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		<title>Scars and self-image</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.&#8221; &#8212; Carly Simon Growing up with fashion magazines that promote the impossibly perfect, some women find it hard to accept &#8220;flaws&#8221; on our own faces and bodies. My newest post on BlogHer chronicles how I learned to live with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of scars</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the time you become Real, most of your hair has been loved off. Your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.&#8221; &#8211;Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit &#160; Earlier this week, my friend Alice posted this empowering Caitlin Crosby video on her Facebook wall and I was moved to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The war on wrinkles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 13:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[âThis is what 40 looks like. We&#8217;ve been lying so long, who would know?â â Gloria Steinem Several years ago, the Olay company sent me a T-shirt that reads: âLove the skin you&#8217;re in.â The promotion works, like a sticky song on the radio, because I never did get that catchphrase out of my mind. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting the wrinkle wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes.&#8221; &#8212; Sophia Loren Cosmetic ads continually remind us that we can&#8217;t look fabulous unless we look years younger. So what does it mean to &#8220;age gracefully&#8221; today? Must we color our hair, undergo plastic surgery, and spend a fortune on anti-aging products to [...]]]></description>
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