Friend –

Today, I was asked a direct question and gave a direct answer:

I believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

I hope you’ll take a moment to watch the conversation, consider it, and weigh in yourself on behalf of marriage equality:

http://my.barackobama.com/Marriage

I’ve always believed that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally. I was reluctant to use the term marriage because of the very powerful traditions it evokes. And I thought civil union laws that conferred legal rights upon gay and lesbian couples were a solution.

But over the course of several years I’ve talked to friends and family about this. I’ve thought about members of my staff in long-term, committed, same-sex relationships who are raising kids together. Through our efforts to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, I’ve gotten to know some of the gay and lesbian troops who are serving our country with honor and distinction.

What I’ve come to realize is that for loving, same-sex couples, the denial of marriage equality means that, in their eyes and the eyes of their children, they are still considered less than full citizens.

Even at my own dinner table, when I look at Sasha and Malia, who have friends whose parents are same-sex couples, I know it wouldn’t dawn on them that their friends’ parents should be treated differently.

So I decided it was time to affirm my personal belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

I respect the beliefs of others, and the right of religious institutions to act in accordance with their own doctrines. But I believe that in the eyes of the law, all Americans should be treated equally. And where states enact same-sex marriage, no federal act should invalidate them.

If you agree, you can stand up with me here.

Thank you,

Barack

There are a variety of ways to remove hair! Waxing, Epilator, Hair removing lotion, Shaving, laser, and electrolysis!

I myself prefer to epilate my legs and bikini area, rather than wax. I did do laser hair removal on my private area when I was 24, but it grew back. I did like 8 sessions it was definitely a waste of money in my opinion.

Waxing is cool, but it pulls on the skin and can make it loose which can age you.

I definitely prefer to epilate! The first two times it does hurt a bit, but once you get past the third time it’s fast, easy, and mostly just upkeep. Some girls have complained about ingrown hairs or worried about getting them.

Ingrown hairs are really easy to avoid if you exfoliate daily.  I use St. Ives Apricot for all of my body and face! Since ingrown hairs happen when hair can’t escape the skin. Exfoliating will keep that from happening!

If you need advice for face – I would definitely suggest to girls to do a mix of laser and electrolysis. Do one month laser and the next month electro! This will really cut down the process time and electroysis is permanent and laser is a reduction. Some girls do get lucky with just laser, but if you don’t want to chance it. Mix it up!

I would also suggest girls get dermabrasion at least once a month. My friend Jen bought me a dermabrasion machine for my birthday I’ve been using – it’s amazing. It definitely works and helps keep your skin clear and healthy. As well as minimizes wrinkles, dark spots, and just gets rid of dead skin cells!

The hair removing lotions work too, but are so abrasive to the skin. I do not like them at all. Feels like my leg is burning off.

So in conclusion I’m a fan of epilating/exfoliating to keep the ingrown hairs away/and for face laser/electrolysis

Extra Tips:

I use Sea Breeze after exfoliating on my face/legs/chest/butt

Then cover myself in Nivea lotion and Nuetrogena Body oil to keep my skin soft ad glowing

I hope these tidbits help you to a hair free life!

Love Always,

Kelly

P.S. Adding pics of products I use

Hey Guys, Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Enjoy – I love my 6 dollar bikini

For a decade, ex-gays and anti-gay groups and Republican politicians including President George Bush have relied on the results of a 2001 study to prove their claim that “change is possible.” But if they continue to promote its flawed research, they will do so only in the knowledge that its author, psychiatrist Robert Spitzer, has now publicly disowned it.

In an article in the May issue of The American Prospect magazine, Spitzer tells Gabriel Arana he wants his retraction of the landmark study on the record:

“In retrospect, I have to admit I think the critiques are largely correct,” he said. “The findings can be considered evidence for what those who have undergone ex-gay therapy say about it, but nothing more.” … Would I print a retraction of his 2001 study, “so I don’t have to worry about it anymore”?

Spitzer, now 80, was a key figure in the American Psychiatric Association’s 1973 decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness. Despite his pro-gay stance, he later published research claiming that some gays and lesbians could, with effort, change. In 2001 the study he published named “Can Some Gay Men and Lesbians Change Their Orientation?” was met with criticism from his APA colleagues. It was published in the peer-reviewed journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, thus gaining an academic status that ex-gay groups such as NARTH and Exodus International could point to as evidence that the research was on their side.

But the flaws were obvious: To arrive at his conclusion that “some highly motivated individuals” could make “substantial change” to their sexual orientation, Spitzer had interviewed, by phone, 200 ex-gays — all referred to him by the very groups that had a vested interest in proving ex-gay therapy could work.

Over the years, Spitzer has disassociated himself from such groups, denouncing them where he now believes they distorted his findings. He says he asked Archives of Sexual Behavior to publish a retraction, but its editor refused.

What will ex-gay groups do with this revelation? Spitzer’s presence on the NARTH website is ubiquitous — an internal Google search turns up almost 200 results. One article by Daniel Byrne declares boldly that “another attempt to discredit the Spitzer study … has failed.” How will NARTH react by this new attempt to discredit the study — by its own author?

As of today, the Exodus International website contains no less than five direct references to the 2001 Spitzer study to support its message. The 2009 article “What Does Science Say?” for example, cites it as evidence that “sexual orientation can successfully be changed.” The FAQ “What Does Exodus Believe About Sexual Orientation & Change?” says it shows that “efforts to change sexual orientation can produce significant success,” by which it means “a significant shift from homosexual to heterosexual attraction … sustained … for at least five years.” The site also reprints a May, 2001, Wall Street Journal article in which Spitzer leans on his conclusions to argue that sexual orientation is not fixed and ex-gay therapy can work.

Exodus International has already purged its bookshelves of NARTH materials, and its president, Alan Chambers, declared earlier this year that “99.9 percent of the people I know have not changed their orientation.” He later “clarified” that he was referring only to “complete orientation change.” So yes, he says, gays can and do change, much as Spitzer claimed in 2001.

So, will Chambers and Exodus now purge Spitzer from its archives the way it purged NARTH and the pseudoscience of reparative therapy? Will Chambers perhaps finally admit that the “change” Exodus has promoted for 40 years hardly happens at all? That it might be possible to manage choices and behaviour, but that fundamental change in sexual attractions is a pipe-dream? With Spitzer’s retraction, the hope of academic support for the ex-gay paradigm grows ever dimmer.

This is HUGE…I wonder how this will change things..if at all…What do you guys think?

I’m getting so old haha

If anyone would like to buy me presents for my birthday, they may…

I added a bunch of cheap things I adore to my amazon wishlist

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1K8JZIHYE0NAM

I’ll be doing a hair extension review soon girls! From Headcandy, Euronext, Pro-extensions, Luxy Locks, and Foxy Locks. I’ll give you my honest opinion on all of them, so hopefully it steers you to the right extensions for you.