Entries Tagged as 'Your body'

Skin Deep

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Sex · Race · Politics · Your body · Body image · General

New drugstores cropping up offering pampers and a prayer for sale and no birth control

June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Sex · Your body · Activism · Drugs

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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Tags: Growing up · Media · Celebrities · Your body · Body image · Activism · Check this out! · Femininity

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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Tags: Growing up · Sex · Media · Your body · Body image · Activism · Ideas · Check this out! · Femininity · Ewww!

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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Tags: Girl power · Growing up · Your body · Love · Check this out! · Femininity · Your style · Ewww!

Happy Birthday Roe

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Girl power · Your body · Activism · National issues · Sexism · Femininity

The secret life of 18-year-old Emily Sander

December 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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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Tags: Sex · Media · Your body · General

The Goooddddessess

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Heyyy everybody! I want to give you all a link to two reallyyy awesome websites! They are about the Greek Goddessess, one of them designated for adults, and one for younger kids. They were created by Agapi Stassinopoulos, who is Arianna Huffington’s sister. They are both from Greece, and you’ve probably heard of Arianna who […]

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Tags: Uncategorized · Your body · Spirituality · Check this out! · Femininity · Self-promotion · Your style

A Hairspray star’s bout with anorexia, cutting

October 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments

One can imagine my surprise today when I sat down to eat lunch and turned on Access Hollywood, which airs around noontime here in Pittsburgh. One of their stories was about Hairspray starlet Brittany Snow and how, when she was young, she had a bout with anorexia and cutting. It surprised me and […]

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Tags: Girl power · Media · Celebrities · Your body · General

Pink HairandBLUEhair!!!! (at least a little bit…)

September 25th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Hello everybody! I actually saved this post about a month ago because I hadn’t figured out how to upload my pics onto posts (I still don’t….) hehe but I here it is. Better late then never! I actually now have about 9 strands of blue hair!! I reallyyyyyyy love it. Truly LIBERATING!!!!!!!
Hello everybody! I just […]

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Tags: Uncategorized · Girl power · Growing up · Your body · Body image · Randomness · General · Love · Ideas · Check this out! · Femininity · Fashion · Your style