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Diary of an Escaped Sex Slave

Abigail Pesta | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Somaly Mam, Slavery, Cambodia, Sreypov, Brothels, Human Trafficking, Sexual Slavery, Marie Claire, World News
Abigail Pesta

You think slavery went out with Abraham Lincoln? Ask my friend Sreypov Chan about that. When she was seven years old, her mom sold her into sexual slavery.

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Stiletto Stoners: Is Their Habit Really Harmless?

Deni Carise | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Deni Carise, Multitasking, Recovery, Matt Lauer, Marijuana, Addiction and Recovery, Addiction, Marie Claire, Anxiety, Relaxation, Weed, Living News
Deni Carise

In today's society, so many of us work like dogs. When it comes to winding down, we want instant gratification. So, I wasn't surprised that more and more career women end the day with a few hits of pot.

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Stiletto Stoners -- Making the Safer Choice

Mason Tvert | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Working Women, The Today Show, Women's Health, Marie Claire, Marijuana, Alcohol, Living News
Mason Tvert

If we are going to change marijuana laws in this country, we need the public to see marijuana for what it is: a benign intoxicant that millions of Americans use instead of alcohol for recreation and relaxation.

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Marijuana in America: More Mainstream Than Ever, More Arrests Than Ever!

Tony Newman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Tony Newman, Drug Policy Alliance, The Today Show, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Drug War, Marijuana, Alcohol, Legalize Marijuana, Marie Claire, Racial Profiling, Prohibition, Living News
Tony Newman

Need more evidence that marijuana has gone mainstream in America? This morning on The Today Show, Matt Lauer chatted up a piece on so-called "Stiletto Stoners:" educated, professional women who favor marijuana as their intoxicant of choice -- and are increasingly comfortable admitting it.

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Marie Claire's Asian "Trophy Wives": We're Not Only Fetish Objects, We're Brain-Dead, Too

Disgrasian | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Interracial Dating, Exoticism, Wendi Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch Wendi Deng, Sexual Politics, Asian Americans, Interracial Marriage, Marie Claire, Soon-Yi Previn, Orientalism, Suzie Wong, Marie Claire Asian Trophy Wives Article, Fetishes, Asians, Richard Bernstein, Asian Fetish, Sex, Trophy Wives, Geishas, Sexual Fetishes, Media News
Disgrasian

The complications of sexual politics notwithstanding, fetishists are easy to spot. They come at you with their prayer-bead bracelets and their suspiciously in-depth knowledge of your "culture."

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In Defense of Women's Magazines

Cathy Alter | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Instyle, Liz Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Glamour, Women's Magazines, Vogue, Women's Health, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Living News
Cathy Alter

For an entire year, I turned my life over to a slew of women's magazines and followed their advice to the letter. And guess what? It worked!

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How Does Ruth Madoff Sleep at Night?

Lea Goldman | Posted 07.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Ruth Madoff, Bernard Madoff, Marie Claire, Bernie Madoff, Style News
Lea Goldman

If you've ever wondered how Ruth Madoff moves on with her life, here's an insight from Bernadette Noe, a woman who's been there: "I've opened another chapter, which hasn't been all bad."

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Carla Sosenko Discusses Having Klippel-Trenaunary Syndrome

New York Daily News | Rosemary Black | Posted 06.19.2009 | Home

Read More: K T Syndrome, KT Syndrome, Klippel Trenaunay, Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, K T Disease, Marie Claire, Carla Susenko, Home News

Carla Sosenko, a freelance writer and full-time copy editor at Bauer Publishing who lives in Brooklyn, has revealed in the new issue of Marie Claire t...

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Time To Have a Little Talk About Those "Women's Magazines?"

Sheila Weller | Posted 01.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Women's Magazines, Glamour, Women's Magazines, Readers Digest, Ms., Marie Claire, More, Caroline Kennedy New York Times, Caroline Kennedy, Media News
Sheila Weller

Why, 40 years after the advent of second-wave feminism, are the words "women's magazine" still so automatically a term of mild ridicule?

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The Year in Women: The Good, Bad, and Iffy

Abigail Pesta | Posted 05.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Lindsay Lohan, Misty May Treanor, Katy Perry I Kissed a Girl, Samantha Ronson Lindsay Lohan, Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris Hilton Mccain Ad, Marie Claire, Ellen DeGeneres Marrying Portia De Rossi, Samantha Power, Baby Mama, Lindsay Lohan Samantha Ronson, Ellen Degeneres, Portia De Rossi, Stephenie Meyer Twilight, Twilight, Powerful Women, Tina Fey, 30 Rock, Ruqaya Al Ghasara, Style News
Abigail Pesta

2008 was the year that women took it on the chin. Even human punchline Paris Hilton had a laugh at the expense of John McCain, who'd famously likened Obama's celebrity to hers.

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McCain: I'm Like Jack Bauer

Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, 24, John Mccain Jack Bauer, Marie Claire, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer, Politics News

In a recent interview with Marie Claire, Republican presidential nominee John McCain compared himself to Jack Bauer, the protagonist of "24." Fox's a...

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Nina Garcia To Marie Claire, "Project Runway" To Follow?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Project Runway Marie Claire, Nina Garcia, Project Runway, Nina Garcia Marie Claire, Elle, Marie Claire, Media News

"Project Runway" judge Nina Garcia, who was ousted as Fashion Director of Elle Magazine last month but not necessarily booted from the magazine as a w...

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Bye Bye Skinnies! Why Bumpalicious and Not Naked Stars Are Taking Over Monthly Mag Covers

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Halle Berry, Glenda Bailey, Harper's Bazaar, Britney Spears Harper's Bazaar, Star Magazine, Pregnant Women on Covers, Carla Lawhon, Halle Berry in Style, Bonnie Fuller, Vanity Fair, Demi Moore Vanity Fair, Demi Moore, Kate White, Christina Aguilera, Lesley Jane Seymour, Britney Spears, Marie Claire, Cindi Leive, In Style, Christina Aguilera Marie Claire, Celebrity Kids, Media News
Bonnie Fuller

The fact is that us women think it's so hot to be pregnant today that an actress or other performer is even more A-list and cover-worthy if she happens to be sporting a bump.

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