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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Down with cankles, batwings and muffin tops!

July 29, 2011by Caitlin 2 Comments

Oh Tim Gunn.  I normally think you are the bee’s knees, all suave and proper with just the right amount of bite, but you need to excise the word “cankles” […]

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Fascist Beauty Standards

Ladies Guide to the Weight Room Pt. 3: Starting out

July 28, 2011by Caitlin 4 Comments

So you’ve decided you want to lift weights, and you’ve told your inner frenemy to STFU, and you are ready to start weight training. But as you stare at all […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

You want me to pay $118 for WHAT?

July 27, 2011by Caitlin 8 Comments

When I saw this post on Jezebel about Athletic Spanx that cost more than $100, my first thought was, WTF?  Except it was not just WTF, but a WTF in […]

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Fascist Beauty Standards, Fitness Industry Fails, Sharp-Dressed Women

Bittman: Tax soda, subsidize vegetables

July 26, 2011by Caitlin 4 Comments

Foodie superstar Mark Bittman has a sensible idea that I’m sure is going to cause all kinds of hyperventilating about “nanny state” this and “I choose my choice!” that: Rather […]

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Food and Food Politics

Dear gym oglers – DON’T

July 25, 2011by Caitlin

Sometimes when I drive home from work, I listen to the Cowhead Show, which is maybe my first mistake right there.  I like Galvin’s Open Letter, what can I say? […]

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Ladies Guide to Weight Room

Some thoughts on mental health and running

July 25, 2011by Caitlin 3 Comments

I spent a lot of time this weekend thinking about Amy Winehouse, about how we lost an enormously talented woman and how sad and completely predictable her death was.  But, […]

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Weekend Randomness

July 23, 2011by Caitlin

This would have been Friday Randomness, except yesterday was all whackadoo.  I got off work at 1:30 p.m. – which means I started my day before 4 a.m. oh my […]

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Friday Randomness

All I Want is Everything #2

July 21, 2011by Caitlin

Check it out – a new issue of All I Want is Everything, finished just in time for the end of International Zine Month! This half-size zine, subtitled “Travels With […]

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Running skirts, dresses and the rise of the fastinista

July 20, 2011by Caitlin 10 Comments

At least once a year, it feels like I watch a debate unfold over a treacherous piece of running apparel – the running skirt. Who knew that a single garment […]

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Gender and Sports

Is losing weight anti-feminist?

July 19, 2011by Caitlin 18 Comments

I came across a post at A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss – and by the way, I love this blog and think it is worthwhile reading even if […]

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Fascist Beauty Standards, Health at Every Size

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