Featured Discussions - TBD2024-03-28T17:23:19Zhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/group/forwomenonly/forum/topic/list?feed=yes&xn_auth=no&featured=1What's your guilty pleasure?tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-09-12:1991841:Topic:16052002013-09-12T18:01:40.284ZDevin Millshttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/DevinMills
<p>Mine is watching reruns of Sex In The City while drinking a glass of red wine and eating chocolate. Go sexy middle aged gals!</p>
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<p>Mine is watching reruns of Sex In The City while drinking a glass of red wine and eating chocolate. Go sexy middle aged gals!</p>
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<p>'Ello!</p>
<p>I <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">would just like to say "welcome" to the "new" members who have kindly joined this group that I started a while back - when we had lots of activity and things were different. I stepped away for a while, to clear my head and heart and to do other things.</span> <br></br><br></br><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It has been a pleasure reading through the latest postings. This has encouraged me, and validated my idea that "The Women's…</span></p>
<p>'Ello!</p>
<p>I <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">would just like to say "welcome" to the "new" members who have kindly joined this group that I started a while back - when we had lots of activity and things were different. I stepped away for a while, to clear my head and heart and to do other things.</span> <br/><br/><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It has been a pleasure reading through the latest postings. This has encouraged me, and validated my idea that "The Women's Room" was a viable idea worth nurturing.</span> <br/><br/>To new "friends" to be and to "old" friends who have so kindly kept an eye out and who have been sustaining members ~ my most heartfelt thanks. <br/><br/>Love! <br/>Dazz</p> Does Age Matter ? What is considered too old for you when being with someone ?tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-01-12:1991841:Topic:14453532013-01-12T06:46:47.472ZThe Wolfdancerhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/PatriciaJones
<p>I ran across this article about a woman in her forties who married a much older man....she loved him dearly, but regrets piled on top of regrets....so I was wondering...when dating, being with someone, marriage, etc....do you put a number to love/dating/marrige ? Is it a deal breaker if they are older/much older ? Thoughts.</p>
<p>Oh here is the article if interested...she had a really rough time and not all relationships would go this route, but it is something to think about ! Yikes…</p>
<p>I ran across this article about a woman in her forties who married a much older man....she loved him dearly, but regrets piled on top of regrets....so I was wondering...when dating, being with someone, marriage, etc....do you put a number to love/dating/marrige ? Is it a deal breaker if they are older/much older ? Thoughts.</p>
<p>Oh here is the article if interested...she had a really rough time and not all relationships would go this route, but it is something to think about ! Yikes !</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2209738/Never-marry-older-man-Youll-end-childless-sex-starved-cutting-toenails-Bride-husband-22-years-older-confesses-relationship.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2209738/Never-marry-older-man-Youll-end-childless-sex-starved-cutting-toenails-Bride-husband-22-years-older-confesses-relationship.html</a></p> The High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Naomi Wolftag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-07-04:1991841:Topic:10005452010-07-04T03:29:49.464ZDazzling Zoomer Gal Dianahttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/DazzlingZoomerGalDiana
<p style="font-weight: bold;">OXFORD – I confess: I do it, too. Like most Western women, I do it regularly, and it is a guilty pleasure every time. It is hard to listen to one’s conscience when one is faced with so much incredible<br></br> temptation.</p>
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<p>I am talking, of course, about cheap trendy fashion. I'll visit a Zara – or H&M, or, now that I am in the United Kingdom for the summer, the amazing Primark – and snap up items that are “cute,”<br></br> effectively…</p>
<p style="font-weight: bold;">OXFORD – I confess: I do it, too. Like most Western women, I do it regularly, and it is a guilty pleasure every time. It is hard to listen to one’s conscience when one is faced with so much incredible<br/> temptation.</p>
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<p>I am talking, of course, about cheap trendy fashion. I'll visit a Zara – or H&M, or, now that I am in the United Kingdom for the summer, the amazing Primark – and snap up items that are “cute,”<br/> effectively disposable, and so shockingly inexpensive that one does a<br/> double take.</p>
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<p>I need to face my addiction – and so do all women like me.</p>
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<br/><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">.............please follow the rest of this thoughtful and important article below via the url posted below in the 1st reply box. <br/></span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2010.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org">www.project-syndicate.org</a></span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">For a podcast of this commentary in English, please use this link:</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://media.blubrry.com/ps/media.libsyn.com/media/ps/fan16.mp3">http://media.blubrry.com/ps/media.libsyn.com/media/ps/wolf25.mp3</a><p><br/></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thoughts anyone? </span> <br/></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2059588317?profile=original" alt=""/></p> Defining Yourselftag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-05-28:1991841:Topic:9712742010-05-28T07:17:45.720ZDazzling Zoomer Gal Dianahttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/DazzlingZoomerGalDiana
<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Whose business is it if a woman want to look younger? <br></br>We have been hashing this subject out here there and everywhere as we struggle with our age, the media, and the new age question, what does it mean to age gracefully? <br></br>You will find below a fascinating web site that is now casting for season four. <br></br><br></br>"We women are very tough on each other" says Catherine Fennell, the producer of definingyourself.ca <br></br>No surprise to me.…</div>
<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Whose business is it if a woman want to look younger? <br/>We have been hashing this subject out here there and everywhere as we struggle with our age, the media, and the new age question, what does it mean to age gracefully? <br/>You will find below a fascinating web site that is now casting for season four. <br/><br/>"We women are very tough on each other" says Catherine Fennell, the producer of definingyourself.ca <br/>No surprise to me. This site (TBD) is defined by a woman and in the control of a woman. <br/>So...........<br/></div> What I'm Reading...tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-01-12:1991841:Topic:7396702010-01-12T18:40:31.481ZSuusehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Suuse
As some of you know, my husband (whom I met on TBD1), is the co-chair of NOMAS: National Organization Of Men Against Sexism. This 30-year-old group works well behind the scenes--often in conjunction with other groups including NOW (National Organization for Women) and NCADV (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence) to address sexism, racism and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual preference. One of the other board members, Barry Goldstein (With Mo Hannah) is…
As some of you know, my husband (whom I met on TBD1), is the co-chair of NOMAS: National Organization Of Men Against Sexism. This 30-year-old group works well behind the scenes--often in conjunction with other groups including NOW (National Organization for Women) and NCADV (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence) to address sexism, racism and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual preference. One of the other board members, Barry Goldstein (With Mo Hannah) is publishing a book, "Domestic Violence, Abuse and Child Custody."<br />
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You can see excerpts at: <a href="http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/dvac.html">http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/dvac.html</a><br />
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I'd heard and read a lot about Barry before I ever met him--and was extremely curious about who this man *is*--because he's portrayed as both angel and devil for his work on custody cases. He is currently unable to practice law due to the actions of a judge whom he criticised. I suppose that if his criticisms had remained confined to a website, his punishment might have been less than it ultimately was--but Newsweek picked up the story on which Barry's censure is based, and, well....<br />
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You can read a detailed analysis of the case here: <a href="http://batteredmomslosecustody.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/broken-ny-custody-court-system-v-barry-goldstein-and-battered-mothers/">http://batteredmomslosecustody.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/broken-ny-custody-court-system-v-barry-goldstein-and-battered-mothers/</a><br />
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Barry is also the author or "Scared To Leave, Afraid To Stay". He served on the board of directors of the local battered women's shelter for 14 years including four years as chairperson.<br />
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Suffice it to say the man I met is an ardent advocate for women's rights in the courts.<br />
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His books aren't easy reads--but they are well-written and wealth of information. If you had the opportunity to say just one thing...tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-01-04:1991841:Topic:7183562010-01-04T13:45:46.004ZSuusehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Suuse
...to someone, what would it be? (You can, of course, tell us to whom you'd like to say it, but if you prefer your privacy, it shall be respected.)
...to someone, what would it be? (You can, of course, tell us to whom you'd like to say it, but if you prefer your privacy, it shall be respected.) The UK Bans Twiggy's Photoshopped Ads....tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-12-19:1991841:Topic:6739542009-12-19T01:34:48.007ZSuusehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Suuse
<a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/twiggys-photoshopped-olay-ads-banned-in-england-554961/">http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/twiggys-photoshopped-olay-ads-banned-in-england-554961/</a><br />
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Twiggy's Photoshopped Olay ads banned in England<br />
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by Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff, on Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:01am PST<br />
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Perhaps we should start calling 2009 the year of the airbrush. The latest Photoshop scandal involves not an emaciated model nor a bizarrely-retouched actress on the cover of a…
<a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/twiggys-photoshopped-olay-ads-banned-in-england-554961/">http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/twiggys-photoshopped-olay-ads-banned-in-england-554961/</a><br />
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Twiggy's Photoshopped Olay ads banned in England<br />
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by Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff, on Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:01am PST<br />
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Perhaps we should start calling 2009 the year of the airbrush. The latest Photoshop scandal involves not an emaciated model nor a bizarrely-retouched actress on the cover of a fashion magazine, but instead a 60-year-old icon with not enough crows' feet for anyone's liking.<br />
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Let's catch you up: Last summer, beauty company Olay debuted its Definity eye cream campaign depicting model Twiggy looking far younger, smoother, and firmer than her then 59 years should suggest. The '60s fashion star appeared virtually wrinkle-free in the ads and, since her baby-faced visage was selling anti-aging cream to older women, quite a few people—including bloggers, news outlets, and the British Parliament—grew quite disturbed.<br />
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In August, British lawmakers called for a ban on the digitally altered ads, suggesting they mislead the public. And, in the ensuing months, the U.K's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received hundreds of complaints from the public, claiming the Olay images were "socially irresponsible" and could have a "negative impact on people's perceptions of their own body image, " The Guardian reports.<br />
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Finally, yesterday, the ASA banned the complete set of Olay Twiggy ads, ruling that the post-production retouching could give consumers a "misleading impression of the effect the product could achieve."<br />
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You think?<br />
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In the ads, Twiggy says, "Olay is my secret to brighter-looking eyes" and "Because younger-looking eyes never go out of fashion...[it] reduces the look of wrinkles and dark circles for brighter, younger-looking eyes."<br />
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However, since Olay admits to "minor retouching" around Twiggy's eyelid area (essentially wiping out any indication of undereye darkness, bags, and fine lines), we know the cream is not really her secret. Instead it's a skilled computer technician, which is something you just can't bottle and sell for $23.89. Nor is this "secret" available to most women. Honestly, it's refreshing that, with the banning of these ads, finally someone is saying just that.<br />
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Source: The Guardian, Celebitchy<br />
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NOTE FROM SUSE: The last photo--the two-panel--is from the Marks & Spencer campaign, which also came under criticism when it first aired. It was, however, for a department store and not a skin care product. A story for youtag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-11-30:1991841:Topic:6243632009-11-30T19:33:03.899ZSeaRainhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/SusanMWard
Here's a little story.<br />
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On the third Tuesday of October, I asked the ladies of my pinochle group if they could please pray for me because I was getting extremely discouraged by the lack of response from social security, my health, my financial situation, etc. They stopped playing cards right then and there and prayed. I asked if they could just ask their god for a resolution to my problems by Thanksgiving. I wasn't asking for money, a positive outcome, just a resolution.<br />
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When I got home and…
Here's a little story.<br />
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On the third Tuesday of October, I asked the ladies of my pinochle group if they could please pray for me because I was getting extremely discouraged by the lack of response from social security, my health, my financial situation, etc. They stopped playing cards right then and there and prayed. I asked if they could just ask their god for a resolution to my problems by Thanksgiving. I wasn't asking for money, a positive outcome, just a resolution.<br />
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When I got home and the days after, I beat myself up for being so presumptuous as to expect a response so soon. However, that following Saturday (four days later), I received a letter from attorney saying he was going to talk to a judge about my case the Friday before Thanksgiving. I would find out if my case was approved, or forwarded on for a hearing. That was a wonderful answer to their prayer.<br />
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peace<br />
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Then my attorney called on that Friday and said I was approved! I am not going to be poor anymore! I will get Social Security disability until I am old enough to get regular Social Security! Dear Selftag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-10-14:1991841:Topic:4791962009-10-14T17:49:26.675ZSeaRainhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/SusanMWard
Maricel suggested this from an article she read in RAW. I talk to myself all the time - maybe if I typed to myself it would be more effective. I would also like feedback - anything from You f***ing idiot, what were you thinking, to You go Girl! I will start in the next post.<br />
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peace<br />
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SeaRain
Maricel suggested this from an article she read in RAW. I talk to myself all the time - maybe if I typed to myself it would be more effective. I would also like feedback - anything from You f***ing idiot, what were you thinking, to You go Girl! I will start in the next post.<br />
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peace<br />
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SeaRain