"pretty-sporty" Articles & Blogs:
Sporty Spotlight Saturday presents Kellie Smirnoff
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This Saturday the sporty spotlight shines bright on thirty-nine-year-old triathlete, Kellie “Midget” Smirnoff. Check out Kellie’s in-depth interview below where she dishes on her twin sister, enjoying the journey, and heart.
Name: Kellie “Midg...[Read on] |
Katie Makkai - Pretty Amazing
| Katie Makkai makes a compelling statement in the reading of her poem “Pretty” at the 2002 National Poetry Slam.
This, this is about my own some-day daughter. When you approach me, already stung-stayed with insecurity, begging, “Mom, will I be prett...[Read on] |
Vanity Fair’s August Issue Now Available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
| Starting today, Vanity Fair’s August issue is available in the iTunes App Store for users of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. You’ll get every article, every photo, every page, from our cover story on Angelina Jolie to Maureen Dowd’s Saudi Arabia t...[Read on] |
I'm Pretty. Therefore I Will Cut You.
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A sexist headline today on BBC, "Pretty Women 'Anger More Easily." A study done by the University of California found that women that considered themselves to be attractive, also seemed to have a temper, which led to the conclusion that "pretty women" are...[Read on] |
Roxy Fans – Win a trip to Australia!
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Roxy Contest
How does a trip Down Under sound?
If you’re a sporty gal ready to say “G’day”, then enter to win a Roxy Athletix Wardrobe, a three- month supply of amazing Clean Start by Dermalogica products, AND a trip for two to Australia!
Spe...[Read on] |
Book Review: Pretty Little Liars
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Author: Sara Shepard
Pages: 304
Date Started: 9/17/10
Date Finished: N/A
Simple Summary: Take four parts drama, three parts slut, and two parts stupid — blend until well mixed. Garnish with unbelievability and serve cold.
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ My R...[Read on] |
Women and (March) Madness
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It's that time of year. Yes, the birds are starting to chirp and the crocuses are peeking their little colorful heads up through the dry, brittle grass. This, I am very excited about. But what has me even more excited at this exact moment is a different k...[Read on] |
Why employers should offer a running incentive
| I'm always amazed how running in the morning completely shapes the outlook on the rest of my day.Running (even the not so great ones) leaves me energetic and ridiculously happy all day a long. I'm probably 50 times more productive on days I run in...[Read on] |
Is Sarah Palin Destined for Cable TV?
| • Robert Pattinson is pretty bummed out by New York and its women. New York and women across the globe, on the other hand, are pretty fond of him. [Gatecrasher] • Colin Powell thinks it’s time to review the military’s “don’t ask don’t tell...[Read on] |
Forever21 Threatens To Sue Blogger Because They Can't Take A Joke
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Forever21 always kind of irked me for a variety of reasons: the sizes are strange and ill-fitting, they pretty much blatantly knock off designers, and their bags have random bible verses on them, which can seem a bit pushy in my opinion. Now let's a...[Read on] |
Pretty Tough Podcast - The Future of Women’s Sports Online
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Interview with Jane Schonberger, founder of PrettyTough.com and co-founder of WomenTalkSports.com, two of the premier websites for female athletes and fans of women’s sports. Jane discusses:
Inspiration for launching online communities for...[Read on] |
Happy Birthday, Venus Williams
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Seventeen Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals and a host of other championships make Venus Williams one of the most recognizable figures in professional tennis.
The birthday girl’s resume off the court is nearly as impressive as her on court a...[Read on] |
Is Kayla the real life Lisbeth Salander?
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Meet Kayla: an Internet hacker from Anonymous. Is her name really Kayla? Is she even a teen girl? I don’t know and probably never will. Either way, I think it's pretty bad ass seeing what she has done in defense of Wikileaks, an organization t...[Read on] |
Women & Wine - A Rose By Any Other Name
| I'm listening to the birds going crazy in the garden this a.m. - if only I could sing like that! - and all I can think of is Rose. It's not even going to be that warm out today - and the sun is masked by a haze of fog - so why is Rose on my mind? And what...[Read on] |
President Obama becomes first sitting president to attend WNBA game
| U.S. President Barack Obama, his daughter Sasha, and Shelia Johnson, owner
of the Washington Mystics, attend a Women’s National Basketball Association
(WNBA) game between the Washington Mystics and the Tulsa Shock in
Washington on August 1, 2010...[Read on] |
Coachella Street Style
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Coachella is a place where celebrities and concert go-ers alike blend together in a sea of festival style. While it’s still a bit chilly in N.Y.C., it warms my style spirit to see spring dresses, fancy sunglasses, and wide-brimmed hats galore. These...[Read on] |
Architect, surgeon or news anchor - what will Barbie be next?
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She's been an astronaut, a doctor and a rock star - now Barbie's diverse resume is about to get it's latest update.On Friday February 12th, Mattel will announce which job the doll's young fans have decided she will do next. Luckily, the ...[Read on] |
Remembering John Hughes, Bard of the American High School
| John Hughes directing Weird Science (1985). By Universal Pictures/Photofest.For Americans occupying a certain generational span—everyone from tail-end boomers to front-end Y’s with older siblings—there was no greater guide to the forbidd...[Read on] |
15 year-old is youngest African American girl to fly cross-country
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Kimberly Anyadike
Fifteen year-old Kimberly Anyadike of Los Angeles flew across the country in 13 days (making about a dozen stops) with 87 year-old Tuskegee Airman Levi Thornhill.
Anyadike learned to fly a plane and helicopter when she was 12 with th...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office: August 13-15
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The dynamic of the weekend was set up as adversarial all week.
Will the girls beat the boys? Will the boys punch the girls? No wonder we are still so fucked up about gender at the movies. If we didn’t set the movies up as an us vs. them dynamic...[Read on] |
Naked Nike!
| Check out this "mockumentary" just released by Nike. They even got some pretty high-profile runners to participate. That's Lauren Fleshman, sub-15 minute 5000m runner, naked behind a guitar. And at the end, that's Adam and Kara Goucher, ...[Read on] |
National Women’s History Museum bill moves to the Senate
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This is pretty cool. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill (HR 1700) that would set the stage for a National Women’s History Museum to be built on the National Mall. It now moves to the Senate. The House passed HR 1700 on a v...[Read on] |
Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
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Today Obama announced his pick to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court: Sonia Sotomayor. Conservatives are already calling her a "judicial activist."
Conservatives argue Sotomayor has a "hard-left record" and believes that judges should consider...[Read on] |
Read On: Pretty Tough Book Club
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Last month I received a note from a teacher at Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida who is a huge fan of ”Pretty Tough” by Liz Tigelaar, the first book in our young adult fiction series.
JoJo says, “I loved it as a teacher who sees students...[Read on] |
For Earth Day I bought an Eco-Friendlier Car!
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It's Earth Day and this celebration is virtually the holy grail of holidays for environmentalism so in honor of the importance of going green and being earth friendly I bought another brand spanking new eco-friendly car!
I did a lot of research (both o...[Read on] |
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