Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Heidi Klum Needs Her Muffins, Among Other Things

  Published: July 30, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Body Image, Celebrity, Heidi Klum

  pretty good grasp on her own body image despite constantly being in the public eye. As it turns out, even The Body has struggled with her weight. People.com got the scoop: "I was never a skinny, skinny type the more I tried, the worse it was. I'd think about food more than ever. They'd say 'You have to lose weight', and I'd be like, 'All I

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• Project Runway's Chloe Dao at BlogHer 07

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:26 am

  Tags: Amp 039 07 Sponsors, Beauty, Blogher Conferences, Body Image, Fashion Amp Amp Shopping, Blogher07, Chloedao, Family, Fashion, Projectrunway, Style

  At BlogHer 07, Project Runway's second season winner, Chloe Dao, says she wants to vlog and see women realize their own personal style.

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• Not-so-real dolls

  Published: August 2, 2007, 5:22 pm

  Tags: Body Image

  and other digitally perfect images of women's bodies we're assaulted with every day, these pictures are notably more disturbing. Part of me wants to say, fine, "fix" Faith Hill's wrinkles, but leave the poor kids alone!

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• Fake boobs: Dangerous to your mental health?

  Published: August 8, 2007, 12:47 pm

  Tags: Body Image

  issues (and problems like body-dysmorphic disorder) may be under even more pressure to get breast augmentations. Therefore this problem is not going away. Does this mean it's time for the Love Your Body movement to take a cue from the anti-choice movement and start drumming up lots of biased research about so-called "post-boob-job syndrome"?

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• Daisy Fuentes in Fitness Magazine

  Published: August 14, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Body Image, Celebrity, Daisy Fuentes, Fitness Magazine

  as their first Mind, Body Spirit Superstar (a fab way to generate awareness of top women's health causes and work to promote change). Along with reminding all women not to be too hard on themselves, she talks mainly about her new focus in life: Positive body image. Fitness: Do you think our society has an obsession with thinness?

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• Fat Chance: Big Boys Don't Cry Over Body Image

  Published: August 30, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Body Image, Fat Chance

  Guys love to make jokes about chicks going, "does this make me look fat?" -- but the truth is, men are just as likely to experience negative body image, according to a psychologist interviewed on an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Keira Knightley Requests You Focus On Her Acting, Not Her Face Or Body; Hitler Wishes To Be Known As "A Really Nice Guy With Good Taste In Facial Hair"

  Published: September 2, 2007, 8:45 pm

  Tags: Body Image, Keira Knightley, Unrealistic Requests, Venice Film Festival

  In Venice to launch her latest flick, Atonement, Keira Knightley - she of the fairy-dust cheekbones and pillow pout - has expressed her dismay at the tabloids' constantly discussing her weight and looks rather than her filmic CV."I think what I want to keep it about is the work, that's all I'm interested in, and when you've got a project like this

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• Learning the Lessons of Ugly Betty: Real Women Have Curves

  Published: September 11, 2007, 4:50 pm

  Tags: Beauty, Body Image, Entertainment Books, Feminism Gender, Media Journalism, Race Ethnicity Culture, America Ferrera, Glamour Magazine, Ugly Betty

  arms? Body image bloggers: Stephanie Quilao at Back in Skinny Jeans says Glamour photochops America Ferrera cover because they don't like the "Ugly" part of Betty Anti-airbrushing gossip bloggers: Jezebel says 'Glamour' Just Loooooves America Ferrera For Undermining The Whole Skinny Blond Hollywood Stereotype It Helped

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• Breast biomechanics

  Published: September 11, 2007, 5:09 pm

  Tags: Body Image

  I'm glad some researchers are out there asking the tough questions and have set about designing a bra that supports women in three dimensions. (Apparently breasts bounce three different ways.) Interesting facts: - "[D]uring exercise, women's breasts bounce more than previously estimated, moving a vertical distance of up to around eight inches"

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• Dieting Linked To Smoking In Teen Girls: Could a poor body image become the leading cause of death among women?

  Published: September 15, 2007, 1:35 am

  Tags: Body Image, Feminism Gender, Health Wellness, Mommy Family, Dieting, Health, Life, Parenting, Smoking

  illnesses...Could a poor body image become the leading cause of death among women? Could it already be??? Dieting and weight loss is a multi-million dollar industry (maybe more with FDA approved "diarrhea" pills...aka Alli) that prey on insecurities and negative self images, of (mostly) women. And thanks to television and magazine covers,

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• Look Good Naked Naked Naked Naked!!

  Published: September 16, 2007, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Beauty, Body Image, Canada

  puts one woman and her body-issue under the microscope. Instead of plastic surgery or fad-dieting options, our leading celebrity stylist gets to the core of her negative body-image by debunking the myth of perfection. With secrets from the world of fashion and beauty, his aim is to arm her with the confidence to show it off both fully

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• Because you're never too young to start adhering to patriarchal norms

  Published: September 17, 2007, 1:01 pm

  Tags: Body Image

  (and other parts of your body) is just a little bit thicker and darker than before. Chill. You're growing up...it's all good. I almost expected the next line to be about "getting jiggy" with hair removal. But it's still terrifying because the message of Nair Pretty is that you can't be pretty unless you're taking care of that unsightly

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• Dr. Oz on Oprah: Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does by healthy foods.

  Published: September 18, 2007, 2:01 am

  Tags: Body Image, Health Wellness, Diet, Food, Health, Oprah, Weight Loss

  When I hear Dr. Oz is going to be on Oprah, I usually try to watch. So today my daughter and I tuned in. One of the things Dr. Oz was talking about, was how eating eleven pounds of vegetables a day can be helpful in losing weight and in lowering blood pressure. At that time a big platter full of fruits, vegetables, and nuts was brought out

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• Dr. Oz on Oprah: Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy healthy foods.

  Published: September 18, 2007, 2:01 am

  Tags: Body Image, Food Drink, Health Wellness, Diet, Food, Health, Oprah, Weight Loss

  When I hear Dr. Oz is going to be on Oprah, I usually try to watch. So today my daughter and I tuned in. One of the things Dr. Oz was talking about, was how eating eleven pounds of vegetables a day can be helpful in losing weight and in lowering blood pressure. At that time a big platter full of fruits, vegetables, and nuts was brought out

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• Modern Dolls: Slut-Trainers or Empowerment Tools? Is There a Middle Ground?

  Published: September 21, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Beauty, Body Image, Feminism Gender, Pop Culture, Race Ethnicity Culture, American Girl Dolls, Barbie, Bratz, Dolls

  Beverly at Homeschool Image argues that it's up to mothers to set the example, not the dolls. Now I am imagining custom dolls that look like the women in my children's lives. It could be cool, but probably expensive, to have a doll hand-painted with all my stretchmarks. Where do you draw the line at your house? What purpose do you see

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