Living

In a recent photo of me and my daughter, both of us are wearing short jean shorts and v-neck t-shirts made out of that thin, very comfortable, almost see-through cotton. I had a large over-the-shoulder bag. Obviously, I don’t look like a seven-year-old...but I was dressing like one.

In today's news: why everyone's talking about Slut Walk; can plastic surgery help bullying?; Ashley Judd's heartbreaking new memoir; global warming and mass extinction; and why working too much can raise your risk of heart disease.

She is a former British Airways air-hostess (that’s a flight attendant over here) and the co-founder of a party supply empire. Her personal style has been compared to that of Carla Bruni, and she is the mother of the future queen of England. It seems, however, the biggest claim to fame of Carole Middleton is the French diet she’s on.

It can’t be easy being pregnant in our hyper health-conscious culture. Mothers-to-be are constantly being judged by what they put in their mouths, and by extension, what they put into their growing baby’s bodies.

My house hunting trip to Vancouver has begun, and now that I'm here, I find myself suddenly at easy with my decision to move.