Sheila Hageman
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Sheila Hageman is an author, teacher and mom of three.

She covers lifestyle, entertainment and celebrity topics.

Sheila is a multi-tasking wife and mother of three. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College, CUNY. She teaches Yoga and Writing.

Look for Sheila’s memoir, Stripping Down, Pink Fish Press, and her decision-making guide and self-discovery journal The Pole Position: Is Stripping for You? (And How to Stay Healthy Doing It) from Every Day Create.

To learn more about Sheila and everything she does, please visit her website at Sheila Hageman.

Sheila blogs at Stripping Down and This Is My Beautiful.

Blog Entries by Sheila Hageman

Angelina Jolie as Inspiration

(0) Comments | Posted May 14, 2013 | 2:36 PM

I'm never influenced by celebrities. I would never consider going on a certain type of diet because someone famous did. But today I stand corrected. Today I feel moved enough to listen to a celebrity. To be influenced by her choices and her suggestions.

I was greeted by the headline...

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Are Critics of Beyonce's 'Risque' Super Bowl Performance Unaware of What the Super Bowl Represents?

(4) Comments | Posted February 4, 2013 | 6:00 PM

People are Seriously Concerned About Beyonce's 'risque' Super Bowl Performance?

In a article entitled 'Beyonce's halftime show criticized for risque costumes, content' Gael Fashingbauer Cooper of TODAY asked whether Beyonce's performance was too hot for family viewing: "

"The Superdome audience went wild for Beyonce's halftime performance, which...

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This Is My Beautiful

(0) Comments | Posted January 14, 2013 | 10:08 AM

There has got to be a way to allow all women to feel beautiful just the way they are.

We are supposedly liberated women today, but I often don't own that for myself. We say we can be it all and have it all. We can be working mothers,...

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Supersizing Has Become the New Norm - Even in Bodies

(6) Comments | Posted November 5, 2012 | 6:33 PM

Today we have two women competing for the title of the biggest--Lacey Wildd, a glamour model who wishes to expand her breasts to LLL to be amongst the top-five biggest-breasted glamour models in the world and Susanne Eman who wants to be the fattest woman in...

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Former Topless Model Advocates Highlighting Women's Talents and Abilities in the Sun

(58) Comments | Posted September 25, 2012 | 7:00 PM

As a former topless model, I feel I have a certain perspective on the Sun's Page 3 topless women issue. When I was 18, I used nude modeling as a way to earn money to support my acting career. Was I thrilled and empowered by my job? Some days and...

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How Kate Middleton Can Take Back Her Image

(0) Comments | Posted September 19, 2012 | 2:08 PM

It's not about breasts, it's about power.

We all knew that Duchess Kate was naked beneath her clothes, but now we have proof.

So why does everyone care so much about these naked photos? It's certainly not because we're short on naked pretty people to look at; just go...

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Breastfeeding Professor's Non-Incident Makes Headlines: When Will Moms Be Allowed to do it all in Order to Have it All?

(15) Comments | Posted September 14, 2012 | 2:40 PM

Yahoo's headline made me think this professor was using the classroom as political statement: "Feminist Anthropology Professor Blasted for Breastfeeding During Class," but nothing could be farther from the truth.

Professor Adrienne Pine had a dilemma on the first day of her Sex, Gender and Culture class at...

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The Art of the Lap Dance: As Told by a Former Strip Tease Artist

(11) Comments | Posted September 7, 2012 | 2:04 PM

If you've ever been to a strip club, you know the difference between striptease as art and striptease as naked jiggling around.

The battle being waged by strip club Nite Moves' owner Stephen Dick, Jr. in front of the New York State Court of Appeals over proving stripping...

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Minnie Mouse and Lady Gaga Love Them Some Photoshop

(0) Comments | Posted September 3, 2012 | 8:42 AM

From comic characters to rock stars, has the fashion world obliterated any strides made by the teens who campaigned against fashion magazines and their extreme photoshopping?

The headlines declare--Skinny Minnie! Skinny is an understatement.

Barneys New York is partnering with Disney for their Electric Holiday campaign, which means...

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Real Women Know Kate Upton Is Not Fat, But What About Them?

(16) Comments | Posted July 17, 2012 | 7:00 PM

The Sun reports on the latest controversy over women's body image: Lardy Kate? Fat's a laugh.

That's right, Skinny Gossip, a pro-anorexia website thinks a Sports Illustrated cover model is "fat" and "lardy." Of course we've all jumped on the bandwagon in shock and disgust about the comments...

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Sarah Tressler Inspires Stripper to Sue for Sexual Harassment

(7) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 11:45 AM

The Daily Mail reports on Sarah Tressler's latest headline-making news: Reporter fired for working as an "Angry Stripper" sues newspaper for gender discrimination.

I've been wondering when we would see the ex-Houston Chronicle reporter Sarah Tressler sitting beside celebrity women's attorney, Gloria Allred.

As a former stripper I've...

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The Samantha Brick Story Can Teach Us That Beauty Shouldn't be Skin Deep

(1) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 10:41 PM

Samantha Brick started a controversy last week when she had the audacity to say she was beautiful.

Well, most critics are quick to point out that's not what bothered them so much as her attitude of that's why it's been so hard for her to have female friends. Her...

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Sarah Tressler: Marketing Genius or One Lucky Stripper?

(1) Comments | Posted April 9, 2012 | 12:40 PM

Strippers are so 2005.

Years ago, a stripper who could write halfway decently had a surefire hit on her hands if she wrote a memoir. I give you, Diablo Cody's Candy Girl or Lily Burana's Strip City. This was before strippers had become "accepted" into the mainstream with novelties like...

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Nadya Suleman Strips Down and Shows Us That All Women Are Beautiful

(0) Comments | Posted March 27, 2012 | 1:32 PM

Bravo to Octomom for being brave enough to bare it all in Closer Magazine.

I know there are a lot of people who have problems with Octomom and her choices and I'm not saying I agree 100% with everything she's done or said, but I do think her...

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Israel Begins New Trend (Hopefully) by Banning Underweight Models

(13) Comments | Posted March 22, 2012 | 7:00 PM

The story that I thought would be in all the headlines this week is not there.

Israel has banned underweight models from the catwalk and has implemented new laws that require advertisers to make it clear when an image has been digitally altered.

While there are critics who...

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Why Stripping Can Be A Feminist Act

(1) Comments | Posted March 4, 2012 | 6:00 PM

Most people assume I regret my stripping past, I mean, how could I not?

Like an alcoholic, even after you're clean and have seen the error of your way, you're still considered one - a recovered one. One who should go forth and save others from making the same mistakes...

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Nothing Compares to Her - Sinead O'Connor Wants to Pose for Playboy

(0) Comments | Posted February 24, 2012 | 10:50 AM

Sinead O'Connor first crossed my radar when I was a teenager in the late eighties.

I loved her haunting voice, especially in the song Nothing Compares 2 U.

When I became a stripper, her songs were my favorites to strip to even though strip club customers preferred heavy...

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Cindy Crawford Retracts Her Support of Kaia's Young Modeling Career

(0) Comments | Posted February 16, 2012 | 9:27 AM

Radar Online reports that Cindy Crawford has changed her mind about her daughter's modeling career.

"At this point, she's too young to pursue a career," the 45-year-old supermodel told The Daily about her "mini me". "There aren't even a handful of jobs for a 10-year-old girl."

Crawford's 10-year-old...

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Cover Girls Images from Sports Illustrated to French Elle (and Me)

(0) Comments | Posted February 13, 2012 | 11:32 PM

Two magazine cover photos making the news around the globe today include the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue and French Elle's February cover.

Both feature photos of beautiful women in scanty clothing; one displays 19-year-old model Kate Upton, your typical swimsuit model in...

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If Men Perform More Good Deeds When There's a Chance to Procreate, How Come Women Wash the Dinner Dishes?

(3) Comments | Posted February 8, 2012 | 7:54 PM

File this research under "Useless Drivel Designed to Waste a Lot of Money While Coming to a 'No-duh' Finding."

Researchers led by Dr. Wendy Iredale of Sheffield Hallam University and Mark Van Vugt of the VU University in Amsterdam and the University of Oxford conducted some daring experiments...

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