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“How to Be the Change and Shatter Stereotypes” from Louise Green’s “Big Fit Girl” – plus a giveaway!

March 17, 2017by Caitlin 16 Comments

I was recently sent a review copy of Louise Green’s Big Fit Girl: Embrace the Body You Have and I just finished reading it last night. Louise gives her readers […]

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Guest Posts, Health at Every Size, Media and Celebrities
Bonnie Stoll at her Head Handler post, watching as Diana Nyad swims. Image credit: Dawn L. Blomgren, courtesy of Diana Nyad, all rights reserved.

Swim Through This: Talking with Diana Nyad about her new memoir (Guest Post)

February 18, 2016by Caitlin 1 Comment

So, you need something to read that will inspire all your New Year’s resolutions. Something that is motivating but also funny and relevant to women. Real women. You’re a woman […]

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Media and Celebrities, reviews, Swimming, Uncategorized

Why the response to a controversial Women’s Health article has me feeling optimistic

June 6, 2014by Caitlin 30 Comments

As longtime readers of this blog might already know, I’m definitely a “glass half full” kind of person.  I can throw down criticism like any feminist-minded lady but I also […]

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Media and Celebrities

Let us now praise: Women-focused adventure magazines

April 25, 2014by Caitlin 12 Comments

As a media junkie, I have a tendency to develop really powerful feelings for things like magazines, TV shows and books, to the point that it sometimes feels like I […]

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Media and Celebrities

I read a Harper’s Bazaar article about spinning and it made me sad

April 10, 2014by Caitlin 27 Comments

I’ve been spoiled.  I’ve taken advantage of the internet’s ability to cater to any microgenre of information to immerse myself in blogs and online magazines that tend to share my […]

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Fascist Beauty Standards, Media and Celebrities

Interview with Jennifer Steinman, director of “Desert Runners”

April 3, 2014by Caitlin 14 Comments

Four deserts. Four races. A thousand kilometers.  On foot.  Can you even imagine? I could not. At least, not until last week, when I had the opportunity to watch the […]

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Media and Celebrities, Running

Lay off the women in running tutus (and that includes you, SELF)

March 27, 2014by Caitlin 107 Comments

You’ve probably all seen that list of the top ten professions that attract psychopaths going around by now, right?  I’ve seen it a few times, mainly because I run in […]

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Media and Celebrities, Sharp-Dressed Women

A modest proposal

February 12, 2014by Caitlin 20 Comments

The Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue is set to be released next week, marking fifty years of the nation’s premier sports magazine giving attention only to women when they are clad […]

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Media and Celebrities

The ‘shocking’ outcome of The Biggest Loser is not all that shocking

February 5, 2014by Caitlin 248 Comments

I will come right out and say it: I am not a fan of “The Biggest Loser.”  I have not watched the show in years, and the few times I […]

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Media and Celebrities

The upside of faux-empowering advertising (yes, there is one)

January 23, 2014by Caitlin 19 Comments

A few days ago I caught a television ad for Lean Cuisine that struck me as rather odd. I don’t think I’m alone in thinking of Lean Cuisine as having […]

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