"love-your-body" Articles & Blogs:
National Love Your Body Day
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A headline from the Tucker Center blog alerted me to the fact that today is Love Your Body Day. The Tucker Center, by the way, is a think tank at the University of Minnesota that studies girls and women in sport. Lots of great resources and definitely...[Read on] |
Helen Mirren shows a real woman’s body
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Speaking of real women’s bodies — you gotta love Helen Mirren who at almost 65 is not afraid to show us a real woman’s body.
Photo by Juergen Teller
She’s got a new flick – Love Ranch – directed by hubby Taylor Hackford opening next week...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe
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From everything I’ve heard she is beyond spectacular in her film debut Precious so much so that there is already Oscar talk. I loved what she had to say to NY Magazine about her weight and her body. I cannot wait to see this movie.
“I learned t...[Read on] |
Loving Diablo Cody
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Not matter whether you love or hate her work, or love or hate her persona, she really is one of the only women working in the film business who is not afraid to talk about feminism and Hollywood.
She spoke this past weekend in SF at a screening of Jenn...[Read on] |
MOMA Honors Kathryn Bigelow
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Last week the Museum of Modern Art in NYC feted Kathryn Bigelow for her body of work. The event raised $1 million for the work of the film department.
There was not much press on the event which I find kind of strange since this could have and should...[Read on] |
Happy Birthday to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lauren and I recently quit my job in music marketing to return to my first love: writing. BUST has been so kind as to allow me a venue for this time of rediscovering that music can actually be awesome and no...[Read on] |
PETA's New Ad "Be Proud of Your Body Scan: Go Vegan"
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PETA has released a new ad in response to the controversy surrounding TSA screenings, causing a rumble of its own by displaying (yet another) picture of a close-to-naked woman promoting their cause with her (thin) body. PETA's staff is not new to ac...[Read on] |
Drop Dead Diva - Premieres Sunday on Lifetime
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I remember not too long ago when Sunday nights were reserved for some strong Lifetime dramas. Remember Strong Medicine and The Division? I really liked both those shows. After both shows left the air, Lifetime struggled and, to me, got a little too ...[Read on] |
Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat
| Is it possible to eat what you want without gaining weight? Many people, especially those who are chronic dieters are afraid this is not possible. Breaking away from the rigid set of dieting rules feels scary, and dieters are comfortable with the “restr...[Read on] |
How Long Does it Take to Eat, Pray, and Love? (And 24 Other Urgent Questions)
| Julia Roberts stars in this weekend’s estrogen-fueled answer to The Expendables, Eat Pray Love. Can the star power of Roberts, who plays a new divorcee on a yearlong jaunt around the world, defeat the brute force of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and...[Read on] |
How to Love the Skin You’re In
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I can still remember the day when I looked in the mirror and told myself if I wasn’t happy with the way I looked. I’d beaten myself up several times before but never as I had done on that day. I poked here, squeezed there and scrutinized everywhere. I...[Read on] |
Women's Priorities: Money No. 1, Men No. 2? by The Love Goddess
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A sea change is coming and relationships are a topic worth investigating seriously – and intellectuallyThe Love Goddess | Today 9:10 am
Editor’s Note: Who
is the wisest of them all? Who is more dedicated to your pleasure than
anyone on earth? Who ca...[Read on] |
ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue - Are my interests prurient?
| I have to say that the more I read about ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue the more I am looking forward to its release next week. And I am not the only one.I think many are intrigued by whether and how this naked stars/serious message thing is going to work...[Read on] |
Can Feminism and Box Office Mix?
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So Jennifer’s Body tanked at the box office. From what I can tell the word of mouth among women is way better than the word of mouth among men. Vic Holtreman at Screen Rant took a unscientific look at the breakdown of the what reviewer thought and f...[Read on] |
Food for Fitness: Finding peace with your body
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If there has been a fad diet hit mainstream fitness news in the last six years, I have probably tried it. Everything from the Atkins diet to the South Beach Diet and the 48-hour flush to whatever else you can think of, I have probably subjected my body t...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Amber Tamblyn
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I’ve only seen one episode of The Unusuals and I’m hooked. I love that The Unusuals while it is an ensemble, is fronted by a female actress- Amber Tamblyn. To me it’s perfect casting because she’s not your “usual” type of TV actress. Tamb...[Read on] |
Biggest Loser Couples Reflections
| So I’ve been thinking about The Biggest Loser and its impact on American culture for some time. I can’t help but notice all the efforts in government and healthcare to inspire change and how little really gets done. Cross that with The Biggest Loser a...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Shoshanna: Designer celebrating a woman’s life through style
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There are not many items that are universal to every woman. Because we come in all different shapes, sizes and backgrounds, it’s difficult to pinpoint one distinct style or look to compliment every lady.
However, some items are absolutely necessary for...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Shoshanna: Designer celebrating a woman’s life through style
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There are not many items that are universal to every woman. Because we come in all different shapes, sizes and backgrounds, it’s difficult to pinpoint one distinct style or look to compliment every lady.
However, some items are absolutely necessary for...[Read on] |
'Eat, Pray, Love' Heads into Box Office Showdown
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(WOMENSENEWS)--I don't usually urge female moviegoers to flock to buy first weekend tickets to support a movie that clearly caters to the female audience.
But the face-off looming on Aug. 13--when "Eat, Pray, Love" opens against Sylvester Stall...[Read on] |
Diablo Cody IS a Feminist
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Diablo Cody is one of the figures who gets both the love and hate especially from other women. On the one side she used her sexuality (her stripper book and pole-dancing life) to get her break in Hollywood and I bet that meetings in Hollywood with Diabl...[Read on] |
Food for Fitness: Truth about Truvia
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Mary Poppins sang about how a spoonful of sugar would help the medicine go down, however, she did not sing the facts about the granulated ingredient.Sugar, also known as sucrose, is the most common of sugars and is used to sweeten most things found in res...[Read on] |
A typical day at Green Mountain at Fox Run
| It’s been a great week at Green Mountain at Fox Run! If you have not read my earlier posts, please catch yourself up!
I wanted to describe what a typical day is like here… so here it goes. You wake up and get ready for the day – workout clothes is ...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: Jennifer's Body and feminism in horror flicks
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My colleague Alexandra Gutierrez reviews the much-anticipated Jennifer's Body and -- surprise! -- concludes that it's not a worthy heir to horror's feminist traditions
In their efforts to create a feminist horror film, [Diablo] Cody and [Karyn] Kusama ma...[Read on] |
Win Sade’s Soldier of Love CD from ChickSpeak!
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After a ten year hiatus, Sade returned February 9th with Soldier of Love. Full of romantic interludes and a sultry voice that empowers listeners too, Sade didn’t disappoint with her second album’s release.Inspired by the ups and downs of love, Sade’...[Read on] |
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