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Lori Fradkin is an editor at The Huffington Post. She has written for New York Magazine, Marie Claire, The Awl, The Hairpin and other publications. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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Mindy Weiss: 15 Things We Learned From The Celebrity Wedding Planner

(4) Comments | Posted May 1, 2013 | 12:21 PM

There's no official rule about adding "to the stars" to your title. Personal trainer to the stars. Caterer to the stars. Hairstylist to the stars. We've seen them all. But some names come up so often and in connection with so many stars that you just know they're the real...

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Fortune Cookie Tells Women Why They Shouldn't Worry About Making Money (PHOTO)

(170) Comments | Posted April 26, 2013 | 10:45 AM

We’ve all received a fortune cookie that baffled us, whether it elicited an ā€œUm, that’s more of a statement than a fortuneā€ or ā€œI have no idea what that means, but OK.ā€ But yesterday, as I was uploading birthday pictures to Instagram, I ended up looking...

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30 Things I Hope To Do After 30

(71) Comments | Posted April 25, 2013 | 8:24 AM

My book was supposed to come out in 2012. I figured in late 2009 or early 2010 that that's how long it would take me to write enough essays, get an agent, go through rounds of edits and wait for publication. I made this decision not too long before

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Best Tweets: What Women Said On Twitter This Week

(6) Comments | Posted April 13, 2013 | 7:47 AM

Coachella begins this weekend, and though we at HuffPost Women are not attending, we have no doubt that we will know what's going on. Why? Because Twitter exists.

We expect to see tweets from famous people and non-famous people alike coming out of Indio, Calif. But it's not...

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21 Things I've Learned From Attending 21 Weddings

(0) Comments | Posted April 2, 2013 | 1:54 AM

I have a lot of friends. It always feels like bragging when I say that, like I'm suggesting I could be the inspiration for a Little Miss Popular book or something, but I'm not sure how else to phrase it. I've remained close with the friends I grew...

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21 Things I've Learned From Attending 21 Weddings

(147) Comments | Posted April 2, 2013 | 1:54 AM

I have a lot of friends. It always feels like bragging when I say that, like I'm suggesting I could be the inspiration for a Little Miss Popular book or something, but I'm not sure how else to phrase it. I've remained close with the friends I grew...

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Best Tweets: What Women Said On Twitter This Week

(6) Comments | Posted March 29, 2013 | 7:49 AM

HuffPost's lifestyle sections are all about reducing the stress in the various aspects of our lives, whether that means not worrying about what to wear or not obsessing over a relationship. (If you haven't visited our Less Stress, More Living page, please do.) That's why we loved

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'Girls,' Lena Dunham's HBO Show, Season 2, Episode 10 Gchat: And They Lived Happily Ever After?

(9) Comments | Posted March 18, 2013 | 2:20 PM

Emma: At the end of last episode, we saw all of the girls sort of hit rock bottom -- this episode, we got at least a bit of resolution.
Lori F.: So let's start with ... Marnie?

FOR LOVE OR MONEY?
Emma: Marnie is having better sex than...

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'Girls,' Lena Dunham's HBO Show, Season 2, Episode 9 Gchat: The Darkest Yet

(8) Comments | Posted March 11, 2013 | 3:50 PM

Lori: Hi everyone. OK, so whoa, I am still kind of stunned by this episode.
But before we begin, we need to introduce Jessica Samakow, HuffPost Parents associate editor and our first "Girls" chat guest. Margaret and Lori Leibovich are at SXSW, so Jess has kindly agreed...

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'Girls,' Lena Dunham's HBO Show, Season 2, Episode 8 Gchat: Who's Counting?

(3) Comments | Posted March 3, 2013 | 8:30 PM

THE SECRET
Emma: So we open with Adam this time.
Lori L.: Yes!
Emma: I'm excited that we've gotten to see more of him without Hannah this season.
Lori L.: Me too. He's so much more interesting/likable when he's separate from her.
Margaret: It feels...

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'Girls,' Lena Dunham's HBO Show, Season 2, Episode 7 Gchat: Where Jessas Come From

(5) Comments | Posted February 24, 2013 | 9:30 PM

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"I DON'T LIKE NOT GETTING JOKES"
Margaret Wheeler Johnson: I thought this was a brilliant concept for an episode. Jessa's backstory is by far the most interesting of all the girls', I think, and after a season and a half, we're finally getting...

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'Girls,' Lena Dunham's HBO Show, Season 2, Episode 5 Gchat: 'I Want All The Things'

(14) Comments | Posted February 11, 2013 | 6:14 AM

TALL BLOND STRANGER
Margaret: So, did we think there was any purpose to the first scene other than to introduce Joshua? And to allow Ray the opportunity to tell Grumpy's customers, "Go back to your panda videos. Or I'll turn off the wifi"?
Lori L.: To show Ray's...

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Are Mindy and Danny the New Liz and Jack?

(3) Comments | Posted February 6, 2013 | 7:48 AM

Tuesday night's episode of "The Mindy Project" ended with Mindy Kaling's character, Dr. Mindy Lahiri, and her colleague Danny Castellano (Chris Messina) eating pizza together after a failed Valentine's Day double date. It was a sweet moment that seemed to be yet another hint that the...

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Diablo Cody Thinks Lena Dunham Is 'Our New Woody Allen'

(175) Comments | Posted January 30, 2013 | 1:21 PM

Diablo Cody won the Oscar for her first screenplay, "Juno," and has gone on to write the films "Jennifer's Body" and "Young Adult" as well as the TV show "United States of Tara," so she's hardly a Hollywood...

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'Girls,' Lena Dunham's HBO Show, Season 2, Episode 4 Gchat: We're Adults Here

(4) Comments | Posted January 29, 2013 | 3:06 PM

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DOMESTIC UN-BLISS
Lori: So this episode was fantastic
Emma: I absolutely LOVED it. I think it's my favorite thus far.
Margaret: This is the episode we've been waiting for -- complex, surprising, even a little moving...
Lori:...

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'Girls,' Lena Dunham's HBO Show, Season 2, Episode 3 Gchat: Where The Magic Happens

(6) Comments | Posted January 27, 2013 | 9:31 AM

"YOU DON'T SEEM THAT FANCY"
Lori Leibovich: So I thought the opening scene of this episode was one of the most realistic depictions of online journalism that I've ever seen.
Emma Gray: It definitely got to the sort of ridiculous core of a lot of our confessional writing...

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Girls Season 2, Episode 2 Chat: Sad Little Glowworm

(3) Comments | Posted January 20, 2013 | 9:30 PM

Margaret Wheeler Johnson: I just want to say that I love Hannah exercising by herself with her laptop while Elijah and George are fighting and how we overhear the instructor saying, "Don't worry about messing up." Also that Hannah is wearing approximately the same thing as the instructor.
...

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'Girls' Season 2, Episode 1 Chat: Are We Okay?

(7) Comments | Posted January 13, 2013 | 9:34 PM

It's here! HBO's "Girls" is back, and with it our weekly Gchats about the show. Season 1 left us with so many questions: Are Hannah and Adam finished? Will Hannah be naked more, less or equally often in season 2? Are Shosh and Ray, like, dating...

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3-Year-Old Girl Explains Why That Fourth-Quarter Outback Bowl Call Was All Wrong

(36) Comments | Posted January 4, 2013 | 10:59 AM

Referee Jeff Maconaghy made South Carolina fans angry with his fourth-quarter call in Tuesday's Outback Bowl, but no one has provided a more adorable analysis than 3-year-old Ada Foster. The budding sportscaster points out where the ball should have been for a...

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2012 Babies: Look Who We Welcomed This Year! (PHOTOS)

(13) Comments | Posted December 19, 2012 | 1:30 PM

If you welcomed a baby in 2012, it's probably safe to assume you've been taking pictures since day one. (Even if day one was yesterday.) You've been posting them to Facebook and Instagram, and whenever you run into someone who asks how mommyhood or daddyhood is treating you, you're quick...

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