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Rightsize Me
As a teenager, I squeezed into size-12 jeans. Over the past three decades, Iâve put on about 20 pounds, mostly below the waist. I now wear a...
Atlantic, The, 12/01/07 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
Beautiful Minds
Even before Sputnik, scientists and policy makers worried that not enough Americans were studying science. In August 1957, two months before the...
Atlantic, The, 09/01/07 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
Paint of View
In the classic childrenâs book Mr. Pineâs Purple House , first published in 1965, the title character faces a problem familiar to many...
Atlantic, The, 06/01/07 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
Dress Sense
On May 7, the rich, famous, and beautiful will parade into the Metropolitan Museum of Art wearing their best, or most interesting, clothes, pausing...
Atlantic, The, 05/01/07 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
Lofty Ambitions
When Harvey and Sandy Gordon decided to move from their mid-century modern house in a suburban Houston neighborhood to a high-rise condominium in...
Atlantic, The, 04/01/07 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
The Truth About Beauty
Cosmetics makers have always sold âhope in a jarââcreams and potions that promise youth, beauty, sex appeal, and even love for the...
Atlantic, The, 03/01/07 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
Up, Up, and Away
Last May, bankrupt Delta Air Lines took a break from its usual news of debt restructuring, stock delisting, and abandoned pension obligations to...
Atlantic, The, 01/01/07 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
In Praise of Chain Stores
Every well-traveled cosmopÂolite knows that America is mind-numbingly monotonousâthe most boring country to tour, because everywhere looks...
Atlantic, The, 12/01/06 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
The Iconographer
Elsewhere on the Web: Julius Sherman, Modernity, and the Metropolis The Web page of an exhibition at the Getty Museum. Includes photos and audio of...
Atlantic, The, 11/01/06 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication -
The surgery was simple; the process is another story
Most people think of "organ donors" as dead people. Public campaigns encourage this idea, urging Americans to sign donor cards and let their...
USA TODAY, 10/25/06 by Virginia Postrel · More from publication
