Loose Feathers
Links à la Mode: Reflections, Realizations, and Resolve
Reflections, Realizations, and Resolve Edited by: The Curvy Fashionista After we blazed into the new year with resolutions, ideals, paired with moxie and gusto, we also came into the new year with questions, self realizations, and new inspirations. This week’s round up features some of the most though provoking, feel-good, and reason to re-examine your [...]
Let’s [Do It] For the Boys
Big shock, are you ready?: Record companies often capitalize on the FACT that sex sells! Duh, right? Why am I bothering to bring this up? Well… Aside from the obvious fact that the way women are portrayed in the media is that of a sultry nymphomaniac, another fact comes into play: these same women – [...]
The Journey of Sex Appeal
Oh, legs. For so long, you have been the icon of sex appeal and the provocative… You never lose the spotlight. From the forbidden ankle to Mae West’s sequin-skimmed knees all the way up to Gwyneth Paltrow’s love for the mini skirt, you rule the world of want to touch. Clara Bow & Gwyneth Paltrow [...]
The Photoshop Law
This is bordering on old news, but being that “The Photoshop Law” hasn’t been approved yet, it bears mentioning (over and over again). While America still hasn’t jumped on the bandwagon, the U.K. and France are mulling over the idea of imposing a law stating that PhotoShopped and manipulated images must issue notices disclosing the [...]
What exactly IS fashion?
Sometimes, I admit it, I get a little embarrassed about what I do for a living. “Lindsay… What is it that you do again?” “Me? I’m… I’m a writer, mostly.” “A writer! How neat. What do you write about?” “Umm… Well, I write about body image, and media standards, women’s issues… and… fashion-sort-of.” *clears throat, [...]
We Are Not Knives: On Dullness and Aging
It’s been a hot minute since we’ve talked about getting older. Almost weekly, I notice little things that define my age: my skin is slightly less luminescent, my hands are dry, and that area just above my elbows is doing this weird drooping thing that my mom’s elbows do. Even with all of my excitement [...]
Mantra
I am sitting in my bathtub. The water is running over my feet and when I’m not writing these words my arms are stretched above my head, resting against the pink bathroom wall. I should be doing dishes, or laundry. I should be planning tomorrow’s post, or at least an outfit. Shaving my legs. Working [...]
Defending Your Life, Sure – But What About Your Weight?
There has been some major debate over the last few years (some of which took place on this very blog) as to the relevancy of the “obesity epidemic.” Celebrities are consistently in the spotlight, and as most of them are lithe and lean, they don’t face the need to defend their weight – unless, of [...]
No Make-Up Week!
The amazing Rabbit of RabbitWrite.com is holding No Make-Up Week! As you well know, this is definitely something The Demoiselles can get behind – we have a gallery full of your beautiful faces to prove it! Send your makeupless photos to Rabbit so she can add your gorgeous mug to her growing gallery!
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