January 22, 2012 by C.H. Scarlett

Who Knew Skin and Bones was the New Sexy?

Warning:

Some images in this article may be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Sometimes, the truth isn’t the easiest thing to look at.

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Recently, I was privileged to listen to a very interesting but startling news piece. I say privileged, because it is truly rare that I hear anything worth listening to—on the News, that is.

This piece began with names that I knew…Cindy Crawford, Christie Brinkley, Heidi Klum, and Naomi Campbell.

At one time, these women were the star dust in everyone’s eyes. Nearly every man wanted to be with them, nearly every woman wanted to look like them.

And although they put the Super, in Super Model, the average woman wasn’t that far off from actually getting what she wanted.

Once upon a time, long, long before boob jobs, butt implants, tummy tucks, and Botox…when women like Cindy Crawford (above) put on a pair of jeans, we all knew we had more than just half a chance at wearing the same thing. And, even more worth saying, we knew we could look almost, if not just as good. Sure, we had our hang–ups, but nothing that felt absolutely impossible or that we needed thousands of dollars to fix.

And while I am sure the rich elite used to crowd the edges of Cindy’s fashion shows, the rest of us, out here in the real world, could also run to the closest store and purchase whatever Brand of jeans, or product that these models were pushing. Not only were the brands obtainable, but the fact that we could actually wear them, was more reality than dream.

How?

Cindy and her former fashion friends were only 6-9% skinnier than the average woman (at the time these models were hitting the run way). That means, me, you, and nearly everyone we knew (nearly) was only 6-9% away from weighing the exact same thing as the Super Models did.

But while most of those models were the crème de la crème of the modeling world, today, if even in their prime, they’d be lucky enough to model in the PLUS size division.

That’s right…today’s standards for a model, would actually make Cindy and the rest of them—overweight.

Think I’m joking?

Today’s model is an average of 28% thinner than the average woman. And while you may think, “Oh, well that’s because most women today ARE Obese.” I tell you, “No Mame!.”

Compared to them—the models of the now–, we might be whales, but on a truth-be-told level, the only way we could catch up, is if we were a starving Ethiopian.

Don’t believe me? Decide for yourself…

Model

Ethiopian

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Ethiopian

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Ethiopian

Not a big difference is there?Except one starves themselves purposely, and the other, never asked to starve at all.

I ask you, when the hell did starvation become sexy, anyway? What man or woman is actually getting his/her rocks off by seeing someone whose skin barely clings to their bones?

What frickin’ Fashion guru, thinks their market for clothing is better suited for a near-death but totally having one-foot-in-the-grave kind of woman?

Who the hell is your inspiration? The skeleton off of Tales from the Crypt, or the girl next door, one year after she’s been dug up from the graveyard?

And what the hell is wrong with the industry who is pushing this? That’s right, I call out to you, Agent, Stylist, Scout, Magazine Owner, FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD STARLET, & all of Hollywood peoples, Managers, and MODELs themselves….are you all complete morons for pushing this kind of crap, or what?

And while I am, the live and let live, kind of gal, I am actually putting my foot down concerning this one.

I will no longer support an actress, a dancer, a model or a Stylist, or a Fashion Brand, or a person of any kind who promotes this kind of crap.

That’s right—while I realize you girls need jobs, and people need to walk the line to get them, this kind of line walking will have you crawling right into a grave—and then, who will remember your name? Who remembers the gazillion Ethiopians that are probably dying right now?

But for those who refuse to stop and who end up getting caught in its web….

Go buy a pizza, eat it, keep it down, and stop this nonsense. It’s disgusting. And all you famous people–Won’t someone stand up and do something? Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Oprah, Ellen, The View, SOME-Freakin-body? If all the people with money put their foot down, then maybe the fashion business will be forced to change. Make a damn difference—stop going to these fashion shows, buying these brands, or starving yourself for a movie. Just knock it off…seriously.

January 21, 2012 by C.H. Scarlett

ARE HARMFUL STEROIDS & HORMONES IN MEAT?

Please note, this article is not about turning Carnivores into Herbivores. Its simply an urgent problem that we all must consider and pay attention to.

It’s about Meat, folks, and how it could be so polluted and poisoned with harmful crap, that whoever is doing it, whoever is allowing it, should be put in jail.

The situation concerning our food is a serious one. And while Vegetarians may have their reasons for pointing it out, Meat Eaters should be even more outraged because it’s your big fat steak, your chicken, your pork chop that is being tainted with toxins.

So for those who eat meat, have family members who do, and more importantly children….please read on. Then do your own investigating, and hopefully, your own raising hell about this. And I really mean –raise Hell and let’s figure out a way to stop it—together.

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My cousin and I were talking one day about her second grade daughter needing to use deodorant already. I personally know first graders who are in dire need of it. That got us on the conversation of children maturing a lot sooner than what they did when we were kids…and why.

She said its the steroids and crap they load up in our meat and other foods.

That got me thinking. For people who didn’t have daughters, well, as my friend soon learned, they needed to wake up and think to.

How come? A while back, my best friend went to the doctor to get on birth control. She’d been having some bad problems, not with just her periods, but her hormone levels were off the charts. Her gynecologist asked her to cut back on meat.

My friend, a dedicated meat lover, flipped out. “For what?”

Her doctor explained, “because they pump up so many hormones into it. That’s harmful to women over time. Cut back or stop completely.”

This isn’t the first doctor I’d heard of make such a claim. Various times, here or there, you will here a Doctor or expert on TV say something about the hormones and steroids. You don’t exactly hear about it, though, after it happens, all over CNN. The claim is made and then everything goes HUSH and moves to another subject. Commercial break!

However, for every doctor out there who does, there will be another doctor out there that doesn’t. And since no real noise is being made, no one out here—in the land of me and you– makes a stand.

Maybe we feel like, what’s the point? We can barely afford that pound of fatty hamburger anyway (which is always more fat than beef). So how are we gonna afford driving to Washington and making someone do something there?

It’s a tough situation, because some people would rather go on a killing spree than to give up on meat. And to buy rganic, well Madonna might be able to swing it, but when you are a blue collar family trying to support a huge family, buying something that costs more for way less is just not an option.

And how do we know it’s organic anyway? I mean, they can say No Hormones or Steroids or Unnatural Ingredients added (which again, tells us that some big wig somewhere realizes there’s a damn problem) but how do we know they aren’t full of it. They could be stuffing the same growth- hormone- steroid- chicken up in just another prettier package.

How do we know what we are eating is not causing tiny little girls who can barely do proper hygiene to start their periods at age seven and nine. How do we know this poison we are swallowing isn’t causing our sons to go through puberty when they are still playing with Hot Wheels? How do we know that this crap we are living on isn’t what is killing us? And how do we know this junk they are selling us, isn’t causing all these Cancers?

Now I am sure every Vegan—of every kind—is out there shouting—just go green, just stop eating meat. But not everyone can manage that sort of lifestyle, no more than you would fair well eating animal flesh.

However, and this is just my silly opinion here, I personally believe that we should all be able to eat CLEAN and UNTAINTED food—of whatever kind—vegetable or meat. And somehow, some way, we need to come up with a logical and reasonable way of fighting this.

But that’s just me.

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For those wanting to research this more, I offer you up the following interesting quote and links:

According to the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health, the use of six natural and artificial growth hormones in beef production poses a potential risk to human health.ⁱⁱⁱ These six hormones include three which are naturally occurring—Oestradiol, Progesterone and Testosterone—and three which are synthetic—Zeranol, Trenbolone, and Melengestrol.

The Committee also questioned whether hormone residues in the meat of “growth enhanced” animals and can disrupt human hormone balance, causing developmental problems, interfering with the reproductive system, and even leading to the development of breast, prostate or colon cancer.^iv

Children, pregnant women and the unborn are thought to be most susceptible to these negative health effects. Hormone residues in beef have been implicated in the early onset of puberty in girls, which could put them at greater risk of developing breast and other forms of cancer. The European Union’s Committee reported that as of 1999, no comprehensive studies had been conducted to determine whether hormone residues in meat can be cancer-causing.^v

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Indiana to vote on Eliminating Cosmetology & Barbering Licenses

SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE FOR UPDATES concerning links within the article that will not work.

I received this email, so I am passing it on the best way I know how. And while you may think this does not affect you because—you are not a barber or cosmetologist OR you do not live in Indiana—then let me please say now, it does. This affects everyone.

Since I can’t list every reason, let me start by explaining just one—disease control. I think that’s something EVERYONE out there can relate to. I know in the state of Virginia, they are cracking down about this. I went to Cosmetology School and what I learned there blew my mind. The things that some salons DO NOT practice, is horrifying.

However, many Salons do take Infection very seriously. If the below bill passes, if it spreads to state to state—not only will you have complete morons handling harmful chemicals, but who will regulate the steps to insure that there is no spread of disease.

Just WHO will be cutting your hair, doing your nails, giving you a pedicure? What is exactly on their equipment? Maybe you will leave with more than just a new style.

Dear Reader,

This is a deeply important email to all of us even if you do not live in Indiana.
Please take a moment and read on…

As of January 9th, 2012, a bill to eliminate all Cosmetology and Barber licensing is now up for a vote in the Indiana House and Senate.

This means, should this bill pass, that there will be no licensing, no schools, no regulation. The schooling and license you have now will mean nothing.

This means that anyone off the street can do hair, nails, tanning, waxing, anything.

It is completely unclear at this point how this lack of licensure will be handled by the supply houses, because, as of today they only sell to those that are licensed. This will also create an entire new ball game for all manufacturers and distributors.

Here is the website that contains the full ROEC (Regulated Occupations Evaluation Committee) report detailing the Indiana’s decision to bring this bill for vote: CLICK TO READ REPORT

Of course with any proposed legislation, licensees may also contact their Legislator at http://www.in.gov/legislative/index.htm . If you are an Indiana licensee, we urge you to contact your politicians who will be voting on this matter immediately!

The ROEC committee basically says that if the consumer is hurt, they can hire an attorney, if they get a bad hair cut, they can switch to another salon, buyer beware. But Government regulation is not needed. Please read the report.

Please do not think because you do not live in Indiana this does not effect you. This is the furthest we have ever seen steps to eliminate beauty licenses in the US go. If one state does this, others will follow.

Read the report carefully. It is full of double negatives. One section states:

Maintain Current Status

There are two license types that the Board would leave unchanged, assuming that the General Assembly is determined to maintain licensure. Those two licenses are manicurist and esthetician.

Several people have already misinterpreted this to mean these 2 licenses will not be effected if the bill passes or fails. That is incorrect. The statement means — IF the bill FAILS and licensing is retained, these 2 licenses will have no changes. All other licenses will have some sort of change, but not manicurist or esthetician. If the bill PASSES manicurist and esthetician licenses, along will all beauty related licenses – operators, schools, etc, will be eliminated.

Make your voice heard NOW!

I can also tell you, that while there maybe many people out there using scissors without taking it seriously, many who give bad haircuts and color…there will be an even GREATER amount if people are not required to go to school for it.

The Beauty Industry consists of much more than the basic hair cut. A person has to learn Anatomy, Physiology, Infection Control, Diseases of the Hair, Scalp, Nail etc—and much more than the average person realizes.

Do NOT let this Bill pass. Again, it affects all of us.

C.H. SCARLETT

Casey Harris

UPDATE!!!! The links above will not work. WordPress blocks them for whatever reason. So, I am going to PASTE THE ENTIRE LINK HERE—you can either try copy and pasting into your browser or maybe they will click—dunno.

LINK 1: (CLICK TO READ REPORT)

http://www.in.gov/pla/files/Regulated_Occupations_Recommendations_Report_12_16_2011.pdf

The above report is a PDF file, of the official report/Bill.

Link 2:

Government/legislative link

http://www.in.gov/legislative/index.htm

Sorry …really don’t understand why the links keeps getting fried.

December 17, 2011 by C.H. Scarlett

December: Historically & Spiritually

Where did the name December come?

The name derives from the Latin word ‘Decem’. In the Roman calendar, December, was the tenth month directly after March.

Traditionally, it was also known as ‘The Cold Moon’ to many of our Ancestors. To name just one group, according to Celtic beliefs, this was the time to keep ‘light’ alive in the present Darkness. Celtic peoples made sure to keep the fires burning especially for their disconnected or lost family members and friends.

The light from those fires had the power to lead them home, so to speak, in more ways than one.

December is the second month of what was once (and still is) known as Samhain. To those who believed in this then, and now . . .

For those who are Christian, this month was the birth of their Christ. For those of the Ancient world, this may have been the month that their god was born– or in some places–prepared for the great sleep of winter. (more below)

December is the time to….

This is a time to remember your past, learn by it, possibly cherish, acknowledge, accept responsibility or recognize . . .

And then set it free.

That’s right, let it go. By letting go, you can focus on what it is you wish to happen in the future to come. But the only way you can focus and visualize what you desire for the New Year, is by allowing the past to die, and by finding your closure.

Rebirth—something new can then be born–whether it is child, an idea, a new phase in life..the possibilities are endless.

In many cultures, it’s also a time to reconnect your relationship with the Mother Earth –9or whatever diety) and know your place in her/his/it’s cycle of life so that you can better receive your blessings and spiritual lifeline.

December is the time for Christmas, Winter Solstice, or Yule. Christmas is December 25th, and Yule or the Winter Solstice is on December 21st. Now to our Ancestors, this is the time that their sacrificial God, sometimes known as the Sun God, dies and is then reborn. There is a certain lesson in that—a cycle of life that is accepted. Everything (person, situation, phase of life) must die– but only to be reborn again. The old must be allowed to fade out so that the new can rise from it. Death is but a doorway to a new era.

Other miraculous things . . . .

When the first Full Moon comes, after Yule, that is considered the most powerful time of the entire year. It is on that day that the world once welcomed the rebirth of the Sun God–now the Child of the Sun–into the world. No matter the religion–then or now—the same thing still occurs. We see evidence that life begins again…as each year, each season, each passing phase does exactly that.

Many will light as many candles as they can on this day or night (depending on when they do their rituals or praise of respect) because the light is particularly important. Again…remembering the light in the darkness becomes something of great importance.

Once, long ago . . .

December 21 became a celebration in Ancient Egypt for the return of Osiris, but it is on December 25th, 3 days later that I find the most interesting. On that day, Ancient Egypt celebrated the birth of their beloved Horus…son of Osiris. While Christians will celebrate their Jesus, earlier civilizations have long since celebrated their own Sacrificial Gods and births. The similarities between Horus, Isis, and Osiris, and that of Mary and Jesus are just remarkable.

But that’s another article for another time.

There are dozens of similar Holidays for the Month of December represented by various Cultures and their deities. Too many, in fact, for me to list here.

No matter what your faith or lack of, make December a month of closure for yourself. Lay the past to rest and look towards January with new insights, goals, and excitement. After all, we each make our own lives.

Astrology …

This month belongs to the signs of Sagittarius & Capricorn.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) is governed Jupiter. Romes’ Jupiter is the God of all Gods. Known by many names–Sheppard of the Stars, Prince of Light, Optimus Maximus–and more. Since this month belongs to the Sun God and of light, I thought this interesting as many faiths, now a days, still give December to their own God.

Capricorn (December 20- January 20) What’s interesting about Capricorn is that most people don’t know it’s one of the things known for being the gate of Death. I find this suiting since Sagittarius represents a God of Light and this month represents a God dying and then being reborn. And remember, in Ancient times, death was not viewed as a negative thing, nor was it always associated with people leaving this world. Death was closure, putting the end to a situation or past . . . .are we seeing a pattern here?

Capricorn is the 10th sign of the Zodiac and was once represented by the God Ea—a Babylonian deity that was called the Antelope of the Sea. This is a time when the Sun enters into the 10th phase of its journey and becomes a time of fresh wisdom, new life, and new phases. According to Babylonian lore, Ea would rise up from the waters, embrace man and give him divine wisdom. What better way to embrace a new year —with new enlightenment.

Now the Planet Saturn rules over Capricorn and again, this suits the month we are in for as Capricorn is the last phase of this month, it brings with it…

Wisdom –what have we learned in our past.

Responsibility–remember what I said above about reflecting on ones past.

Determination–possibly what you are determined to see happen in the future or to do different

Since Saturn is also recognized as the Lord of Saturday, we also know him as the Lord of Time, and also as Kronos.

Time, being another key feature of this month because once this phase has past…once the old year dies…a new year is born…a new time begins.

And with all that being said, I wish you a wonderful Christmas and a truly blessed New Year. May you let go of anything holding you back, and embrace all the truly amazing things that lay ahead.

C.H. Scarlett

December 2, 2011 by C.H. Scarlett

Free December 2011 Calendar For Desktop

Yes I have been slack, but only because I have had such a busy year. I barely kept my head above water. None the less, here is a FREE December Calendar for desktop (wallpaper) just click on the PREVIEW, (stored in my WordPress album) RIGHT CLICK SAVE AS.

FULL SIZE can be found HERE in my photobucket album— simply RIGHT CLICK and SAVE AS.

Merry Christmas

Any artists I used have been watermarked on their image. No Copyright Infringement intended. Do not sell these calendars but by all means, SHARE them. Keep the spirit of FREE going. Thanks!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy Holidays!!!!!

C.H. Scarlett

Author of Wyntress Nyght’s Supernatural Crack & The Web & the Willow

Cover Artist of Noble Young Adult

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Who Knew Skin and Bones was the New Sexy?

That’s right…today’s standards for a model, would actually make Cindy and the rest of them—overweight.

ARE HARMFUL STEROIDS & HORMONES IN MEAT?

Please note, this article is not about turning Carnivores into Herbivores. Its simply an urgent problem that we all must consider and pay attention to.

Indiana to vote on Eliminating Cosmetology & Barbering Licenses

December: Historically & Spiritually

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