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Check out our Body Outlaws book (formerly Adios, Barbie)! Edited by our very own Adiosbarbie.com co-founder, Ophi, with handy dandy bodylovin' exercises from Pia, the site'' other co-founder. If you like the blog, you'll love the book! Book Description Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you'll find few women who … [Read more...]
Readers of bell hooks's fiery and eloquent attacks on racism and sexism might be surprised to see her take on the elusive subject of love, but in her own unique way, hooks beautifully weaves her childhood search for that emotion with society's misuse (and dire need) of it. All About Love takes apart the sentimental and often … [Read more...]
Transformers' Jive-Talking Robots Raise Race Issues LOS ANGELES - Harmless comic characters or racist robots? The buzz over the summer blockbuster "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" only grew Wednesday as some said two jive-talking Chevy characters were racial caricatures. Skids and Mudflap, twin robots disguised as … [Read more...]
Zaftig is a Yiddish word meaning ripe or luscious, and is commonly applied to curvaceous women. This book celebrates these women principally through its many reproductions of paintings, and through quotations from those who argue for the attractiveness of zaftig women. The arguments for feminine substance are arranged … [Read more...]
In an effort to be hip and cool we have joined the Twitterevolution! Check us out @AdiosBarbie! … [Read more...]
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