I am not sure if any of you join me in my obsession with Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (the books and the first movie). I love love love love love love love love it!
I may be an old woman compared to the rest of my GHQ sisters, but I am not going to […]
Entries Tagged as 'Femininity'
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Part Deux!
June 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Guest Blogger: Lisa Marie Basile
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
My good friend and partner in crime Lisa Marie Basile is going to be writing a weekly column for us at GHQ, and I honestly couldn’t be more excited. Lisa is a writing and editing pro who interned at CosmoGIRL! last year, is working on a novel, and will be the editor-in-chief of our […]
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losing its edge
April 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s a Tuesday afternoon and I should be working on Non Fiction portfolio of even my Senior Seminar’s term paper, but alas I am watching another episode of Scrubs. Why am I telling you about my procrastination?
Well because I just saw a commercial of Edge Shaving Gel (men’s shaving cream). It begins by […]
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walking away
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments
I should be paying attention to my Human Sexuality Professor, but unfortunately my computer is distracting me (and normally I do use it for note taking in class). But taking a glass half full approach, if my computer wasn’t such a distraction, I would not be able to share with you this heartbreaking account […]
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miss bimbo
March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
And I thought it was disgusting that young boys were playing video games that encourages them to kill women in order to receive “health points”. Then my friend showed me an article about this website game called Miss Bimbo. Described as a “fashion” game, this game encourages young girls (the majority between the ages of […]
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March 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Over the weekend a colleague of mine got engaged (and I thought I had a big weekend when I found out that I had received an A on my Robert Frost analysis). Monday morning she floated into work with an obiouvs glow. It took a matter of minutes before one of my co-workers asked, […]
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From anorexia to manorexia to brideorexia
February 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments
So I’m sitting here with a little free time at work and I came across a Newsweek article about a new craze sweeping women who are about to get married. It talked about how brides are going to extremes to look good for their weddings. Apparently, the total cost for an average American wedding […]
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When you know, you just know
February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Every girl knows exactly what their wedding is going to be like, right? Well, let’s just say I played dress-up and all that as a little girl, but I never thought much about the details of my wedding. As a self-professed “girlie-girl” this is unheard of. Well, imagine my surprise a few […]
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millionaire match”hater”
February 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Okay, I need to vent. It’s a cloudy and snowy Sunday afternoon and as I am hugged tightly by two of my down comforters, I am excited to find a light Sunday afternoon movie (think You’ve Got Mail). Well as I click pass the college basketball games, and episode of Friends and several […]
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Hillary
February 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Right now California polls aren’t even fully counted yet, but I just found this amazing video that Amber Tamblyn and America Ferrera (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Joan of Arcadia, The Ring, Real Women Have Curves) they did a video of Hillary, and I believe it shows how kind she is and how much she […]
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