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In today’s groundbreaking research news, a study in the July Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy shows that heavy women have lower quality relationships, but the same is not true for overweight men.
What’s The Big Fat Deal With Nia?
I wanted to share with you this open letter penned by actress/writer/director Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding; My Life in Ruins).She recently lost 40 pounds after her doctors told her it was jeopardizing her health.
Can A TV Show “Make” You Bulimic?
For what seems like the first time in eight years, US Weekly has chosen not to feature Jon & Kate on their cover, instead highlighting the eating and weight-related struggles of Hills star Stephanie Pratt.
Wanna Be Famous?
A colleague of mine at First Magazine is working on a new fitness real-life page, and if you fit the following bill, you could be featured.More »Walking Tall
How do I love Arianne Cohen, author of The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life From on High?
Women To Look Up To
Tomorrow I’ll be publishing a Q&A with Arianne Cohen, author of The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life From on High. To get us all in tall girl mode, I thought I’d clue you in to some of my favorite Talls:Blake Lively 5'10" Major girl crush.More »
When A Size 2 Is Too Big, The Terrorists Have Won
When Agyness Deyn is having trouble fitting into the dresses featured in editorial shoots and runway shows, you know there’s a problem.
That’s why British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman has penned a letter, sent to dozens of European and American designers (including Prada, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and other labels which will never see the light of day in my Target-and H&M-filled closet), in which she accuses designers of forcing magazines to hire models with “jutting bones and no breasts or hips” by supplying them with “minuscule” garments for photoshoots, according to the UK Times Online.
"We have now reached the point where many of the sample sizes don’t comfortably fit even the established star models,” Shulman wrote, adding that Vogue often has to retouch photographs to make models look bigger.
Real Men Don't Drink Diet
I snapped this pic yesterday in Chicago – a crumpled Pepsi can accompanied by the words “The first diet cola for men.” Pepsi Max (notice the use of the big-and-strong word “max,” versus the girl-friendly “Skinny Latte”) is for guys looking to go down a belt size while saving face.
More »Are You “That Girl”?
So, I was gossiping with a gym friend yesterday (yes, I gossip. Shoot me.) and she was trying to explain who, exactly, was the courageous man married to No Holds Barred Naked Lady Woman. He was older and handsome with salt and pepper hair, she explained, he had a nice body.
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W.W.A.E.? (What Would an Anorexic Eat?)
What would an anorexic eat if she gave herself carte blanche? That’s the juicy question Liz Jones, a writer for the UK’s Daily Mail, attempts to answer in a new essay, “Fatten me Up!
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