The Beauty Experiment

Mama Barbie’s Waterbirth

by on Jan.30, 2014, under gender, nurturing others, self-image, what is beauty

This series  by photographer Katie Moore very gently bends your brain, I think, making the eternal teen grow up. I wonder ...
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I Like Updike

by on Jan.27, 2014, under time

It’s nine degrees here, but this Updike poem outside the school library warmed me utterly. ...
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Booksnobbery?

by on Jan.27, 2014, under books

Interesting Huffpo piece on the unwillingness of brick-and-mortar bookstores to take risks on small press or self-published authors, whereas Amazon will ...
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The Lady Project

by on Jan.27, 2014, under clothes, happiness, media, self-image, time

Many thanks to The Lady Project in Providence, RI for a great book club event on Saturday 1/18! Wind nor sleet ...
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All the World’s a Stage

by on Nov.26, 2013, under happiness, self-image

In the past month I've had two opportunities to talk  about The Beauty Experiment-- and the years that have surrounded it--to ...
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Act While You Are Still Uncertain

by on Sep.30, 2013, under change, spirituality, time

Although this  article was meant to be full of environmental lessons,  the Buddhist admonition to “act while you are still uncertain” ...
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On Messiness

by on Sep.30, 2013, under criticism, happiness, self-image, what is beauty

I’m reading Katie Roiphe’s book of essays “In Praise of Messy Lives” and her literary criticism  has me feeling, all at ...
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Fancy Feathers on the Men

by on Jun.28, 2013, under biology, gender, make-up, self-image

As an anthropology person, I love this project for putting the sexual display feathers on the men— just as in the ...
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School’s Out and I’ve Learned Something

by on Jun.28, 2013, under time

Blogs can be interesting.  I like blogs and I read blogs. But instead of  blogging, I've decided to import my frequent ...
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Neon Optimism

by on Feb.19, 2013, under time

  I have some, you have some, we all have some and probably want a little more on the soles of our ...
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