Lockdowns Destroyed Our Human Energy Exchange Economy and I Want it Back

My husband and I went to a comedy club with friends a few weeks ago. I was afraid to go - would the comedians be funny? Or would we be sitting...

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Makeovers in the Movies: Pretty Woman

There are makeover movies I love to love - and some I love to hate. Pretty Woman is definitely one I love to hate: it's corny, and I don't...

Medieval Mean Girls: Vanity as Morality (or Lack Thereof)

Vanity gets a bad rap in popular folklore: from Cinderella to The Devil Wears Prada, the bad girls are usually the vain, superficial, and ultimately unhappy counterparts to the...

Beautiful People: Jane Iredale

Working as a makeup artist, I'm familiar with the extremes of what can be put on a face. Plastic glitter, sequins, acrylic paint, theatrical adhesives... sometimes it gets a...

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