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Virginia Sole-Smith » Blog
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Body politics, women's issues, and more.
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Something I’m Up To: The Economic Hardship Reporting Project
I know, I know. This blog has been a little… quiet… as of late. Does it help to know that I’m thinking about you guys a lot more than I’m actually writing posts? Probably not, and there’s nothing more irritating than those blog posts that are really just “ahhh! soo busy!” excuses, so let’s not [...]
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Michelle Obama’s Biggest Mistake
Longtime readers of this blog will know that I am usually a pretty big Michelle Obama fan. I’ve defended her right to wear un-American fashion designers, because she’s the First Lady, not First Barbie Doll. I had a whole lot of feelings when Rush Limbaugh called her fat. And there is a lot about her MyPlate [...]
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More Kitchen Porn.
I’ve got a story up on Cultivate.com asking one of life’s more confounding questions: Should you have open shelving or closed cabinets in your kitchen? I know. It’s a head-scratcher. But we roped in Sherry Petersik of the absurdly addictive Young House Love to push her open shelving agenda give her take and I think [...]
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Toxic Nail Polish: More Beauty Industry Lies
You guys may have seen this news last week: California toxicologists tested a bunch of those supposedly “toxin-free” nail polishes… and found out that they’re actually toxin-full, as I’m reporting on Slate’s xxFactor blog today. Hmm, what does this remind us of? If you said Brazilian Blowout (or lead in lipstick or carcinogens in baby [...]
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50 Ways to Save Water [Whole Living]
Guys, be sure to check out Whole Living‘s Blue Issue (April 2012) — it’s on newsstands now and it features my cover story, 50 Ways to Save Water (that’s the PDF, if you hate those, it’s also on their website here). Now, excuse me while I nerd out for a minute, because I learned a [...]
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