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Celebs who were told to slim down (and most did)

That’s the part that kills me, they did it. I understand, but it still sucks that the business and the world still demands that you be some “better” which means “thinner” brighter which means “blonder” version of one’s self to be appealing.
I chose Liv Tyler as my poster girl because I loved her quote:

Liv Tyler refuses to play the weight game with Hollywood. “I’ve been told that if I lose weight I’d have more work, but I refuse to submit myself to Hollywood standards. To the rest of the world I am slim and I like the way I am,” she insisted. We do too!


Actress and singer Mandy Moore was humiliated when she was asked to lose weight for a film role. “I felt mortified. I am who I am, and if I accept it everybody else should too,” she said. “When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I’ve grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I’m different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don’t think that’s attainable and I’m happy to represent something different. This is just exactly who I am.” Get that? Different is awesome.


see what the others including Sophia Vegara, Christina Hendricks, and Jennifer Aniston had to say

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Lady Gaga Had an Eating Disorder?


There was a point there last year when I thought that she was looking mighty thin, but I thought it was the work and her hectic schedule but maybe there was another reason:

ABC News reports that Lady Gaga, known for her outrageous costumes, hit singles and gay advocacy, suffers from an eating disorder that will be revealed in her upcoming biography, “Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga.” David, her former tour manager, claims that the singer would scarf down tons of unhealthy food and then not eat for weeks to fit into her crazy, elaborate costumes. She had lost 20lbs and was hospitalized six times. Health issues and jet lag were to blame, although dangerous dieting and drugs may be the darker culprit.

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New York Fashion Week ‘Whitest’ Since 2008, Jezebel Reports

OK! now this is really not news, if you are a woman of color then you are, and have been acutely aware that your image is not represente­d, let alone thought of in the fashion industry whether on the runways or in editorial, commercial­, or print. The fashion world is one that is segregated­, if there weren’t “black” fashion magazines like Essence, we would almost never see models of color, let alone of various shades and sizes. But I love this piece because it just presents the facts. As a woman of color if you talk about these sorts of subjects you are paranoid, or angry, basically dismissed, people want to point out the one or two exceptions and try to make it a rule, or present it as balance. That just isn’t the case and the numbers don’t lie. Now the why of it is the REAL story and possible the scandal. I see the absence of color akin to the absence of body weight in fashion, it is the process whereby the definition (through absence) is created. There is no rationale for this gross under-representation of “real” women, the sort one sees every day in the shops and in one’s work place. For the fashion industry it is simply as if they don’t exist – or, if they do, they are all secreted away somewhere they can’t be seen. Are they hiding? Staying indoors all day watching daytime TV? No – they are part of the fabric of society and life and for this reason they should not be dismissed from the pages of the magazines we all read. If it is not represente­d it is “not” it is erasure in a sense. Women with curves and women of color are not seen, they do not rank or fit the working definition and perimeters of beauty. And you wonder why women have complexes and are screwed up? Where is My Body where is My Image?
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We can report that the just ended New York fashion week featured the least racially diverse cast of models since 2008. New York fashion week featured 137 designer runway shows and presentations, and 5,269 different fall outfits were presented to the world’s retailers and press. Of those 5,269 looks, 4,468 — an overwhelming 84.8% — were modeled by white women. 801 of those looks were given to models who aren’t white. Black models were used 384 times. Asian models were used 323 times. Non-white Latina models were used 79 times. Models of other races only made it onto the runways of New York City — one of the most racially diverse places on this planet — 15 times.

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Be a Superwoman eat SUPER FOODS!

I just found out that I am almost a complete superwoman, well when it comes to food!! Check it out

5 Super Foods For Women

You love to eat, but you also love to feel great. You can do both if you choose foods that make you smarter, leaner, stronger — and then use them in tasty new ways.

We’ve made that easy to do with Health’s top 10 superfoods for women. They were selected by our panel of experts for their mega benefits — from bone building and energy boosting to fat busting and disease fighting.

What’s even more delicious: When you mix and match these America’s Healthiest choices, you get super combos with even more power — a breakfast that’s good for your heart, a dinner that fights cancer, a sweet treat that helps keep your tummy calm and mind sharp. Plus, we’ve rounded up 15 delicious, benefit-packed runners-up, too. So read on (and start eating) for a super you.
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Best and Worst Dressed– who asked you anyway?


Let me tell you I, like many watched the Oscars last night, in fact I even watched the E’s Red Carpet Countdown. Yes I endured Giuliana Rancic’s ridiculous comments about everyone’s body and Kelly Osborne saying how “Beauuuutiful” everyone is. I put up with such vapidity so that I could get a look at what the women of the evening were wearing. It’s all about the fashion. Where I love to see what the actresses are wearing I hate to listen to the insipid talk about it, which always begins with “So, who are you wearing?” I deplore how in one moment interviewers are face to face with the actress saying how phenomenal they look then in a recap they dog them out.

Personally nowadays I think everyone at these shows looks good, well put together and well frankly predictably the same. That’s because a decade or more ago when Joan Rivers was first unleashed on the Red Carpet she talked about people so badly that for fear of being called out many went and hired stylist. Yes it is my belief that Joan Rivers is responsible for creating the ubiquity of the personal stylists. Before said time stars simply dressed themselves, they wore what they liked, what made them feel good. Sure some like Cher were the muses for designers (Halston) but for good or for bad most just dressed themselves. The thing is, back then watching was interesting because you were seeing them- the way they wanted to present themselves, not them being presentable or being a the concept of what someone else thinks they should look like.

Sure they made blunders, and some created their own style a la Diane Keaton but most just looked like themselves and that’s what we tuned in for, them not safe cookie cutter cutouts. I miss the hot messes, I miss Sissy Spacek and her country Sunday dresses. I might be the only person who thought that Bjork’s Swan dress was fabulous, and I love Helena Bonham Carter and her Victorian style, crazy hair and her dark circular glasses, and Johnny Depp and his need a shower, rocker style. I love that Kate Blanchett chooses edgy couture designers, and that Julianne Moore loves Lanvin and neither lady is safe and they always stand out from the sea of safe silhouettes in the “on trend” color palette.

What really makes my teeth itch is the Best and Worst Dressed commentary or shows like the Fashion Police on E. And here’s why, it’s because all these people [stars] took the time to find these dresses got their hair and make-up done and left their homes or hotels feeling beautiful and great about themselves. And then a group of people sit around like they are in high school and judge them, sometimes ripping them to shreds. It’s just not cool. I know that this a part of the marketing machine, but it is just so unfair,unnecessary and who knighted them “fashion experts” and more importantly “Who the hell asked you anyway?”

I get it I get it I’m not trying to be a kurmudgeon but I think it’s just glorified, high tech mean girl action. I love Joan River’s I actually worked with her years ago but I think that her comments at times go to far and cross the line, and get personal sometimes. Yes I know she is a comedian but there is a line. I say let these talented men and women have their night, let them be the Kings and Queens of the Ball why do we have to be the clock striking 12?

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The Big Business of Big Butts

Sir Mix A-Lot’s notorious ode to women with a little more junk in the trunk not only help propel him from Seattle’s underground hip-hop scene to superstar status, but it also put the national spotlight on a part of the body that has long been ignored—the booty.

It used to be that a slim physique was considered the standard of beauty. As such, women would go to extreme measures, such as anorexia and bulimia, to look like Kate Moss. However, Sir Mix A-Lot, along with a host of other black and brown rappers who have penned numerous tributes to women with big butts, helped to usher in a new standard of beauty—one based around a much healthier and fuller derriere.

The days of slim, waif models have been replaced by the “Sista” with the thick curves. But not just any curves, we’re talking about curves in all the “right” places, such as in the breasts, thighs and of course, the behind. This new appreciation for a different type of femininity seems to fit nicely into the changing aesthetic of the country; since the late 80s through 90s, everyone seems to be living in excess and embracing the mantra of “the bigger, the better.”
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The Chemicals In Your Cosmetics

Could the desire to look better, be hazardous to your health, what is in that stuff that we put around our eyes, on our cheeks and lips?

By Estelle Hayes

Sodium lauryl sulfate is an effective degreaser used to clean oil stains from the floor of my mechanic’s repair shop; what’s it doing in my toothpaste and my daughter’s bubble bath? And, why is the long-known carcinogen nitrosamine, banned in Canada and the European Union, still a common ingredient in my mascara, concealer, sunless tanning lotion and baby shampoo?

The simple answer is that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration still doesn’t bother to regulate anything it dismisses as cosmetics — any products used topically — despite the growing science showing how easily poisons and pollutants can be absorbed through the skin. Since the 1930s, the only thing the FDA regulates is the accuracy of the labeling on cosmetics.

As long as manufacturers list in gory detail the witches’ brew of industrial chemicals, heavy metals, and toxic substances they blend into your eye cream or face wash, they are free to dump whatever they want into your epidermis.

As consumers, we are left to defend ourselves armed only with unintelligible ingredient labels and confusing news reports about what parts per billion of something can cause cancer or Alzheimer’s. Americans are taking their bodies on a magical mystery tour full of chemicals and heavy metal toxins by way of basic grooming habits.
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Advancing Eating Disorders as a Public Health Concern


By Jane Shure
Psychotherapist, Author, Speaker

These days most people know someone in their family or community who has been impacted by an eating disorder. In the United States alone, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with anorexia or bulimia. Approximately 15 million more are struggling with binge eating disorder.

Research shows that genetic factors create vulnerabilities for some individuals, placing them at risk for responding to cultural pressures and triggering behaviors such as dieting and obsessive exercise. Every eating disorder signifies a host of psychological and medical problems that can be exceptionally costly, not only economically, but also in terms of physical, emotional, spiritual and social suffering.

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Helen (Mirren) is a Hottie

I have no idea how she does it. She looks fantastic and hella sexy. This is what 50, 60 plus can look like.
I love that her face looks like– her face, if she has had some injectables they have been done tastefully, she looks like a woman her age who looks great! but don’t think she has had anything really. Her body is just off the hook!! Clearly she has takes great care of herself and has great genes it shows. Ladies take care of your skin and your health and aging is something you can do with out worrying about it. This is a woman of a certain age who is carefree! love it!

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Jennifer Hudon is Da BOMBDIGGIDY!

What a body what an image! BAM!

‘nough said!!!