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1. HAIR: I love this essay on Jezebel by Autumn Whitefield about the social and personal implications of short hair on women. Maybe, as she suggests, the expressed male preference for long hair comes...
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White House Gear for the Boys, Princess Gear for the Girls
In all the (deserved) hoopla about the documentary Miss Representation I somehow missed the fact that the writer, director, and producer of the film was Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of the Lt....
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“The Death of Pretty”
Read this piece called “The Death of Pretty” by Pat Archbold at the National Catholic Register. You’ve been warned; you will want to tear your hair and wail. Archbold’s thesis goes like this: “Pretty”...
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“Don’t worry, we’ll get it all fixed”
I’m still thinking about that “Death of Pretty” article I wrote about yesterday. But no matter how much I mull it over, all that happens is that my list of objections grows and I just get more irate....
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1. BEAUTY: One mom, Eleni Gage, writes about how she pierced her infant’s ears and wound up on the receiving end of a whole slew of comments ranging from “female genital mutilation!” to accusations of...
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1. TELEVISION: Someone took the time to make a Lego-animated recap of The Wire. It’s disconcertinly accurate, down to McNulty’s boozing and Lester’s dollhouses (via The Atlantic Wire). 2. NAMES: File...
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It’s telling that they call it “cover-up”
This week at Role/Reboot I wrote about my relationship with make-up. The inspiration for this piece was some combination of Caitlin Moran, Leighton Meester, Hillary Clinton, Toddlers in Tiaras,...
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Model Behavior and a Train of Thought
Model Hannah Gaby Odiele for Marc Jacobs Confession: There are few things I find more engrossing than model “before and afters.” There’s a whole genre of this stuff, with variations like “Celebrities...
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So What Do You Do Exactly? Hair Model Edition
When I was a kid my favorite part of getting my hair cut was paging through those big coffee table books of crazy hairstyles. Remember when those tiny rubberbanded twists were all the rage? I always...
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Obesity is a problem, yes, so is body-shaming.
This week for Role/Reboot I wrote about Maria Kang (aka “What’s Your Excuse?” fitness mom), this phenomenal piece by a Karen Hitchcock, “Fat City,” and the challenge of holding two seemingly competing...
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