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Editors' Daily Dish Blog
Ever wonder what Marie Claire editors chat, gossip, and gripe about over their morning lattes high above Manhattan in the Hearst Tower? Click on our daily editors blog and join in the fun.
- HAPPY TEXAS: More Music From SXSW 2010 Artists that should be on your iPod before “The Madness” begins. 03/19/10
- Vote Now! All Women Deserve Access to Contraception! The Obama administration is giving ordinary people a chance to become a part of the change the campaign promised. 03/09/10
- Why Kathryn Bigelow Doesn't Deserve the Oscar It was no surprise that Kathryn Bigelow, director of "The Hurt Locker", scored an Oscar Best Director nod. But, does she really deserve it? 03/09/10
- 3 Ways to Make a Difference on International Women's Day Honor the influential and fearless females who make a difference in our world by giving to charities that benefit women this International Women's Day. 03/08/10
- The Gyno Cheat Sheet Just because less frequent cervical cancer screenings (aka Pap tests) are now recommended doesn't mean you should be a stranger to the stirrups. Here's what still must happen at your annual appointment. 03/08/10
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From Fat to Fitness
Our resident fitness guru Melanie Valerio discusses everything you need to keep you committed to your diet and exercise routine. From finding your happy weight to reviewing the latest products and trends. Did you know that over the course of walking or running a mile your breasts bounce up and down about 443 feet? Now, don't you want to hear about the latest sports bra?
- Would You Shop for Sperm Online? Women are turning to the Web to shop for top-notch sperm donors. Would you consider it? 03/10/10
- Eat This Now: Citrus Besides its own bright taste and vitamin C punch, it amps up the flavor and nutrition of other foods, too. 01/30/10
- How to Stop Snoring Can a simple injection quiet the throat muscle's vibration in noisy sleepers? 01/29/10
- The Surprising Ways to Beat Fear Tapping into your inner Wonder Woman may actually be an issue of matter over mind. 01/28/10
- Our Relationship with Food: 5 Shocking Statistics I know you’ll be rethinking your next meal after seeing these stats. I am! 01/26/10
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Career and Money Coach
Workplace worries, thorny career questions, financial fiascoes - we've got them covered! It's all here - check it out then start planning your route to the corner office.
- The Best Motivational Tunes for Monday Mornings Download these songs to your iPod and hit the repeat button. These five classic tunes should become as critical a Monday morning staple as your a.m. coffee and a hot shower. 03/08/10
- Hey, Boss, You've Got Something in Your Teeth How candid are you with your boss? 12/18/09
- How to Beat the Boys Club Though women comprise roughly half the workforce, they're still woefully underrepresented in engineering and technical trades. So what does a gal competing in a testosterone-choked office need to know to compete? 12/18/09
- 3 Questions to Consider Before Starting Over Are you ready to change careers? Here are three things you should ask yourself before you make the jump. 12/17/09
- Which Late-Night Talk Show Host Would You Sleep With? Take our poll: Which Talk Show Host Turns You On? 12/11/09
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On The Road: Travel Diaries
Join the Marie Claire team as they travel around the globe. Here is your ticket to new sites, new shops, adventure and more! Join the travel crew and send your travel adventure to us to be included in our blog.
- The Butterfly Effect: Preserving a Sense of Self in Times of War How easy is it to hold on to that Zen stage if one is living in a place where electricity is on and of every few hours, where there are gun shots, bomb explosions, or the arrival of another oppressor? 02/25/10
- The Butterfly Effect: Women, Sex & Politics Jameela was tortured. She was hanged from her hands for long periods, she was put in solitary confinement for about 6 months, and had drops of water dripping on her forehead for hours at a time. She described her torture calmly. 02/17/10
- The Butterfly Effect: A Red Thong in Gaza I realized that I would be in Gaza on New Year 's Eve, a place that is besieged, destroyed, and I doubted there will be much celebration on that evening. 02/15/10
- The Butterfly Effect: The World Through Tom's Shoes Tom’s shoes became a witness of the land I stepped on and the stories I encounter. 02/10/10
- A Paris Icon: The Queen of Chocolate Denise Acabo is the French queen of chocolate. MC's Kim Mance discovers how she become the most renowned independent chocolate shop owner in all Paris. 12/28/09
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Sex and the Single Guy
A smart, funny, attractive guy who not only admits to being clueless about women but is willing to share his dating diary? Tap your inner Bridget Jones by offering him your advice.
- How Men Read Women's Signals While discussing a breakup story with a co-worker, I learned yet another scary lesson about women for me to add to the existing volumes of scary women lessons that grace my mental bookshelves: Women don't always mean what they say... 03/20/10
- 4 Ways to Avoid Getting in Too Deep in a Relationship It's important to look ahead as you take steps in a relationship. If you don't, you may end up painting yourself into a corner. Let me give you an example... My friend moved in with her boyfriend right after col... 03/20/10
- An Honest Guy, a Jerk, or Both? One could argue that it's actually better for a guy to be honest about his evil intentions. Take, for example, my friend who gave her number to a guy thinking he was going to give her a guest bartending gig. The next day he texted her: ... 03/19/10
- 10 Signs He's Only in It for the Sex Even the "nicest" guy could be after sex. Guys have methods of trying to get laid without committing. These types get what they want and once they are satisfied, they are gone. Deep relationships don't mean much... 03/18/10
- 8 Things You Never Knew About Me.....and Were Afraid to Ask (Part 2) Here are 4 more weird things about me: I Have a Piece of Metal in My Head Body anomalies, such as "I'm double-jointed," are fun to share. On my first visit to the orthodontist, an X-ray revealed a little piece of metal lodged a... 03/16/10
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A Year of Living Flirtatiously
Though she's in her thirties, she's never been in love before - and has started to wonder if she ever will be. She's decided she has to start making dating her job if it's ever going to happen. Hence, this blog.
- Do We Have a "Predetermined Number of Sexual Opportunities"--to use or lose? With spring in the air, I bet I'm not the only one with sex on the brain. Should we avail of any opportunities we have for casual sex--since we either use them up or lose them forever--as a certain novelist suggests? (And if so, is the mindset I... 03/19/10
- Would You Ever Fight Your Romantic Battles on Facebook? Some couples give a blow-by-blow accounting of their lovers' quarrels via Facebook status updates ... which I find rather bizarre. Do you see the appeal? 03/18/10
- Would You Pay for a Dinner Date with Food Stamps? Salon reports on hipsters using food stamps to buy wild-caught salmon and organic asparagus--while I'm wondering if I should forego the fresh rosemary for the vegetarian lasagna I'm planning to make for a dinner date, because I've gone beyond my mont... 03/17/10
- 5 Ways That Exercise Improves Your Sex Life The sexual benefits of exercise go beyond the purely superficial--it doesn't help just because it makes you look hotter. So ... if you're "sexually incompatible" with someone, perhaps all that's really going on is that one of you needs to hit the gym... 03/16/10
- High School Sweethearts Reunite 50 Years Later: True Love? A story from the New York Times wedding section about former high school sweethearts who got married when they were both 67, after living separate adult lives, has me considering the old question of whether true love exists ... 03/15/10
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Diary of a Fashionista Blog
Join the Marie Claire team as they jet set around the globe for New York, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks, where they'll dish on the latest fashion and beauty news, tips, trends and dirt straight from the front row.
- Which Project Runway Designer Should Have Won the Marie Claire Cover Challenge? Take our poll: Which dress should be on the cover of Marie Claire? 03/15/10
- Big Girl in a Skinny World: How to Wear Neutrals The runways were dominated by the neutral trend this season. Best of all, it’s a trend that really complements curvy girls. 03/10/10
- 5 Rules for Sensitive Skin Sensitive skin? Keep things under control with these five rules. 03/10/10
- Big Girl in a Skinny World: Favorite Oscar Fashion As usual, the Oscars are really all about who’s wearing what, and this year, the dresses varied from stunning to questionable. 03/08/10
- Big Girl in a Skinny World: Incorporating Color into Your Wardrobe Color and pattern can do wonders for making an outfit young and relevant. 03/05/10
