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Just in time for Valentine's Day,
the Guardian in London has
reviewed and raved about
The Secret Language of Sleep.
And, for the rest of the week,
you can buy it for $5!
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General Broadcasting Standards Concerning Upper-Torso Nudity.BY DAYVID FIGLER - - - - ACCEPTABLE Straight, unpierced males within normal anthropometric ranges Infants—all sexes* (diaper commercials, sitcoms, soap operas) Obese men covered in team colors Pre-op transsexuals prior to hormone treatment (clinical males) Live African women (documentary only) Gender-nominal Muppets within normal anthropomorphic ranges Bikini-clad spring-break participants (non-trampoline-jumping) Girls Gone Wild commercials (up to and just before "flashing" obscured by black boxes) Actor in gorilla suit (portraying male or female gorilla) Female athletes in two-piece bodytard swimwear playing beach volleyball Victoria's Secret models in nonsheer lingerie Side view of mammogram patient (local news or documentary) - - - - GRAY AREA Shirtless gay men partying at Fire Island with pierced nipples Prepubescent girls* (dramatic works depicting poor children running around tenement) Obese men with technical breast size of 34C or larger (jumping on trampolines) Pre-op transsexuals at the beginning stages of hormone treatment (clinical males) Still photos of dead topless women (crime victims, autopsy documentary) Miss Piggy in a loose-fitting karate gi/Electric Mayhem guitarist Janice in a halter-top Bikini-clad Blind Date contestants dancing to the song "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Women soccer players in sports bras Runway models displaying saucy French couture Plastic-surgery enhancement or reduction of breasts (documentary only and only a glance) Mastectomy patients (documentary only and only a glance) - - - - UNACCEPTABLE Healthy nondiseased postpubescent females from "Christian" countries Pre-op transsexuals (or "extreme" bar bettors) with implants larger than 32A (clinical males) Post-op transsexuals (clinical females) Human "furries" if there is a suggestion of sexual desire (even fully ensconced in costume) Live African-American women with nipples obscured by metal sheath Infant females or prepubescent girls if the context is "creepy" - - - - * Some states have laws prohibiting children under the age of 18 to pose or to be exhibited in a state of nudity for purpose of visual reproduction in any medium if there is "lascivious intent." In other words, one person's cute picture of their naked kid on a bearskin rug in the wrong hands can be a felony. As always, depravity depends on the mind of the beholder.
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