What are the defining aesthetic categories of our age? http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/stone-links-beauty-in-our-time/ What do Cleopatra and modern women have in common? http://www.groundreport.com/Health_and_Science/Ancient-Beauty-Secrets-What-Cleopatra-and-the-Mode/2949144 Science says beautiful people are more concerned with conformity & self-promotion than tolerance & independence … one person’s response http://www.thefrisky.com/2012-11-05/science-says-beauty-is-boring-and-what-the-hell-is-beauty-anyway/ Voluptuous women are entering the elite spaces of skinny chicks: Vogue http://www.eonline.com/news/358352/bombshell-beauty-kate-upton-covers-vogue-italia?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories Any more stories [...]

After noticing that I didn’t post last week, Abby emailed me and asked if I was quitting my 30 in 30 project. She was joking, but not that far form the truth. I wasn’t quitting, but I was failing. What better way to deal with my weight gain than complete denial?  I was ignoring the [...]

Week 13 of 30lbs in 30 weeks. +2 lbs  // -4lbs total I almost forgot to post today. It’s not that this isn’t important to me, it’s just that I have so many projects right now. It is hard to prioritize. The coming month is one I have been eagerly anticipating and dreading for months. I [...]