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By: incognotter

incognotter — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:29:18 +0000

“Bare Minerals” astounds me because it wants you to pay a small fortune to *put dirt on your face*. I prefer to wash dirt off of my face. The sheer audacity of the product stuns me.

By: R.

R. — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:09:07 +0000

Teenagerdom was not invented only to sell acne cream. It was also invented to sell Rock N Roll.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:12:11 +0000

Oops, “negligent,” not “negligible.”

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:11:10 +0000

“The company that made the ovens for Auschwitz is still in business.”

Ok, that’s terrifying.

Livingontheearth: thank you. My younger sister and I have always had problems with acne, in spite of our different lifestyles and diets (my personal theory is that folks who suffer from acne have a hypersensitivity to the chemicals and environmental pollutants that are such a huge part of our everyday lives now). That said, I’ve noticed my acne gets noticeably worse when I don’t get enough sleep. I was actually reminded of this today. I pulled an all-nighter last night and then had to drive four hours round-trip with my husband for a doctor’s appointment. On the way home my skin just started burning and itching–just like it used to do all the time during my sleep-deprived youth. I’ve also noticed that, as I get older, my skin tends to be dry, scaly, and, cruelly, acne-prone. All three conditions improve when I drink copious amounts of h2o–like, going-to-pee-every-30-minutes amounts. But, like you, I take issue with the popular belief that acne sufferers have brought about their own condition in some way. I have friends who are very negligible about what they put in their bodies, skin care, sleep, and yet, have beautiful, glowing skin. Go figure.

Sarah: I think you’ve missed the point of the blog. Reread?

By: Fat Angie

Fat Angie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:37:52 +0000

I used to take a womens’ multi, because it contained twice the iron and calcium of the mens’ version- and I tend toward anemia and I’m lactose intolerant. It also had about three times the amount of copper, vitamin D, and folic acid. I feel that these are proper nutritional concerns for women that men don’t have, because I get very anemic during my period (I tend towards anemia anyway), women are more prone to osteoporosis (although I’m not entirely convinced that it’s not because of all the fucking dieting we “have” to do to appease the patriarchy). Also, folic acid and vitamin D are important for women who are planning to conceive.

So, I have no problems with separate multis, if they’re actually formulated for women vs. men, with different nutrient ratios. The same vitamins, which cost more for women, that’s just bullshit.

By: jael

jael — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:56:07 +0000

is ginko biloba classed as a vitiman? becuase hell – that’s the stuff everyone should be taking. just ride out the first month (and the nightmares, though i seem to be the only person i know who got the nightmares). the pay off is incrediable.

doesn’t help with acne though.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:10:35 +0000

(dads, it is well documented, are oblivious to their children’s health; their top health concern is erectile dysfunction).

*snort!* Need to get it up to 3 hours, 59 minutes you know.

By: thebewilderness

thebewilderness — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:51:33 +0000

Back in the ’70s it was in all the newspapers and on all the tv talk shows about how vitamin pills don’t do us any good because we can’t metabolize them. It was the story of the week.
So then of course nothing much happened except that the drug companies started to make them look and taste like candy and market them to children. Now, millions of women all over the patriarchy are conditioning their children to take pills that do them no good whatsoever.
Bayer makes chemical pesticides and patent medicines. You wouldn’t really think those should go together, would you.