Valerie Frankel is a bestselling novelist and an award-winning journalist.
She's written twenty books (e.g., The Accidental Virgin and The Girlfriend Curse), and contributed to dozens of publications including the New York Times, Self, Allure, Glamour, Parenting and Good Housekeeping. Her memoir, Thin Is the New Happy, about overcoming bad body image after 30 years of dieting and self-loathing, was recently described as "Rueful, zestful and surprisingly funny," by the New York Times.

Blog Entries by Valerie Frankel

How Family Holidays Feed Body Image Anxiety

Posted November 17, 2009 | 03:13 PM (EST)


In my family, we've had some dramatic Thanksgivings. The year Grandma got drunk, called us "selfish pigs," and then locked herself in her Caddie with a bottle of Scotch springs to mind. Even on the relatively calm holidays, however, drama ensued if only in my head. For most people, Thanksgiving...

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Sarah Palin: Pretty Girl

Posted September 23, 2008 | 04:51 PM (EST)


The burning question sane women have about Sarah Palin: "Just who the hell does she think she is?"

I'll tell you who she is: Sarah Palin is a Pretty Girl. Due to her Miss Alaska runner-up credentials, Palin has enjoyed a life, thus far, of getting what she wants, whenever...

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