OpinionHigh heels This article is more than 4 years oldListen to Japan’s women: high heels need kicking out of the workplaceThis article is more than 4 years oldSummer BrennanThe #KuToo campaign against the requirement to wear high heels at work reflects a long history of women’s repression
We’re used to talking about high heels in terms of fashion, fantasy and even feminism. But we’re somewhat less accustomed to speaking about them as business etiquette and workplace obligation – even though, to many women, that’s exactly what they represent. Read More...
Jon Heder. It’s been seven years between the movie Napoleon Dynamite and FOX’s new animated series Napoleon Dynamite, and the original movie isn’t even streaming on Netflix Instant. “It’s not?” asked the once and future Napoleon, Jon Heder, before mock-expunging any self-doubt: “Whatever, dude. Everybody owns it already.” We talked to Heder about revisiting the role, how being Mormon has held him back from being a raunchy comedy star, and his feelings about Mitt Romney. Read More...
It was a messy road full of bumps and false starts, but Erica Wall lost almost 200 pounds in a year on My 600-lb Life‘s Wednesday, February 8, episode — despite taking more than six months to pick up steam and weathering feelings of self-sabotage.
The 44-year-old Lompoc, California, woman, who started the show at 661 pounds, was a house-bound pathological eater who had mostly unsuccessful results with stomach stapling surgery as a teen. Read More...
