MAD_Production/Shutterstock April 10, 2024 Pubic hair: beyond brazilians, more than manscaping Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol What’s the point of pubic hair? Does it serve an important purpose or is it a costly inconvenience? An anatomist explains the science.
EAP/Rhona Wise December 9, 2019 The $120,000 banana: how to have your art and eat it Amy Bryzgel, University of Aberdeen When artist Maurizio Cattelan’s work Comedian sold for $120,000, the art world went bananas. Little did we know it wasn’t the end of the story.
Photographer Spencer Tunick celebrates the joyful, frivolous and liberating experience of public nudity. Lucas Jackson/Reuters November 3, 2016 Friday essay: the naked truth on nudity Ruth Barcan, University of Sydney While the female nude is valorised in fine art, real women’s nakedness still attracts social punishment. From sexting to concerns over public breastfeeding, ours is an uncomfortable relationship with the fleshy body.