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• Boob-Job Conservatism

  Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:23 AM By William Saletan
  
  New piece this morning on the recession in cosmetic surgery. As I was writing it, I realized how completely it dovetails with the previous post about nipple rings. Both argue for a distinction between elective and necessary procedures. That's an old theme Read More...
  Filed under: nipple rings, cosmetic surgery, cranky, elective, conservative, progressive, necessary, transhumanism, effort, transsexuals

• Lose the Nipple Ring

  Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:02 AM By William Saletan
  
  I'd like to start the blog on a high note. But it's hard to pass up the nipple-ring story. It brings up some topics I've addressed before , and, weirdly enough, it does raise the kinds of issues HN is designed to explore. Here are the basics, as outlined Read More...
  Filed under: discussions, nipple rings, body piercing, elective metal

• The Future of Flesh

  Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:06 AM By William Saletan
  
  One thing I hope to do in this blog is to keep connecting news stories and trends to each other. It's not enough to mock the idea of a civil right to body piercings. The larger theme of today's earlier post was the difference between necessary and elective Read More...
  Filed under: nipple rings, cyborgs, prostheses, regeneration, elective metal

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