Some more curated beauty-in-culture reading! OK, maybe a bit out-of-date but still interesting: an exhibit dedicated entirely to Aphrodite! http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/goddess-of-love-and-beauty-takes-center-stage/ Beauty’s TOP 100 articles of the year…wowza! http://www.marketwatch.com/story/beautys-top-100-articles-of-the-year-skincare-newscom-guide-to-the-years-top-articles-on-skincare-hair-fashion-and-lifestyle-2012-03-05  Can plastic surgery redefine our image of beauty?  What do you think? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2110892/Can-portraits-extreme-plastic-surgery-patients-redefine-notion-beauty.html?ITO=1490 The title just spoke for itself!:  ”Brazilian Waxing: A Spiritual Practice” http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/emelia-symington-fedy/brazilian-waxing_b_1315045.html?ref=style&ir=Style&just_reloaded=1 What drove [...]

Did any of you see this costume offered by Ricky’s NYC?  It’s a costume that makes you look like a sufferer of Anorexia Nervosa.   Ugh!  Luckily this outfit struck such a strong nerve that the company has taken it off its website.  Why would anyone, even the most ghoulish amongst us, think this costume has [...]

Why is it that people think they have the right to comment on how much or what others are eating? What am I talking about? There’s some unwritten rule out there that if you’re normal weight or thin, people can criticize or question what you eat. Let me give you an example.  I was in [...]