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October 6, 2013
Kiteboarder Hope LeVin: Real Role Models
I first met Hope at the life-changingDream Extreme women’s kiteboarding charity event. She was one of the kiteboarding pros who volunteered to fly in to teach, in her case from the Caribbean paradise Turks & Caicos. I was impressed that such a young woman was a kiteboarding coach, and semi- [...]
October 5, 2013
Fiona Apple’s Health is None of Our Business.
On Thursday night, Fiona Apple was performing in Portland (OR) when a heckler decided that Apple’s set was the perfect time to air her thoughts on the singer’s health. According to E! Online, it went down like this: “Fiona! Get healthy! We want to see you in 10 years!” [...]
October 3, 2013
Enough With Slut Shaming, Please.
“You all have got to stop calling each other sluts and whores, it just makes it okay for guys to call you sluts and whores.”–Ms. Norbury (Tina Fey), Mean Girls (2004) Slut shaming is a topic that has divided women for ages, and it’s a topic that needs to [...]
September 26, 2013
A Girl Worth Fighting For
Call this voyeurism, if you will. During my commute, I observed some guy asking a lady for her contact information. She showed an engagement ring. His response was, “I know you feel the connection between us.” He kept insisting, “Your man won’t let you have friends?” He clearly did not [...]
September 25, 2013
Merritt Wever: “I Don’t Always See People Like Me”
Merritt Wever gave what has to be the shortest and cutest Emmy acceptance speech (she picked up the trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy for her role on Nurse Jackie) on Sunday night. Naturally, Vulture asked if there was anyone she would have liked to thank had she [...]
The Best Oils For Your Hair
Even though the idea of applying oil to your hair may seem like a surefire way to end up with a case of the “greasies,” in many cultures, oil has been long used to preserve and improve hair quality. More and more women are adopting hair oil as a miracle [...]
September 23, 2013
Dealing with Death: One Year Later
During the redesign of LivLuna earlier this year, I had the task of deciding which posts would appear on the new LivLuna and which ones would not. When it came to my short series about dealing with my brother’s very unexpected death at the age of 30 last October, I [...]
September 16, 2013
MMA Fighters With Breast Implants Can’t Fight In Louisiana
Last Wednesday, the Louisiana State Boxing and Wrestling Commission passed an emergency ruling prohibiting female fighters with breast implants from competing in MMA tournaments unless they have permission from the doctor who performed the surgery. Why? A few weeks ago, a fighter was forced to withdraw from a match after [...]
September 15, 2013
Sarah Silverman: “Your Joke is That I’m Still Alive”
On September 2nd, 42-year-old Sarah Silverman appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco, making digs at the quirky actor as well as other roasters. However, during her appearance on Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell on Thursday, the actress admitted to be hurt by some of the digs [...]
September 12, 2013
Miranda Kerr: Done With Victoria’s Toxic Secret?
Popular Victoria’s Secret angel Miranda Kerr may be reconsidering her relationship with the lingerie giant after Greenpeace exposed their not so eco-friendly production methods. The environmental charity investigated twenty brands, including Gap, Mango as well as Victoria’s Secret and found that many of the companies use toxic chemicals in their [...]
