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What Do Women (and Men) Want From Work?
Yesterday I brought you up to speed on some of my recent writings, but I saved this one for its very own post because it’s a bit more of a thinker. 10 Great Careers for Women Who Want a Life is online...
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Why Fit is the New Thin (And What We Can Do About It)
Trigger warning: In order to write today’s post, I have to use and link to images that are potentially triggering for folks with ED/in recovery/generally struggling with negative body image thought...
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Israel Bans Underweight Models — So Who’s Hiring Them? [Slate / XXfactor]
I’m back on Slate’s XXfactor blog, with a piece about what these bans on underweight models might do to the models themselves. Of course the hope is: Allow them to keep working, now at a healthy...
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Yes, chickens, today I am showing you a video of Shaquille O’Neal’s...
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Concerns From a Fitness Professional
Last month, in Why Fit is the New Thin, I explored how the “fitspiration” phenomenon can be uncomfortably reminiscent of the “thinspiration” phenomenon. They aren’t entirely identical; thinspiration...
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Why I Heart GIRLS & Lena Dunham’s Body
I’m a little late to this game since the first season of HBO’s GIRLS ended Sunday night. But if, like me, you don’t schedule your life around appointment television, then you’re probably very...
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The Pink Pyramid: Paying to Play with Mary Kay [Harper's, August 2012]
My new cover story, “The Pink Pyramid Scheme” is out in the August issue of Harper’s Magazine. This is a big one. I’ve tracked this story for the past three years, since enrolling in beauty school and...
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[Reading List] The Drama Years
One of the best parts of my job is that I get sent a lot of amazing books. I also find out about a lot of amazing books that I don’t get sent and just buy myself. Which I’m happy to do because I’m all...
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Sexism and Body Shaming, Oscars Edition
I fully admit to falling asleep after Russell Crowe ruined the Les Mis group singalong, but now that I’ve caught up on the remaining 19 hours of the Oscars last night, there are a few things I think...
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Exercise: Learning To Love It [Elle, June 2013]
The June 2013 issue of Elle is “The Body Issue,” and I contributed this essay on the science of exercise motivation and my personal quest to stop thinking of my workouts as yet another chore (to be...
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Rethink the Pink Drink [Marie Claire, October 2013]
Greetings, earthlings! I’m back to work after baby leave and it does feel a little like returning from outer space. If in outer space you are never allowed to sleep and spend most of your days feeling...
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