The Problem With Athletes as Heroes. [How do you solve a problem like Lance Armstrong?]

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Lance Armstrong, 7-time Tour de France winner, founder of LiveStrong and as close to a real live superhero as we’ve ever had is now, thanks to an investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and other similar international institutions, simply, Lance Armstrong, yellow bracelet wearer. After an insane amount of evidence showed that he probably doped …

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The “Food Baby” Phenomenon: The Flat Abs Myth Part Two [You’re not fat. You’re not pregnant. You’re normal.]

by Charlottebodily functions, body image, celebritiesPosted on 36 Comments

I’ve got news for you. You might want to sit down for this one. Despite what your mother probably told you, babies do not, in fact, grow in stomachs. (Dear children, women are not cannibals and we don’t eat our young. Usually. Don’t push me though, especially when it comes to bedtime.) But do you …

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Top 15 Fit People Problems: What happens when fitness and ridiculousness collide

by Charlottecelebrities, humorPosted on 44 Comments

WhiteWhine caption: “I wanna read about Kate Middleton’s boobs, not make money!” Running was on the  workout schedule for today but boredom wasn’t and thanks to a serious dearth of Gym Buddies I decided to do something I said I’d never do: listen to an audiobook. I love audio and I love books so I …

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Paul Ryan Fakes a Race Time: Have you ever exaggerated an athletic accomplishment? [I have]

by Charlottecelebrities, runningPosted on 28 Comments

Running a sub-3 hour marathon is an impressive feat. It qualifies you for Boston (in any category). It puts you in the same hour slot as the world record holders. It’s the kind of time that makes you a serious contender in any race. As if completing a marathon isn’t enough cred for bragging rights, …

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Courtney Love, Food Journals and My “Efficient” Metabolism [Watching other people eat]

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I… have no caption for this picture. Courtney Love defies description. “Hershey leaves me my usual tray of foods.” An entire story in one sentence, written by Ms. Courtney Love as her ode (or eulogy, I’m still not sure) to food when the Grubstreet page of New York magazine asked her what she normally ate. They …

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Red-Circle Cellulite Pic Scared Lauren Conrad Out Of A Swimsuit For Years. [The “flaw” I refuse to apologize for]

by Charlottebody image, celebritiesPosted on 50 Comments

I love it – the artist even gave her a little orange-peel bum hole! “On [a recent] vacation to Cabo, I wore a bathing suit on the beach for the first time in years. Usually I’m just petrified. A couple of years ago someone zoomed in on my cellulite and it was so mean. I …

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Refreshingly (or Annoyingly) Honest Celebrity Body Confessions (Plus Alicia Silverstone like you’ve never seen her…)

by Charlottecelebrities, childrenPosted on 8 Comments

See, this is a confession I can believe. Me too, buddy, me too. In the confessional age we live in, it’s not rare to hear a celeb start a sentence with “I have a confession” and then follow it with something really bland. I have a confession: I picked out all the green jelly beans …

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Should We Ban the Phrase “Skinny Fat”?

by Charlottebody image, celebritiesPosted on 44 Comments

Equinox gym is known for having provocative advertising. Remember these ads – a photo spread, really, shot 70’s porn style by noted perv Terry Richardson – that drew so much fire for using catwalk models in sexually submissive poses to sell fitness memberships? (Of course the outcry wasn’t about how the women were being dehumanized …

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Did Plus-Size Paean Crystal Renn Really Betray Us By Losing Weight?

by Charlottebody image, celebrities, magazinesPosted on 55 Comments

Disclaimer: This post may possibly be triggering for those struggling with eating disorders. They are not discussed in any detail but you know what you need – please take gentle care of yourself. Crystal Renn in her plus-size heyday Model Crystal Renn made huge waves (no pun intended) several years ago when she went from …

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