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Salma, the Muslim Barbie

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 12th 2007 12:02PM

The doll you see pictured here may look a lot like a Barbie doll, but she sure doesn't dress like one. The doll is Salma, the brainchild of a 28-year-old Indonesian woman named Sukmawati Suryaman, who saw a need for a more appropriate version of the ...
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Is it okay to be naked?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 24th 2007 10:52AM

I'm not particularly fond of wearing clothes. Sure, there are times when it's necessary to cover up -- to protect against the elements, for example. At home, however, in San Francisco, rarely does the temperature drop so low as to require anything ...
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Wholesomewear - covering up to the extreme

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 7th 2007 11:02AM

When Ellie and I were shopping for bathing suits earlier this summer, I was amazed at what the department stores had to offer. High-cut ad low-cut one piece suits and skimpy bikinis were the norm and I found most of them to be way too revealing for a ...
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It's not bad to be good

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Jul 20th 2007 5:07PM

As much as we love to trash celebs, there's a little part of us that dies every time we rejoice at a story that features a trashy, hooched-up starlet or socialite. Deep down, we worry about our own daughters, sisters, neices and granddaughters ...
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Immodesty abounds in girls' clothing

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 29th 2007 10:31AM

Last December, I wrote about the Moms for Modesty movement which was concerned with the over-sexualization of girls' clothing. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have had much of an impact. Consider the case of GapKids. According to this article, they ...
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Moms for modesty

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 8th 2006 8:30AM

I'm not sure what to think of this movement. The Moms for Modesty mission statement includes things like "I believe in refraining from sexualizing our girls and young women" and "I believe that true beauty comes from within and I strive to teach my ...
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