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Your babyhood defined where you shop. Don't fight it. Relationships we develop with our caregivers influence our "attachment styles" as adults: needy or independent, demonstrative or not, depending upon our view of ourselves and others. More »
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Kendra Wilkinson's love for the Olive Garden and role as a "rogue brand ambassador" (not to mention promoting the company's employees in Playboy) isn't appreciated by the family-friendly restaurant who view her endorsement as a "complicated issue." • The Girls Gone Wild crew member who was arrested for sexually assaulting a girl in Long Island has been released from jail because no indictment was filed. He still faces charges for the assault. • An Australian woman got revenge on her cheating husband by selling pictures of his lover's underpants and an empty condom wrapper on eBay. • More »
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Do you want the ads for the crap that you buy to be more female-friendly? Well you're in luck! An ad agency called Womenkind just opened its doors in New York City, and its goal is to "use a network of women to conceptualize and execute ads designed to appeal to females." Apparently 85% of all brand purchases are made by women, even though women aren't influenced by "traditional brand messages." Womenkind is calling its freelance staff "mavens" and its handpicked focus groups "muses.' This all sounds like unfortunately fruity business-speak b.s., but at least the company plans to employ a mostly female staff and to give 5% of its profits to help disadvantaged women. [AdWeek] More »
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