I guess Beyonce is A-Ok though with Walmart's absolutely shitty record of how they treat their employees. As long as they sell her CD who cares?

Beautiful skin.

Thank you for adding to that! I knew there were actual ways to measure stress levels, but couldn't remember the specifics.

The stress of racism is a real public health concern. For example, even when you control for socioeconomic status and access to healthcare, black women still have worse health outcomes than white women. This is not genetic; these outcomes (like high infant mortality and low birth weight) are not observed in women of…

There's a number of ways to empirically measuring physiological stress. They could also look at hormone concentrations (like cortisol) and immune biomarkers. My first thought was also that this was likely due to the large amount of stressors black women are exposed to, compared to white women.

Cortisol is released by stress & adds to belly fat. Just wanted to add. That is all.

I just commented on the same thing and some douche had to tell me about how stress isn't medically relevant and there is no way to control for it in a research setting!

Long term stressors, such as poverty, etc, increase inflammation which affect things like cardiac health and hormone levels. Both of which affect metabolic processes. Stress is medically relevant, even if there isn't something convenient, similar to a glucometer, to test for it.

Or you don't get out enough.

I'm surprised they didn't mention...uh, STRESS and how that negatively affects health.

As the owner of amazing brows that are threaded every three weeks, I feel guilt when people assume they're natural. They are like the beautiful fake tits of the face.

haha - "I'm raising this puppy ALONE!" -flounce- For some reason, I find this hilarious.

L.L. Bean Boot, $179

I was right there with you until you dissed Philly.

Copper IUD 4 lyfe.

yep. I got preg this way too.

I like to tell people that, statistically speaking, pullout is pretty effective (75-85%), according to Planned Parenthood and other reputable healthcare providers. I also like to tell them I got pregnant twice this way, though I was very much, thank god, in the "not trying, not preventing" camp.

Wealth and empathy have a strong inverse relationship.

Not that I expect most Jez commenters to care but can we talk about how those Dylan Sprouse pictures came out because a girl he'd been sexting posted them on Tumblr to show them off without his permission? So gross.

This reminds me: as if Nip/Tuck wasn't an already batshit crazy show, remember when Kimber randomly joins the Church of Scientology? LOL.