Love, Life, and Sex in the Suburbs

By Betsy G It doesn’t take a PhD to figure out that something funky is going on with women’s clothing sizes. As obesity increases in prevalence in the US, the fashion industry is responding with “vanity sizing,” meaning larger clothing is labeled with smaller sizes, enabling women to believe they are not as heavy as they truly are. (”Enabling” is the just the right word for this.) The practice is also known as size inflation, parallel to the notion of grade inflation, in which higher grades are given to students to protect their self-esteem. How big a problem is overweight and obesity in the ... Read Full Story

I’m pleased to bring you an essay by Lawrence Kessenich, whose writing bio appears at the end of the piece. —BetsyG By Lawrence Kessenich It was in Anger, France that we finally had the blowout. We should have been on our way to Morocco, but were instead stuck in a boring, provincial town due to a train strike. Rebecca and Monique made it clear that it was thanks to me and my detour to visit a friend that they’d been stranded there when they could have been in North Africa smoking hashish. They say three’s a crowd. After weeks together, I was finding it ... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Love, Life, and Sex in the Suburbs". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story