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Yesterday I wrote here about a British pregnant woman with bipolar disorder who was fighting to be allowed an abortion. Huffington Post UK reports that the a British High Court judge has ruled her competent to make that decision. More
I’ve written before about how I’m trying to transition into using mostly all-natural beauty products on my skin and hair. A few months ago, I picked up a bottle of rose water on a whim; I remembered my grandmother using it when I was a kid, and I thought rose water might be an awesome, all-natural product to incorporate into my skincare routine. I quickly became obsessed with the stuff, and here’s why you should be, too. More
Cougar Life, a “the premier online dating service that pairs women in their prime with younger men,” is taking down its controversial new LA billboard after pressure from the community. What’s so controversial about the billboard, you ask? It depicts a naked breastfeeding woman with the word “Jealous?” in a thought bubble attributed to her (presumably male) baby. Yeeesh. More
What is the purpose of Photoshop?
If you’d asked me that question a few weeks ago, I know exactly how I would have answered: Fashion magazines use Photoshop to make people thinner, to airbrush skin imperfections, to make eyes bigger and teeth whiter. They use Photoshop to create an unrealistic standard of beauty that we can never attain and to assert “this is what perfect is and anything less than this isn’t worth looking at.” More
In a moving op-ed in today’s New York Times, Angelina Jolie revealed her choice to have a preventative double mastectomy. The media coverage has been immediate—as has the troubling, sexist public conversation (#RIP Angelina’s boobs!) about Jolie’s decision. More
Today, Stacey Nishimoto wrote a piece for Into The Gloss (not to be confused with our sister site The Gloss) regarding nude images on Instagram and the shaky rules the social media site applies to them. More
How’s this for cause and effect? Participate in a SlutWalk, get photographed, get fired. That’s what happened to Theresa Illgen, a student teacher in Las Cruces, NM. More
This month’s Popular Science features a website, Slavery Footprint, which allows you to calculate just how many “slaves” work for you—slave meaning someone who makes the items you own, usually under horrid circumstances. The site calculates an assortment of variables: clothing owned, food eaten and sourced, gadgets owned, jewelry worn, etc. The website even asks your gender and race, though it specifies that these variables have no effect on your score. It’s actually really enlightening—and scary. More
Turkey’s national airline has forbid its flight attendants from wearing red lipstick and nail polish while at work. Apparently, the proper color of cosmetics for these women is now “pastel.” More
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Oh, Lordy. Since I let my Jane mag subscription expire circa 2004, I’ve mostly avoided Jane Pratt projects. I have a certain respect for them, but in their digital incarnations—xoJane and the newish xoVain beauty site—the blatant trolling bugs me too much to dig around for the insightful stuff More
In February, Buzzfeed published a collection of before & after Photoshop GIFs. It’s typical Buzzfeed fare, but something about it is mesmerizing—one image after another of Beyonce, Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie; the GIFs flickering so quickly between ‘before’ and ‘after’ that it can be hard to tell what’s been airbrushed and what’s real. More
So, uh, I didn’t wash my face for four months. More
Debenhams, the UK-based department store, has created one of the most truly inclusive fashion spreads we’ve ever seen. Their high summer lookbook boasts an impressive array of models of all shapes and sizes, including women over 40, paralympian Stefanie Reed, and several “plus size” women. More
Can I first just say how hyped I am about this new anti-bra study? According to French doctor Jean-Denis Rouillon, who studied 330 women’s breasts for 15 years(!), the whole shebang may be a waste of money and effort for many of us.
Read more: http://www.blisstree.com/2013/04/11/beauty-shopping/why-wear-a-bra/#ixzz2QBIbEPOy More
