BB Surf 9: What We’ve Been Reading
Echidne of the Snakes An award-winning progressive feminist blog with enough good reads to keep you scrolling for hours. We particularly liked her take on single mothers, gender studies and the next generation’s My Little Pony.
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, As Botox Soars, Cosmetic Surgery Sags Never mind the “sagging” pun; the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has released new numbers on the types of cosmetic surgeries performed from 2000 to 2007. Note that breast augmentation is still going up.
Big Fat Deal, A Perfect Size 4 Sweet Valley High is getting an update, changing the clothing size of the teenage twin protagonists from “a perfect size 6″ to a “perfect size 4.” It’s ostensibly to update the books for the modern generation (check out the letter from the publisher posted at Gawker), and we don’t have to tell you why that’s infuriating.
Fametastic, Sarah Jessica Parker’s Surprise Over “Unsexiest Woman Alive” Title Parker is being characterized as “snitty” for a recent interview where she reacts in anger to Maxim’s disgusting poll. She’s not mad about being on the list, people; she’s mad (and rightly so) that this even exists!
The Vancouver Sun, Doctor Proposes Men’s Health Care Center Doctor Larry Goldenberg thinks men need specialized health care too, and (no giggling, please) refers to the penis as “the canary in the mineshaft” for male diseases. All jokes aside, it’s got to make you think: are women really that far ahead in terms of addressing their health concerns?
East Valley Tribune, No Taxation for Breast Augmentation Arizona senators decided to give a tax break to women with “non-original equipment,” bringing up a debate over the exact distinction between reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.












