christopher hitchens died a couple days ago, and it gave me a minute to reflect on the most pressing memory i have about him. ( Read more )
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Dec
18
hitchens
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May
24
shape’s shape
jezebel says it wonderfully:
Shape, continues to be one of those pseudo-fitness magazines that claims to be all about “women’s health” but is, in actuality, all about weight loss.
nothing more needs to be said.
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Oct
10
What Michelle Obama Can Teach Us That Models Can’t
this is my latest piece on huffington post:
“what michelle obama can teach us that models can’t”
it’s the first piece i’ve written that’s been featured with a picture!!
check it out!
i’d love to have your comments on it!
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Aug
24
“my normal is this”
yay! happy post!
this is about the glamour magazine/”plus sized”* model whose tummy – the real tummy – not the taut, airbrushed enigma we usually see – was shown in the magazine.
not to say i told you so, but i’m not surprised that glamour did something like this. glamour and instyle are the only two female interest magazines** i’ve ever subscribed to (although i no longer subscribe to either) and one reason is because i felt comfortable giving my money to a company that made an effort to feature “normal-sized” women (or at least not overly emphasize rail-thin chicks).
in case you haven’t seen a picture of the model in question, here is 20-year old lizzie miller:
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