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  • You Don’t Need a New Car
    Wellness Contributor: Sally Turkovich

    You Don’t Need a New Car

    • Sally Turkovich | 06.09.11

    I admit that I am a consumer in the truest sense.  I am a total sucker for advertising campaigns.  I lust for new boots every fall and new sundresses every spring even though I don't need them.  And, I particularly enjoy eye cosmetic advertisements that appeal to my vanity.

  • The Workplace Dress Code Double Standard
    Bobby's World

    The Workplace Dress Code Double Standard

    • Bobby Cherry | 05.09.11

    Believe it or not, but the workplace is filled with gender discrimination against men when it comes to dress code policies. Men choose between black or brown dress pants, while women decide whether they’ll wear a skirt, pants or dress. What a dress code double standard.

  • Do Gender Roles Apply to Weight Gain?
    Health and Wellness

    Do Gender Roles Apply to Weight Gain?

    • Sally Turkovich | 04.09.11

    Qian and Tumin weren't able to figure out why women gained weight after a marriage or why men gained weight after a divorce, but Qian had no trouble projecting a completely subjective gender-biased assumption about why women gain weight when they get married and men don't. 

  • Finding Passion in Your Life
    Health and Wellness

    Finding Passion in Your Life

    • Anya Alvarez | 01.09.11

    While I have a wonderful life, I still question what it is I am doing with it. I worry I am not making the right choices and that I am simply wasting my time on my stuff that in the future won’t make me happy.

  • The Conscious Effort to Connect
    Health and Wellness

    The Conscious Effort to Connect

    • Sally Turkovich | 29.08.11

    "Some people are just so nasty and I think, 'would it kill you to be nice and just treat me like a person?' " I chuckled and said, "Yes, I think the same thing, sometimes."

  • Boomerang Kid
    Bobby's World

    Boomerang Kid

    • Bobby Cherry | 29.08.11

    It seems 20-somethings just haven’t been able to get a good foot down in life — given the economic instability, skyrocketing student loan payments and a host of other problems plaguing our generation.

  • The Power of Pie
    Family Time

    The Power of Pie

    • Sally Turkovich | 28.08.11

    With 80 pounds packed onto my 5'4" frame and 10 years after leaving home, I was no longer the slim tennis player I was in high school.  I had become the chubby... no, what are we supposed to say now?  "Curvy?" I had become the "curvy" size 16 I was until I had enough last year and lost 60 pounds.

  • The Hollywood Outsider: Forced to Wear Flats
    Celebrity Relationships

    The Hollywood Outsider: Forced to Wear Flats

    • John Dupra | 26.08.11

    Welcome to yet another edition to the Hollywood Outsider! The weekly roundup of best (read: most ridiculous) stories to come out of Hollywood and analyzed buy a guy who doesn’t know - or care - about any of it.

  • Am I a Female Chauvinist?
    Health and Wellness

    Am I a Female Chauvinist?

    • Anya Alvarez | 25.08.11

    “Wow, great shot,” a man exclaimed while I was playing golf. I had hit my ball to about three feet from the pin and he looked stunned. My first reaction to him was, “He only seems amazed because I’m a girl and he doesn’t think women can hit it a freaking golf ball.” I looked at him at snapped, “Is it a great shot because you think it’s a good shot or is it because I’m a girl?”

  • Falling in Love with Your Gay Best Friend
    Friendship

    Falling in Love with Your Gay Best Friend

    • Kristen Houghton | 24.08.11

    Everyone assumed we were in love but, truly, romance had no part in our relationship. We loved each other but we could never be in love and we never went beyond the quick greeting or parting kiss and hug. Brett, you see, was, and is, gay.