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Sunday Link Love

Posted on | April 29, 2012 | 7 Comments

Gala Darling: TEDxCMU: Radical Self Love (Video) “Create your own family and care for them ferociously.”

Her Campus: How to Pronounce Designer Names

Fashionista: The 10 Best YouTube Makeup Tutorials How-to do a perfect red lip, winged eyeliner, face contouring and more

Refinery 29: Fast Fashion Is Poisoning China A sad but must-read piece to remind you why it’s so important to buy quality (“investment”) pieces and/or shop secondhand. That right-on-trend top that lasts for just one season is not worth unsafe food and water for millions of people.

The Fat Nutritionist: If only poor people understood nutrition! YES YES YES

Kathy’s Commentaries: A Natural Age of Weaning Interesting facts about the breastfeeding duration of other animals, Studies showing the benefits of continued breastfeeding until at least age two.

Care2: Free Formula Samples – Open Your Eyes “We would find it absurd if hospitals’ cardiac units gave out coupons for Big Macs. Commercial marketing doesn’t belong in hospitals. No matter how you feed your babies.”

Elle: Divide and Conquer: Married But Separate On being married but living apart.

Refinery 29: DIY Nail-Art Stickers This is brill! And so obvious.

Category: Sunday Link Love

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7 Responses to “Sunday Link Love”

  1. Mallory
    April 29th, 2012 @ 9:04 PM

    My favourite out of all those links has got to be Her Campus’ ‘How to Pronounce Designer Names’ article. So informative! I admit I wasn’t entirely sure how to pronounce quite a few designer names until I poured over that, haha.

    I also loved the ’10 Best YouTube Makeup Tutorials’! So much informative fun.

    And I was extremely interested in the ‘Free Formula Samples’ article, as well — But alas, the link’s broken. :(

  2. Melissa
    April 30th, 2012 @ 3:49 AM

    I don’t know where you find the time to read all this and still keep up with blogging, but you found some gems!

    On formula samples, the point that we’d never put up with cardiac units giving out coupons for Big Macs is brilliant. That really gets to the heart of the issue!

  3. Crystal
    April 30th, 2012 @ 2:44 PM

    The fast fashion thing is shocking. While going through my clothes I was happy to see that a majority of them are made in the US. I’m excited because my boyfriend’s Mom said there’s a lot of great resale shops in the area!

    Is baby formula really that horrible? I just don’t know. My sister has always used it because she could never produce milk. I agree that marketing doesn’t belong in hospitals though.

  4. Janine @ Alternative Housewife
    April 30th, 2012 @ 7:48 PM

    Yeah, that China article was gross – That’s a lot of damage for a dumb shirt that falls apart after three washes.

    Formula itself isn’t bad. Formula saves lives. The problem is that people believe formula is as good as breastfeeding, or “good enough,” which isn’t true at all. I don’t think that anyone should use formula if they could be breastfeeding, and most people CAN breastfeed. Society treats breastfeeding like it’s something disgusting (which makes no damn sense), and new moms don’t get enough help in the beginning. Breastfeeding is a skill that has to be learned – It used to be passed down from grandmothers to mothers to daughters.

    In short, formula isn’t bad. Formula marketing is bad.

  5. Janine @ Alternative Housewife
    April 30th, 2012 @ 7:57 PM

    I learned a lot from the designer names post and the makeup tutorials as well. — Also fixed the formula link!

  6. Chani-Claire
    May 2nd, 2012 @ 8:09 PM

    The article about being married and living separate was interesting. My husband and I moved in together after just a couple weeks of dating when I was 19. (Sounds so stupid now but hey it worked out!) I never did get a chance to have a place of my own though.

  7. Janine @ Alternative Housewife
    May 2nd, 2012 @ 10:05 PM

    Nah, not stupid. I lived with my best (girl) friend for a couple years but also moved in with my now-husband straight after meeting him, when I was 20. Worked out for us too (for the most part)! After reading the article though, we did spend a moment fantasizing about how amazing it would be to have separate places!

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