Vampires: The Next Eating Disorder?

Full disclosure: I do not watch vampire shows or read vampire books. I have a vague notion of who Robert Pattinson is, simply because he keeps popping up in US Weekly during my Stepmill sessions.

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Boob Job? There’s An App For That

I may be stuck back in 1995 with my Blackberry, but from what I understand, there are about two gazillions apps for the iPhone that let you do everything from drink a pretend beer (iBeer) to fart a fake fart (iFart Mobile) to pop pretend bubble wrap (iBubble Wrap).

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Will Chubby Tush Airbrushing Lead To Babyrexia?

My friend Debbie recently (and lovingly) coined the term “thankles,” a hybrid reminiscent of cankles but found almost exclusively on babies like her five-month-old daughter, whose sweet, natural baby fat renders her ankles equally as wide in circumference as her thighs.

Luckily, thanks to the wonders of technology, little S’s thankles can be digitally eradicated in her one-year birthday photos, thanks to baby airbrushing.

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Demi Moore Needs A Hip Replacement

Demi Moore may have an age-defying face, a hot, young husband and a career most actresses would envy, but there’s one thing missing in this glamazon celeb’s life:

A left hip.

Have you see the new cover of W?   Where did it go?

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Even Preschoolers Depressed By Airbrushing

The types of things that should bum a five-year-old girl out:

-Cable going out during Dora the Explorer’s season premier
-The closing down of an American Girl doll store
-Being invited to a tea party and finding out it’s BYOC (Bring Your Own Crumpets)

The types of things that should not even register on a five-year-old girl’s radar:

-Airbrushed models

And yet, a new British study has found that little ladies as young as age five are becoming depressed after seeing airbrushed photos of skinny models and pop stars.

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What is Fat Studies?

I’ll never forget back in college, working for University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Student Health Center (I was that girl who sat by the free condom bowl and smiled as you stocked up for the weekend), I was once sitting in a staff meeting with all the head honchos.

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Jeremy Piven To Star In New Series, "Moderation, MD"

I love sushi. I’d eat it every night if I could afford it. Admittedly, I’m extremely (almost embarrassingly) unadventurous, in that I order the most Americanized rolls possible.

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Kate Winslet, Body Image Super Hero, Strikes Again

In 2003, when Kate Winslet spoke out about British GQ’s extreme airbrushing of her body for the cover photo, women around the globe cheered and swooned.

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President Bobblehead?

Nearly one year ago today, Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. The first African-American to hold the office, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, has served as a US Senator and leading Chicago community organizer, a civil rights attorney and a professor.

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Posh’s Anti-Airbrush Crusade

Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham recently revealed that seven days a week, 365 days a year, you can find her huffing and puffing and sweating away the fat at the gym.

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