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What we talk about when we talk about women and aging

I turned 36 this year, and I told my friend Autumn that I’ve been surprised by how much I’ve liked getting older.  To be quite frank about it, I feel like I’ve only gotten more awesome the older I’ve...

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Runner’s face: When beauty culture gets stupid

If you follow trends in makeup at all, you know that lately the big thing is contouring.  Contouring is where you basically use makeup that’s both lighter and darker than your skin tone to give the...

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You don’t have to compare yourself to the ‘pregnancy abs’ model (or anyone...

Before I begin I want to make it clear that I’m not interested in writing specifically about the model or her body.  I don’t care if she’s healthy or not healthy or if she’s gained enough weight or if...

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On having tattoos and being a female athlete

I suck at selfies. Sorry. This past weekend, my tattoo artist Derek and I started work on what will ultimately become a half-sleeve, meant to commemorate my experience at the Keys ultra. The first...

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I read a Harper’s Bazaar article about spinning and it made me sad

I guess I shouldn’t expect much from an article on spinning that is illustrated with this. I’ve been spoiled.  I’ve taken advantage of the internet’s ability to cater to any microgenre of information...

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Moving away from the cult of the body in 2014

In recent years, I’ve made a habit of spending the last several days of the year engaged in a sort of psychological reset, which is basically a fancy way of saying I spend my time relaxing and thinking...

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Guest post: Of Maria Kang, motherhood, and fitspiration

This guest post is written by my dear friend Suzanne Best, whose passionate reaction to this story provoked a lot of heated conversation in the blog’s Facebook page earlier this week  I asked her to...

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Cellulite won’t hurt you, but the ‘treatments’ might

Cellulite. It’s the bane of every woman’s existence, or so we’ve been told repeatedly.  Do a search for “cellulite” on the internet and the first thing you’ll see are pages upon pages of treatments....

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What happens when the pursuits of “skinny” and “strong” collide?

By now I’m sure most of you are familiar with the saying “Strong is the new skinny.”  It shows up fairly regularly on fitspo images and in fitness circles as a way of promoting a new standard of...

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Fitness is not what you look like; it’s what you can do

Yesterday on her site, personal trainer Nia Shanks addressed something that evidently bothers some of her readers: why she never posts photos of herself in a bikini.  She’s gotten emails from people...

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