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Pretty Little Girls
http://prettylittlegirls.wordpress.com/
News and personal notes on the intersections of body politics, feminism, friends, and family.
Recent Posts
Adieu mes amis
I want to say adios. I’ve been thinking about this for the past couple of weeks, and it’s time for me to give writing here a rest. I’m burned out with it, and to be honest, having only considered myself “recovered” from ...
That’s it. I’m moving to Spain, Part II
(Part I is here.) Here’s a little something you may or may not have heard. Meet Spain’s new defense minister, Carme Chacón: Bernat Armangue / AP Not only is she the first female defense minister that Spain has ever had, but wouldn’...
I love: Cheese
Good With Cheese is back. I read her regularly for a while and when she didn’t update for about a month, I was afraid things turned sour with her intuitive eating adventures (pessimistic me), or else (optimistic me) she ran off to lusher fields...
News bit: Paper on cross-cultural beauty ideals wins conference award
University of Delaware Assistant Professor Jaehee Jung won Best Conference Paper in the Fashion Marketing Track at this year’s Global Marketing Conference. Her paper analyzed advertisements in U.S. and South Korean fashion magazines, focusing o...
Life is kinky
This morning I woke up with a giant knot in the muscles around my left shoulder blade. It was a Vintage Knot, the kind I got, you know, then. When I was messed up. I shouldn’t have been surprised, because I have been a stress ball lately, after...
Looking like I mean it
The Seattle P-I on Monday had a story about photographer Rosanne Olson’s new book This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes, a compilation of female nude portraits and commentary from the subjects. I encourage you to go check out the...

