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Faking It

'Faking It' Exhibit Shows Altered Images Before Photoshop

Agence France Presse | Robert MacPherson | Posted 04.23.2013 | Arts
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In this era of Photoshop software and Instagram filters, should people recoil at the notion of photo manipulation?Not at all, said the curator of a la...

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Lame Christmas Gifts: It Is Harder to Receive Than to Give

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 03.04.2013 | Comedy
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Maggie Van Ostrand

I am like the mother who gave her son two ties for Christmas. He went to the hall mirror, put on one of them, and turned to show her how it looked, "What," she said disappointedly, "You didn't like the other one?"

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Fake It 'Til You Make It (And Other Ways To Get Somewhere New)

Laura Berman Fortgang | Posted 08.31.2012 | Healthy Living
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Laura Berman Fortgang

The next time you feel like an impostor, remember you are probably in a room full of them, so have a private chuckle and go for the ride. Before you know it, you will not be pretending anymore.

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5 Good Reasons To Fake An Orgasm

TheGloss | Posted 03.22.2012 | Women
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I think pretty much any women's magazine is going to tell you that the number one worst thing you can do in bed is fake orgasms. That is not true. The...

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So How Do Fiction Writers Fool Readers?

Claudia Ricci | Posted 06.12.2011 | Books
Read More: Storytelling, Publishing, Fiction Writing, Faking It, Books, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Books News
Claudia Ricci

It is indeed a mystery and a marvel that fiction writers can fool their readers into believing in what they write. And it isn't only geography that we novelists can "fake."

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