identity as Belle de Jour, the £300-per-hour London call girl whose life in the sex work industry has documented in four books, a television series on...

The real appeal of Stephanie Meyer’s restless vampire romance

November 19, 2009
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By Sarah Jaffe

There's a moment in "New Moon," the new film sequel to "Twilight," the vampire teen romance, that perfectly explains the appeal of this series. It's between human Bella Swan, played by a thin and...