A new anti-anorexia campaign is using dramatic images to convey a message to young women that they are “not a sketch,” but critics of the campaign feel as if the images are doing nothing but giving girls a goal to work towards. Star Models is a modeling agency based out of Brazil and their latest attempt to attack anorexia isn’t being... Read more
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Anti-Anorexia Campaign Criticized for Actually Promoting Anorexia
Tags: anorexia, anorexia ad campaign, anti-anorexia, Body image issues, eating disorders, thinspiration, Women Issues, You are not a sketch
Cheryl Richardson Explains the ‘Art of Extreme Self-Care’
Tags: advice for life, Art of Extreme Self Care, Cheryl Richardson, Health, improve your life, Self-Care, sensitivity
In Cheryl Richardson’s book The Art of Extreme Self Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time, she breaks down the beauty of being sensitive and how you can protect that sensitivity to improve your life. “My decision to protect my sensitivity was one of the most influential acts of extreme self care I’ve ever taken in my life,” she... Read more
Discovering How Mindfulness Can Create a Healthy Lifestyle
Tags: De-stress, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living, Mindfulness, Stress
There’s a famous scripture in the Bible that encourages us to take the plank out of our own eye before addressing the speck in our brother’s eye. Basically, that scripture is intended to teaches us how to deal with our own issues instead of trying to be the moral compass for everyone else while neglecting ourselves. While that advice seems... Read more
Sex Sells: How Causal Sex is Ruining the Next American Generation
Tags: Causal Sex, Girls TV series, Lily Tomlin, Relationships, sex, Sex and the City, Single parenthood, The Carrie Diaries
Sex sells. In movies, television, print media and on the web, sex is a hot button issue that is hotly debated. Just yesterday I saw a promo for the upcoming episode of the CW series ‘The Carrie Diaries;’ which follows the life of a young fictional character, Carrie Bradshaw. In the promo, Carrie was debating whether or not she would... Read more
How to Shrink Belly Fat in Two Simple Ways
Tags: Exercise, flat tummy, Health, Health Issues, Healthy Living, working out
Summer season is upon us and for some that means hitting the gym a little harder. But, if you’re finding that for all your efforts you’re still left with a stomach that is not as flat at you’d like, then listen up. Doing crunches won’t cut it. As much as we’d all love it if we could spot train to... Read more
How the Steubenville Rape Scandal is Exposing Rape Culture
Tags: Ma'lik Richmond, rape culture, Steubenville Football team, Steubenville rape case, Steubenville rape scandal, Trent Mays
Chances are you had never heard of Steubenville, Ohio before the heinous rape case where social media tools were used to help circulate an assault on a young girl was thrust into the media. Giving full disclosure, I am from ’round these parts (as we call it back home). I am from a town similar in size and culture in... Read more
Banish Your Coffee Addiction: Stay Awake By Eating These Foods
Tags: B Vitamin rich foods, Coffee, foods give energy, foods to stay awake, Health, healthy food
Before you run to Starbucks for the third time in one day, you may be surprised to hear what foods you can eat to help you stay awake. There are tons of studies debating whether too much coffee is harmful for you or not, but there is enough proof to suggest that it certainly is harmful to your waistline. So instead of... Read more
Are Tomatoes the Best Kept Beauty Secret?
Tags: at home facials, Beauty, Beauty Tips, benefits of tomatoes, best beauty products, inexpensive skin solutions, natural remedies, natural skin care, tomato facials
Most people have an abundance of tomatoes lying around in their kitchen and many Americans are forced to toss the fruit (it is technically a fruit by the way) in the garbage after it goes bad in their fridge but as it turns out your throwing away much more than just a healthy snack. If you’ve been buying into those late... Read more
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