While women are more prone to talk about our body insecurities, we’ve long known that men are not immune to body image woes. I have discovered this both via research – incidence of eating disorders among young men has shot up over the past decade – and via personal observation. Remember this Gym Adventure? (Incidentally, …
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It is not often I feel genuinely sorry for celebrities and yet – have you seen the video of Giuliana Rancic pestering women on the red carpet at the Golden Globes about their diet secrets?! Jezebel provides a helpful mash-up: Click thru to see the vid – it doesn’t allow for embedding. Sorry! It’s a …
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“If you’ve got it, flaunt it!” so the saying goes and fitness people certainly subscribe to this mantra. Seen a health or fitness mag lately? Unless it is Experience Life, I’d bet you a trailer of tuna steaks with whole wheat couscous and arugula (’cause everyone has those on hand right?) that the cover model …
The ’00s will officially be known as the decade we paid money to have holes in our pants. I am evil. My first thought upon seeing this pic of wee teenaged overly pimped out (in both the literal and metaphorical senses) Miley Cyrus was, “Huh! Even skinny starlets get muffin top!” (Although my first thought …
In the illustrious history of Rick rolling, surprise kitty and, my personal favorite, the send-this-to-everyone-you-know-and-Microsoft-will-send-you-a-check-for-a-million-dollars e-mail, a new Internet meme has emerged and it is good. If by “good” you mean “hilarious” – which I always do. If you were on Facebook this weekend and are a girl, you probably got an e-mail akin to …
There’s one way to turn a negative into a positive! 2009 was a big year for me. Not only did I have a baby, write a book (which is still held up with the publisher and no I don’t know why and yes I’m about ready to tear my hair out and/or give it away …
These days, thanks to my transformation from walking womb to 24/7 milk bar, I am a girl with a hefty appetite. They say that nursing requires even more calories than pregnancy and I believe it. I’m not counting calories (yay!) but just guessing from the huge amounts of food I consume every few hours I’d …
In a shocking display of honesty or hubris (both?), the immensely likable Robert Verdi recently said, “A lot of women say ‘I should’ve been alive when Ruben was because I’m Rubenesque.’ So times have changed. There are different cultural norms and values and beauty identities, and the fact that thin is in — who cares? …
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Every year Halloween provides an opportunity to let out the parts of us that we normally keep under wraps in a nod to polite society. For one day a year however, you are encouraged to be as violent, sexual, inane or un-PC as your little heart desires. Even given these lax rules there are still …
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Coast Guard Born Ready “Female” (If you get this via e-mail or a feed reader, please click thru to see the video.) First watch the above video; it’s only about 30 seconds. It’s an ad spot from the US Coast Guard sent to me by Reader A. She writes: I saw a commercial last night …
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