MR. BREWER: Hello, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Jerry Brewer, a sports columnist at the Post, and I’m in Paris for the Summer Olympics. Before I get to my guest, I want to quote him from 1996. He said back then, quote, “There are two household names in the history of track and field--Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis. I’m in position to be the third. It’ll be the biggest show of the Olympics. Read More...
The cosmetically obsessed are maxing out more than their credit cards to keep up with the plastic Jones’.
“Looksmaxxing” is a dangerous viral trend encouraging men to reshape their faces and cutting away at their mental health. From the most loathsome corners of the internet have sprung forums that promote aesthetic changes for men to upgrade their “sexual market value,” a pseudoscientific calculation of worth to a potential sexual partner that allegedly takes into account every facet of one’s face, from the cut of their jawline to the amount of space between their eyes. Read More...
Following her MS diagnosis, Teri Garr began traveling across the country speaking publicly about her disease and became an ambassador for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. “I’m working to change how others look at people with this awful disease,” she told The South Bend Tribune in 2003. The actress also became a paid spokesperson for an MS medication. Among the symptoms she experienced by the early 2000s were memory issues, fatigue, cognition problems, and a limp. Read More...
