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Emily Brill, Ex-Fattie: "I Do Feel Like a Cancer Survivor"

Here's a heartwarming adage from my grandmother: "You can never be too rich or too thin." (Can't wait to see you this weekend, Safta! Yes, I'm laying off the matzo.) Emily Brill has always been rich, but hasn't always been thin. In fact, she was once chubby in a spoiled 10 year-old kind of way, which makes sense because she is the daughter of media millionaire Steve Brill, so she probably got to eat allll the candy she wanted to. But now Emily is thin. And on her blog, she announced that she'll do whatever it takes to stay that way. More »

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New Book Will Make You Crap Yourself At Work

The book you will want to have on your nightstand for spring is Are You Losing It?, the new tome from those noted publishers GlaxoSmithKline. It will teach you what to do when your new diet pills (called "Alli"—over-the-counter Xenical, basically) give you diarrhea at inopportune times! Also, do they realize that "Alli" sounds like that girl you hated in 7th grade? More »