March 2012
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This Creepy App Isn’t Just Stalking Women Without... →
John Brownlee on why it’s important to pay attention to how public you are online. Please read, especially my women friends.
“If you’re gonna write, for God in heaven’s sake, try to get naked. Try to write...”
– Author and playwright Harry Crews, who died yesterday at 76. (via washingtonpoststyle)
WatchI can’t even say how clever. Enjoy.
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WatchDr. Terry Wahls talks about how she stopped the progression of her multiple sclerosis as a result of her own research and by making changes in her diet.
Inspiring.
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“Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our...”
– Robert De Niro speaks at a FLOTUS fundraiser. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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Sex With Your Pants On →
You’ve heard me grump here about the “paleo-ification” of our favorite junk foods. I was amused to see the folks over at Whole 9 share my sentiments.
“Since the creation of our Whole30 program in April 2009, we’ve cautioned against the Paleo-ification of desserts and ‘junk food.’ In fact, this concept has been one of the cornerstones of the program,...
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“As we have so recently and publicly discussed, girls and women have ‘anger...”
– Soraya L. Chemaly, Stop Telling Girls They’re Hysterical (via thenewwomensmovement)
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“Everyone winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight.”
– Andy Warhol (via nevver)
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“No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else’s...”
– H. G. Wells (via nevver)
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“Eat Food. These days this is easier said than done, especially when seventeen...”
– Michael Pollan Food Rules - Food Rule 1 (via heartmindspirit)
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Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs →
Greg Smith is resigning today as a Goldman Sachs executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Provocative words from the firm’s golden boy. Wow.
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Coconut sugar is still sugar. Film at 11.
We always want what we want even when we’re eating in restrictive ways, sure. However, I feel if you want something that “shouldn’t” be on the menu, you should have it, enjoy it, tackle all your mixed feelings about “cheating,” and go on with your eating and fitness life. Needless to say, I’m a little uncomfortable with all the...
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Living and Writing
Things are going swimmingly at the new place. I’m really enjoying being there, and I drag my heels when I have to leave it in the morning for work. One of the things I haven’t figured out yet is where the writing goes. Over the past 6 years, I would write in the morning when it was quiet, and I was alone. Now there’s lovely company over tea in the morning, and I often forget to...
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“Women perform 66% of the world’s work, and produce 50% of the food, yet earn...”
– Former President Bill Clinton addressing the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (September 2009). More on these issues on the OECD’s Gendernet.
