NYU AlaAuH2O is hosting a third and final fashion show fundraiser for Obama on Friday, October 24. This show will be at KABIN in the East Village, 92 2nd Avenue, at 10pm. As in the previous AuH2Obama shows, all models will walk the runway in Obama wear. The designer will be selling Obama tops for […]

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The Beauty Myth is contagious…Click here to read about China’s disgusting replacement of one child singer with a lip-syncher because she wasn’t percieved as “cute” enough to represent the Olympic ceremonies.

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Instead of loathing the return of my beloved (and often uncomfortable and painful) monthly visitor, I have decided to embrace our long-term relationship and track my periods online. I love Mon.thly.info, a website where I am able to track and predict my period and ovulation cycle for free. This site is the best period related […]

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Last year I read Judith Stone’s book titled, When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race. This text is a true story about Sandra Laing, a light brown skinned woman who visibly appears to be “mixed-race” or “colored” according to South Africa’s former apartheid caste system was born in Piet […]

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The Washington Post reports that a small amount of so-called “pro-life” drugstores are cropping up in some suburban and rural areas around the country. This interesting new trend brings up all sorts of issues about the implications of free speech. Even though the owners of these pharmacies are claiming to serve as simply an alternative […]

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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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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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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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Just a quick note to say Happy Birthday to Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that gave women in America the right to choose. I wholeheartedly believe in reproductive justice and I am thankful that I live in a time where I have the autonomy to make personal decisions about my body. Even though we […]

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This week one news story in particular seemed to stand out to me. It was about the secret life of a teenage girl. On the surface, she seemed like a normal college student. The girl went by Emily Sander among her friends, but was actually porn star Zoey Zane.
It’s something you hear about […]

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