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I once saw a black and white photograph of the ultra-thin model Twiggy eating what appeared to be a plate of batter-dipped fish and French fries. And it provoked something. It had to do with the trigger-rife connection involving her thin physique and disordered food and body image concerns. Twiggy (real name, Lesley Lawson) was world-famous for her look, one that showcased a boyish, thin body, short hair, and large eyes that were further accentuated by painted-on eyelashes. Named “The face of 1966” by The Daily Express, she took the 1960’s British Mod Scene and the fashion world by storm.

Twiggy, a.k.a. Dame Lesley Lawson, DBE, was a very unusual 1960’s fashion model, who was born on the 19th of September, 1949, in northwest suburban London to working class parents. I find her slightly strange and unique mind's thinking quite brilliant. Here are some examples: “Confusion is the best form of communication. It’s left to be unexplained.” “I want to continue to try and break the barrier between male and female.” “I think everyone should sing – it’s so good for you, as it makes you breathe deeply, and it’s good for you emotionally, too. It’s a brilliant release way...

Twiggy's Photoshopped Olay Ads Banned in England [Pic in URL] by Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff Perhaps we should start calling 2009 the year of the airbrush. The latest Photoshop scandal involves not an emaciated model nor a bizarrely-retouched actress on the cover of a fashion magazine, but instead a 60-year-old icon with not enough crows' feet for anyone's liking. Let's catch you up: Last summer, beauty company Olay debuted its Definity eye cream campaign depicting model Twiggy looking far younger, smoother, and firmer than her then 59 years should suggest. The '60s fashion star appeared virtually wrinkle-free in the ads...

"It was the age of selfishness. It was the age of self-indulgence. It was the age of anti-authority. It was an age in which people did all kinds of wrong things." - Ed Meese III, U.S. Attorney General, Reagan Administration "It was absolutely exhilarating. It was the greatest time to be alive ever, for sure." - Charles Kaiser, Author/Historian

Gulp! 18-inch dog swallows 16-inch stick Wed Mar 9, 7:46 PM ET LONDON (AFP) - In a feat that put human sword swallowers to shame, a British dog managed to gulp down a stick only two inches (5 centimetres) shorter than its own body, and escape unscathed, a report said. Millie, a two-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, swallowed the stick by accident while on a walk with her owner, John Hurst, in fields behind his home in Portsmouth, southern England, the Daily Mail newspaper said. Hurst threw the 16-inch (40-centimetre) stick for Millie to retrieve, but it stuck in the ground...