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Get Your Game On: April Releases

GeekSugar — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:30:33 PDT

Spring is here, and although I'd love to tell you to stock up on a few of these hot video games and make yourself at home in front of your console, I can't in good conscience - you absolutely must also get outside and enjoy the warmer temps while you can! Check out a few of my picks for April video game releases and go wild . . . just remember to take enough exercise breaks, too!

Fat Princess: Harmless or Harmful?

GeekSugar — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:00:52 PDT

Can't video game ladies catch a break? It seems like we're usually bemoaning the aggressively curvy forms of female video game characters, but that's not the case with Sony's new game - quite the opposite.

Fat Princess is causing a stir with the figure of its titular character; yes, she's also quite curvy, but not in a Lara Croft way. The object of the game is to capture the princess, who's being made heavier by her enemies, who are feeding her cake (well, at least they're not trying to say she's just "big-boned").

Have we traded objectification of women's bodies for the mockery of obesity? Is there no middle ground of average-looking bodies in the video game world?

On the other hand, is that too harsh, and is Fat Princess merely cute, as the female concept artist herself thought? Is she merely a character who looks a certain way - and if so, then is it the title that's what's really offensive?

What's your take?

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What to TiVo: Friday

BuzzSugar — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:59:00 PDT

8:00 Shark Tank (new)
9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? (new)
10:00 20/20 (new)
11:30 Nightline (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (repeat, with guest Edie Falco)

8:00 Undercover Boss (new)
9:00 ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends - In Concert (new)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guests Sean Hayes and Lena Dunham)

8:00 The Finder (new)
9:00 Fringe (new)

8:00 Who Do You Think You Are? (repeat)
9:00 Grimm (new)
10:00 Dateline: NBC (new)
11:34 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Jason Segel and Anna Faris)
12:37 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests Josh Brolin and Kiernan Shipka)

8:00 Nikita (repeat)
9:00 Supernatural (repeat)

Foodie Friday Link Time: Sweet Potato Veggie Burger Recipe

Michele Foley — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:37:47 PST

What we'll be making this weekend: sweet potato veggie burgers - Healthy Happy Life
Maybe not as healthy as you think: high-calorie health foods - Shape
GOOP princess Gwyneth Paltrow hawks packaged, processed vegetarian foods - Blisstree
A veggie lasagna to warm up your Winter - Vegetarian Times
Chomp on this! 7 foods for healthier teeth - HuffPost Healthy Living
Curbing hunger is just one of grapefruit's benefits; see the rest - Health
The best foods to eat before and after yoga - Mind Body Green
Incorporate these fat-fighting foods in your diet plan to lose weight now - Fitness

The Britney Spears Femme Fatale Workout

Self — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:38:34 PDT

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Self here on FitSugar!

At long last (and after major hype), Britney Spears's Femme Fatale is out! Naturally, we took the pop princess's clubbiest album yet to the gym to find out what songs work during which parts of your workout.

"Till The World Ends"

It takes a solid minute for this Ke$ha-penned track to really get going, so use that time for some aerobic stretches to warm up your muscles. Try this: Stand with feet wider than hip-width apart, knees soft. Keeping hips stable, reach left arm overhead to right, and right arm across torso to left. Then reach right arm overhead to left, and left arm across to right. Next, bend forward from hips so torso is parallel to floor; repeat arm reaches. Then fold body completely forward and reach arms to front. Do sequence 20 times. To up your heart rate, add in jumping jacks or jump rope (you don't actually need a rope, just go through the motions!) for the next minute.

Keep reading to see the rest of the Britney Femme Fatale workout!

Back to Books: Ways to Prep Your Child For Reading

LilSugar — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:27:50 PDT

What's the easiest and most inexpensive way to take your kid on an adventure? Read. Children don't just pick up books and know how to read them. A lot of preparation goes into the process. Here are five fun and simple ways from an elementary school teacher to prep your youngster for the lifelong relationship they will have with texts.

Read to your child: Reading to your tot teaches them book organization. They learn to read from front cover to back and from left to right across the page.

Rhyming Games: Encourage rhyming with simple silly word games to pass time in the check out line or in the car. Start with fat, cat and rat and have your child chime in with others.

Books of Their Choice: It doesn't matter what type of text your child reads as long as they read. Connect book choices to your youngster's interests to hold their attention. Take weekly trips to the library so they can explore all the options and make their own selections.

Environmental Print: Kids absorb their surroundings. Use post-its to tag items around the house like "door," "table" and "chair" to help your child with word recognition.

Draw on Vocabulary: Have your child name and explain the pictures in a book and then point out those words on the page. For example, if she explains the princess illustration, match it to the word "princess" in the text.