Topic: Blogging

Marie Claire vs. The World: The Fight Against ‘The Hunger Diaries’ Article

Six health bloggers were targeted as setting possible dangerous eating and exercising routines for their readers and themselves in the latest issue of Marie Claire. The article, “The Hunger Diaries,” has sparked a fire among the bloggers’ followings and they are now attacking the magazine on their Facebook page saying that the author, health writer Katie Drummond, was biased and the article lacked factual evidence of the bloggers actually having or inadvertently causing eating disorders. Rather than supporting Marie Claire or joining in on the fight, we’re just going to let the story unfold for you via our favorite of the Facebook comments thus far. More »

How The Gloss Is Helping Me Weed Out People On Facebook

Like most people I know, I share links to my work on my Facebook page. I do this for two reasons: 1. I’m proud that I get to write about sex and music for such amazing websites; 2. I know the majority of my friends are on Facebook all day, so why not give them another little something to distract them from their jobs.

I’m well aware that sometimes my topics might be a bit unnerving for some people, but I just shrug my shoulders at the notion and move on to the next piece. I write very candidly and there are very few people in my life about whom I haven’t written in some thinly veiled way. I consider myself lucky to have had so many interesting people and experiences that have supplied me with mucho fodder for articles, stories, novellas, etc. More »

Reading This Article Is Giving You Wrinkles

According to a doctor named Michael Prager, women who spend hours every day looking at computer screens are destined to get wrinkles and ‘turkey necks.’ He told the Telegraph:

If you are one of the unfortunate people who frown or squint while they are concentrating at the screen then, over time, you will inevitably end up with frown lines. More »

‘Bachelor’ Bride Molly Malaney Writes for a Catholic Dating Site

Molly Mesnick, nee Malaney, is blogging for CatholicMatch.com, a dating site for – you guessed it – Catholics. Since Molly isn’t a writer by trade, what makes her qualified to blog? Well, for one, she’s Catholic. For another, she’s matched! Molly met her husband, Jason Mesnick, when she was competing to win his heart on The Bachelor. If you missed it, the really interesting part happened when Jason proposed to someone else (Melissa Rycroft). Jason later dumped Melissa on national TV during the Bachelor reunion special and announced he was in love with Molly, who then popped up from behind the scenery to suck face with Jason. More »

Journalist Barbie Wears the Same Work Clothes As Us

Mattel is so on trend. Journalist Barbie, just like employees of The Gloss, wears a shiny pink blazer and ruffled pink skirt to work every day. More »

Random Photo: Elizabeth Berkley Finds A Clever Way to Promote Her Blog

If you’re a celebrity with a blog that isn’t getting enough traffic, what can you do? You could try to partner with other blogs and get them to link to you. You could hire a publicist. Or you could do … More »

TheGloss Is the 16th Best Ladyblog On the Whole Wide Internet

Just in time for BlogHer, Access Communications put together a list of the top 50 womens’ blogs. The rankings were compiled via a combination of factors including traffic, engagement, and – of course – popularity. Out of the top fifty … More »

Link Love: The Day We Found Out That it’s Possible to Be Jealous of Barbie

Now she officially has it all. If Barbie can have Christian Louboutins for $40, why can’t we?! – Racked Who knew that nail polish can stir up so much controversy? – The Cut Would you let your hair grow out … More »

Courtney Love Is Now Manifesting Her Crazy In Style Blog Form

Courtney Love never fails to bring the crazy, and now she has started a blog called What Courtney Wore Today. The blog is a mix of fashion, freeform writing, bad spelling, and Courtney’s own special brand of potentially drug-addled amusement. … More »

What We're Reading:

This Will Drive Your Man Wild Before Sex
Source: The Stir
Woman Divorces Soldier Who Lost Legs Because She Wants A Normal Life
Source: The Stir
6 Ways Sex Can Make You More Attractive
Source: YourTango
Why Kissing Matters During Foreplay
Source: YourTango
3 Ways He Can Tell You're Faking An Orgasm
Source: YourTango

Video: The Sartorialist Sometimes Takes Pictures of People with Bad Style

But he is just so open-minded that he won’t refuse to take your picture. A veritable saint, that one.

Random Photo: I’m Fine Going to Hell As Long As I Get to Sit Near Tavi

Seems that not everyone finds the calling of blogging things on the internets about clothes as noble as we do. Oh, well, at least if we’re going to hell all of our friends and coworkers will be there too. [Via … More »

How to Get Ahead In Fashion: Be Under 18

Today, it was announced that adorbs fashion blogger Tavi (aka The Style Rookie) has landed her first non-writing job: she’ll be styling a photoshoot for Blackbook magazine. And who will the model be? Christine Staub (pictured at left), aka the … More »

Elle’s Roberta Myers Uses Editor’s Letter To Call Out Fashion Blogger

Editor’s letters are, admittedly, not always the juiciest part of magazines. Often, they exist to thank people who helped make the issue great or talk about a theme that ties some of the major articles together. Sometimes there’s a cute … More »

G(irls)20 Day Two: Molding Future TheGloss Bloggers

When I was invited to teach a blogging seminar as part of the G(irls)20 summit, I was worried that all the delegates – who range in age from 18 to 20 – would be way more web-savvy than I was. … More »

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