Dear Scarlett Johansson,You are one talented and beautiful girl. There are not many women who could simultaneously capture the hearts of both Woody Allen and Justin Timberlake. And by all accounts you seem smart and savvy to boot. Plus you manage to keep your panties on and out of rehab. But I am not writing …
Because we’re fat. Let me back up. Much has been said over the past couple of weeks about what Olympians eat. Michael Phelps and his 12,000 calories a day has put so many people into shock that iHop is sending out emergency chocolate-chip pancake teams into all major cities. On the other end of the …
Inhibitions are funny things. I have one friend who says she could never do a hip-hop dance class with me because she’s “not sexy like that” and yet has no problem asking the male cashier at Walgreens if the temporary tattoo she is buying would look better on her left ta-ta or her right. It’s …
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THIS is my kind of inspiration. Plus, the woman’s expression? Priceless. Celebrity diet-and-exercise pieces are the bread and butter of the gossip rags. There are whole websites devoted to how celebs take care of (or abuse) their bodies. The Skinny Website, not well loved by this blogger, as well as the more innocuous Healthy Hollywood …
“You’re prettier but she’s way sexier.” Thus started one of the worst back-handed compliments I’ve ever received. “She just knows how to use what she’s got. You’re… kinda spastic.” The speaker was Shane, my rakishly handsome neighbor my freshman year of college. My roommates and I all had massive crushes on him which he both …
I’m a girl. I think we’ve clearly established that. And I’ve always been somewhat of a girly girl. In kindergarten I refused to wear anything but dresses with big bows on them. As a high school goth I veered toward the dramatic skirts and lots of makeup variety. However, since birthing 3 boys and living …
We should institute a paper-bag mask and trench coat uniform for all would-be pervs. Make them so much easier to spot! Photo Credit. It started with running away. The BackstoryAt nineteen I was sexually assaulted by a boy whom I was dating, hereafter referred to as Very Bad Boyfriend. The physical toll it took on …
A 15-year-old had prophylactic surgery to prevent an eating disorder. (Yes, I know you’re all now thinking of condoms but “prophylactic” actually means any medical procedure or practice done to prevent a disease or a condition. You’ll thank me someday.) In this Today Show piece, via Jezebel, the girl and her mother talk about how …
“Who Wore it Better?” is a common fixture in today’s gossip rags and sites but it’s usually limited to people old enough to (theoretically) be responsible for their own fashion choices. However, to feed our bottomless celebrity fashion appetite, some are taking the fashion fights from the merely twee set down to the simply wee …
Has nothing to do with her looks. And yet we insist on greeting each other with the passive aggressive “Hi! You look great!! Have you lost weight?!?” This phenomenon has been documented by writers of greater insight and humor than myself, so we will acknowledge the lameness of this anti-compliment and move right on to …
