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Style & Beauty > Clothing Tips & Advice Should plus-size clothing be modeled by plus-size models?: 5 of 80

The media would have the average woman believe that it is normal to be a size 2, or even a size zero. The truth is, models work strenuously to be these sizes, to strut the runways and appear as perfect, cellulite-free specimens in glossy magazine pages. The average woman in the United States falls between a size 10 and a siz...
Health & Fitness > Mental Health (Other) Is adult ADD really annoying?: 2 of 15

Why is there a distinction between adult ADD and ADD as it is applied to children? The only other disorder or disease that is labeled for both that comes to mind is diabetes. Certainly ADD in adults and children is caused by the same dysfunction. ADD presents differently in grown-ups and kids. The kids may seem a bit fidgety...
Health & Fitness > Alcoholism Can an alcoholic ever drink again socially?: 5 of 36

Drug addiction is a disease of the brain. It is not a failure of will or a character disorder. Alcohol, like many drugs, affects the neurotransmitters in the brain.The disease may not completely exonerate or absolve alcoholics of behaviors, but it certainly lends credence to the fact that most alcoholics just can't stop. Add...
Jobs & Careers > Job Search (Other) Is the US job market getting better or worse?: 1 of 7

Despite the slightly changing numbers that are emphasized in the news reports, the employment picture in the United States is all too grim for many. There are certainly niche positions, but we are not a "niche" society. A local ad in a small town for a part-time dishwasher resulted in a flood of resumes from very over-...
Health & Fitness > Cold & Flu Can you catch the flu from a flu shot?: 1 of 6

In the last decade, there has been a shift away from trust in medical professionals and science. While it is encouraging to see more people researching their health issues, the other side of the sword is that data with nothing to back it up circulates as common belief. If we are to encourage and educate people about general ...
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Has the trend toward Reality TV improved the quality of television shows?: 9 of 51

With the exception of a few shows that are genuine underdog success stories (weight loss) or philanthropic gestures (building a better house for someone who needs it) reality television reveals the ills that plague our society. Most of these shows, which are hardly realistic, glamorize superficial qualities like greed, physi...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Hometowns: 6 of 31

The Summer People The summer people are going away. The beach plum trees sway in the last warm wind, bereft on the shore with weathered lounge chairs. Shutters silvered from a century of nor'easters are latched and umbrellas lean like folded blooms. The espadrilles are packed away. The ferry is crowded with bodies in shades ...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Life: 30 of 142

Home to Roost Chicken shit flew off the sole of my new Stuart Weitzman sandals as I approached Mamaw's house. Social workers in rural Mississippi can't usually afford fancy shoes, but my husband Lawlor is a big-wig at the shipyard in Pascagoula, so I can look polished while I'm out do-gooding, as he puts it. The chickens tro...
Health & Fitness > Aging & Longevity Should elderly patients be cared for by family members or by health care professionals?: 6 of 28

In those great made-for-television movies, the grandparents lived with the family, or the adult child returned to the nest to care for an aging parent or grandparent. In many cultures, there is still a wife at home to care for the aged as tradition expects. When our loved ones age, we find that reality and fiction seld...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Bathrooms: 15 of 56

The road to certification of Professional Bathroom Finder for the OCD and proud mother of Bathroom Policeman was long and arduous. My first obstacle course was the evening commute from city to country on the interstate with a phobic four year old. The rest area bathroom was dim, dank and would have scouted perfectly for a lu...