mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

By nature, girls are more touchy-feely and emotionally open with one another. We greet each other with kisses and end phone conversations with “I love you!” Indeed, I absolutely love my lady friends.   But a couple days ago, I experienced my first real, live, girl crush. Sure, I’m in love with Gwen Stefani and [...]

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Charlotte and Angelique, you must return to the house, pack your belongings, and go home. Or go to the suburbs and drink. Tuesday night Sean tells me I should go audition for America’s Next Top Model. I say, “Whatever. I’m not about to take the Blue Line all the way out there. Maybe if I [...]

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Tell me this movie doesn’t sound bad ass. From Deathblow Production’s blog: Welcome to Deathblow Productions. Announcing our flagship show: ‘She-Bang!’ “She-Bang!” is a short film that captures sensationalized gangs of females waging war in a gore-packed melee that will determine dominance in a city inhabited by apocalyptic femme fatales. 66 women, 15 allegiances, 1 [...]

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Oh. My. God. My best friend is engaged. I mean, we always knew it would happen. They’ve been together for six years, have lived together for most of them; they’re domestic partners as it is. But something about the words, “I’m engaged!” evoke such ridiculous emotion when it’s actually happening. Like whoa. Waiting for my [...]

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It is a decades-old issue across the globe—super-skinny models and waiflike celebrities influencing “regular” people—but it wasn’t always like that. In the 1940s and 50s, voluptuous, post-war fertility symbols were worshiped—models and actresses such as Marilyn Monroe—and they dominated pop culture until British model Twiggy hit the scene. Ninety pounds at the age of 16, [...]

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