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Stars Who Love Their Bodies
On a tabloid report claiming she lost 14 pounds: "I'm someone who has always publicly advocated for a healthy body image... If I were to lose 14 p...
Quit Talking About My Weight, Laura Ingraham
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Meghan McCain is a columnist for The Daily Beast. Originally from Phoenix, she graduated from Columbia University in 2007. She is a New York Times bestselling children's author, previously wrote for Newsweek magazine, and created the Web site mccainblogette.com.
Meghan McCain responds to Laura Ingraham's attack on her weight: Why is this topic still a socially accepted prejudice-and why in the world would a woman raise it?
Mothers, Daughters, Food
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Lee Aitken is an editor and writer who has worked at Time Inc., the New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, and the International Tribune, among others. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her daughter.
For decades moms were told to shut up about about their daughters' weight. But Lee Aitken says in our toxic food culture, it's ok-indeed essential-to care about, and discuss, what they eat.
America's Craziest Cities
A True Hollywood Love Story
Rebecca Dana is a senior correspondent for The Daily Beast. A former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has also written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Rolling Stone and Slate, among other publications.
The Rove You Don't Know
Matt Latimer is the author of the New York Times bestseller, SPEECH-LESS: Tales of a White House Survivor. He was deputy director of speechwriting for George W. Bush and chief speechwriter for Donald Rumsfeld.
My Afternoon with a Dominatrix
David Goodwillie is the author of the forthcoming novel American Subversive (Scribner, April 2010), along with the acclaimed memoir Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. He has also played professional baseball, worked as a private investigator, and been an expert at Sotheby's auction house. A graduate of Kenyon College, he lives and works in New York City.
'Almost Famous' 2.0
Brian Ries is a Philly-born senior editor at FREEwilliamsburg.com and social media strategist at Attention. He lives in Brooklyn.
Iraq's Next First Daughter?
Michael Hastings is a regular contributor to GQ and the author of I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story. He is currently on assignment in Iraq.
