Bodies on Shine

Seriously? Let's all get worked up about Gwyneth's cankles

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In the Body Watch column of the TimesOnline this week, there was a very important health story that I think we should all bookmark and put on our radar as a seriously womanly concern for the remainder of 2009 and possibly into the 2010s.

It's quite serious, friends. It's a matter of (brace yourselves) cankles.

And not just any cankles. GWYNETH PALTROW'S CANKLES.

6 Bodies Found at Ohio Rapist's Home

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A previously convicted rapist that served 15 years in prison for raping a 21 year old woman back in 1989, was arrested again by Cleveland, Ohio police last Saturday. Anthony Sowell allegedly raped another woman last week. She informed police of the crime and that is what lead the authorities to his…

Tips for teaching kids about their bodies

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As parents, we’re our children’s first teachers in virtually every subject. In a short time, however, their schoolteachers will outpace us in teaching them math, music, art, science and writing. (And thank goodness for that!) But when it comes to educating our kids about their bodies, we are more or less on our own. Or rather, we are competing with what they learn from their own explorations, and from the information (or misinformation as the case may be) gleaned from books, the culture around them, and their peers, even preschool peers. There is no stopping them from being curious about how bodies work and from absorbing every fragment of knowledge they come across -- that is just how kids learn at this age. If you are the parent of a little one, you know that there is no escaping the frank (and frankly hilarious) questions or the obvious physical expressions of curiosity: our kids love to be naked, to touch and explore themselves and each other, all with the utmost enthusiasm, joy and wonder.

Why Teen Girls are Taking Drugs Meant for Cows

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Posted by Jeanne Sager

It's rumor and…

User post: Is It Worth Ponying Up For Premium Denim?

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The jeans in my drawers, all three pairs, all come from Old Navy. I have three pairs of jeans that are no longer my size set aside to give away, and they are all Old Navy jeans too. There is nothing wrong with Old Navy jeans, really–they are very inexpensive and come in an exciting...

Maybe hourglass figures aren't as sexy as everyone claims

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You may have heard about the importance of your waist-to-hip ratio and you've also probably heard that 0.7 is supposedly the magic number when it comes to male-to-female attraction. That was Marilyn Monroe's number. Jessica Alba is about 0.7 too. So is the Venus de Milo. And while scientific studies have suggested that the waist-to-hip ratio is a better determiner of health than BMI, new arguments are being made that 0.7 is not necessarily where it's at when it comes to men's hardwired sexual responses. Elizabeth Cashdan from the University of Utah argues that maybe a little squiggle in the middle isn't so bad after all.

Life before breast implants: What naked girls used to look like

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In my house, my hippie mother felt that it was more natural for me to see movies with naked people making love (that's the term 8 out of 10 hippie mothers preferred) than movies where people were trying to kill each other. As it was, I was totally accustomed to seeing breasts on our early...

When Girls Get Hurt, People Get Stupid

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Nature intended her for team sports, yo. So recently lots of people talked to me about the NY Times magazine thang on girls and sports injuries. I wrote about it already, but there's oh so much more to be said, especially when you start to delve into the controversial responses to the article....

The Kegel (or I must, I must, I must increase my thrust)

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Apologies to Margaret, but I do get asked frequently what women can do to improve their orgasms. And while I can't make their partners spend more time on foreplay, I wholeheartedly endorse the Kegel for improved sex. Kegel exercises are basically a workout for your "pelvic floor"...