Strollerderby : sex appeal

Freckles: Love 'Em Or Hate 'Em???

Amy S.F. Lutz — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:36:00 GMT

When I was a kid, I always wanted freckles, so I could look more like Laura Ingalls in "Little House On The Prairie." I didn't realize then what lengths people went to to avoid freckling - sunhats, sunscreen, lemon juice, etc.

Although I never did get my freckles, now I have a red-haired daughter who is prone to them. Luckily for her, according to Vogue, freckles are now sexy. According to September's editon, "Freckles should be fetishised, embraced, touched, kissed."

Agree? Or do you think freckles are as sexy as Howdy Doody?

Table Tennis Women, Flaunt Your Stuff!

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

One part of this news will not surprise you: the Olympic stands at table tennis tournaments have been consistently half full. But the remedy proposed by the International Table Tennis Federation is a bit surprising, if only because undisguised sexism is so passé: the ITTF has encouraged female players to step up their game—game referring not to sports, but to sex appeal, of course!

Come on, ladies, the ITTF has said, put on a cute lil’ mini skirt and that shirt I love, you know, the one “with more curves.” Jezebel wonders if this means padded shirts, since, uh, normally it’s not the shirt itself that has or does not have curves, but there’s really no need to get technical. Just get sexy, will you? I mean, why else would anyone watch the best athletes in the world competing in international games that only take place once every four years?

Photo: Jezebel

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They Like Big Butts, and They Can Not Lie: Survey Finds Men Prefer Bigger Body Sizes

Cole Gamble — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:30:00 GMT

Drop that rice cake. I said drop it! For years, okay centuries, women have tortured, teased and starved themselves in the hope of reaching that ideal body size. One would assume this was all for the men. If that’s the case, someone should have asked the men, because ladies have been doing it wrong all along.

According to a body survey in the UK mag Fabulous, women claim their ideal body size is a 6. When asked, the men said they though the ideal female body size should be a 10. See the pic for a comparison.*

*These are UK measurements. Size 8 is equivalent to the U.S. size 6, size 12 is a U.S. size 10 and size 16 is a U.S. size 14.

Which begs the question, who have women been starving themselves for? When you ask your guy, “Do you like skinny girls?” and he says “no,” instead of reflexively calling him a liar and hitting him, maybe you should listen. He’s been telling the truth all along. So maybe it’s time to cut out the unending parade of diets and accept the fact men like women the way they look, maybe even more so with a few more pounds. And maybe before you ladies lose all the baby weight, take a second look at how thin you really need to be. The first round of fettuccini is on me.

For the record, I think all those ladies up there are hot.

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