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Ugly Duckling

August 15, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

Women are embracing surgical procedures at increasingly younger ages, conforming to narrowing definitions of beauty.

Filed Under: Fashion & Style, Health Tagged With: cosmetic surgery, definitions of beauty, Elle Magazine, looksism, the fat issue, women and body image, women and self-esteem, women's issues

Confidence and Compensation

July 16, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

Women, confidence, and bringing in the bucks.

Filed Under: Business, Lifestyle, Women and Money Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, career, confidence, definitions of beauty, gender roles, jobs, looksism, psychology, reinvention, self-esteem, women and jobs, women and money, women and self-esteem, women's issues

Let Them Eat Cake

June 28, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

Why diets fail… and more on food, fitness, and body image.

Filed Under: Food & Recipes, Health Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, emotional eating, healthy eating, obesity, the fat issue, women and body image, women and self-esteem, women over 50, women's health, women's issues

Girls in Curls

June 18, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 12 Comments

Hello, 1980s? Are you there? I suspect you’re just around the bend corner, since Larry Hagman and Dallas are all the talk, and apparently returning to my local idiot box station, so surely the 80s aren’t a generation ago, and I can beg my Hair Guru for permed locks once again. Natch, I’ll be digging […]

Filed Under: Culture, Fashion & Style, Lifestyle, Morning Musing Tagged With: daily plate of crazy, definitions of beauty, Fashion & Style, French Vogue, New York Times, Parenting, raising daughters, raising healthy children, raising toddlers, women and self-esteem

The FAT Fake-Out

June 1, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 23 Comments

How many of us see ourselves as fat, even if we aren’t? And if we are?

Filed Under: Culture, Fashion & Style, Health Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, definitions of beauty, emotional eating, looksism, obesity, psychology, the fat issue, women and body image, women and self-esteem, women's health, women's issues

The Makeover Mentality

May 24, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 20 Comments

Is the makeover as superficial as it seems? Why women and not men?

Filed Under: Fashion & Style, Style, Women's Issues Tagged With: beauty, daily plate of crazy, definitions of beauty, Fashion & Style, Language, life events, personal style, psychology and language, women and self-esteem, women's issues

Sleep Over Sex, Money Mess as Cause of Stress

May 22, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

Stress. Sleeplessness. Sex? Forget it!

Filed Under: Health, Politics, Sex, Surviving Recession Tagged With: effects of unemployment, emotional eating, gender roles, money worries, post-divorce life, Relationships, Sex, superwoman myth, women and body image, women and self-esteem, women's health

Help Line

May 18, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

When I had a question about my hosting service recently, I picked up the phone and called the Help Line. Ten minutes later, I had my response, and knew exactly how to accomplish my goal. But when it comes to asking for help in life, that’s harder.   I was raised to offer help and to […]

Filed Under: Business, Culture, Relationships Tagged With: asking for help, definitions of success, family, friendship, people pleasing, Single Parenting, superwoman myth, women and self-esteem, women's issues

The Female Chameleon

April 10, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 9 Comments

Do you change for others and all too easily?

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Relationships, Women's Issues Tagged With: aging, change, definitions of beauty, gender differences, Marriage and Divorce, men and women, midlife, people pleasing, Relationships, women and self-esteem, women's issues

Baby Boom or Bust? Why Demographics Concerning Women Suck

March 29, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 18 Comments

When demographics don’t tell the real story.

Filed Under: Culture, Health, Sexual Politics Tagged With: aging, anti-aging, baby boomers, body image, community, dating after divorce, definitions of beauty, politically correct, raising daughters, raising sons, Sexual Politics, women and self-esteem, women over 50, women over 60, women's health, women's issues

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