The Women's Media Center recently created this video to show examples of sexism in media.

One of the viewers on YouTube had this encouraging observation;

I noticed something hopeful in this video. Almost all of these quotes about sexism from women and sexist quotes from men are from older people. I see old men who haven't caught up with the future and women talking about a completely different time period. I only saw one person from my generation. I think that this means we're becoming a lot less sexist as a culture. Sexism isn't dead yet but it seems that it's not doing too well either.

See Anita Renfroe summing up some of the things that a mother says to her children in a three-minute song called "Momisms" set to the William Tell Overture.

Mattel has come out with a barbie doll that doubles as a video camera. In the video below ijustine takes us on a tour of a Mattel facility and introduces us to the barbie video doll.

The doll is available as a blonde, brunette or African American and sells on Amazon for $50.

Check out this interesting essay about the pressures some men feel about becoming very rich.

I have a close male friend in tech who is obsessed with getting rich. He’s a smart, educated and hard-working man, but, truth be told, he’s probably not cut out to be an empire-builder. He could easily bring in a low six-figure income at any number of large firms, but he’s somehow got it ingrained that he has to start a wildly successful tech company and make an enormous amount of money in order to be worthy of happiness. I’ve watched him lose his health, sanity, credit and girlfriends again and again for this obsession. “This is literally killing you,” I tell him. “It has to stop.”

Continue reading here.

Our personalities stay pretty much the same throughout our lives, from our early childhood years to after we're over the hill, according to a new study.

"We remain recognizably the same person," said study author Christopher Nave, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Riverside. "This speaks to the importance of understanding personality because it does follow us wherever we go across time and contexts."

See the results of the study: Personality Set for Life By 1st Grade.

Mary Hart is calling it quits after 29 years as host of 'Entertainment Tonight'. She turns 60 in November but looks much younger and has stayed very fit. Here's her fitness video from 20 years ago, in 1990.

Check out her secrets to looking young.

Apparently Madonna thinks Lady Gaga is a great big copy cat.

Experts in persuasive marketing believe we are all copycats no matter how smart and independent we think we are.

If you are a cosmetic surgeon and want to make use of this inherent human weakness, check out this blog post on the importance of social proof in our purchasing decisions.

See this fab video tutorial on how to barbeque shrimp on a skewer. The easy recipes shown here include a garlic and chili marinaded shrimp and an asian style fresh salad with lime dressing. Great summer dinner party food!

Via How to barbeque shrimp.

The police are here to protect us and especially those more vulnerable, right?

Here is a video of a Vancouver police officer knocking over a celebral palsy woman while she tried to pass him and his two mates on the sidewalk. Who knows what she said to them when two of them blocked her way? Does it matter? Does anything warrant this push to the sidewalk?

I can't think of any normal person who would do that, and it is the street people who helped her back up, not the police.

Sometimes I worry about the police. I am shocked that this police officer has not been reprimanded and is still on duty today with no consequence.

Check out this " Magic Artist" app if you have an iPhone.

It will turn your photo into art. The results are never the same, you can create several different versions of the same photo.

One of the bestselling iPhone apps out there now is called FatBooth. Here you can insert a photo of your face and instantly see what you might look like if you put on many extra pounds.

Check out some funny photos of celebrities and their fat makeovers at the Daily News.

Vitality is one of the best sources of beauty. Now a study has found that you can significantly increase your vitality and sense of well being by just spending 20 minutes a day in a park or other natural setting. Often when people go outside they are socializing with others or getting some exercise, but the study found that even controlling for the absence of these, just spending the time in the natural setting brings the boost to vitality and energy levels.

Photo above is by Ben.

Check out more about the Vitality Boosting study here.

The World Cup starts this Friday. It seems to be the biggest sports event of them all. Check out a slideshow of some of the wives and girlfriends of World Cup soccer stars. (at the Los Angeles Times).

Spanx, the popular shapewear brand for women, introduced their first products for men three months ago. Apparently, sales of the product have been suprisingly strong. The New York Times has an article about this today. Neiman Marcus has been the only department store selling them till now, and they say they have been consistently selling out. And the thinking is that even more men are buying them anonymously online at places such as Amazon. This SPANX T-Shirt [Amazon link] you see here is not cheap at $58. Men between the ages of 37 and 42 are believed to be the demographic most interested in this 'foundation wear'.

See a video about another popular brand of men's shapewear, Equmen here.

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