Posted by: Katie Oldaker
in Feminizzle on Apr 30, 2010
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The UN has launched a campaign to raise awareness about and prevent rape all around the globe. The campaign, called Stop Rape Now, focuses on rape as a part of conflicts. The website, StopRapeNow.org, is filled with news and ways to get involved. It also features a novel idea: you can, with your webcam, take a picture of yourself holding your arms in front of you in the shape of an X, which is then uploaded and added to a map to show the ...
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Posted by: Susan Engberg
in Feminizzle on Apr 30, 2010
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An NPD Group market research survey reports an increase in tween (8-12) girls' regular use of mascara, eye liner, and lipstick compared to 2007, while overall use of beauty products by teens (13-17) and young women (18-24) is declining. In the past two years mascara use among tweens has almost doubled, from 10% to 18%, as well as eye liner, from 9% to 15%.
Notably, the study defined "regular usage" as at least once a month, which ...
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Posted by: Victoria Woodcock
in Style File on Apr 30, 2010
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I have a bit of a thing for the delectable Mr Wingate's screen-printed designs, so I'm super-psyched about this EXCLUSIVE print he has created for the Craftacular at the Camden Crawl.
From his studio-cum-shop on Columbia Road, in London’s East End, Mr Wingate (aka Sam) creates designs inspired by London's landscape (think tower blocks and pubs) and prints them on T-shirts, cushions and, my favourites, ...
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Posted by: Jamie Doak
in Boob Tube on Apr 29, 2010
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I only selectively like South Park. This is for many reasons; One) It's racist, classist and sexist. Two) I'm a ginger and they told me I didn't have a soul (I'M A CHRISTIAN, I HAVE A SOUL OKAY.) Three) I do not wish to go directly to hell when I die. That said, South Park occasionally provides a cringe-worthy and sometimes hilarious social commentary that people need to hear.
I was forced to ...
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Posted by: Krista Ciminera
in Boob Tube on Apr 29, 2010
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Old is the new... well, new it would seem by current trends in television. Hot on the tails of Betty White's upcoming appearance on Saturday Night Live is a new reality show about nine retirees living in a gated community in Arizona called Sunset Daze. Ranging in ages from 61 to 74, the senior citizens of this show are trying out some new leases on life, from dating to sky diving.
This has the potential to be as bad as any ...
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