HUFFPOST PERSONAL 06/29/2018 11:01 am ET Lesley KinzelGuest Writer This week, Self magazine unveiled its first digital cover, featuring a surprising photo choice: plus-size model Tess Holliday, posing in diaphanous fuchsia, her bare back and one of her upper arms forming the center of the image. A post shared by SELF (@selfmagazine) on Jun 26, 2018 at 7:01am PDT This was surprising because Self has historically been a “fitness” magazine, and fitness is usually code not for metabolic health or fun, fulfilling physical activity, but for women who look a certain part ― women who are most often slender, muscular but not so muscular as to seem “unfeminine,” and conventionally attractive in a modelesque way. So it was unexpected to see Tess Holliday’s body showcased on the cover ― and doubly so to see it alongside the headline “Tess Holliday’s Health Is None of Your Business.” As a fat acceptance … [Read more...] about In A World Of Watered-Down ‘Body Positivity,’ The Tess Holliday Self Cover Is A Radical Choice
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Thunder Snow wins Dubai Cup by 5-plus lengths
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Thunder Snow stormed past race favorite West Coast to complete a stunning night for local stable Godolphin in the Dubai World Cup on Saturday. Beneath Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon, Thunder Snow triumphed by more than five lengths. It was the fourth Group One victory of the night for Godolphin, owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. For Thunder Snow trainer Saeed Bin Suroor, it was his eighth victory in the $10 million main race. Thunder Snow started from the 10th and widest post and slipped ahead of West Coast early in the 2,000-meter race. He powered ahead by the halfway stage and finished with a terrific burst. "West Coast let me go and when I arrived in the first corner my horse just pricked his ears and had a good blow," Soumillon said. "In the back straight, I was really cantering." Thunder Snow earned his seventh victory in 18 starts, with Group 1 wins at age two, three, and on Saturday at four. "Saeed gave me lot of … [Read more...] about Thunder Snow wins Dubai Cup by 5-plus lengths
A novice in the VA OR: Dr. Ronny Jackson is a very puzzling choice to lead a Veterans Affairs turnaround
The 20 million-plus veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces served this country with the eminently deserved expectation that their country would serve them. Now even as the heart of that trust, the VA health care system, recovers from deadly delays in getting patients care, and after summarily dispatching his first head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin, President Trump inflicts risky experimental treatment, nominating as the new chief a doctor who has never come close to the operating room of managing a large organization — never mind one with nearly 378,800 employees. The distinguished career of Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, a medical doctor, has put him everywhere from the Iraq battlefield to the deep sea, demonstrating impressive courage and resourcefulness, starting from humble roots in Texas. In recent years he has served as the White House physician, in which capacity he pronounced Donald J. Trump to be in excellent health. His team of 58 or so medical … [Read more...] about A novice in the VA OR: Dr. Ronny Jackson is a very puzzling choice to lead a Veterans Affairs turnaround
Freeway Faceoff Gameday: Ducks’ John Gibson is choice to deny Anze Kopitar, Kings
By Eric Stephens | PUBLISHED: March 30, 2018 at 4:04 pm | UPDATED: March 30, 2018 at 7:18 pm ANAHEIM — The Ducks have a clear-cut No. 1 goalie in John Gibson and they are riding him toward what they hope is a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs as they face the Kings in a critical Pacific Division contest on Friday night at Honda Center. The teams will be meeting for the 137th time during the regular season and this one is the most meaningful to both since the rivals clashed in the 2014 Western Conference semifinals. The Ducks (39-25-13) have a 65-45-26 mark against the Kings in all-time meetings and have won 16 of the last 24 contests. Gibson (30-18-7, 2.46 GAA, .925 save percentage) has started the last eight games and 12 of 13 since coming back from a lower-body injury that knocked him out of three games. In 12 regular-season games against the Kings, the 24-year-old netminder is 8-3-0 with a 1.87 goals-against average and two shutouts. With Calgary eliminated from postseason … [Read more...] about Freeway Faceoff Gameday: Ducks’ John Gibson is choice to deny Anze Kopitar, Kings
Brutal Choice in Houston: Sell Home at a Loss or Face New Floods
Supported by U.S. | Built to Flood By AUDRA D. S. BURCHMARCH 30, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story KATY, Tex. — When Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, floodwaters swept through Eileen and Jeff Swanson’s two-story brick home, blanketing the first floor in muck and nearly destroying a domestic existence 12 years in the making. Their china cabinet, in the family for three generations, was reduced to a sodden mess. A couch, once a soft red, had blushed into a watery burgundy; the carpet squished like grass at the bottom of a marsh. A dirty foot-high water line ran wall to wall, marking the local crest of an event that the National Weather Service called “the most significant tropical cyclone rainfall event in United States history.”After the floodwaters receded, the Swansons returned to a house ravaged, endless questions, few answers — and a looming decision.They are not … [Read more...] about Brutal Choice in Houston: Sell Home at a Loss or Face New Floods