July 5, 2011, 11:12 am

Who Knew Beauty Could Be So Green?

for going green blog

For the past few years, “going green” has been a hot cause. In the wake of a plethora of recent natural disasters culminating in the deadly hurricane in Japan, (and the speculations about its connections to global climate change), environmental unfriendliness is even less in style than in the past. So why not step up your game with some eco-fashionable activity? Your parents won’t always listen when you tell them to turn off lights, to recycle their water bottles or to install high-efficiency faucets. Your clothing and beauty products are a great way for you to have control. Best [ ...continue reading ]

June 28, 2011, 9:18 am

A Weighty Issue

for felice's blog

The cliché about boys and men may be that they think about sex every seven seconds, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we girls and women have something on our minds even more frequently: weight. As a teenage girl, you probably think about your weight—be it high or low—all the time. Every time you take a sip of that oh-so-tempting milkshake, every time you miss track practice, every time you try on a new dress…you name an action, it might trigger a thought about weight for someone.

Don’t shoot the messenger, but this does not change in college. Girls [ ...continue reading ]