www.toothpastefordinner.com Chronicling my daily eats wasn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be. I have new respect for all you food bloggers. First, while I told myself that the fact that everyone on the Internet was going to be seeing and judging me from what I put in mouth wasn’t going to …
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I’ve always had a soft spot for Ginnifer Goodwin – we’re both pale with dark hair, we’re both 32, and she plays a polygamous Mormon wife on a show that purports to not be about Mormons but really is, (or at least is really about the weirdly naive-yet-oversexed stereotype of Mormons that Hollywood so loves) …
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Two girls make a pact to lose weight together. Each desperately wants to get under 100 pounds and over the course of a year through hours and hours of exercise and severe diet restriction they reach their goal. With visible chest bones and protruding hips and bony knees, they are proud of themselves but how …
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When it comes to eating disorders I often have a been-there-done-that-bought-the-t-shirt attitude. What I forget is that despite being around since at least the Greeks, these pernicious disorders are constantly evolving to take advantage of current trends and products. So it was with some surprise I read an e-mail from a brave and beautiful reader. …
Just like you can’t go to a Melissa Etheridge concert without seeing an abundance of pit hair, these days you can’t go to an indie rock concert without seeing… emaciated men? This season, anorexic is the new black for the skinny jeans and eyeliner-for-men set. In a profession where rock stars have typically looked drug-emaciated …
Cartoon Credit: The inimitable XKCD. Woman #1, to me: Girl, you look good! Got rid of all that baby weight! But don’t you lose anymore ’cause you’re right on the edge of scary skinny, know what I mean? Woman #2, also to me: Oh you are over that edge, eat a sandwich already! Woman #3: …
Portia De Rossi was my thinspo crush. For those of you unacquainted with the ’90s, before she was Ellen Degeneres’ wife she was on a little show called Ally McBeal where she starred as a blond super skinny lawyer who liked to sleep around. No, not the main blond super skinny chick – that was …
Reusing my floss because I’m too lazy to get up and get a new piece. Downing my daily cocktail of Splenda, artificial colors and fake flavors. Sleeping in my makeup (sometimes I like waking up looking like Boy George). Let’s be honest, I have quite a few bad health habits that need breaking but only …
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Girl Disappearing by Curly Tops Perfectly round. A circular platform encircled by a raised bar. Like a stage! The kind that lights up underneath and lifts the performer above the crowd as mist billows beneath! And indeed I am being watched. But there is no applause and I am given no chance for a monologue. …
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Best hiding place ever! My kids would never find me in here!! My house is a veritable treasure trove of hidden goodies. There are birthday presents stashed at the top of my closet, lingerie under the bed, dark chocolate peanut butter cups in the freezer (bonus: takes me longer to eat them that way. un-bonus: …
