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She may look innocent, but Hello Kitty could be a lot sneakier than we could have ever dreamed. The tiny white cat—whose iconic cheerful face is plastered on everything from notebooks to vibrators—has invaded our consciousness to such an extent that we accept her unquestioningly. More »
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New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor has a new book coming out this week called The Obamas, about—as you might have guessed from the title—the Obamas. For the book, which many are calling "explosive" for its revelations about the very private Obama White House, Kantor says she interviewed 33 members of Obama's staff. She seems to have a gotten a fairly deep look into the administration's inner workings, but particularly into Michelle Obama's role in the whole show. There are plenty of juicy details (for instance, did you know the Obamas threw a lavish Alice in Wonderland Tea Party during the worst of the recession but didn't tell anyone about it?), but mostly what emerges is a picture of a very smart woman struggling to adapt to her new life in the public eye—and mostly succeeding. More »
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This week, Jezebel Bounty features the book Ambition Is Not a Dirty Word, which has been proclaimed by The New York Times as, "A defiant charge to women to ‘reclaim ambition as a virtue.'" This ambitious giveaway will not only include the book, but the entire bundle with private consulting time with author Dr. Debra Condren of Manhattan Business Consulting. More »
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You asked, we answered! If you're getting a sugar crash from trashy-reading but still want to spend the remaining summer months with a completely absorbing book, you're in luck: We've assembled 10 of our all-time favorite respectable page-turners! More »
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Heels! Short dresses! Heels! Heels! It's all there in the new book Sex And The City 2, your guide to dressing just like The Girls (Zombie-like Photoshop-face not included). Let's take a look and soak up some fashion wisdom! More »
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...at least, if the couch on which she's reclining in this Time photo is hers! And then there's that review: More »
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Olympia Le-Tan makes amazing clutch purses based on the jackets of first editions. As she says, they're "mainly classics, as unfortunately the covers of books nowadays are not as nice as they used to be." [DazedDigital] More »
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"[The Sartorialist] still stands as an antidote to what we so mindlessly call "celebrity style" – in other words, the alleged individuality of TV and movie stars who hire people to dress them." [Salon] More »
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Valerie Plame, who was outed and smeared by no less than the Earl of Minor Despair, Bob Novak, in an effort to discredit (true) stories that Saddam didn't really have nukes before we invaded, is hard at work on a novel, though she won't say whether it's more about her covert life or the end of it. She will, say, that she's kind of a fan of the Decemberist's song about her— she thinks "it's hysterical." [Women's Wear Daily, YouTube] More »
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Diet or calorie-portioned packs of snack food are actually counterproductive since they make people believe they can eat more of the unhealthy food inside. • New trend? New York City is welcoming its first vaginal fitness spa, meant to tighten women up, down there. • Environmentalist and author, Robert Engelman, says that access to birth control can control global warming because it prevents adding climate-destroying humans to the already massive population. • Celebrity assistants are apparently as narcissistic and bizarrely secretive as their famous employers. • Hey! My tallys of non-white models on fashion runways and in magazines got a mention in the WSJ! Oh, and fashion insiders are patting themselves on the back for dedicating a special Vogue issue to black models. More »
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