“You Are What You Eat” Is Just A Subtle Form Of Thinspiration
Get Ready To Cry/Sigh At This Heartbreaking Photo Of A Koala Who’s Just Lost His Home
Eat Less Pesticides: A Guide To Which Fruits & Vegetables To Buy Organic (And What You Can Skip)
H&M Casually Uses Plus-Size Model (The Way We Wish All Companies Would)
Study Suggests Hormones And Libido Are Linked, And Other Obvious Findings
The Characters On Friends Were Not Suicidal Caffeine Junkies, FYI
California’s Governor Jerry Brown just signed a new legislation that prohibits parents from sending their gay kids to therapy in hopes of turning them straight. It’s the first law of its kind to protect a minor’s sexual orientation and of course, the Republicans are the only ones opposing it. More
California’s Pollution Problem: A new study shows that air pollution in California is the cause of at least 9,000 premature deaths every year. (via Inhabitat)
Plastic Problem: The California bill that would ban plastic bags has been rejected. (via Huffington Post)
Roger Ebert Wrote A Cookbook – After recovering from jaw cancer, the film critic started using a rice cooker, and wrote an entire cookbook about it. (New York Times)
Bar Rafaeli Hates Anorexia – She just wishes that all models could be blessed with good genes like she is. (FitCeleb)
Lady Gaga Likes Coconut Water – It’s part of a new healthy eating plan that she’s adopted to cope with her demanding schedule. (FitSugar)
California Is Keeping Plastic Bags – The state rejected a ban on the environmentally-unfriendly carriers on Tuesday. (Mother Nature Network)
Look Like Tina Fey – We might not be as funny, but our hair can look as good. (Self) More
Plenty of people support California’s Proposition 19, which would make marijuana legal and regulated in Cali. Rad, dude. But before you pack up and move to the Golden State, take a look at how the controversial herb could affect your … More
Melanie Brown will tell us what she wants, what she really, really wants — and that is to run in the Keep LA Running Charity 5K this Sunday. Don’t tell us you don’t remember who Mel B is. She’s Scary … More
If you’re at all environmentally conscious, you’re already trying to be diligent about shopping with reusable bags. (And if you live in California, the ban on plastic bags will help you motivate.) But sometimes you forget, and there’s a whole … More
When you think of naturally, ahem, big-boned animals, we bet elephants leap to mind first. Have you ever seen a skinny elephant? No, because they don’t exist. But zookeepers in Fresno, California put two elephants on a strict diet to … More
Everyone knows that plastic bags suck (something about the environment, waste, landfills, petroleum), but each time we return from the grocery store, we look at that bundle of plastic bags and think “I wish I knew how to quit you.” … More
True Or False: Marathoners Can Eat Whatever They Want
Clueless Mom Gives Birth on a Bike Without Realizing It
The Sweetest Twitter Marriage Proposal You’ll Ever See
Why Don’t More Women Talk About Masturbation?
8 Things You Shouldn't Do Before Bed
Heart Attack Rates Falling: Heart attack rates in California declined 24% from 2000 to 2008, probably due to smoking bans and better medical treatment. (via Reuters)
It’s a little gray out around our parts, so we’re gazing out at beachy California, thanks to this awesome Flickr photo: Photo from Flickr user the_tahoe_guy
We’re no Chinese Zodiac experts, but so far, 2010 seems to be The Year of the Tectonic plate. First Haiti, then Chile. And we’re not talking about little hiccups. The sheer devastation in those countries is now raising alarms in … More
Three things we like, in no particular order, from Blisstree to you: Fat Toad Farm – Goats’ milk caramel sauce (cajeta) from a family-run dairy in Vermont. Skip dinner. Scarlett Johansson’s Mail – The seductive starlet sent a letter to … More
Sure, farm-to-table eating is today’s trendy catchphrase, but how about bringing the table to the farm? That’s quite literally what Outstanding in the Field has been doing since 1999. Founded by Jim Denevan, this series of down-on-the-farm dinners originated at … More
