Vanity

I Thought Vanity Was Superficial -- Until It Helped Me Get Through My Grief

Emily Rapp | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Body Image, Disability, Women-Authentic-Beauty, What Is Beauty, Vanity, Motherhood, Disabled Children, Video, Women News
Emily Rapp

What is authentic beauty? I feel like every woman struggles to define, but the question is even more pressing when you're a woman with a disability. When I was four, my left leg was amputated.

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The Man in the Mirror

Robert Levithan | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Ageism, Internalized-Prejudice, Perception, Mindfulness, Vanity, Aging, Aging Gracefully, Thoughts on Aging, Healthy Living News
Robert Levithan

What about developing a truer relationship with the man or woman in the mirror? Yes, look into your eyes, the proverbial windows to the soul. Get curious. Leave judgment behind. Take a breath. Don't listen to the harsh voices that might show up.

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Our Trainers, Our Selves

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Yoga, Women, Aging, Running, Fitness Trainers, Exercise, Health, Pilates, Vanity, Women News
Barbara Greenberg

"DO YOU WANT TIGHT ARMS, TIGHT ABS ... ? Yes, I said somewhat meekly through my agony. I certainly do.

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The People Women Really Count On

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Yoga, Friends, Hair Colorists, Relationships, Love and Relationships, People We Count On, Facialists, Manicurists, Housekeepers, Beauty, Vanity, Homosexuals, Friendships, Make-Up Artists, Fitness Trainers, Aestheticians, Spouses, Fashion, Beauticians, Yaga, Personal Trainers, Parents, Fifty News
Barbara Greenberg

Yes, we women count on our partners, our parents if we are lucky enough to still have them, and, of course, our friends. But let's face it, there is ...

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On Not Marrying

Larissa Archer | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Marriage, Relationships, The Cosby Show, Adulthood, Phylicia Rashad, Vanity, Unmarried Women, Single Women, Beauty Products, Love & Sex, San Francisco News
Larissa Archer

Marriage has always held a place in the image of myself that seems so far away, I almost believe I will have to be a completely different person by the time it happens.

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TSA Took My Teeth, and I'm Mad as Hell

Anne Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dentures, Tsa, Qatar, Vanity, Dentist, Flying, Chicago, Comedy News
Anne Peterson

TSA took my teeth. What on God's green earth would they do that for? Was I going to bite a pilot into submission mid flight? Also, what if this had been my dentures?!

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Northwestern Study Shows Students What Aging Looks Like

Chicago Sun-Times | Patent Baristas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aging, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Kellogg School, Vanity, Northwestern University, Chicago News

What if, as a 20-year-old, you could look into the future and see your future self -- as a droopy, liver-spotted 60-something? Maybe you'd freak ou...

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No Makeup Week: Women Pledge To Keep Their Faces Bare For 7 Days

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Politics, Rachel Rabbit White, Chicago Writers, Chicago Media, Cosmetics, Chicago Culture, Makeup, Vanity, No Makeup Week, Feminism, Chicago Style, Chicago News

Could you go a week without makeup? While some women avoid it altogether, others have developed an inexplicable need for the stuff over the years. Wha...

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Why Women Should Look Forward To Aging

yourtango.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aging, Older Women, Relationships, Sex, Older Women Strength, Women's Self-Esteem, Cougar, Tenacity, Cougar Sex, Vanity, Older Woman Sex, Healthy Living News

Publications for women love to make you feel sh**ty about yourself, particularly when it comes to aging as if it were a choice, and women who choose t...

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Damn, She's in Distress!

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Betty Friedan, Chivalry, Aging, Middle Age, Body Image, Women's Lib, Women's Rights, Women's Movement, Vanity, Healthy Living News
Stephanie Gertler

Does chivalry begin again when a woman becomes of a "certain age" or is it simply making a comeback?

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Disappointing Disappointment About Vanity Fair's "Tweethearts" Article

Mark Drapeau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Society, Celebrity, Twitter, Technology, Vanity, Vanity Fair, Felicia Day, Tweethearts, New Media, Media, Media News
Mark Drapeau

Ladies, disappointed or not, you're in Vanity Fair. I don't care if they made fun of your tweeples and twosses and focused on your legs -- that's still cool.

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The Best Aging Secret: Make Time Your Friend

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aging, Time, Beauty, Vanity, Deepak Chopra, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

We've all been conditioned to look upon time as our enemy. This belief is wrong, but it's so deeply ingrained that if affects even the most gifted people.

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Beauty, Botox and Delving Deeper: Sip Through A Straw I Say!

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aging, The Balanced Life, Plastic Surgery, Wrinkles, The Full Life, Beauty, Grandparents, Vanity, Natural Living, Botox, Healthy Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Something is afoul in this system of propaganda and quick beauty fixes, that cost us more than we make in hopes that we'll make more once we look the part.

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A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted (Because) There's a Sucker Born Every Minute

Judith M. Bardwick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Willie Sutton, Bernard Madoff, Conned, Money, Scam, Flattery, Madoff Scam, Ponzi Scheme, Madoff Scandal, Vanity, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Bernie Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Business News
Judith M. Bardwick

Who is a sucker? A sucker is someone who wants something so badly that they lose all critical judgment.

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My Musings On Vanity

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Vanity, Vanity Deadly Sin, Seven Deadly Sins, Pride Deadly Sin, Healthy Living News
Verena von Pfetten

Mirror, mirror, on the wall! Who's the vainest of them all? Yesterday, while doing something decidedly un-vain, my thoughts happened to stumble upon ...

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