#safetytipsforladies: just dora the explorer your attacker. “rapist! no raping!” works every time. — Lucille Baller (@davalyns) March 27, 2013 This is even funnier if you have seen Dora the Explorer (Exploradora!) like I have. Every day. For a year. Send this to every girl you want to stay alive. The letter’s wording was ominous and …
Quick note to let you know that me (me, as in the random number generator widget) finally got around to picking the winners of the clothing giveaway! Liz scored the Merrell outfit. Jane won the sweet tank. Jennifer got the Lucy skort. All winners have been notified via the e-mail addy they left in their …
“Next day he found me in a pinafore with my cherry pies cooking in the window. One taste of my pie — WELL — !!! So in the kitchen in broad daylight — I said, “Yes!” See how powerful pie is? When’s the last time you saw anyone become a war bride because of …
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Sarah Jessica Parker is the next step in evolution. Girlfriend recently confessed in an interview that her secret power is creating new bones. Like, inside herself and not in the form of a baby, dermoid cyst or alien experimentation! How’d did she get this magical talent? By murdering her feet with high heels. Naturally. Anyone …
Just a quick note to let you know that I won’t be online today either answering e-mails or blog comments. (Okay, after this.) I’m going to the funeral for Mike, a wonderful friend and one of the funniest people I’ve ever had the pleasure to know. He lost his battle with cancer last Saturday and …
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The spring fashion trends for fitness are so hot this year, I might even call them haute. (Bad pun Saturday, welcome to my life.) Not that I know anything about fashion – I’m a girl who owns three sports bras with sleeves, no lie – but I do know what I like to workout in, having spent half …
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So if men get their own yogurt (bro-gurt!) does that mean women can finally get girly beef jerky? Because I know I like my meat products dyed pink and stamped with a breast cancer logo! Some things, like sports bras and jock straps, require gender delineation. Food products do not qualify. Weird Gym Moment of …
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Monsters live among us. The only problem is that there aren’t more of them. “You must have misunderstood him.” The words rattled around my head, unsettling me. How could I have misunderstood him? The evidence – torn clothing, bloodied razor blades, notes in his own handwriting, pictures, death threats – sat before me, piled limply …
You want to know how this happened. Yes you do. Short version: the lady at the dismembered baby store gave me the keys to the local police precinct. No this isn’t a mad lib. It’s so so much better: It’s my life! Confession: I’ve been cheating on my fancy, cutting-edge (ish) workouts with an old …
Can you hear your own heartbeat? Reader Sarah posted this question in reply to my post on proprioception training because according to a new study being able to detect your own ticker is correlated with better self-esteem, less tendency to objectify oneself and better body awareness in general. Yet it can’t be taught. According to the …
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