A Generation Used To Convenience
The Boomer generation isn’t used to being inconvenienced after all these years. There’s a curious thing that you sometimes see in certain parts of America – signs at gas stations advertising their...
View ArticleThe Passion of the Curls (Screw You, Robin Givhan)
Thoughts from a boho, kooky, unserious, curly-haired woman. If I’ve learned anything from the News of the World hacking scandal, it’s that if I’m ever called to testify in front of Congress, I really...
View ArticleThe Insider’s Guide to Life: On Writing Good
ColumnThis could be your reader. She deserves better. Did you hear a funny sound or see smoke trickling out of your computer last week? That was the sound of lady website XOJane blowing up the...
View ArticleBetter Living Through Publicists
Editor’s note: Better Living Through Publicists is a behind-the-screen look at the consistently ridiculous inbox of a writer. Ever wondered how Star knows which celebrities partied at which Vegas...
View ArticleBetter Living Through Publicists: Total Betch Edition
A behind-the-screen look at the consistently ridiculous inbox of a writer. Ever wonder how Star knows which celebrities partied at which Vegas nightclub? Thank a publicist. Ever ponder how an editor...
View ArticleBetter Living Through Publicists: Self-Improvement Edition
ColumnA behind-the-screen look at the consistently ridiculous inbox of a writer. At EcoSalon, we receive our fair share of email pitches, and we’ve decided to give you a weekly peek at this valuable...
View ArticleDoctors at the Mayo Clinic Get Artistic With Dermatopathology
What do you get when you ask doctors from the world-renowned Mayo Clinic to bare their tortured-artist souls? For the second year in a row, Mayo dermatopathologists are competing in a friendly art...
View ArticleWant To Save Water? Shop Local and Turn Off the Lights
Water generates most of our electricity but what are we doing to protect water? It’s been called the source of the next great global conflict. More than oil or food, scarcity of water has been...
View Article10 Fad Diets to Steer Clear of This Bathing Suit Season
10 diets that should make you want to run (for your life). It’s okay to be a little freaked out by the prospect of stuffing your pale, corduroy-shielded backside into a bathing suit in just a few...
View Article15 Reasons Why You Should Give Most Golf Courses the Finger
Fifteen facts about golf courses that will make you think twice about picking up that putter. Avid golfers look at a golf course and see lush, green fairways, rolling hills, and the summer sun...
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