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A Recovering Manic Pixie Dream Girl

May 1, 2012

Too many guys think I’m a concept, or I complete them, or I’m gonna make them alive. But I’m just a fucked-up girl who’s lookin’ for my own peace of mind; don’t assign me yours. – Clementine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Manic Pixie Dream Girl: that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists [...]

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Staying Strong, Staying Silent: Male Body Image

April 2, 2012

For all my talk of body image, today I’m really excited to get the perspective of Thomas Fewer, LPC-S, on men’s body image.  Thomas is the founder and director of the New Orleans Counseling Center. Do men have body image issues? Yes, some do. Would they like to discuss them with you? No, most would [...]

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Body Image, Body Bashing, & Accepting Everyone As They Are

March 26, 2012

My post 5 Quotes from Adele on Style, Beauty, and Body Image started a great conversation with Courtney on body image and the internet (check out her companion piece here).  One of the amazing things about the internet is that there’s a place for everybody– in this instance, there are communities for thinspiration, fitsporation, fat [...]

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What Carrie Bradshaw (& Friends) Taught Me About Age

July 11, 2011

I saw a close girl friend (we’ll call her Bean) of mine at a Fourth of July party.  It’d been the first we’d seen of each other in a few weeks (or maybe even months).  She relayed to me this story of being at a bar seeing her ex-beau and close friend play with his [...]

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“We Are Women…” at Beautifully Invisible.

July 1, 2011

When Beautifully Invisible asked me to participate in her We are Women. We are Beautiful. We are Real. post, I was hopeful that my schedule would allow it (and thankfully, it did!). On Wednesday she shared part 1 and part 2 went live today.  Please stop by and see what 28 women have to say [...]

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Fashion, Fantasy & the Met Ball

May 23, 2011

It’s not often I write about celebrity events, the red carpet, and who is wearing what.  Most of the time I can’t be bothered to really care.  With the rise of Joan Rivers, Best & Worst Dressed lists, you began to see an influx of the same at the Emmy’s, Grammy’s, and Golden Globes.  Black [...]

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Viewpoints: Our Partners vs Ourselves

April 13, 2011

Images from The Daily Mail ItsJoelle linked to an interesting discussion on an article from The Daily Mail, “Would YOU Let Your Man Give You a Makeover?” After reading it, there were a few points that came to my mind: Women at a Certain Point of Their Life: As we women age, motherhood kicks in, [...]

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