Link Love: Tea Party tees, Preggers Diet, GE Babies, & A Facebook Scam

Genetically engineered babies. A new hormonal treatment is said to be able to treat congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a genetic disorder that can interfere with the development of genitalia. The Los Angeles Times article writes:  “in severe cases, girls are born with male-like sexual organs although they usually have ovaries and a uterus.” The treatment is [...]

Reality TV Star To Write Self-Help Book

So apparently the self-help/dating genre needs another book, and well, with all the single women in NYC, maybe I can’t argue with that. But, from a reality TV star and one that has yet to experience the quarter-life-crisis? How old is “Lo” Bosworth anyway? According to the release, “Lo has certainly witnessed her fair share [...]

Whole Foods Makes Organic Beauty Ultimatum

Whole Foods Market has given the beauty industry an ultimatum by announcing that all personal care products and cosmetics that claim to be “organic” and are sold in Whole Foods stores in the U.S. must be third-party certified by June 1, 2011. The new rule means all products that claim to be organic need to [...]

The Last Desi

For those of you that don’t know was a Desi is, it refers to someone from India, loosely translated. In some American movies, they’ll refer to the first generation child of Indian immigrants as an ABCD, American Born Confused Desi. This is the child that is so hell bent on seeming American that the parents [...]

CEOs That Banked During The Recession

In 2009, while most were recovering from the recession, some CEOs were banking off the shift in stock prices. During the 2008 recession, most stocks took a beating, but some of the leadership behind huge American companies earned hefty pay windfalls because they were granted options at the low prices, which appreciated when the recovery [...]

Enriched Foods: A New-Old Super Grain

The mainstream media has long questioned enriched foods, but the real question is–if there were food products that would eliminate the need for one more supplement or vitamin, would you buy them? Salba Smart and Core Naturals are betting yes. Health trends often warrant skepticism but some discoveries are just rebirths of old trends. Such [...]

Work Screw Binge

I never read Eat, Pray, Love because 1) Oprah is not God, 2) I don’t want to read about some whining woman feeling sorry for herself for buying into the American status quo and 3) if I need a self help book, I’ll go the Amazon.com and buy something for women that date the wrong [...]

Starbucks: A LEED Store, Happy Hour & Custom Drinks

Though the country may still suffer from nearly 10% unemployment, we have begun a recovery and so has Starbucks. Late last month, the company announced that its SoHo, NYC, store on Spring Street is registered for LEED certification as part of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Volume chrome://foxytunes-public/content/signatures/signature-button.pngCertification pilot program. The design is a blend [...]

M.I.A. & Freedom of Speech

M.I.A., the British rapper of Sri Lankan descent, has released a new video that tests our first amendment rights and speaks to issues including discrimination and war. This comes at a time when we are about eight years into an Iraqi war and Arizona has just passed laws that essentially enable racial profiling. Some media [...]

Fashion House Plans Fragrance Move

If his scent collection turns out they way his clothes always do, I’ll be one of the first to shell out some dough for a bottle of his fragrance. News just crossed the wires that BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP is teaming up with New Wave Fragrances, the producer and distributor behind Ed Hardy, True Religion and Christian Audigier [...]

« Previous Page — Next Page »