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Man or Woman? French Connection Questions Gender

Man or Woman? French Connection Questions Gender

Lindsay often makes fun of me. Yes, it’s true. She’s horribly mean. I kid, of course. Lindsay does poke fun sometimes – about as much as I poke fun at myself – and often the subject of the joke is that I always talk about how much I love our differences. “I love that we [...]

Trench Warfare! Firing Range! …Shoe tying? = WEIGHT LOSS!

An article on Jezebel yesterday alerted us of a New Zealand advertisement for a weight loss drug, Xenical. Sure, we’ve all seen commercials on the tube for everything from pills to patches to pulsating electrical currents that promise to shed the pounds while you sit around sedentary – ahh, the easy life. But what if [...]

The Allure

The Allure

This weekend, while playing on Gilt, I succumbed to a moment of swooning: The Allure of Women (Gilt, Amazon).  What could be a better coffee table book? I’ll tell you what: The Allure of Men (Amazon). After spending more than a year submerging myself in the murky waters of media, societal perceptions, and what “sexy” [...]