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Selling Your Soul For A Walk Down The Runway

Selling Your Soul For A Walk Down The Runway

September 16, 2011 No Comments

As fashion week is upon us, it is easy to revel in the beauty of the fabrics, shoes, and hair pieces. But with fashion week also comes the fun of watching the impossibly thin models strutting down the runway. It all seems so desirable when looking in from the outside. But as new reports reveal, ...

Why I Love Kate Moss

Why I Love Kate Moss

August 10, 2011 9 Comments

I love Kate Moss. There. I said it. I’m out and proud with my love of Kate. She is constantly accused of being a drug-taking, slutty, bad mother and now her latest heinous crime is to install a gym and basement kitchen in her London mansion. She will be spending her own money on the ...

Airbrushing Is Bad For Your Health, Says AMA

Airbrushing Is Bad For Your Health, Says AMA

July 8, 2011 No Comments

Could we be nearing the end of the era of deformed models and digitally skinny celebrities? Hopefully so. Like smoking, the American Medical Association has declared it bad for your health. AMA voted to adopt a policy to “encourage advertising associations to work with public and private sector organizations” to discourage airbrushing or retouching in ...

Fashion Doesn’t Want Black Models

Fashion Doesn’t Want Black Models

June 15, 2011 No Comments

Vogue Italia, the pinnacle of high fashion magazines, just put three plus-size models on its cover and the Brazilian transsexual model Lea T has been making a lot of waves in the fashion world. But don’t be fooled — this doesn’t mean the industry is more accepting of diversity. Carole White, Naomi Campbell’s former agent ...

If The Shoe Fits

If The Shoe Fits

April 14, 2011 No Comments

One small step for plastic surgeons, one giant leap for the fashion industry… and one wincing gait for women everywhere. Introducing the “Cinderella Procedure,” a foot operation designed to make wearing high heels less agonizing. Now, not only is it unacceptable to have wrinkles, cellulite, body hair, glasses, B cups, crooked teeth or large labia, ...

Fashion Has No Gender, Or Breasts

Fashion Has No Gender, Or Breasts

February 21, 2011 No Comments

This is a picture of Andrej Pejic, the latest sensation to strut along the runway. So why is this model so different? He’s a man. The 19 year old had apparently grown sick of men’s fashion when he zipped himself into several dresses for the Paris Couture shows. He has modeled frocks for Jil Sander ...

Labour Guilt From A Dad-To-Be

So, we’re having this baby.  It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...

The 40-Year-Old Japanese Virgin

I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...

The Ladder Conspiracy

Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...

Watching Porn During Sex Is A Turn-Off!

Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...

Repressed Sexuality And Feminism

Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...

A Jolly Good Beer Festival

Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...

Lingerie For The Masses

Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...

The Brave Kick-Ass Disney Princess

All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...

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