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The placeholder icon does what mountains have done for millennia, serving as what the environmental philosopher Margret Grebowicz describes as an object of desire.
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Christopher Schaberg, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
Throughout the film, audiences watch Perfidia wield her sexuality, while also being an object of desire for both men.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Your vision of man as object of desire was radical on the runways.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
What once evoked bingo afternoons and hard candies has now become an object of desire for those who want that classic, quiet-luxury vibe.
—Alex Sales, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
The fruit—massive, smooth, and unmistakably shaped like a woman’s hips—has long been an object of desire and mystery.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
This Olympia of the interwar period appears cognizant of her position as an object of desire, unafraid to catch us looking at her.
—Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
In two separate anti-romantic comedies this summer, Dakota Johnson is presented as both a subject and object of desire.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Image For Catherine Pearson, the obscure object of desire is a particular car model: the Volvo 240 station wagon.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Christopher Schaberg, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
Throughout the film, audiences watch Perfidia wield her sexuality, while also being an object of desire for both men.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Your vision of man as object of desire was radical on the runways.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
What once evoked bingo afternoons and hard candies has now become an object of desire for those who want that classic, quiet-luxury vibe.
—Alex Sales, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
The fruit—massive, smooth, and unmistakably shaped like a woman’s hips—has long been an object of desire and mystery.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
This Olympia of the interwar period appears cognizant of her position as an object of desire, unafraid to catch us looking at her.
—Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
In two separate anti-romantic comedies this summer, Dakota Johnson is presented as both a subject and object of desire.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Image For Catherine Pearson, the obscure object of desire is a particular car model: the Volvo 240 station wagon.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Object of desire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/object%20of%20desire. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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