| 单词 | pleasurable |
| 例句 | He wore a heavy sweater and slacks, and as the others looked up I heard the quick intake of a woman's pleasurable sigh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For newborns and very young children, speaking a rhyme and wiggling toes connects sound to a pleasurable and intimate act, as well as introducing the idea of rhythm and phrasing to newborns and young children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Yet, even though looking at most works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate fully what’s going on requires certain skills and knowledge. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z But they also light up when the brain interprets something as pleasurable, even if the behavior doesn’t appear to have the survival value of, say, eating or procreating. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was not as exciting as the ride through the snowy air; but it was pleasurable and comforting. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Kit felt a small pleasurable stir of curiosity. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If she pressed the corner of a textbook against it, the sensation was pleasurable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Briony was her last, and nothing between now and the grave would be as elementally important or pleasurable as the care of a child. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A short, pleasurable, if somewhat ghoulish, guffaw sounded behind the curtain. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z We hanker to go on, even in the face of plain evidence that long, long lives are not necessarily pleasurable in the kind of society we have arranged thus far. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Being continually outshone was an occupational hazard of being his friend and cannot have been any more pleasurable as a brother. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I am very greatly rejoiced to find that an occasion has occurred so pleasurable that the people cannot restrain themselves,” he jokes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It is almost impossible to tighten the orbicularis oculi, pars orbitalis on demand, and it is equally difficult to stop it from tightening when we smile at something genuinely pleasurable. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Flight is change, and change is pleasurable when fortunes are low. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This leaves the children to the streets, prey to any sight, any conversation, any sexual experiment that comes along to make their lives more interesting or pleasurable. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandparents’ love- making was pleasurable but unvarying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All pleasurable things, all travel and sports and entertainment and good food and fine clothes, are in the very shortest supply, always were and always will be. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She always dressed impeccably for her duties as hostess, in a pillbox hat, tweed suit, and beige gloves: taking coffee from her sure hand he’d found pleasurable. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As their stay at Grand Isle drew near its close, she felt that she could not give too much time to a diversion which afforded her the only pleasurable moments that she knew. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The Stirrings had returned, and he felt a little guilty and em-barrassed about the pleasurable dreams that came to him as he slept. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Why not think of it instead as a form of pleasurable mastery, like cooking or photography? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z If it had been anyone else, I would have been embarrassed by not having something more to offer, but there was something strangely pleasurable about having to disappoint someone like Quisqueya. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The thought was calming and pleasurable, and not desperate at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the early 1800s there arose in England a fashion for inhaling nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, after it was discovered that its use "was attended by a highly pleasurable thrilling." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She experienced pleasurable erotosexual sensations by positioning herself by the water jets of a neighbor’s swimming pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I felt a great hunger for something merely pleasurable, for something people call “fun.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There is something about the mere act of him speaking that is vaguely pleasurable even though I wish it weren't. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z It’s a pleasurable feeling, a release from the reward center. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z No, reader: gratitude, and many associations, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see; his presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z That part was already forgotten, or else would be forgotten in the pleasurable rush of being important. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I only hope that was as pleasurable a sensation for you as it was for me.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z ALBUS: As pleasurable as it will be to hide in a hole with you for the next forty years . . . they’ll find us. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z And of course we want to give pleasurable programming, simple enjoyment. BBC to celebrate film music in autumn season 2013-07-25T13:10:35Z Mr. Frank is working with uglier, less pleasurable material here: a 1992 novel by Lawrence Block featuring his continuing character Matthew Scudder. ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ Adapts Lawrence Block’s Novel 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The best route to this small city tucked where the mighty Cascade mountain range meets the sea can be more scenic and pleasurable. Go North for Active Days and Appetizing Nights 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Even so, his work represents some of the most purely pleasurable filmmaking imaginable, an inexhaustible storehouse of wit, joy, sensuality and wisdom. DVDs: Films of Sacha Guitry, a French Charmer, on DVD 2010-07-31T05:00:00Z And because the glibness of the dialogue matches that of the character, there’s a feeling of momentary pleasurable alignment whenever Mr. Kudisch is speaking. Review: ‘The Flamingo Kid,’ a Musical Not Yet in Flight 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z A bit in which Kenan Thompson and Tracy Morgan played Beyonce’s twin sons in the womb was pedestrian, but at least had the pleasurable jolt of seeing Mr. Morgan. Review: ‘S.N.L.’ Targets Trump Again, With a Hint of Exhaustion 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z So too do the rituals and pleasurable pieces of small behaviour attached to writing with a pen. Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters 2012-10-06T23:05:27Z Calderon’s cast-bronze sculpture, similarly, shows a lanky man swallowing himself, in an act that, however pleasurable it is, can’t bear fruit. At Kucera Gallery: Mark Calderon, Sherry Markovitz 2013-05-30T19:45:07Z It is exquisitely pleasurable to observe Smith thinking on the page, not least because we have no idea where she’s headed. From Justin Bieber to Martin Buber, Zadie Smith’s Essays Showcase Her Exuberance and Range 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “Also, it shouldn’t be. Why would making a movie like that be pleasurable?” Ari Aster Has Something Funny to Show You. Don’t Be Scared. 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z But, as it turns out, sometimes it’s pleasurable enough just watching the most unlikely American comedy star since Bill Murray slip into a groove. Review: Melissa McCarthy Takes Charge in ‘The Boss’ 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Preachy and tauntingly bawdy in patches, “The Last Chairlift” does have pleasurable stretches, when the air is clear and the terrain smooth. Sex, Secrets and Absent Fathers: It’s the New John Irving, of Course 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z But, richly pleasurable and boundlessly funny as Jamie Lloyd's new production of this early Pinter play is, I feel it misses something of its chilling political undertow. The Hothouse – review 2013-05-09T23:06:09Z For readers uninitiated in the joys of this addiction, “All About Eve” is the most pleasurable, most quotable film ever created about those who make their living on the stage. Falling in Love Again With ‘All About Eve’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z There was this kind of familiarity in a very pleasurable way. Nicolas Winding Refn Dissects His Bloody Confection 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The result was a complexity that required repeated, pleasurable tastes to explore. A Lesser Known Wine of Sicily Benefits From Globalization 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z "Alcohol tricks our brain into thinking it's highly pleasurable, but there's a whole world of passions and new activities you could discover when you start exploring new ways of having fun," Rzadkowolska said. 7 New Year's resolution ideas and how to crush them 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The four short residential streets that the homes are clustered on are quiet and pleasurable for walking. Cultured Traveler: Los Angeles? The Valley Is Way Cooler 2012-07-19T20:12:06Z The skills of their U.I. designers will be just as important in determining how pleasurable — or otherwise — it will be to use them, as old-fashioned considerations, like how they look. 2010-01-25T09:32:00Z It’s an almost painfully pleasurable memory: she and her wonderful husband, Rob, holding my tiny son, and beaming with almost grandparental pride. When my mother died, I inherited her best friend – and she became family 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z They settled on the only position they thought was mutually pleasurable and vulnerable: the 69. "The Americans" Writers Talk About That 69 Scene 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z A devastating form of female sexual dysfunction, it causes Sarah such extreme pelvic pain that she can’t sit for long periods of time, much less have pleasurable sex. “Female Viagra” is long overdue: How the FDA’s double standard hurts women 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “Other distractions haven’t been studied as much, but creating that pleasurable feeling in other ways is likely to do the same thing.” Fitness: Workout Distractions: Good or Bad? 2010-03-16T21:53:00Z I was halfway through the book before I realized what Solnit had done: She’d written a biography that was actually pleasurable to read. Review | Orwell was more than a social critic. Rebecca Solnit’s new book finds him in the garden. 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z It helps that this altogether pleasurable Shakespeare Theatre Company revival recruits so many exceptional voices for a score rich in melodic treasures. What you should be seeing in D.C. theater this week 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z And that understanding—even though it’s about depressing corruption—actually feels pleasurable. The Art of the Impeachment Podcast 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z If Kelly and Minchin get this right, it should be a show of pleasurable wish fulfilment, where everyone gets what they deserve. This week's new theatre 2010-12-11T00:14:00Z Realising I’d surrendered a rare and pleasurable patch of idleness without noticing made me wonder what else I was sacrificing to graze online. Switch it off and give yourself a digital break 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Simultaneously painful and pleasurable, my longing might once have been described, and with some accuracy, as nostalgia. The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong 2014-03-16T20:00:00Z They can feel a bit obvious, at least in comparison to the disturbing tapestry that surrounds them, which makes the fact that they offer pleasurable relief frustrating. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Both films use magical realism to give viewers a pleasurable respite from small, sad moments we know too well from daily life, to much different ends. The Screening Room: “People Are Becoming Clouds” 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It has also become a more exciting place to eat, with two of its most acclaimed chefs opening intensely pleasurable restaurants. How I Fell for Lisbon 2012-05-25T20:23:37Z I mean learning that is pleasurable, learning that changes us inwardly – dramatically, even – under the impact of words that are true and charged with feeling. Elena Ferrante: A writer’s talent is like a fishing net, catching daily experiences that can educate 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Wood did not try to explain why such transgressive elements can be pleasurable, but other scholars borrowed his framework to do just that. Gray Matter: The Critique of Pure Horror 2011-07-17T04:49:00Z “First You Write a Sentence” is a “muted love letter” to the form, arguing in its genially opinionated way for sentences that make our lives more democratic and more pleasurable. Want to Learn How to ‘Nail the Jelly of Reality to the Wall’? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Something can be gross and still be a cherished, pleasurable, important or admirable part of life. Sex for “mere pleasure”? Shame on you! — 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Fetish and kink are not only rooted in what is sexual, but also what feels safe, what feels pleasurable. “Porn stars are the gladiators of the entertainment industry” 2014-03-15T23:00:00Z Along with her cravings for the company of books, she desires the sexual company of people who write them, and she seeks out those encounters — some of which are pleasurable, others disturbing. Craving Books, Sex and Revolution 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z “This book seeks to recover an alternative tradition in literature, poetry and philosophy, one that says not only is idleness good, but that it is essential for a pleasurable life,” Hodgkinson writes in his preface. Celebrating Literature’s Slacker Heroes, Idlers and Liers-In 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The joke is pushed much further in the film, but it still helps sustain Ian Talbot's pleasurable revival of this old theatrical warhorse. Charley's Aunt – review 2012-10-02T17:36:53Z Lush but delicate, expensive but incarnating the abundance of nature, anatomically and scientifically intricate but making no special demands of the viewer, the orchid makes a free gift of its sheer, pleasurable beauty. Orchids Take Their Star Turn at the New York Botanical Garden 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Few of us are likely to come close to a discovery on that level, yet there is something profoundly pleasurable in discussing results and observations with students and colleagues. Scientists and their emotions: the highs ... and the lows 2013-02-10T00:04:02Z There is little that is pleasurable about Chuck, who stands out as the prime target of viewer scorn on a show full of slippery lawyers and murderous drug dealers. Need a Bad Brother? Better Call Michael McKean 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Choices including the platform’s pleasurable, frictionless interface, which encourages users to stay and return. An Anti-Facebook Manifesto, by an Early Facebook Investor 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Put another way, like Peckinpah, Ms. Bigelow is brilliant at both delivering and dissecting male violence, which is why “The Hurt Locker” is at once so pleasurable and disturbing. 2010-01-09T02:31:00Z But the other drink — let’s call it the Bee Stingless — was plenty pleasurable on its own. The Tipsy Diaries: Cocktails With a Twist: Zing but No Alcohol 2011-02-17T13:00:00Z The Happy Prince Rated R for naked men and pleasurable substances. Review: In His Last Years, Oscar Wilde Is Far From ‘The Happy Prince’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Now “Miles for Mary,” which opened on Saturday night at the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn, asserts its claim to belong among such painfully pleasurable company. Review: ‘Miles for Mary,’ a Sendup of the Interminable Meeting From Hell 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Inspired by the proliferation of the #icebucketchallenge, Grimes, a senior political reporter at RH Reality Check, came up with one of the simplest, most pleasurable “challenges” to incentivize donating to abortion funds. Eat a taco, drink a beer and help protect reproductive freedom 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z This disconcerting though pleasurable phenomenon — the past inserting itself into the present — happened again and again. Lost in Paris 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z “We were shooting in a very hot field with three different languages, so I wouldn’t say that all of it was pleasurable,” Pugh recalled. Ari Aster Has Something Funny to Show You. Don’t Be Scared. 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z What a fascinating and pleasurable event it is. Christian Marclay's The Clock: a masterpiece of our times 2011-04-07T12:05:43Z But the experience of making that film was so pleasurable that I’ll always have it. Tribeca Interview: Tom Hiddleston 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Some of their unexamined assumptions — about race and gender and even the primacy of pleasurable song over political impact — have been revised or shot down in the intervening decades. When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The fear was real, but it was that pleasurable kind of fear you know will pass. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The shamefully needy part of me wants reassurance that we made his 11 years as pleasurable as possible. Do our pets ever really love us – or do they just stick around for the food? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Possibly it is — at a time of such relentless obsession on work-family “balance,” an obsession that leaves little cultural room to think about more pleasurable kinds of human engagement. | The Joylessness of Sex on TV 2013-05-28T13:30:29Z With her note-perfect British accent and skittish sense of conviction, Gyllenhaal raises Hysteria above the level of naughty farce to something altogether more pleasurable. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-01-13T00:05:29Z Neurosis, he wrote, involves the “flight from an unsatisfying reality into a more pleasurable world of fantasy.” Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Most novelists would agree that chatting with a friend is more pleasurable than writing novels. Sheila Heti gets sex wrong 2012-09-28T23:30:00Z Instead, as titularly advertised, “Girls” is about girls, and the fact that they do make connections – emotional, intimate, irritating, satisfying, pleasurable, lasting. When anti-violence backfires 2012-06-02T15:00:00Z ‘There are lots of things that are way more pleasurable than penetration’ Matt, 28, more than 25 partners The sex we see in the media is one-dimensional. The magic number: how many people have you slept with? 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z If all you are thinking about is the nutritive quality of the food, it’s not very pleasurable. The only way to defeat the food industry: Cook more 2014-01-01T21:00:00Z Analyzing why it’s so pleasurable to read Simon Rich is about as helpful as analyzing why it’s so fun to spend the night with an unexpectedly excellent blind date. A Toddler Detective, Pirate Parents and Other Witty Treats in Simon Rich’s ‘New Teeth’ 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z He has known "depressions, inabilities to cope with the drug experience, but they're vastly outnumbered by the pleasurable experiences". 'Prison isn't high on my list of tragedies' 2013-05-27T17:30:00Z In keeping with the simplicity of the story, they are pleasurable, straight-ahead, often-comic tunes, like vaudeville songs interspersed among comedy acts. Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Because after successfully finishing the dangerous-seeming event, both partners will experience a pleasurable burst of dopamine. This Is the Bachelorette's Scientific Formula to Make Couples Fall in Love 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z That silent scream rises like a baleful ectoplasm from a production that generally offers little to shiver about, at least not in any pleasurable way. | 'The Addams Family': Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth on Broadway 2010-04-09T02:29:00Z Our meals have always been, if imperfect, generally assumed to be pleasurable, nourishing and social. I didn't teach my kids how to cook. Did I fail them? 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The presentation is crowded, but it is nonetheless quite pleasurable to parse the juxtaposed cuttings from language and nature. Aural Installations Take Over New Museum 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z You can't be sure whether what they do is done for financial reward, or they just find it pleasurable, or because they're tied into this system; it's not clear. Utopia: inside Channel 4's new unsettling thriller 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z In a time when we might especially crave beauty, art, and being whisked off to other realms, it delivers exactly that, and it’s one of the most immediately pleasurable podcasts I’ve heard in a while. “Aria Code,” an Effortlessly Listenable Opera Podcast 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z But despite some pleasurable music, the heart of the show was Mr. Goldblum’s interaction with the audience with a kind of running quiz show to identify quotations from movies and literature and highlight his erudition. Jeff Goldblum Plays Jazz at the Café Carlyle 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z As always, Hawkins is immensely pleasurable to watch; she's knock-kneed, bucktoothed, skinny as a rail and imbued with an almost feral intensity. "Made in Dagenham": A patronizing film about working-class feminism 2010-11-18T18:01:00Z An enchanting place of eccentric celebration, Apfelbaum’s secular chapel threads the contradictory needle in surprising and pleasurable ways. Polly Apfelbaum's fallen paintings and beads of devotion in her secular chapel of abstract art 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z And it’s one of the most consistent pleasures of the consistently pleasurable “Schitt’s Creek.” ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Brings Love, Canadian Style 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z As with her HBO show “Girls,” the few, rare interactions that sound remotely pleasurable are underscored by an awareness that loneliness is never far away. The most Lena-Dunham sex scenes from Lena Dunham’s new book 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z While music, drama and dance offer audiences the frisson of live performance, they are also endlessly replicable — and pleasurable — in recordings and films. Can Art Be 'Priceless' in Rocky Times? 2010-05-23T23:00:00Z I’m a big fan of all kinds of music, so I think that makes it an even more pleasurable experience. Grammy Host LL Cool J Talks New Music And (Not) Watching Himself 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z ON A Sunday afternoon, George Orwell believed, nothing is more pleasurable than to settle down with a good, true, murder story. Boys’ own 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z And one of those disciplines is the subject of an immensely pleasurable exhibition called “Yoga: The Art of Transformation” at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery here. Art Review: ‘Yoga: The Art of Transformation’ at Sackler Gallery 2014-01-02T22:01:19Z It was rich and filling and immensely pleasurable. Choice Tables : Dining in Dublin, From Boxty to Blaa 2014-01-29T20:03:25Z He doesn’t understand quite how pleasurable it is for us domestic cooks to use a barbecue. Raise the steaks with this recipe for a barbecued feast | Feasting 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z But if you suddenly come across something unexpected – a model guillotine from another museum's collection – I think it inspires a double take and a pleasurable moment of curiosity and reflection. What's in store: how First Time Out opened our eyes to new possibilities 2013-06-07T10:55:00Z It gave Americans an outlet for testing their discernment in a manageable and pleasurable way. "Is It Cake?" feeds viewers visual catharsis for uncertain times 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z To ruin the analogy further, writing about architecture is like mangling language, and far too often the experience of reading architectural writing feels about as pleasurable as tooth extraction. Opinionator: Why Don?t We Read About Architecture? 2012-03-03T01:30:43Z Yet engaging with the old ones, which were new once, can also be pleasurable and valuable — unless they have become the equivalent of Confederate statues that need to come down. The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Here are some examples of design projects that are super-desirable and, in one way or another, make our lives more pleasurable. Design: Breaking Loose From the Sober-Sided 2010-05-30T18:56:00Z Coleridge was a fan, saying it gave him a “pleasurable sensation of warmth”. Is the growth in nitrous oxide misuse a laughing matter? 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z By this point, you might have noticed a trend in my selections: Except for “The Blackout: Invasion Earth,” they have a pleasurable, carefree sensibility. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It seemed at times like melodramatic fluff: pleasurable enough, appealing to those who like their recent historical fiction with a healthy dose of love triangles. ‘Fallout,’ by Sadie Jones, a tale of passion and imperfect love in 1970s London theater world The most obvious reason is the dense, luxuriant black-and-white cinematography, which is very pleasurable in its own right. Review: In ‘The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki,’ Love and Life on the Ropes 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z On the basis of this thoughtful, robust embrace of material so hard to get right, his education about how to use the company’s spaces promises to put Shakespeare lovers on a pleasurable learning curve. Review | ‘Timon of Athens’ is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s easy, and for a while pleasurable, to explore the exhibition looking for the more obvious examples of Diebenkorn’s meditation on Matisse. Diebenkorn/Matisse exhibition documents a one-way love affair 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z With each empty click, she lets out a pleasurable sound. What makes "Beef" so seductive? Understanding the intimacy of rage sheds light on that ending 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z In Kreider’s pleasurable and well-wrought essays, an affable hero gamely bumbles through adventures rich with moments of fleeting profundity and moral reckoning. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The thought crossed my warped mind that maybe he was the boyfriend of a customer who, to pass the time in a more pleasurable manner, was pretending to help fashion-addled women. On the Runway Blog: What an Early Spring Has Sown on City Streets 2012-03-23T18:41:26Z I remember deriving a thrill of pleasurable dread from its sense of crisis and doom when I first read it as a teenager. I will show you Arcade Fire in a handful of dust: why pop music loves TS Eliot 2012-05-23T12:11:40Z The most pleasurable aspect of the performances was the sense of spontaneity he managed to sustain. Theater Review: Mike Daisey Vents in ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ at Joe’s Pub 2013-09-12T05:06:25Z “It’s a pleasurable, seductive fantasy partly because, as we have known from the start of cinema, the sight of a running horse is a beautiful thing,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Saturday 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Jackson leads the reader into the live culture of American cheese in a manner so painless as to be pleasurable. ‘It’s Not You, It’s Brie:’ Blessed are the cheesemakers 2013-01-02T22:44:37Z “We found that modafinil improves motivation and working memory in healthy people and makes doing tasks more pleasurable,” she said. How to keep your brain healthy 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s shamelessly partial but also warmly pleasurable, partly because Mr. Linklater is an engaging and humble conversationalist who moves easily to the beat of his own soundtrack. Review: ‘Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny’ Lionizes a Maverick Talent 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The ensemble is like a pleasurable public recreation hall crossed with the melting core of a nuclear reactor, the local Y as Chernobyl. Review: Marius Bercea at Francois Ghebaly Gallery 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z But this is thin, unimaginative hack work, and it lacks the deranged seriousness and commitment that distinguishes a pleasurable misfire from bland dreck like this. ‘Beast’ Review: More Bore Than Roar 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z But despite this — and the pleasurable, prickly chemistry between the two lawmen — “The Hollow Point” limps to a close without fully rewarding the effort expended on its making. Review: Matter-of-Fact Mayhem Strikes in ‘The Hollow Point’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z “But few developments could have been more surprising than the election results. For some reason, in film, being upended can be a very pleasurable experience, where in real life it often isn’t.” Jessica Chastain’s ‘Miss Sloane’ Echoes Campaign Rhetoric 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z And yet here was a seemingly pleasurable commercial film in which the storytelling didn’t seem to matter at all. 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and the rise of post-plot cinema 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z That he can do so with such concision, magisterial command of metre and structure, and a great range of emotion, makes his work as pleasurable in its poetry as it is agonising in its message. Vendange Tardive by Peter Reading - review 2011-03-05T00:07:13Z Lawson's own knowledge and technique were as pleasurable to hear as Mantel is to read. Rewind radio: Front Row; A Straight Question; So Wrong It's Right; The John Dredge Nothing to Do With Anything Show – review 2012-06-09T23:05:59Z Scrabble is an indescribably pleasurable game, and those who play Scrabblish variations feel the same way about their versions, too. First Person: Sheltered by Online Scrabble?s Anonymity 2011-09-16T23:02:17Z Though it is a pleasurable place to view extraordinary art, the Broad is not in the same class. Open doors 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Such learning experiences may have evolved to be pleasurable to encourage their use. Adele "30": The psychology of why sad songs make us feel good 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Addictive drugs alter this motivational system but, crucially, this is not the same as their pleasurable effect. The unsexy truth about dopamine 2013-02-03T00:05:19Z Her work often mixes the pleasurable with a political bite and wicked wit. Ars Longa, Except When MoMA Throws It Out 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z "Most of them get a pleasurable shock when they get in here because we do have a lot of raw vegetables." Roskilde becomes the festival for foodies 2013-07-12T10:21:00Z This is one form of escapism — an extreme, pleasurable and highly profitable kind — in which the well-known and the novel are scrambled together and served up fresh. Film: All Creatures Great and Lizardy, and Humans, Too 2011-03-18T21:35:47Z From a European perspective the region had become the subject of myths — pleasurable, fearful and often centered on race. Art Review: ‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’ Spans 3 Museums 2012-06-14T20:33:20Z “In our culture, we are wildly confused about the difference between something that is gratifying or pleasurable, and something that will actually foster a positive emotion, like happiness,” she said. Perspective | A father learns the true reward of taking a free online happiness course with his son 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z They allowed me to dramatise as a two-part "classic serial", and it remains one of the most pleasurable things I've done. Westwood by Stella Gibbons 2011-07-29T21:53:01Z Sex, or at least the kind that comes with pleasurable moans and groans, is all about the here-and-now. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z All of the actors portraying the schoolboys have terrific voices, and these sequences are among the most pleasurable in the play. Theater Review: In Tarell McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy,’ Spirituals Are Solace 2013-07-03T02:00:02Z This means they need watching, a parental pressure, even though pleasurable at times. Television that makes children smile is so valuable 2012-10-09T18:15:22Z In this program, you see that influence, as well as Mr. Forsythe’s, on Ms. Pickett’s work — a highly pleasurable lesson in how dance morphs, evolves and lives on. Dance Review: Building on the Mastery of What Came Before 2011-05-02T22:07:56Z Amid the yeah, we sure did do that mechanics is a lot of magic — pleasurable stuff whose rib-tickling and cultural acuity defy easy explanation. ‘Atlanta’ Skips a Grade 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z But the art is a deeply pleasurable array of pieces both familiar and surprising, from the cerebral text paintings of Arakawa to the dramatic stoneware of Win Ng. Art We Saw This Fall 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Equally pleasurable, if at a deeper, more perverse register, is “The Blue Room,” the latest from the actor and director Mathieu Amalric. ‘Red Army’ Is Among the Notables at Festival 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z In the wake of Tanner’s essay, it was highly pleasurable to discover that the first novel from John Waters — film director, essayist, artist, non-woman, known hater of poignancy — is about … “generations of women.” John Waters’s First Novel Is Manic, Hyperbolic and Deviant. Surprised? 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “Before it was soft and easy and pleasurable, but now it’s layered, nuanced, complex and exciting.” Finding Comfort in a Bottle of Familiar Wine 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z That’s why it’s important to sometimes tune out the news and social media in favor of activities that are both pleasurable and restorative. Following the news can be triggering for sexual assault survivors. Here’s how to manage it. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Making music with someone you respect is always great, but when that person happens to be a good friend it is even more pleasurable. Musicians' notes on Gerard Schwarz 2011-06-08T19:32:04Z “The pleasurable act of dreaming saps our energy to perform the hard work of meeting the challenges in real life.” Manifesting, for the Rest of Us 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z But humans are hard-wired to find the sweet taste of sugars pleasurable and the tastiness of real sugar makes it difficult for most of us to remove it from our diets. WHO’s recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss raises many questions 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z “You want it to be a pleasurable experience,” Place says. From Woody to Lead Belly, the master of Smithsonian Folkways 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z I missed Thursday evening’s concert, but made the other five, and while they were full of interesting, pleasurable works, acutely played, the whole was rather less than the sum of its parts. Tanglewood Holds Its 50th Celebration of Contemporary Music 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z I found myself flipping quickly through it, trying to digest what was there, then going through more slowly to savor the idiosyncratic details and pleasurable surprises. Review | Bill Berkson’s ‘A Frank O’Hara Notebook’ is a magical artifact from another era 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z When in Rome, splurge strategically: Trying the local cuisine, Bauer said, is a pleasurable part of any vacation. How to eat healthfully on a trip 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z All of Dahl’s work is marked by a pleasurable nastiness, as well as delight in disorderly behavior. Review: Spielberg's 'BFG' Honors Roald Dahl's Spirit 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Murray said everything they read was "immensely pleasurable". Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies wins Costa prize after unanimous vote 2013-01-29T20:33:00Z And so this tiny act is essential and a pleasurable act, as well as an act of rebellious, independent, introspective thought. George Orwell stopped and smelled the roses, and Rebecca Solnit wants modern people to do the same 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z If that relaxed, pleasurable moment wasn’t choreographed, it was of a piece with the rest. Twyla Tharp: The possibilities are endless 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z "There's now more of an understanding that sex ought to be mutually pleasurable and that there's a wide range of different ways to achieve that." How the British changed their minds about sex 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z The grossly overweight Teresa imagines she can find pleasurable fulfillment and maybe even romantic love with impoverished African beach boys who sell their favors for money. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Hope,’ the Third Film in Ulrich Seidl’s Unblinking Trilogy 2013-12-16T22:48:24Z But the occasional flaws didn't detract from an evening that proved pleasurable and riveting in equal measure. Crowe/Maltman/Johnson – review 2013-01-06T18:04:43Z “But she also has a soft and pleasurable way of dealing with the team around her.” At Chloé, Clare Waight Keller Pushes Femininity Forward, but It’s More Modern 2012-10-17T23:23:02Z “When the wind hits you a certain way, the line of your body is there. That’s sensual. It’s pleasurable.” Woke or Not, the Caftan Is Sexy 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z But there will be plenty of weekends ahead when gardening will be not only feasible but also pleasurable — surely better than a buggy, 90-degree day in July. Perspective | The winter garden is full of promise and productivity. Don’t let it go to waste. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Reading Tove Ditlevsen’s “The Copenhagen Trilogy” was so unsettling as well as so pleasurable that it’s bound to be one of those books I return to again and again. Times Critics Discuss 2021 in Books, From Breakout Stars to Cover Blobs 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z But I can still say what I think is true – that I have spent 22 years trying to transform painful lived experience into what I hope is pleasurable reading experience. Edward St Aubyn: 'Writing is horrible' 2011-08-17T20:30:02Z But these are some of the most glorious and intensely pleasurable performances it is possible to watch. Who is the best Oscar-winning lead actress of all time? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z It's almost … it's almost indecent, how pleasurable it is. Hugh Laurie: 'There's a sensual pleasure involved in making music that I just can't get from acting' 2013-05-05T18:00:02Z In Dickey’s telling, what Saint Anthony’s fire, Flaubert’s writer’s block, and the realist novel have in common is a masturbatory economy: a resistance to productive labor that is at once pleasurable and agonizing. “Afterlives of the Saints” 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z Reading “Secrets” affords a pleasurable, inspiring way to absorb unsung history. Review | In Lara Prescott’s ‘The Secrets We Kept,’ the CIA takes a novel approach to Cold War spycraft 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z And if people are going to engage in sexual behavior, then they deserve enough information to help make that behavior as safe, pleasurable and satisfying as possible. Anal sex: Science’s last taboo 2012-10-05T23:30:00Z It was a pleasurable sensation that people were talking about it, that it made an impression on people. David Chase on ‘The Sopranos,’ Trump and, Yes, That Ending 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z In the final episode of the dance, Cerneaux jostles in various suggestive positions, with an energy that looks more clinical than pleasurable. Review: A Choreographer in Conversation With James Joyce 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z In all three stores an imminent purchase is made more pleasurable, and more likely, with the arrival of champagne. Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z He concealed the name of the place where he first ate this cream of salt cod, which has led to much pleasurable but fruitless speculation. 20 best seafood recipes: part 2 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The channel’s bid to reverse that trend is “Teen Beach Movie,” on Friday night, a perilously high-concept but intermittently pleasurable concoction that goes back to the future in several ways. Television Review: ‘Teen Beach Movie’ Goes Back to the Future 2013-07-18T21:44:52Z Ben Brantley called this show, the third of Phyllida Lloyd’s Shakespeare plays set in a women’s prison, “the most purely pleasurable of the trilogy and the most entertaining ‘Tempest’ I’ve ever seen.” 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z A: I think there is something pleasurable about the retelling of material that one knows. Philippa Gregory's how-to on writing about the Tudors 2011-12-29T21:08:06Z So if in Wine School we want to try to understand something of Burgundy, even by dipping a toe at the highly pleasurable fringe, we have to buy Burgundy. The Value of Burgundy, Regardless of the Price 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z It was too good to resist, I immediately commissioned Evans to scatter some of his wild mustangs across the page, an act of artistic licence which, he agreed, would be immensely pleasurable. On a Native American tour through the badlands 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z News articles about adventure playgrounds tend to focus on the hammers and the saws, but for many urban children simply mucking about can be a pleasurable way of spending an afternoon. What It Would Take to Set American Kids Free 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Instead, social search is meant to be pleasurable in its own right, for its own sake, an expression of undiluted curiosity. What does OKCupid want? 2013-02-16T17:00:00Z Long stretches of walking in the quiet dark were among the most pleasurable parts of the night. ‘Crossing Over,’ a Performance in Green-Wood Cemetery 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The plug is in a long tradition of everyday, commonplace designs, from paperclips to Post-it notes, that are as useful as they are pleasurable to look at. Praise for a god of small things 2010-03-16T22:05:00Z While Gunn’s work is sometimes challenging and often ingenious—he is a practiced and skillful guitarist—it is also hugely pleasurable to consume. Music to Forget Yourself With 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The idea that pastoral practices can be pleasurable instead of burdensome is old news for the many home cooks today who know how to spot ramps in the wild and whip up D.I.Y. ricotta. The Best Cookbooks of the Century So Far 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z It is also likely to make watching “The Apprentice” at least a little less pleasurable. Theater Review: Mike Bartlett’s ‘Bull,’ at 59E59 Theaters 2013-05-03T02:00:01Z “Being scared is a rite of passage,” children’s author Joanna Nadin once said, “but a pleasurable one. I don’t see the gain in mollycoddling.” The Witches at 30: a horror film for children that continues to terrify 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z And by “best time” she means the most opportune time to provide both parties with a pleasurable experience. Is there an optimum time of day to have sex? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z One regulates a weakness for highly pleasurable foods, while another regulates the rest. Picky eater? Research shows it could be in your DNA 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z I've been going around London with my beagle for two days now, and it's infinitely more pleasurable to carry than my Kindle. Txtr beagle e-reader - review 2012-11-08T13:49:41Z To cook from this book is to succumb to her control, which, if you are a fan of her work, is entirely pleasurable. Review: 'Prune' by Gabrielle Hamilton 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z There is a tension and a lyricism about them, and they are immensely pleasurable and satisfying to look at. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z “Lady Dynamite” also sees it as a pleasurable ride, filled with technicolor joys and hilarious clarity. ‘Lady Dynamite’ looks at mental illness with self-awareness and satire 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z It's little more than a peg on which to hang Cy Coleman's exuberant songs, which range from ragtime to ballads and marches, all highly pleasurable. Barnum – review 2013-07-25T17:08:57Z But basically, yes, hugely pleasurable, and certainly a writer is happiest, I think, when either writing or plotting or planning a book, or most of us are. On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft 2011-03-26T00:05:44Z We go out to consume something tasty we didn’t have to make while engaging in pleasurable, sometimes illuminating conversation. Are restaurant dining rooms getting louder (again)? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Policing what other people find pleasurable is basically a critic’s job description, but I admit that “Ms. Blakk for President” defeated my attempts to judge it. Review: In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ a Winning Losing Campaign 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Its hysterical shifts in landscape and weather conspire to make you feel, in the most pleasurable way possible, that you are going out of your head. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z Here Ms. Louis-Dreyfus talks about the joy of receiving lucky nomination No. 13 and other pleasurable activities. ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Julia Louis-Dreyfus 2012-07-19T18:48:02Z When it came to the Chinese, one experience in particular seemed to evoke universal feelings of appreciation: “The familiar and pleasurable experience of eating Chinese food.” Chinese Food and the Joy of Inauthentic Cooking 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Polsky, who turned 35 on May 3, is the junior member of this odd couple, but as the newly lauded director of one of the festival’s most pleasurable surprises, he’s doing fine. ‘Red Army’ Is Among the Notables at Festival 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Everyone experiences these effects, and they are the reason alcohol is such a pleasurable drug; the reason why, despite my history, I too love to drink. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z Yet there was electricity in the work’s mutability, right up through the finale, when she emerged from a gyrating, climactic encounter with a chair to calmly wish us a pleasurable evening. Review: ‘69 positions’ Explores the Sexual Politics in Performance 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s umami TV, so meaty and pleasurable you want to gobble it down, regardless of nutritional content. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z While occasionally eating something pleasurable to relieve stress will not cause obesity, she reasons, "habitual relief of life's discomforts using this means inevitably leads to obesity". Mindfulness or cake? The battle against stress and comfort-eating 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The first half of Jenkins’ picture has a quietly pleasurable power, largely because at that point it seems to be trying to bust the expected template. Can We Build a Better Blockbuster? Wonder Woman Points a Way Forward 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z But as a multitasking listener, I found the straightforward, chronological narrative easy and pleasurable to follow. A Novel About the Death Camps, Brought to Vivid Life in Audio 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z You sense Fitzer’s passion for the project when you see him as Lancelot, just as you do with Clark and Silber, in their equally pleasurable turns. Perspective | Sure Lancelot is dreamy, but ‘Camelot’ owes its success to a wistful audience 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Geraghty is a rising talent, and he’s pleasurable company, easy on the eyes and sincere. Movie Review | 'Easier With Practice': On the Phone, Alienated and Indulging 2010-02-25T23:33:00Z He made his ABT debut as Prince Siegfried with a relaxed, open and easy style that proved how much more pleasurable it is to watch elegant simplicity rather than forced acrobatics. A show of virtuosos, ‘Swan Lake’ shimmers with strong women 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The act of imagining how certain scenes or effects might be achieved has its own kind of pleasurable magic and appeal. In the Latest Turn for Harry Potter and Company, Letting All the ‘What Ifs’ Out to Play 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The pleasurable sensations triggered in the brain by opioid drugs are also triggered naturally in animals when they are under attack. Searching for the bright light: 5 surprising facts about near-death experiences 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z And watching the slow, cautious courtship between Victoria and Albert is so pleasurable, so surprisingly not-boring, that it doesn't matter how much of the ending we already know. 2009-12-19T01:15:00Z I’m talking about those easygoing, enthusiastic guides who take you by the hand and show you that what you thought was impenetrable not only makes sense, but might also be improbably pleasurable. Review: Finding Serenity in a Tempest-Tossed ‘Twelfth Night’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The result is that we need more of the drug to get the same pleasurable response, while natural pleasures, such as sex and eating, please us less and less. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Still, following the hairpin twists of how this eight-week trial played out is quietly pleasurable. Review: Denial Takes on the Bullying Bluster of Liars 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z And yet we have not evolved any of those small, pleasurable pieces of behaviour towards them that seem so ordinary in the case of our pens. Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters 2012-10-06T23:05:27Z Books were pleasurable, and not judged for the amount of information they provided. Reading irresponsibly with Jack Kirby 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong: the program was fresh and pleasurable. Music Review: ‘The Baroque Vanguard,’ at the Miller Theater 2013-04-30T20:55:35Z How can women learn to choose partners who care about them as people they’re creating something fun and pleasurable with, even if only for one evening? Can hookups be more fun? 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z The flavorful dishes and relaxed, quirky ambience made for an exceedingly pleasurable experience. An Artist Colony Thrives in the South African Desert 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z "I'm a big fan of history, and researching things my family knew about was pleasurable and enjoyable, more like therapy than work," he explained. Novelist Jamie Ford anticipates stage version of his 'Bitter and Sweet' 2012-09-20T21:35:04Z They were simply an opportunity to spend time with a good storyteller, a droll soul with the skills to turn even the flimsiest bits of real-life anecdotage into pleasurable reading material. Propane, Peapods and Perplexities 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Sound enveloped her, an A in chords and octaves, a ringing that made every nerve end in her body vibrate in a state that wasn’t painful, was oddly pleasurable but curiously distracting. Dragonsong: The Unforgettable Anne McCaffrey 2011-11-30T16:30:35Z And I usually try to make it as pleasurable and rewarding as possible, but that can be a challenge sometimes. Will Oldham barest interview: “I trust that there are people every day, finding their way to the pieces of work that are going to be important in their lives” 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z There’s something primally pleasurable about enormous stuff; it’s why diner pancakes are qualitatively and not just quantitatively superior to homemade pancakes. At Moschino in SoHo, a Tweety Bird Sweater and Other Charms 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z These years often require many years of aging before they can be pleasurable. Come for the Values, Stay (or Leave) for the Vintage 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z This could be due to an ongoing perception that sex is a wifely duty — or transaction — rather than a pleasurable activity for each partner to enjoy. Sexism is literally ruining women’s sex lives 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z When the meal concluded, I felt almost melancholy, the kind of small-scale sadness that accompanies the end of all pleasurable experiences. Review | Sushi Gakyu’s thrills lie beyond the menu 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The writer Janet Fitch says the author’s ultimate goal is to give readers a pleasurable inner conflict, wanting to turn the pages faster while also lingering on each beautifully written sentence. Why Can’t Women Be Serial Killers, Too? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z In fact, staring at the floor, and the walls, and the light fixtures, is among the most reliably pleasurable diversions at “Queen of the Night,” and one that does not require curatorial assistance. Theater Review: Twisting, Touching and Teasing in ‘Queen of the Night’ 2014-02-03T03:00:01Z Clive Barnes, in his review for The Times, called it “the most original and perhaps the most pleasurable form of nightclub entertainment I have ever encountered.” Elizabeth Swados, Creator of Socially Conscious Musicals, Is Dead at 64 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z That audience is primarily elsewhere, and I can’t help but think how much America might benefit from this profoundly pleasurable expression of African and Caribbean foodways. Momofuku Seiobo Champions Caribbean Food With Australia’s Bounty 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Most sex education messages in the U.S. go to great pains to elide one basic truth: that sex can be an incredible, pleasurable experience. Violent young men, sex and the conversation we should be having now 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z That’s okay, as long as you acknowledge it, sit down to enjoy your food and stop when it ceases to be pleasurable. How post-workout food rewards can sabotage your goals 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z These scenes and a later interview in German between Mr. Kiefer and a journalist are the most pleasurable and satisfying parts of “Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow.” | 'Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow': Touring an Artist?s Pre-Apocalyptic Realm 2011-08-09T22:26:33Z One of the most pleasurable things about “The Bold Type” is the way that its characters’ professional choices are shown to be as intimate and complex and important as anything else about them. The Delights and Discomforts of “The Bold Type,” a Woke Fantasy of Magazine Journalism 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Nowhere is that more pleasurable than in the kitchen. A Kitchen Resolution Worth Making: Follow the Recipe Exactly 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z These six films below were not exploitative, but rather, they implicated the viewer into sharing the characters' experiences and forced them to think and feel something that could be either pleasurable, empowering or shocking. The year's most powerful nudity in film 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z There is so much wonderful, interesting wine being made in so many corners of the world that every bottle should be exciting and pleasurable, just takes a little time and tasting to find them. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Fall Edition 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z You come to terms with life in such a way that it becomes pleasurable. Albert Murray and the Limits of Critics with Theories 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The action interludes are more visually coherent than in his previous Batman films and, as in “Inception,” the controlled fragmentation works on a pleasurable, purely cinematic level. | 'The Dark Knight Rises’: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ With Christian Bale 2012-07-18T17:49:45Z Friday night also included an excerpt from Khambatta Dance Company’s “Truth and Betrayal,” with dancer Meredith Salee making especially pleasurable work of fluid, curling movement within a sharply defined rectangle of light. Seattle International Dance Festival 2013 kicks off 2013-06-17T20:09:36Z Larger scenes, which unfold in and around two little buildings whose doors open to reveal various settings, are just as pleasurable. 2010-01-13T22:54:00Z “Why not have it be a pleasurable experience?” These Hand Sanitizers Smell Good, Kill Germs 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z But for its protagonist, grade-schooler Pete Simmons, the mysteries of the world, both pleasurable and terrifying, bring him to a point of reckoning, after which he will never be the same. Stephen King's 'Bazaar of Bad Dreams' pulls us in and then out 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The short-term effects of consuming extremely spicy foods range from a pleasurable sensation of heat to an unpleasant burning sensation across the lips, tongue and mouth. Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z But it is also intensely pleasurable: Barker's sheer energy is irresistible, while the intelligence that drives this small comic universe is both spikily awkward and sweetly benign. Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola Barker 2010-05-14T23:27:00Z “I suspect that if women were fans of the book — if they found it pleasurable — the movie will be a bit of a disappointment,” says Ogas. The "Fifty Shades of Grey" Movie Won't Arouse You Like the Book Did, According to Science 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Just being able to show up and play is very pleasurable.” Cellist Arron: chamber music champion, Seattle chamber-fest fan 2013-06-19T23:07:26Z I sense in this exhibition an oversubtle interpretive agenda mixed with a fashionable willingness to forego any real organization, when necessary or pleasurable. Wandering from the straight path of clarity, it’s still full of powerful art 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z It's pleasurable for them to be working together. LA takes baton as flagship for youth orchestras 2011-11-13T16:03:17Z I have interviewed him once before, also for the Observer magazine, four years ago, and it has stayed in my memory as one of the most pleasurable assignments. Eddie Redmayne: ‘I loved Harry Potter, so I don’t want to screw up’ 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z It’s delicious and pleasurable served in small slices after a meal or with tea. In the Mood for Turkish Food 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Both offer fans pleasurable suspense with only the faint intimation of actual pain. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Downton Abbey’ Begins Third Season on Sunday on PBS 2013-01-03T12:59:00Z The resulting sauce also coats the pasta beautifully, making it more pleasurable both to serve and to eat. When eggplant meets tomato, my summer’s made 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Never had I imagined that this machine-shop smell could be pleasurable. Trading my bicycle for a Harley: Learning to ride a motorcycle at 57 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z You go for the enjoyment of the visual or the emotional or the idea that something’s mystifying but pleasurable. Sally Silvers?s ?Prize Every Time? at Roulette in Brooklyn 2011-10-09T04:00:16Z Cooking is often pleasurable, to the point where a lot of people treat it as a hobby as much as a domestic chore. Women still belong in the kitchen, according to the advice-seeking men of Reddit 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z An Ohlsson recital is always an intensely pleasurable experience: you sit back in your seat and wait for what he has to show you this time. Garrick Ohlsson performs a superb night of Liszt in Seattle 2012-03-08T17:57:04Z “Life needn’t be pleasurable or amusing; it need only continue playing its program.” The Sheltering Sound: Paul Bowles’s Attempt to Save Moroccan Music 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z But in spite of what he called a pleasurable collaboration, Mr. Marclay said he wouldn’t be creating a Snapchat account of his own. While You Were Gawking at Snapchat Posts, One Artist Was Listening to Them 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z “People sometimes say the scratching sound of the nib in conjunction with the movement of the pen creates a pleasurable sensation.” The Calligraphy Stars of Instagram 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z At the same time, Rossos will be easier to drink and more pleasurable on release than Brunellos, which generally requires some aging. Your Next Lesson: Rosso di Montalcino 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s enormously pleasurable when an evening stroll turns into a rhythmic saunter and then bursts into dance — think of Gene Kelly walking, tapping, stomping and exulting in the rain. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Their often riotously patterned, unstretched paintings, sometimes functional sculpture and various environments promoted the notion — fairly shocking in the early 1970s — that art should be pleasurable, witty, visually sophisticated and maybe even usable. Art Review: ‘Hooray for Hollywood!’ Recalls Holly Solomon’s Eye for Art 2014-01-16T22:48:08Z Boucher's erotic mythological fantasies are floating concoctions of silk and skin, ethereal and flimsy and ... hugely pleasurable. For critics, it's better to be interesting than right 2011-01-28T13:02:56Z William Leeds, an architect in New York City, thinks there may be some common cultural imperative to turn away from pleasurable things. Why Do We End Summer So Early? 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z A lot of tropes remained unchallenged by Bridesmaids – it’s still a quest for intimacy, for true love, in which sex for pleasure is implicitly self-destructive and only intermittently pleasurable, but it was something. Yes, yes, yes! Welcome to the golden age of slutty cinema 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z For me, one of the greatest pleasures of Walker’s discography is that it’s not immediately pleasurable. The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The insightful, drolly anxious Tom is the most pleasurable asset of a novel that plays like an elegant jest that doesn’t know when to exit: the “Shouts and Murmurs” column that came to dinner. ‘Season to Taste,’ by Natalie Young 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Is Reading the New Therapy? 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z In “So We Read On,” she tells us why in unabashed fan-girl fashion, which makes her book as pleasurable to read as Fitzgerald’s. ‘So We Read On: How “The Great Gatsby” Came to Be,’ by Maureen Corrigan Those women who found it positive, pleasurable and pain-free were more likely to try it again. Anal sex: Science’s last taboo 2012-10-05T23:30:00Z Then we freshened up for another dinner banquet, warmed by the pleasurable, high-end comforts of our Danube holiday. Tracing Jewish Heritage Along the Danube 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Because high endorphin levels can help us feel less pain and mediate the negative effects of stress, they are often associated with more pleasurable sex. Is there an optimum time of day to have sex? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Your triumphant appearance in the “Game of Thrones” episode “Hardhome,” after seasons of teasing, was a coup, a set piece, a breathtaking, daze-inducing experience so pleasurable that it transcended what was already transcendent. An Open Letter to the White Walker Army 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The most startlingly pleasurable aspect of the work is that while it delves deep into the absurdities of dreams and follies, the effect is far less harrowing than in other Bausch productions. Pina Bausch's Tanztheater?Wuppertal: Agua 2010-08-29T20:31:00Z But I can't think of anything on radio more fascinating and pleasurable than the Winton-helmed Pick of the Pops, broadcast on Radio 2's Saturday lunchtime slot. Alexis Petridis on Pick of the Pops 2010-05-05T21:15:00Z “You need to learn to fill your mind with pleasurable and fulfilling thoughts. It is another tool in the mental tool box.” ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Marmee rarely figures in the most pleasurable contemporary discussions or interpretations of “Little Women.” “Little Women” and the Marmee Problem 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It is intensely physical music—the sub-bass frequencies alone will wallop you into wakefulness—but it is not quite pleasurable. Rabit and the Resurgence of Grime 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Shopping is nearly as pleasurable an endeavor in Istanbul as eating, and the sprawling Kadikoy market is a must-see if you’re around on a Tuesday or Friday. The Other Side of Istanbul 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The plot, too, keeps well ahead of you, trusting you will survive in pleasurable uncertainty until its loose threads are eventually gathered. ‘At the Wedding’ Review: Cocktails, Dancing and an Albatross 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z In her pleasurable solo show, Wong pinpoints, in a less solemn fashion, the ironies of being an Asian American subjected to the irrational rages of her fellow citizens. Perspective | In words and music, New York theaters take aim at an America at war with itself 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z If neither is particularly significant, Mr. Watts’s is easily the more pleasurable. Reggie Watts and Marie-Caroline Hominal Come to the Public Theater 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The emphasis is on refinement, scrupulously avoiding harsh textures and grating dissonances to conjure pleasurable languor. Music Review: Rossano Sportiello Pays Tribute to George Shearing 2013-06-16T21:32:51Z Part of what made the bounty of all these women characters so pleasurable is that a fair number appear in movies directed by women. In Toronto, Films by Women About Women, but That’s Where the Similarities End 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The scenes of bickering between Michael and Yeats provide some of the book’s most pleasurable moments. ‘The World of Tomorrow’ captures swirling New York in 1939 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Smoking in the tub is about as pleasurable as reading in the tub. My Life in Smoke 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z “Dark Mirror” would be simply pleasurable to read if the story it told didn’t also happen to be frighteningly real. One Journalist’s Wary, Frustrating Relationship With Edward Snowden 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The stylish, stylized paintings in “Desert Wind” are wry, lush and pleasurable in their beauty and their brains. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Rarely, though, is it so pleasurable to linger in so much pain. Review: A Molten Song Recital, Without Comic Relief 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z In its frolicsome use of traditional magic acts, this freewheeling “Tempest” awakens in the audience a similar sense of pleasurable, almost childlike wonder. ‘The Tempest,’ á la Steampunk, in Cambridge, Mass. 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Despite the free availability of substances as pleasurable as already banned drugs, we have not seen a massive increase in problem users and drug mortality rates have been falling. Why the war on drugs has been made redundant 2013-06-15T23:05:01Z He said being on the show was "nothing but a pleasurable experience." First celebrity bounced from ABC's 'Dancing' 2011-03-30T13:10:32Z A critical analysis published in the Washington Post last week noted: “Sex is disappearing from the big screen, and it’s making movies less pleasurable.” The end of erotica? How Hollywood fell out of love with sex 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Wide-open and freewheeling, with no particular end in sight, the pleasurable if mundane world simply unfolds. Ricardo Valverde at Vincent Price museum: Fresh look at a probing eye 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It will be a pleasurable read for anyone who has tried and failed in love, marriage, friendship and parenting. Review | ‘Love After Love’ reminds readers why we go to books in search of answers to life’s great questions 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s Jane Austen’s mix of irony and satire and true generosity to her characters that makes Emma Woodhouse so charming, and what makes the book so pleasurable to read. Perspective | Is it too late to read your first Jane Austen novel? 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z “Italian Ways” is perfectly pleasurable, but Parks is a novelist foremost. ‘Italian Ways’: a not-quite-travel book on Italy’s railroads 2013-07-24T22:09:41Z You could think of Fluxus as an international, utopian conspiracy to alter the world’s collective consciousness in favor of noncompetitive fun and games and other peaceable and pleasurable pursuits. Art Review: ?Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life? - Review 2011-09-23T23:19:41Z At the conference people described plucking a hair by chance, and finding it pleasurable. My secret hair pulling 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z But, at its best, an admirably short, 80-minute evening generates a pleasurable suspense and conveys Dahl's peculiar fascination with human cruelty. Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales - review 2011-01-25T00:52:54Z What keeps this from being depressing–indeed, what makes Fargo not just a powerful show but a pleasurable one–is that it sets Malvo and Lester against a larger background of goodness. Breaking Good: How Fargo Changed Cable's Antihero Game 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Indeed, although “They Knew What They Wanted” collects work that spans a period of more than half a century, it feels so new that turning these pages is an experience of constant pleasurable surprise. Review | You can’t really know John Ashbery’s poems until you’ve seen his collages 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Sometimes even the problems are pleasurable, as was the case at a performance of Measure for Measure at Shakespeare in Central Park last year. Some theatregoers like it hot – are you one of them? 2012-07-24T14:37:30Z "It is," he wrote, "a prime, and highly pleasurable, example of the musical as escapist fantasy and source of fun." Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 'entertains' 2014-04-03T11:09:18Z And what a bewitching corpse he makes in “Dark Shadows,” Mr. Burton’s most pleasurable film in years. Movie Review: Johnny Depp Stars in Tim Burton?s ?Dark Shadows? 2012-05-10T12:00:01Z Footage of his smiling annihilation of a series of white hopes, culminating in the hapless Jim Jeffries, is all the more pleasurable for that. TV highlights 15/02/2013 2013-02-15T07:00:35Z Autopsies aside, “Speaking in Bones” is smart and pleasurable. ‘Speaking in Bones’ review: A forensics expert on the trail of a missing teen 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z When we talk about the three-martini lunch these days it is with contempt, with a pleasurable thrill of superiority. Cultural Studies: On ?Mad Men,? The Allure of Messy Lives 2010-07-30T21:05:00Z The Biennials, he wrote, “seem to be governed by a positive hostility toward — a really visceral distaste for — anything that might conceivably engage the eye in a significant or pleasurable visual experience.” Hilton Kramer, Critic Who Championed Modernism, Dies at 84 2012-03-27T16:08:52Z Taddeo plunges into the sex lives of three women, teasing out the pleasurable and painful complexities of female desire. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z For intrinsically motivated performers, making music is inherently pleasurable and a means unto itself. Why do musicians like Elton John find retirement so tough? A music psychology expert explains 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z No one reason looms large; generally it is just pleasurable. Why I love Emma Stone 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z It is hardly pleasurable to read, on textual as well as emotional grounds. The Mueller Report: A Thorny, Patriotic Addition to a Curious American Bookshelf 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z Well, sometimes selling is not the most pleasurable. Lens Blog: Howard Greenberg's Personal Photo Collection on View 2012-09-24T09:00:34Z The effect is pleasurable, if a bit eerie, and most of the brave floaters laughed like giddy children as they lay on their backs, drifting around one another. Breaking the Ice on a Finnish Cruise 2014-03-18T07:22:40Z Architects, you might think, should know something about making pleasurable spaces. Brilliant biennale 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z They’re no less pleasurable to look at, but they don’t seem as shockingly relevant, as vertiginously ageless, as “Black Boy’s Window.” David Hammons, Body and Soul, at the Drawing Center 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Without Lee’s complicity in the triteness of his story — and Mr. Elliott’s ability to sell it as a melancholy burden — this low-key feature by Brett Haley wouldn’t be half as pleasurable. Review: For an Aging Actor, Another Chance to Be ‘The Hero’ 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z For all those years “Deadwood” floated in that rare limbo for a TV series that hasn’t been specifically announced as dead-for-a-ducat-dead, a place that leaves fans in the agonizing and pleasurable space of hope. "Deadwood: The Movie" is a send-off worth the long wait 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Thursday’s Great Lawn concert was far more pleasurable, and not only because the cool, cloudy evening stayed dry. Review: New York Philharmonic Goes Timeless in Central Park 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z No one expects a genuine theatrical, literary, poetic or artistic experience to be simply pleasurable, and the audience isn’t assumed to be incompetent or ignorant. A challenge for the arts: Stop sanitizing and show the great works as they were created And, at least on the runway, it was awfully — well, pleasurable, to watch. Let’s Talk About Sex 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Rather than denying that self-pity can be pleasurable, she reveals how that pleasure comes from enfolding oneself in imagined care. “The Crying Book” Reveals How Tears Can Help Us, and How They Can’t 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Still, for a doomsday play, “Ruins” is remarkably pleasurable: well paced, well spoken and very deft in planting slyly placed clues as to what the future will be. Review: In ‘The Ruins of Civilization,’ a Bleak Future, Brightly Told 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Such minor, pleasurable discomforts may be a way to retrospectively offset the giant, all-encompassing insecurities we are living through now, in our sweats. Quarantine Made Me Long for Painful High Heels 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The project enticed him, he said, because it was a way to create something pleasurable in his hometown, and because it was a challenge. A Ralph Lauren Restaurant, the Polo Bar, Comes to New York 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z A Late Picasso Goes to Auction As pleasurable as it may be to live with a Monet, a Picasso or a Warhol, there are also downsides: expensive insurance and constant concerns about security. Inside Art: A Late Picasso Painting Is for Sale at Sotheby?s 2010-04-22T22:34:00Z He added, “It’s a pleasurable thing to tell stories simply by movement.” Finding an Original Heroine 2011-04-02T03:13:01Z Some of the most pleasurable parts of “The Doll” arise from Kadare’s obvious thrill in revisiting Gjirokaster, the enchanting town of his birth, and reviving its interwar years, when the Doll was young. Ismail Kadare Attributes His Writer’s Gift to His Mother 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z It's ridiculous, satisfying, jaw-droppingly savage, and oddly pleasurable, often all at the same time. Want to punch a Nazi? Amazon's "Hunters" is the show for you 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z The whole thing was, though, a generally intense and pleasurable musical experience in the hands of UrbanArias founder and conductor Robert Wood. Review | The Wright stuff: Avant-garde architect as subject of traditional opera 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Waiting for the work to begin is pleasurable for us because Mr. Brown and the young Mr. McLaughlin bring such vibrancy to their characters. Review: ‘The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek,’ an Athol Fugard Play 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The level of action needed to make a game pleasurable to interact with is already an obstruction to the calm that might help explore a more complex idea. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Challenging the Industry 2012-12-25T19:57:25Z In doing so the companies seemed to suggest that spending time on the internet is not a desirable, healthy habit, but a pleasurable vice: one that if left uncontrolled may slip into unappealing addiction. Finding It Hard to Focus? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Often you wish she would linger on a given topic a bit more, gave it more depth before zipping off, but it is hard to deny how pleasurable Ms. Rossellini’s company is. Review: Isabella Rossellini as Ringmaster in ‘Link Link Circus’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Few contemporary poets are this capacious, this capable, this serious and this pleasurable to read. Rita Dove's collected poems should put her back in the center of the American conversation 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But be forewarned: For some of us readers who remember the real-time terror of Klaas’s kidnapping and its tragic aftermath, this novel may be too faithful to history to be wholly pleasurable. Review | In her novel ‘When the Stars Go Dark,’ Paula McLain draws on abuse cases, including her own 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Publishers should not worry – the book experience was much more pleasurable. Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies wins Costa prize after unanimous vote 2013-01-29T20:33:00Z Something to think about: Science tells us the anticipation of something fun/enjoyable is more pleasurable than the thing itself. Carolyn Hax: Self-anointed ‘cruise director’ takes the fun out of planning 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z At another point, indulging happier thoughts, the character is directed to make pleasurable use of that bed. Review: In ‘The Last of the Love Letters,’ Passion Is Inescapable 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z But do you make a vegan diet pleasurable by trying to replicate animal products using plants? Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z It certainly wasn’t pleasurable for Mr. Sarrar; he said that he tried to leave every night. The Journey From the Calais Jungle to the London Stage 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z On the group’s new album, “Culture,” it’s as if Migos are tapping out the meaning of life in one long swath of wildly pleasurable Morse code. Migos-mania: How the Atlanta rap trio mastered the sound of silence 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z It involves breaking down his resistance by creating pleasurable enticements. We were breast-fed really late 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z In the first six days of the festival, nothing was as purely pleasurable as Ken Loach's whiskey-heist comedy "The Angel's Share." Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far 2012-05-22T11:13:15Z In the midst of the craziness of daily life — and the distractions of screens and so much else — it’s a challenge for parents to make reading a pleasurable priority in their family’s life. Perspective | Yes, parents, there is a magic formula to keep your kids reading through the summer 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z “Lark” sounds a bit more pleasurable than what he actually had in mind. Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “Fear drives endorphins and endorphins heighten sensation to make pleasure more pleasurable.” BDSM haunted houses and sexy demons: Why it’s so hard to separate sex and horror 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z One of the reasons “Notebook” feels so pleasurable is that its method suits O’Hara’s art. Review | Bill Berkson’s ‘A Frank O’Hara Notebook’ is a magical artifact from another era 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z People who experience deprivation as children are more likely to choose to do things that, although they might be pleasurable in the short term, are unhealthy in the long run. Deprivation in childhood linked to impulsive behavior in adulthood: study 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z It delivers a level of pleasurable excess you might expect from a Chang restaurant, but set against the grounded moderation of the plantains, it provides elegant balance — porky treble to the dish’s starchy bass. Momofuku Seiobo Champions Caribbean Food With Australia’s Bounty 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z “I thought revisiting the show would be more pleasurable, but it turns out I’ve forgotten a lot more than I thought I would.” David Chase on ‘The Sopranos,’ Trump and, Yes, That Ending 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z “Considering the sunny, relatively pleasurable romantic business that precedes it, the elderly stuff seems dark, morbid, and forced upon us.” 9 Reasons The Notebook Still Sucks 10 Years Later 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor, because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.” S. E. Hinton, “The Outsiders,” and the Birth of Y.A. 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z And McIntosh’s misery was indeed pleasurable for the gathered crowd. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z Fortunately for audiences, it’s more pleasurable to witness anarchy than it is to experience it. Review: In ‘The Road Movie,’ Russian Highways Are the Final Frontier 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z And sex, for many people, is a source of a uniquely wonderful range of pleasurable feelings – physical, emotional and spiritual. Despite Virginia Johnson's legacy, we're still screwed-up about sex 2013-07-26T17:33:54Z The book is cool and light and pleasurable to read, while the show’s dreaminess felt heavy and lugubrious to me. Bringing ‘Normal People’ to Sexy, Soundtracked Life 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z And Sebald was, in part, a pilgrim paying surely pleasurable homage at the homes of some of his literary friends, the poet Michael Hamburger for instance. WG Sebald: Darkness on the edge of Anglia 2011-01-25T21:31:00Z Not all of these experiences are pleasurable or even overcome, but all of them offer lessons, all require people to stretch their boundaries and face their prejudices. Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized” 2012-11-24T22:00:00Z I am aware that difficulty — however pleasurable and rewarding — is not in fashion. Jeanette Winterson Owns the Entire Oxford English Dictionary 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z If anything, this is what made the translation possible and pleasurable. Translating a Novel of Sadism 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Tellingly, the most pleasurable moments in Nia DaCosta’s “The Marvels” don’t hinge on the audience having an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Marvel. First reactions to “The Marvels”: See what critics are saying about the MCU’s woman-centric film 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z And that, to a certain portion of the opining, moviegoing public, is apparently almost as pleasurable an activity as drawing one’s own conclusion, backed by reason and emphasized by the turn of a thumb. Getting Beyond ‘I Love It’: How to Understand Movies 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Machado writes with pleasurable clarity – he worked as a journalist for a time – but the straightforwardness of his stories is a camouflage for less obvious, more troubling cargo. A brief survey of the short story part 47: Machado 2013-03-01T15:28:24Z It's a profound and pleasurable experience to expand the imagination on every level. Hard truths are not too difficult for teenagers 2011-02-16T13:39:25Z Speaking strictly from a wine point of view, when rosé crossed over to become a symbol of pleasurable summer living, it was time to beware. 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z But watching Mr. Mendes and his staff at work was a moving reminder of how much finely focused collaboration is involved in the creation of all kinds of aesthetically pleasurable experiences. Dinner Theater Performed Backstage, in the Kitchen 2011-08-17T12:00:05Z Many shows on late Renaissance Roman art keep their focus on works depicting the pious and the pleasurable. What's On This Week Around the World 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Sex that is only pleasurable to another, Ford, if he says "I love you." Skinemax meets "Twin Peaks"? Our wild interview on "Now Apocalypse," a totally bonkers show 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z But was my pre-trip immersion — books, blogs, movies, conversations — even more pleasurable than looking back over my shoulder? The Getaway: What a Great Trip! And I’m Not Even There Yet 2014-05-07T16:23:49Z I'm not sure that the kind of mind altering that Cazan is up to is legal — it is best not to drive right away — but it is most pleasurable. Dog Star Orchestra joyfully ventures out of bounds 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z With The White Album remixes, the Beatles remind us of the many and pleasurable ways in which everything old can be rendered new again. The Beatles’ new remixed White Album box set is a marvel 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z He will himself have had the pleasurable experience of star-striking people: awed constituency workers, passersby in shopping malls, Conservative officials on the rubber chicken circuit. It's only natural that William Hague should be starstruck by Angelina Jolie 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Or is it because chopping garlic is one of the most menial, least pleasurable, smelliest of tasks, and a refusal to do so indicates a resistance to work for our food? Is pre-minced garlic really such a bad thing? 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z I’ll confess that, when I sat down to write these letters for camp, the act of writing wasn’t quite as pleasurable as its contemplation. The Lost Virtue of Cursive 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The contrast is quite pleasurable: Sweet, milky mozzarella meets slightly bitter radicchio, still a bit warm, blackened and smoky from high heat. Chef’s Choice: A Dreamy Menu, Inspired by Italy 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Even more pleasurable than the physical resemblance, though, was learning that her mother shared her passion for a bargain. Postscript: Lindsley Cameron Miyoshi 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Reading Barthelme’s stories aloud is particularly pleasurable, Keret says, because of Barthelme’s emphasis on voice. Fiction Podcast: Etgar Keret Reads Donald Barthelme 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z During the visit, he picked cotton for the first time, as it hadn’t been planted there before, and was surprised to find “it’s really pleasurable,” he said. Firing up Weird Science at the Whitney 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z In some shows that leaves the viewer with a certain punch-drunk fatigue — “All right, let’s get on with it; jerk me around with another surprise” — but the appealing cast here makes the pummeling pleasurable. Review: In ‘The Family,’ a Lost Son Might Be Back From Limbo 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z They demonstrate what it might look like if everyone relaxed about their gender presentation and stopped trying to police what other people find pleasurable. Review: In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ a Winning Losing Campaign 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z I thought about that drive repeatedly this week as I read “Boom Town,” Sam Anderson’s dizzyingly pleasurable new history of Oklahoma City. “Boom Town”: Is Oklahoma City the “Great Minor City” of America? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z It’s as pleasurable watching them fall in love as it is excruciating seeing them fall apart. Ryan Gosling movies – ranked! 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “It creates new neuropath ways in the brain, which are triggered by pleasurable experiences. It ignites excitement and unexpected communication.” 5 Ways to Ring in the New Year at Home 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z In an age when gardens are burdened with so many roles, I thought a return visit to Chanticleer would remind me why this essential horticulture is so instructive and compelling, not to mention pleasurable. The best gardens aren’t static. Case in point: Chanticleer. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z While the music sounded great, it’s never pleasurable to see two acts so obviously at the cutting edge of pop fail to pull the crowds they deserve. Too few at Regent see 3BallMTY, Los Rakas, who may be future of pop 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z The rapper is observing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a time for fasting and abstaining from certain pleasurable activities. Khloe Kardashian explains sex hiatus with new beau French Montana 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Robinovitz and Schiller began having regular slime dates and quickly started dreaming up a place where people could experience the pleasurable reprieves slime offered them — Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but with slime instead of chocolate. Slime is everywhere. It’s everywhere. Slime is everywhere. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z One of many reasons Raeff’s work is so deeply pleasurable is the gripping concreteness of her characters’ bodies and natures. Review | Anne Raeff’s ‘Only the River’ travels the globe and spans decades to explore one family’s secrets 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z They may be pleasurable simply because they are beautiful. Adele "30": The psychology of why sad songs make us feel good 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z And part of our attachment to her is undeniably visual: It’s pleasurable to watch Ms. Qualley, and that pleasure encourages us to follow — to consume — her story and hence the series. The Cinderella Myth We Can’t Quit 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It is the most purely pleasurable of the trilogy and the most entertaining “Tempest” I’ve ever seen. Review: In ‘The Tempest,’ Liberation and Exhilaration 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z After a few glasses of wine and some testy exchanges, Cynthia is bent over Eric’s knee, squealing with pleasurable pain as she accepts her punishment. Review: ‘Permission’ and Spankings at the Lucille Lortel Theater 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z BURSTYN: The act of doing a good job is thrilling and pleasurable. Q&A: Ellen Burstyn on her acting life, and never retiring 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z When asked what kind of feeling his work was meant to elicit, Meatyard once answered that he hoped it was something “akin to a shiver, and pleasurable as a shiver sometimes is.” Ralph Eugene Meatyard’s Sweetly Southern-Gothic Family Album 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z A fine evening, pleasurable and revelatory in equal measure. Prina/Il Pomo d'Oro/Minasi – review 2012-11-07T16:53:00Z I continue chatting with Guillatiri, asking, “Do you think sex is less pleasurable for you than for your partners?” In defense of the foreskin 2012-12-24T16:00:00Z Even this conversation, which is pleasurable and fun, and you're opening my mind to different ways of thinking, is on the other end of the spectrum. There's no shame in "A Sexplanation," a fun, honest documentary that steps in where sex ed left off 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Not for long, I realize, but for long enough that even if the experience is not always pleasurable, it’s not miserable. “Morrissey’s hair, bongs made of apples, MTV’s 120 Minutes”: Inside this month’s hottest new books 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Like a lot of musclemen, Mr. Tatum can look almost captive to his body, which makes his grace all the more pleasurable, as in a wittily choreographed fight that’s part jitterbug dance-off, part wrestling match. ’22 Jump Street’ Puts Cops on Campus 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z A study out of Harvard in 2012 showed that humans devote up to 40 percent of our time to self-disclosure, and doing so is as pleasurable as having food or sex. This Life: For Some Social-Media Users, An Anxiety From Approval Seeking 2014-05-09T20:44:11Z To me what’s most striking reading my mother’s memoir is the stylish chasm between their world and ours, the pleasurable sensation that we have progressed. Cultural Studies: Sharing Her Secrets 2011-03-24T21:13:59Z So to say that “Morning’s at Seven” is an altogether more pleasurable experience is maybe not saying very much. Review: ‘Morning’s at Seven’ Awakens Again, Only to Hit Snooze 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Disabled people have a blessing in a way, because they learn that there are lots of other things that you can do that are way more pleasurable. The magic number: how many people have you slept with? 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Who wouldn’t want to engage in a pleasurable, free exercise that could result in a photo book on the secrets of the Loire or an obscure novel by Marcel Pagnol? My European Ritual 2014-04-18T19:59:27Z To get that same pleasurable dopamine hit we seek fresh sources of distraction. Why are we so bored? 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Some experiments in humans suggest that generosity can induce the same kind of pleasurable reward in the brain that we get from food or sex. Are wolves and lions man’s best friends? 2013-04-07T14:00:00Z Our break from premium producers over the next few days gave me a chance to discover the unexpectedly pleasurable Cadbury bars that are sold at virtually every corner store and vending machine. In Ireland, Milk Chocolate Reigns 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z This involves a little work, but the film’s sheer loveliness and its ideas are so inviting and expansive that the experience is intensely pleasurable. One of the New York Film Festival’s Best Movies Isn’t at the Main Event 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s easily one of the most pleasurable walks along the Adriatic coast. Rijeka in Croatia: the culture capital that knows how to party 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z But at their intermittent best those plays were so hilarious that the work was not work — or if work, then the highly pleasurable kind. Review: In ‘Mankind,’ Men Are Men and Women Are Extinct 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Not as thrilling an evening as last year's "Mozart Dances," perhaps — but a pleasurable one. Review: Mark Morris Dance Group and SSO in a rite of spring 2010-05-22T18:08:00Z A study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggested a possible link between repeated exposure to fast food restaurants and an inability to savor pleasurable experiences. 8 Scientifically-Backed Ways to Feel Happier Right Now 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Wiseman’s touch is deft but light here, and the experience of watching “National Gallery” is pleasurable and immersive because he’s a wonderful storyteller. In ‘National Gallery,’ Frederick Wiseman Plies His Art 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z It’s not exactly pleasurable — and it’s filled with disorienting longueurs — but it really sticks. ‘Kamikaze Hearts’ Review: Truth or Fiction 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z These hits are calibrated to be completely pleasurable, to appeal to multiple generations and cut across listening preferences. A taxonomy of summer jams: Here are the 8 types of songs that cure the summertime blues 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z It was quite pleasurable to be doing something that was a little bit underground. Richard Long: 'It was the swinging 60s. To be walking lines in fields was a bit different' 2012-06-15T15:54:26Z Most of the notable sights and pleasurable diversions are nestled fairly close together. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z The real allure of the chahar bagh is in its opposing forces, how something so sacred is also so pleasurable, which is perhaps the essence of paradise. The real magic of the Taj Mahal 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z I was initiated into this pleasurable form of looking and getting by my husband, who is also an art critic, although I was already inclined toward it by my interest in outsider art. Still Life: Flea Market Paintings as Art Discoveries 2012-08-28T16:24:10Z It’s barely an hour long and with a pleasurable twist finish that makes the entire composition easy to admire. Review | Two dramas on immigration and art emphasize the art 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z But that’s the thing — the art itself is pleasurable, with layers of colorful light that renders the landscape like vintage sepia photographs. Artist or Artifice: Who Is Adam Himebauch? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z These things, in my opinion, are pleasurable to learn. Q&A: Fran Lebowitz on Public Speaking 2010-11-22T18:45:00Z Take time for yourself and participate in activities you find pleasurable and satisfying. How to have a successful summer vacation 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z They’re both very pleasurable, but the cinema remains the most magical thing. Looking Back on the Making of ‘The Godfather’ With Francis Ford Coppola 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z You know every beat and lyric, and it’s pleasurable to watch Dern interpret each one anew. ‘The Mustang’ Review: Where the Wild Things Roam. And Sometimes Break Out. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Arikha, a throwback at 73, reminds us what craft means and how pleasurable it is to see.” Avigdor Arikha, Israeli Artist of the Everyday, Dies at 81 2010-05-01T04:48:00Z Dreyer beckons readers by showing that his rules make prose pleasurable. The Hedonic Appeal of “Dreyer’s English” 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Solving a puzzle is pleasurable, even a grim one. A Novel That’s Part Noir Mystery, Part Love Letter to Bedford-Stuyvesant 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z For all the sadness woven into its fabric, “The Realistic Joneses” brought me a pleasurable rush virtually unmatched by anything I’ve seen this season. Theater Review: ‘Realistic Joneses’ Stars Toni Collette and Michael C. Hall 2014-04-07T02:00:12Z The book, which takes its title from the name of Joy Division's 1979 debut studio album, is truly a pleasurable read, but the reasons are far from unknown. Joy Division bassist delivers 'Pleasure'-able read 2013-02-04T17:28:09Z Between Kelley’s knack for melding irony and suffering and Vallée’s dreamy attention to the illusions that prop up the characters’ coastal California bliss, “Big Little Lies” becomes a sinfully pleasurable and even thought-provoking experience. Review | How HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’ transcends the usual rich-mommies drama 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z She also explains that one reason it continually reappears in new forms is that “the process of projection, yearning, and pursuit is itself pleasurable.” The Vermont Country Store Beckons With a Nostalgic Catalog 2013-12-14T00:16:22Z Many of the same qualities that made “The Emperor of All Maladies” so pleasurable are in full bloom in “The Gene.” Review: Siddhartha Mukherjee’s ‘The Gene,’ a Molecular Pursuit of the Self 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z I found writing a book to be many pleasurable things; I also found it lonely. In This Moment of Solitude, Books Can Be Our Passports 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z To answer: yes, she does fail, if rendering Jobs as dear and pleasurable were ever really her aim. “Small Fry,” Reviewed: Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s Mesmerizing, Discomfiting Memoir 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Sorting all this out is immensely pleasurable, and happily there is no resolution. Art in Review: Rey Akdogan’s ‘Night Curtain’ at Miguel Abreu 2012-10-11T22:52:06Z Before, it was a maybe a source of shame for many reasons, it is now a great tool to have some of the most connected pleasurable and memorable experiences in my life. There's no shame in "A Sexplanation," a fun, honest documentary that steps in where sex ed left off 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The guilt-free acquisition of goods is as pleasurable as the lightening of one's material load. Skip; More Actors' Words; I Come from There; Nightingales and Roses 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z No, that sounds too unequivocally pleasurable and guilt free. Theater Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Slave-Era Tale at Soho Rep 2014-05-05T02:00:01Z The first 25 years of their life together appear to have been happy and pleasurable. Here’s What to Know About ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’ 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z To my surprise, I had few inhibitions and we joyfully embarked on a pleasurable physical relationship. My life in sex: ‘At 70, I’m having great sex’ 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The Graveyard Book is one of those books which is so pleasurable but it also stayed with us as judges for some time. Neil Gaiman wins Carnegie medal 2010-06-24T11:33:00Z It’s also, much of the time, quite pleasurable and thought provoking. In defense of Katie Roiphe 2012-09-04T19:52:00Z They are known to increase the circulation of endorphins, the body’s own natural painkillers, and of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated both with pleasurable activities and perceptions of pain. ‘I knew they were sugar pills but I felt fantastic’ – the rise of open-label placebos 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z To watch this feels pleasurable and painful and mysterious and weird. Review: In ‘Mr. Burns,’ Apocalypse Now, With ‘The Simpsons’ and Songs 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Strip wine of these trappings and then it becomes pleasurable. How to Love Wine by Eric Asimov – review 2012-11-22T08:00:02Z It’s hard to define: it can be internal or external, habitual or surprising, annoying or pleasurable. A New Theory of Distraction 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Wonky nerve receptors that scream in pain rather than perceive penetration as neutral or pleasurable? Anal sex: Science’s last taboo 2012-10-05T23:30:00Z It’s also pleasurable because Ms. Moss is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting actresses in American movies, and there’s great joy in just watching this intensely expressive, empathetic performer. ‘Listen Up Philip,’ With Jason Schwartzman 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Even as the complications begin to multiply, the narrative rhythms slow to a pleasurable glide, recalibrated in part by the sounds of rushing water and the pull of the outdoor scenery. Review: 'The Delinquents,' a superb existential heist-comedy, might just steal your heart 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z This complex response activates other emotions, both unpleasant, like stress, and pleasurable, like relief. This is why getting scared can feel so good 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z But isn't it pleasurable too, most of the time? Why your brain is hungry for more play, according to a child development expert 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z For example, when trying alcohol or coffee for the first time, most people would not find them pleasurable, but over time, one develops a taste because of how alcohol or caffeine makes them feel. Being a vegetarian may be partly in your genes 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The brain chemical is responsible for making a person feel and seek pleasurable experiences, such as indulging in a favorite snack. Period Food Cravings Are Real. A New Brain Finding Could Explain Why They Happen 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Giant cells filled with extra chromosomes may deserve credit for a pleasurable springtime sight: green buds unfurling to reveal brilliant blossoms. Cells with extra genomes may help tissues respond to injuries—and species survive cataclysms 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Together, they were like a glorious buffet in which the temptations are so abundant that one can only succumb to the pleasurable variety. Review: Stephen Sondheim receives an all-star salute at the Hollywood Bowl's 'Everybody Rise!' 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Either way, the hormone seems to affect the brain’s reward pathways and to lower the dopamine levels that make food pleasurable. Could New Weight-Loss Drugs like Ozempic Treat Addiction? 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z This hasn’t necessarily meant seeking out more pleasurable experiences. You Told Us About the Best Part of Your Year So Far 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z “She talked about sex as pleasurable, which right now maybe doesn’t sound radical, but it was at the time.” Canadian nurse Sue Johanson, whose TV appearances helped destigmatize sex, is dead at age 93 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z A bus system like TransMilenio makes choosing transit over driving almost pleasurable rather than a sacrifice. Better Bus Systems Could Slow Climate Change 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z She writes so sharply about the uncertain contours of women’s wanting that the effect is one of compelling, almost pleasurable edgelessness. 'The Girls' novelist Emma Cline takes on the millennial grifter tale 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Several other studies have shown that GLP-1 agonists cause rats to drink less alcohol and produce less dopamine when they do drink, suggesting that the activity is no longer as pleasurable. Could New Weight-Loss Drugs like Ozempic Treat Addiction? 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The prior archiving experience she had wasn’t pleasurable. Where do the red carpet looks go at the end of the night? This fashion archivist has a growing solution 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z This activates the brain’s reward system and induces pleasurable sensations. Opinion | We should not be celebrating marijuana use 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Her sister, the dancer Oti Mabuse, added: "My heart breaks. You will forever be missed. Thank you for your honesty, integrity and a pleasurable presence." Len Goodman: Tributes pour in for the 'class act' from Strictly and Dancing with the Stars 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z "As a result, I've recorded it song by song and edited it together so it can be presented as a regular concert - which I believe can be pleasurable in the normal way. Please, enjoy." Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer of 'The Last Emperor' film score, dies aged 71 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z If that sounds dull or confusing, it isn’t: “Walk Up” flows as absorbingly as a dream and is no less pleasurable to puzzle over afterward. Review: Hong Sang-soo has made a lot of terrific movies. 'Walk Up' is among his best 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “The big leap is whether or not that is pleasurable,” she says, “whether that’s something they seek out, whether they understand the connection between the two.” Why Primates (Including Humans) Love to Spin Ourselves around until We All Fall Down 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Rolling Stone's David Fear said no-one could have predicted in 2014 that Wick would "revolutionize American action movies", calling the film series "deliriously pleasurable". John Wick: Chapter 4 - Keanu Reeves film lands franchise's best reviews 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z For St. Patrick’s Day, a simple but deeply pleasurable chocolate Guinness cake. Your Friday Briefing 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z That pleasurable aesthetic tension may explain why “Pacifiction,” despite its unhurried editing, narrative miasma and generous 2 1/2-hour-plus running time, emerges as one of Serra’s more seductive efforts. Review: The gorgeous new movie 'Pacifiction' will hypnotize you. You should let it 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z What you find pleasurable might be quite simple: Ms. May has often felt awe when examining a small bug in her garden. How to Feel Alive Again 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Stimulating Mrgprb4 neurons was pleasurable, and female mice spent more time in designated sections of the cage where researchers activated the cells. The power of social touch: How a loving caress really can ease anxiety 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z In one noteworthy study, entitled “Transferring the Blues,” bacteria-free rats given fecal samples from humans diagnosed with major depression became anxious and disinterested in pleasurable activities. The link between our food, gut microbiome and depression 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Smart, funny, joyful, passionate and so, so pleasurable, “Renaissance” is already the album of the year. Grammys, you have one job on Sunday: Give Beyoncé album of the year 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z This pleasurable absorption was the exception in my recent disenchanting spree of moviegoing. Commentary: Oscar or not, Paul Mescal makes screen acting look natural again 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z I just started to look at it to say, well ... what could I do to make this actually a pleasurable experience for people?” Commentary: Michael Tilson Thomas charges ahead while in treatment for aggressive brain cancer 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Though this study examined the importance of pleasurable touch to sexual behaviors in mice, the researchers say the Mrgprb4 cells also play a role in other forms of affiliative social touch such as play. The power of social touch: How a loving caress really can ease anxiety 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z For example, a couple can take turns for 10 minutes trying to entice their partner’s senses while their partner is blindfolded and observe what is pleasurable. Advice | Mindfulness can build stronger marriages. Here’s how to practice it. 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z “I’ve always been affected by that and believe that the longing for two characters to connect is almost more pleasurable than the moment they do.” Inside the queer TV love story that's made the cast, and now fans, lose their minds 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But eating and the taste of food in itself can be intensely pleasurable — even when it’s just food pellets for mice. When hungry and angry collide, the hanger is real 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Silencing a crying or screaming child with devices can reinforce bad behavior by offering a “pleasurable reward,” said the study’s lead researcher Jenny Radesky, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician. 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