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I Love Sterling Silver Jewelry Now As Much As I Did When I Was A Brooding...
I can clearly remember what I was wearing the day I graduated from high school: a sleek black Gap dress, a sterling silver necklace with a silver charm, and a sterling silver ring on every single...
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Every Generation Of Girls Should Have A Little Orphan Annie That Looks Like...
Quvenzhané Wallis as "Annie"Like a younger, more innocent Carmen, Annie is a figure that transcends culture, time, and place.Just as opera’s most notorious heroine has surpassed the 19th-century French...
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Fashion Dare: I Wore Monochromatic Outfits Each Day for a Week to See If It'd...
I apologize in advance for the lack of quality pictures. I’m not much of a selfie person. Aside from the blistering cold that resulted in my over 100-degree fever last Friday, I was terrified of the...
View ArticleThe FDA Refuses To Lift Its Ban On Gay Men Donating Blood, Despite There...
Today, I have a follow up to the CIA Torture Report from earlier this week -- some very interesting remarks by the director of the CIA. There’s also a story about the FDA ban on gay men donating blood....
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Preparing For The Pinkprint: Your Complete Guide to the Nicki Minaj Fragrance...
All year, I’ve been spinning Nicki’s best tracks and features while absolutely dying of thirst for new music from her. There were about three months this summer that I couldn’t even leave my apartment...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I'm a Cop Who Went Undercover to Help Bust a High-End Drug...
I became an officer in 1985. I grew up in a household of domestic disturbances and police officers continually saved us. They were heroes in my eyes, so I became one. I was also determined to find a...
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Beverly Johnson Is The Latest Woman To Accuse Bill Cosby And I’m So Grateful...
I’ve had people ask me why I wasn’t publicly talking more about the recent wave of Bill Cosby allegations, and all I’ve said is that I believe the victims and I honor them choosing to speak out, as...
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"If I Had Your Body I'd Kill Myself" And Other Terrible Things To Say To A...
Surprise! This fat body has friends, wears costumes, laughs, and smiles.So, I’m angry. I’m not going to try to hide that because I have every right to be angry and I want you to understand that in...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Fulfilled My Lifelong Dream Of Moving to New York City...
I lay on my bed, laughing and crying, trying to catch my breath. It had happened. I’d been accepted into an American graduate school. In New York City. It was finally happening! My life was moving...
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OUTFIT OF THE WEEK: Winter Can't Stop Me
It's really easy to develop a defeatist attitude in regards to getting dressed in the wintertime. Waking up and peeking out the window yesterday to discover it was grey and snowing, snowing hard,...
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The 3 Best Apply-En-Route Makeup Kits For The Perpetually Tardy
It never fails. I’m out and about in casual clothes (and heels, of course) with nothing more than moisturizer on my face, when I get invited to drinks or an event where I’d want to look a little more...
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Come Say Hi In This Open Thread Because I'm Running Out Of Cupcakes To Talk To
Photograph of me with makeup on in the place we will all be working out of this Monday -- my home! -- by <a href="http://jeanstories.com/the-stories/jane-pratts-truth-about-blues/">Mimi...
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Let's Talk About Those xoJaneBookClub Books
The problem I have with this time of year is how quickly it passes -- I have all these plans, I have a schedule, but then boom. Two weeks have gone by and I'm running behind. Which is to say I didn't...
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Self-Care For Poor Folks: Accessing Mental Health Care When You're Broke
The state of me right now.Welcome back folks.Right now I want to talk about how amazing so many of you are.In the last few months I have seen y’all do some really beautiful things. I have seen y’all...
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As Immigrants, My Family Made Christmas Up As We Went Along
A little while ago, my friend Vivek Shraya wrote a blog post about how his family would ask him, “Do you want to celebrate Diwali or Christmas this year?” And I started thinking about my own family’s...
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8 Stories I Couldn't Get Anyone To Write About This Week, Including Reasons...
The writers have been really active on our EditorsXO listserv these days. Did you know we have one of those? We always talk about publishing those threads, which often go pretty late into the night, so...
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All I Want For Christmas/Kwanza Is Tech
I'm a tech journalist, so I spend every week of the year covering, reviewing, and writing about tons of awesome gadgets, devices, and accessories. Despite what you might think, I don't get to keep most...
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Do You Decorate Your House In Lights?
Do you remember that "Deck the Halls" movie? It was kind of terrible as Christmas movies go. I saw it in the theater because Ed (my husband) had just moved in with me and we'd gone to visit my dad for...
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I Go to Holiday Gatherings for the Gossip
This holiday season, I’m going to parties and dinners for the gossip.I grew up in a southwest Colorado town with 799 other souls, 18 miles from a town big enough to have produce at the grocery story....
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Welcome To Another COTW
This weekend has flown by and it's somehow already time for another COTW post so we can appreciate what folks have been talking about on the site.First up! It's user Boo with a comment on "My Breasts,...
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