The Rumpus Sunday Essay: Flesh and Bones
Consider the clavicle. Clavicles, actually. There are two of them, the darlings, the slender twin horizontal bones forming those small knobs at the...
Consider the clavicle. Clavicles, actually. There are two of them, the darlings, the slender twin horizontal bones forming those small knobs at the...
Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 05.12.2012
Though the risks of skinny fat are very real, the issue is one of context.
Susan McCorkindale | Posted 01.17.2012
Somewhere along the way, I made the subconscious decision to run from how sad, sick, guilty, and flat out angry I felt. Well, newsflash folks. You can either go through grief, or it can go through you.
Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, CSSD, LDN | Posted 08.17.2011
Toss the fake chemical concoctions in favor of natural cocktails that highlight wholesome ingredients such as coconut water, fruits, vegetables and herbs.
Posted 05.25.2011
WHAT: The Power of Ten: Take a Chance on Art WHO: Santa Monica Museum of Art WHERE: Santa Monica Museum of Art Bergamot Station G1 2525 Michigan Ave...
Posted 05.25.2011
WHAT: The Power of Art and Artists: 2010 Otis Report on the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region Presented by Otis College of Art and Design WH...
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011
By Stephen Viscusi Recently the headlines were filled with the story about movie director, Kevin Smith, who directed "Cop Out". He was asked to l...
Erica Watson | Posted 05.25.2011
It's official: Ugly Girls Have More Fun! Or at the very least, they have more sex. During a visit to my GYNY the other day I noticed that most o...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.
Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011
Here are three classic fitness profiles of everyday folks who need a little change in their health and fitness routines, as well as a few expert tips.
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.17.2011
The average woman in the U.S. is 5'4" and around 142 lbs. She is not modeling anything.
Kim Bensen | Posted 11.17.2011
After a day full of choices, most good, one or two which could have been better, that movie line from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade really hit home.
Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011
Being a skinny dude is a heavy cross to bear. Michael Jackson knew it all too well, which is why he diverted attention by maiming his face.
New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011
BETHENNY Frankel is saying bye-bye to "Real Housewives of New York City" and hello to her own reality show. The spunky star's new show on Bravo this f...
Huffington Post via MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011
Aside from the potential eyesore given to passersby, skinny jeans can actually cause health problems, according to an MSNBC article. Meet 28-year-old ...
Darryl Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011
Oprah, for all of our sakes, stop the dieting on your show. It tells way too many women that it's okay to go on unhealthy yo-yo diets.
Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011
Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.
E. Jean Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's do it, Oprah. The $40 billion-a-year diet industry has used you in their stupid ads long enough!
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011
It is no longer enough to just be thin. You must be skeletal. Lumpy thin, a la Kirsten Dunst, is so nineties. Anyone can starve, darlings. But not everyone can make their bones pop just so.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011
Scarlett, I'm sure you are healthy in a WebMD sense but certainly not in the way that reporters mean it. You partly earn that curvy label by your impressive chest. But I feel compelled to inform you that you are not a "regular girl."
Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.17.2011
Club 21 is an elite clique to which high school girls at St Patrick's College can belong. The thinner the girl, the prettier and more popular she is assumed to be and the higher her rank, from 1 to 21.
The Rumpus | Posted 05.21.2012