It’s no secret that the tech industry has a bit of a problem with its treatment of women, and gaming isn’t exempt. Game development is still very much a boys club – though many seek to change that. Dames Making Games isone such organization; a nonprofit which aims to get more women involved in game development.
It is amazing the extremes that some people will go to to lose weight. Over the years people have tried wiring their mouths shut, having liposuction, taking sometimes dangerous combinations of drugs, stomach bypass surgery, and lapband surgery. A new procedure developed over the past few years is starting to raise some eyebrows. It is called a ‘tongue patch." A bit of surgical mesh is sewn onto the tongue to keep people from eating.
Two middle school girls in Greenwood Village, Colorado, were given an assignment to make a film for their film class at Aspen Academy. They put their heads together and came up with an idea for a docu-drama on the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. Their finished product, just four silent minutes long, has been making some serious waves.
If you love something, wear it. There’s a reason why shirts, sweaters, skirts, caps, and even pants bearing some elements from a movie or TV show sells like hotcakes: its fans just can’t get enough of it.
These Harry Potter-inspired stilettos aren’t available in stores, because they were made specially for Redditor akasha446‘s wedding.
The bride wore the red Gryffindor pair (naturally!), while her bridesmaids rocked the heels featuring Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin house. The gems adorning the heels adds a bit of glam to each shoe.
The shoes were hand-painted by akasha446′s sister-in-law, samartypants, who also happens to be a Redditor. You can check out more pictures of the shoes in the gallery below.
[via Geeks Are Sexy]
How is this possible? The American Institute of Architects, the largest and most influential architecture organization in the country, had never, ever awarded a Gold Medal—its highest honor, which it has been bestowing upon architects since 1907—to a woman. Until now.
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Female condoms are making a come back. The FC2 protects women from sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, and even
increases their pleasure. It competes with with more than 7 other female condoms, like VA Wow, the Woman’s condom, and soon, the Origami. Popular in China, Colombia, and South Africa, they are available in 138 countries around the world.
Well played. Ad agency Victors & Spoils poked fun of mass media’s tendency to turn normal humans into plastic Barbie and Ken dolls through their abuse of Photoshop by, well, using Photoshop in reverse. That is, they took a viral photo
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Tattoos aren’t for everyone as they require a big commitment. What you
think you want on your body today may not seem like such a good idea in
another decade or two. Plus there’s also that whole pain factor, and if
even pulling up your big girl/boy pants doesn’t make you brave enough,
then no matter how much you like the look of tattoos, you’ll be out of
luck.
Want to increase the chances of getting pregnant? Updated Glow iPhone app helps women get pregnant by predicting their fertility. This app now includes access to other parents-to-be so you can exchange experiences and stories and get pregnant faster.
Emotional eating is more common than you think. Some people sing their worries away, while others find that they’re calmer when they’re eating a cookie. Then a salad. Then a bowl of noodles. And so on and so forth.
Women aren’t the only ones who eat when they’re stressed, but men don’t really wear anything like a bra, do they? The reason why researchers from Microsoft, the University of Rochester and the University of Southampton, UK went with the bra is that it’s an article of clothing that rests over the heart, which allows it sensors to conveniently monitor its wearer’s heartbeat, and not because they had any thoughts on women being more emotional eaters than men.
The on-board sensors record the heartbeat and emotional state of its wearer. It hooks up with a smartphone app that uses the data gathered to determine whether its wearer is eating because of fluctuating emotions or not. If it’s the former, then it’ll send the user a message to let her know just that.
After it was put to the test, the bra was found to be 75% accurate when it came to predicting its wearer’s emotional state. Microsoft doesn’t have definitive plans to release this technology in a consumer product, but continues to research devices which react based on users’ moods, or so called “affective computing.”
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