Tag Archives: Self-Awareness

Make new friends, say adieu to the old

9th
Jun. × ’09

When I was little there was a playground song about new and old friends, “One is silver and the other gold” we’d sing, clasping hands and skipping. Best Friends Forever is a mantra of girl culture. But this idea stretches beyond the quarter machine BFF necklaces of childhood and into adulthood with the Sex and [...]

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Fashion Extremes

28th
May. × ’09

Photo: 2006 Rabbit “you’re born naked and everything else you put on is drag.” – Rupaul I recently received an e-mail  asking about the idea that when a style leads to extremes it becomes unhealthy, like goth is somehow bad, like neon hair and piercings shows needing attention or low self esteem. I think everything [...]

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Your co-workers are childen

6th
May. × ’09

At work sometimes it feels like you are dealing with people that are closer to barbarians than the empathetic and aware people we all have the capacity to be. Kind of like gradeschool. And that is my aha–you aren’t dealing with savages but rather with everyone’s inner child. Time Magazine came out with a piece [...]

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My Bumps [STD's]

1st
May. × ’09

If you are going to have sex you need to use protection, if you don’t then blah blah blah. We all know this; it should be procedural.  But…we don’t always use protection. Sometimes a lot less than we should.  Contracting an STD or hearing that someone that you know has one is a bit appalling. [...]

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Safe and comfortable colors

11th
Apr. × ’09

“I like everything to be clean, and gray is clean. Gray is between black and white, so it’s a noncolor, almost. I feel messy and unclean if I wear other colors.” – Rebecca Turbow, fashion designer. When I first read about Rebecca Turbow’s safe clothing line in 2006,  I was utterly fascinated to learn that [...]

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oh make me under

22nd
Jan. × ’09

So awhile ago my beau and I were discussing a topic a friend of ours online  brought up: make-up and self esteem.As a self admitted make-up junkie I was quick to run to the defense of my beloved palettes of powders and tubes of gloss. I adore the creativity, wonder and drama of make-up . So, [...]

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