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True Girl Power

Posted on 07. Jul, 2012 by Dana Linn in category of Opinions, Abby Lee Hood, news

Back in April, we all heard about one girl whose voice rose above the rest calling for Seventeen magazine to stop photoshopping its models.  Julia Bluhm wanted the teen’s mag to feature one un-retouched photo shoot a month. After her outcry, thousands of other women (and men!) joined her in protesting against the magazine.Read More »

Losing an Icon

Posted on 06. Jul, 2012 by Dana Linn in category of Lifestyle, Abby Lee Hood, news

Last Tuesday at around seven a.m., our favorite lawyer and sheriff passed away at his home at the age of 86. Andy Griffith, actor, director, and Southern gospel writer, was found at his home in North Carolina, on Roanoke Island, and was buried very shortly after.

Andy Griffith was probably best known for his role as the Sheriff of Mayberry, alongside his famous sidekick Barney Fife, played by Don Knotts. He was also well known for his role as the sometimes eccentric but always funny lawyer on Matlock, which aired in the nineties.Read More »

Knitting: Disrespectful to the Olympic Games?

Posted on 06. Jul, 2012 by Dana Linn in category of Lifestyle, Colleen Walsh-Jervis, news

Every two years, social knitting site Ravelry hosts their “Ravelympics,” with events like an afghan-knitting marathon and scarf hockey. The events were set to take place while knitters were watching the actual Olympic Games televised from London this August…which severely displeased the U.S. Olympic Committee. In fact, they sent Ravelry a cease-and-desist letter asking the site to stop using anything to do with the Olympics, including some user-submitted Olympics-themed patterns.Read More »

Makeup Artist Uses YouTube to Shed Light

Posted on 05. Jul, 2012 by Dana Linn in category of Lifestyle, Jordan Alexis, news

Self-taught makeup artist Lauren Luke is well known on YouTube for cheerfully demonstrating how to achieve  popular makeup looks. She has over 430,000 followers on her video channel, and her posts get views in the millions. But Luke decided to do something different with her latest video – bring some attention to the very serious issue of domestic violence.Read More »

Have Verizon? Say Goodbye to Your Unlimited Data Plan

Posted on 03. Jul, 2012 by stylequirk in category of Lifestyle, news, StyleQuirk

Last month, in a decision that’s proven unpopular with Verizon Wireless subscribers, the company officially announced that it will begin forcing users who currently have unlimited data plans (which typically cost around $30 a month) to choose data share plans when they move to the company's 4G network. CFO Fran Shammo said, "Everyone will be on data share.”Read More »