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Frisky Reader Revealed: Jen Is A 10!

Jessica WakemanMay 22, 2013 //
Reader Revealed Jen

Hands down, the best thing about working at The Frisky is our amazing readers. We so heart all of your witty, thoughtful, and informative comments — heck, we even appreciate the mean ones. Sometimes, we can’t help but wonder about the faces behind the avatars. So we decided to bring back our regular column where we learn all about a Frisky reader. After the jump, meet Jen!

(And if you’re interested in being featured as a Reader Revealed, shoot me an email with “Reader Revealed” in the subject line!) Keep reading »

On The Matter Of Mattering In The Aftermath Of A Parent’s Death

Amelia McDonell-ParryApril 30, 2013 //
My Father's Death
Amelia lost her dad this year. Read More »

It has been five-and-a-half months since my dad died and yet it sometimes feels like it hasn’t hit me yet. Even though his ashes are sitting in a box in my apartment. He had been absent from my day-to-day life for years, our interactions limited, at their most intimate, to Skype. Then we stopped talking. And then eight months later, he died. After the initial shock, my day-to-day life didn’t seem to be that different. I was used to not speaking to him, and had long ago resigned myself to not seeing him again. I couldn’t figure out how to grieve. Keep reading »

Lindsay Lohan And Cars Continue Not To Mix Well

Jessica WakemanApril 30, 2013 //
Lindsay Pregnant?
Please tell us this is an April Fool's Day joke. Read More »
Lindsay Agrees To Rehab
Lindsay Lohan
The verdict? Linds will spend 90 days in inpatient rehab. Read More »
Lindz An Escort
lindsay lohan
Lindsay Lohan's father claimed she's a high-class escort. Read More »
James Deen On Lindz
Co-star James Deen says Lindsay doesn't necessarily mean to be rude. Read More »
morning quickies
lindsay lohan
  • Lindsay Lohan’s Porsche got towed in Brooklyn after she illegally parked it on the street Saturday night. Oh, Lindsay, Lindsay, Lindsay. Wait, isn’t she supposed to be in rehab? [TMZ]
  • Jake Gyllenhaal attends a regular SoulCycle class in NYC — not the one Amelia attends, sadly — and it’s selling out every week. Also, he wears his hair in a man bun. [NYMag.com]
  • Geeks shall inherit the Earth: “One Tree Hill” star Sophia Bush is dating a program manager from Google named Dan Fredinburg. [US Weekly]
  • “Downton Abbey” is launching an official line of beauty products, clothing, furniture, wallpaper and housewares. Is it just me or is this happening a few seasons too late? [Vanity Fair] Keep reading »

Happy Friday, Enjoy A Pugrilla

Julie GersteinApril 26, 2013 //
Newborn Baby Gorilla
Epic squee! 8 Photos »
Asshole Animals
These animals are total assholes. 10 Photos »
Animals On Wheels
animals in wheelchairs
These adorable animals are wheeeeel cute. 11 Photos »
The Bay Of (Guinea) Pigs
A story of marital strife and two dozen guinea pigs. Read More »

Arne Fredriksen needed to take a break from his engineering studies, so the 23-year-old Norwegian started playing around in Photoshop. The result is a series of whimsical animal hybrids, like this pug-gorilla. He’s also made a peng-whale, duck-horse (terrifying to Amelia, I’m sure) and a guinea lion. “A friend of mine has some guinea pigs, and we used to joke about how harmless these animals are,” explained Fredriksen. “They don’t look intimidating at all.” Pair a guinea pig head with a lion body, though, and everything changes. Check out a few more of Fredriksen’s awesome creations after the jump. [Metro]

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What Movies/Music/TV Shows Do You Put On When You Clean?

Winona Dimeo-EdigerApril 9, 2013 //
Spring Cleaning Week!
Clean your life up ...every part of it. We'll help. Read More »
Selling it all on Craigslist
Winona sold all her stuff on Craigslist. Here's what she learned! Read More »
DIY Spring Cleaning
DIY ideas for spring cleaning your home. 11 Photos »

It’s Spring Cleaning Week here at The Frisky, and in addition to tips on how to organize your makeup and clean out your dating life, I thought it would be an excellent time to pay homage to the movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts that we like to absentmindedly watch and/or listen to while we straighten up the living room and scrub the kitchen floor. After the jump, check out The Frisky staff’s preferred cleaning soundtracks and shows (including two votes for “The Real Housewives,”) and please share your own in the comments! Keep reading »

10 Pairs Of Panties To Keep & 10 To Throw Away

Ami AngelowiczApril 9, 2013 //
I Love Granny Panties
granny panties photo
This woman hates wearing sexy underwear. Read More »
Bad Panties
Panties A Lady Shouldn't Be Caught Dead In
A lady shouldn't be caught dead in any of these panties. 14 Photos »
Spring Cleaning Week!
Clean your life up ...every part of it. We'll help. Read More »
Period Panties
The 5 types of period panties. Read More »
Goodbye, Old Friend

Spring Cleaning Week is forcing me to confront my hoarding tendencies. I know that hoarding is a serious mental illness that causes severe problem for many people. I don’t mean to use the term with any disrespect. I’m not a hoarder by any stretch of the imagination. But let’s just put it this way: I can barely close my underwear drawer anymore. It’s getting to be a problem. I’m really good at buying new underwear, but not so much at throwing the old pairs away. Like, for instance, I still have a pair of paisley-printed, ’70s style briefs that my mother gave me in HIGH SCHOOL (I graduated from high school in 1996). They don’t fit anymore on account of the fact that they’ve been washed so many times that they no longer contain any elastic. They just fall right off my body. Yet, I can’t seem to bring myself to put them in the garbage can. They’re just so unique. Keep reading »

Jada Pinkett Smith Addresses Open Marriage Rumors

Jessica WakemanApril 4, 2013 //
My Open Marriage
How an open relationship works for one married couple. Read More »
Open Celebs
Celebrity Couples In Open Relationships
Celebs in open relationships. 10 Photos »
Open Isn't For Everyone
John DeVore opens up about polyamory. Read More »
evening quickies
jada pinkett smith
  • Jada Pinkett Smith has finally addressed rumors that she and Will Smith have an open marriage. The answer is no, but … [Celebuzz]
  • This dude got his friend’s face tattooed on his entire butt cheek. Now, that’s friendship. [Hyper Vocal]
  • Why do French men make the best lovers? Our friend Amanda — who Amelia stayed with in Paris — has some possible theories. [The Gloss]
  • Rick Ross is not-really-apologizing again for his lyrics about drugging and raping a woman. Also, Reebok is being pressured to drop Ross as a spokesperson over the incident. [Idolator, Fashionista]
  • Jeremy Irons is concerned that marriage equality will allow men to marry their sons. [Evil Beet Gossip]
  • Georgia May Jagger wants to be a Victoria’s Secret model. [Vogue UK] Keep reading »

The Model Alliance Petitions For Child Model’s Rights

Jessica WakemanMarch 26, 2013 //
"Girl Model" Documentary
This movie pulls back the curtain on underage modeling. Read More »
Racism In Modeling
Chanel Iman has been told "We already found one black girl." Read More »
I'm A Nude Model
nude modeling
Confessions of a nude model on Model Mayhem. Read More »
young models

Ever wonder why the models stomping down the runway at Fashion Week look nothing like you? Like, you’re so much bigger that one of those girls could easily wear you as a skin suit?

Well, many of the models you see in Fashion Week, in print catalogs, and on billboards are actually teenage girls. Sure, there are models like Agyness Deyn, Kate Moss, and Kate Upton who are in their 20s and 30s, but a lot of the models we are exposed to as representative as adult women’s bodies are tall, skinny, 15-year-olds. The fashion industry’s reason for hiring these young women? It’s partly a worship of youth and partly the problem that barely-pubescent girls are the only ones who can fit into sample sizes. Keep reading »

5 Lessons I’ve Learned From Writing About My Relationships On The Frisky

Amelia McDonell-ParryMarch 19, 2013 //
The Frisky Turns 5!
Happy 5th birthday to The Frisky! Read More »
Dating Man With Autism
Dating a man with autism taught me to be myself. Read More »
So I'm Engaged
Amelia's columns from when she was engaged. Read More »

For the last five years (longer, if you include the six months I worked on the site before we actually launched), I’ve been editing The Frisky. But I’ve also done quite a bit of writing for the site, particularly about sex and relationships. In addition to humorously, I hope, commenting on the state of dating and male and female behavior (“10 Types Of Emotional Wheelchairs” remains a favorite of mine), I have shared a whole heck of a lot about my own personal life. My intent was always to shed some sort of light on universal experiences through the lens of my own. I think I was often fairly successful at it — and it certainly has been both fun and cathartic for me — but I also made some mistakes that informed how I write about my personal life now. Here are some lessons I’ve learned over the last five years blogging about my personal life for The Frisky. Keep reading »

True Story: A Feminist Joins Weight Watchers

Jessica WakemanMarch 18, 2013 //
Fat News Anchor
Wisconsin news anchor responds to fat shamer's bullying letter. Read More »
Your Fat Partner
melted butter
Seven ways to be a good ally to your fat lover. Read More »
Open Letter To The Fat Girl
Winona pens an open letter to the fat girl. Read More »
true story

I used to feel like I was lucky for having zero body image issues. Those insecurities completely surpassed me well into adulthood, because up until about around age 25, I had a very conventionally attractive body: a slender frame with an hourglass figure. I could wear anything I wanted. No one — not my mother, not men, not random strangers — criticized my body. Body issues (too big! too small! too squishy!) were simply not something that crossed my mind.

But I was aware body insecurities concerned — even consumed — a lot of people, in particular women. A close friend struggled with anorexia. Family members were bullied for their size. I read fat acceptance blogs online and books like Lessons From The Fat-O-Sphere by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby. As a feminist writer, I was keyed into the way our society privileges the skinny. Still, for a long time, it was not something I directly understood.

But body issues didn’t skip me entirely: they just came later in life. Keep reading »

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