Weekend Reading: You On A Diet


Updated 05/09/07 6:19 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 4 comments

Weekend Reading: You On A Diet

I am sure you have all see or heard about the book You On a Diet - either the advertisements or the person sitting next to you on the subway was reading it. It is everywhere. It is the first diet book I have ever read that explains how the body works and why fad diets don't work. They advocate a healthy lifestyle with slow but steady results. You will learn about: omentum fat, cortisol, Read more

8 Myths About Sex Differences


Updated 05/25/12 9:05 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Myths About Gender Differences

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what "everyone knows" isn’t what science shows. Everyone knows that men and women are really different. We think differently and act differently because we are wired differently. I mean look at our brains and genitals: they are just Read more

9 Ways to Earn Extra Cash When Money Is Tight


Updated 05/24/12 12:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ways to Earn More Money

I'm sure everyone can do with a little more cash in their wallets. Here are some great suggestions by Wise Bread for you to make extra money. Even though I'm self-employed full-time, I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to make more money. Earlier this year, I wrote a Wise Bread post on websites that can help you earn extra cash. More recently, I came across a blog post on Zaarly titled, Read more

Share Your Snap Judgments of the New Bachelorette Boys!


Updated 05/21/12 4:19 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Bachelorette Emily Maynard Contestants

Tonight, beautiful and sweet single mom Emily Maynard continues her search for love on The Bachelorette. We aren't afraid to admit the franchise is our guilty pleasure, and we tuned in for last week's season premiere (made even more entertaining with our Bachelorette bingo boards!). For fellow fans of the show, we've rounded up photos of the men as well as the most telling pieces from their bios Read more

How to Conceal a Pregnancy . . . At Least Until After the Wedding


Updated 05/16/12 9:20 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 0 comments

How to Hide a Pregnancy

Timing is everything, and as anyone familiar with basic biology knows, marriage isn't a necessary prequel to pregnancy. While many modern parents — including plenty of celebs — eschew the traditional route of wedding bells before baby booties, there are at least as many who want to keep up appearances, at least for the sake of traditional grandparents or gossipy co-workers. While it's Read more

Bachelorette Breakdown: First Impressions From the Premiere


Updated 05/15/12 12:09 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Bachelorette Premiere Recap

Welcome to a new season of The Bachelorette, everyone! First of all, is anyone else as excited as I am to see Emily Maynard take the reigns, or roses, as it were? She is sweet as apple pie and I don't know anyone that doesn't love a Southern belle, least of all the gentlemen vying for her affections. I use the term "gentlemen" lightly, as several of them displayed relatively ungentlemanly Read more

Fifty Shades of Grey, Fight Club, and the Complications of Male Dominance


Updated 04/27/12 2:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fifty Shades of Grey and Male Dominance

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Clarisse Thorn sees nothing new in eroticized images of male dominance and violence, but she sees plenty that's thought-provoking. Much is being made of the highly successful S&M erotica novel 50 Shades of Grey. People are blaming feminism for making women into submissives, blaming feminism for preventing Read more

Julia Roberts Has Emma Roberts by Her Side at the Jesus Henry Christ Premiere


Updated 04/19/12 11:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Julia Roberts, Emma Roberts at Jesus Henry Christ Pictures

It was a family affair at the Jesus Henry Christ premiere in Hollywood last night. Coproducers and sisters Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan were joined by their brother Eric's daughter, Emma Roberts, as they celebrated the debut of the dark comedy. Julia's husband Danny Moder also served as cinematographer on the project, though he didn't join the ladies for the evening out. The screening Read more

What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Sex and Feminism


Updated 04/14/12 4:53 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Modern Feminism

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Lisa Solod, who came of age during the sexual revolution, explores what feminism means to this generation. My mother married my father because, she told me in a rare moment of candor, she wanted to have sex with him. She was 25 and tired of pre-sex fumbling and stolen kisses. My father was, of course, far Read more

Meeting My Sperm Donor


Updated 04/06/12 10:38 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Meeting Sperm Donor

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ben Sommer, conceived through alternative insemination, is a young man now and tells the story of deciding to meet his donor. I grew up in a middle-class home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with two loving parents, both of whom are women. My conception was perhaps the most organized and scientific miracle of Read more