As December starts, we begin to fill up on holiday treats – this week we’ve got some amazing treats for your brain (and a giant list of treats to fill your tummy!).

Arts and Entertainment this week has Danielle Meder’s Toronto-fashion paper doll book and a review of Influence – because the Olsen Twins have been frickin’ adorable since they were tiny tv tots.  There’s also some fascinating thoughts on Gay Superheroes; an article that muses on the connection with superheroes, and how that opens doors for everyone – no more us vs. them.

Our Body Talk section asks you to look in the mirror to see who’s really there – it’s you, and you’ve got beauty in all the right places!

The Education section offer’s Simon Doonan’s view on Pauline Bonaparte and why she was such a babe.  There’s also some insight on loneliness – a common holiday affliction.  Learn you somethin’!

In Fashion, Ms Agent Loverrrrrr breaks down the Rodarte for Target line and Michelle at Wicked Whimsy talks about the practical quality of what you buy.

Since it’s the holidays, there’s a bajillion (or like 9) Food links.  We love food – can you blame us?!

Our Health and Beauty section weighs in on Pilates, Yoga and Vitamin E.  And for the ladies with light eyebrows, Zoetica has a fantastic tutorial for filling them in.  No more pencil for those brows – it’s all about the powder.

To beef up your Positivity, we fully believe in the “get from life what you put in” philosophy, and there’s a great article on that.  And Generation Meh wants you to know that “You can’t erase, but you CAN revise.”  That seems to be some of the best inspiration we’ve heard all day!

Our Sexuality articles offer some insights on how porn is overly demonized.  Also, are there gray areas of sexual consent?  I bet your answer is no… you should read on, to find out!

Social Issues this week explores the fat revolution (the Food Network is trying to slim people down!?).  Someone should email Christoper Kimball from Cooks Illustrated and tell him I need less butter in EVERYTHING in the Test Kitchen cookbook!  >_<

The Travel section has a bunch of beautiful places to visit.  Star went to New York, Zevs has creepy places to stay, and the Amazon Basin awaits.  Go forth, young one!  Be amazed!

In Work and Career we have a few talented minds weighing in on working for yourself, keeping up with your clients, and your career versus your need to bear offspring.

Arts & Entertainment

• Clutch: Gay Superheroes Defy Homophobia & the Down Low Phenomenon?
• Final Fashion: Paper Doll Book (& Photoshop Contest!)
• Instant Vintage: It’s a Long One
• M.I.S.S.: Reminisce with M.I.S.S. – Queen Latifah
• Stickers and Donuts: Interview with Minty Lewis – Part 1 and Part 2
• Worn Fashion Journal: Book Review – Influence

Body Talk

• Already Pretty: Mirror, Mirror
• Positively Present: Looking For Beauty in all the Right Places

Education

• The Daily Beast (Simon Doonan): Pauline Bonaparte – Dead Cool
• Livescince: Lonliness Spreads Like a Virus
• Orion Magazine: Ecological Inheritance

Fashion

• Agent Lover: Rodarte X Target
• Alixrose: Step out of Your Routine & Be in Living Color – Eyelids Style!
• Already Pretty: Reader Request – Accessory Balance
• Bonne Vie: The Case for a Knockoff
• Hijabtrendz: Hijabtrendz Exclusive – Sunglasses Modeled after the “Burqa”
• Racialicious: Shopping with Squaws – Irregular Choices Gives Itself a Bad Name
• Wicked Whimsy: Practical Quality

Food

• The Asian Pear: Baking as a Science
• BoingBoing (Lisa Katayama): Taste Test – Raw Eggs
• Cakespy: Instant Pleasure – Pumpkin Cake in a Mug from Coffee Mug Cake Cookbook
• Closet Cooking: Butter Pie Crust (Pate Brisee)
• Fabulously Broke in the City: Homemade Pita Bread and Hummus
• Gourmet Traveller: Whipped Brandy Butter
• The Kitchn: Eating Local – Would You Ever Hunt for Wild Game?
• Lemondrop: Climb Aboard My Gravy Yacht
• Serious Eats (Chichi Wang): The Nasty Bits – Frankenstein’s Frog, Stir-fried

Health & Beauty

• Astrocytoma Brain Cancer: Vitamin E
• Biorequiem: Blush Response 003 – The Prophesied Eyebrow Tutorial
• Lisa Johnson Fitness: Pilates vs Yoga

Positive Life

• Generation Meh: You Can’t Erase, But You Can Still Revise
• The Happiness Project: Eight Tips to Know if You’re Being Boring
• Psychology Today: Go Ahead, Say You’re Sorry
• Raptitude: The Things We Said Today
• Wisebread: A Superior Life – What You Put in is What You get Out

Sexuality

• Blogher (avflox): Like Water for Chocolate and Semen for Depression
• CNET News: New Research Suggests That Porn Is Overly Demonized
• Daily Dose of Queer: Labels on the Gender Spectrum
• Rabbit Write: Gray Areas of Sexual Consent

Social Issues

• The Daily Beast (Nina Simonds): Jamie Oliver’s Fat Revolution
• Foreign Policy: The Militarization of Sex
• FWD/Forward: Budget Cuts Work in Funny Ways

Travel

• Almost Fearless: 10 Tips for Traveling by Dugout Canoe in the Amazon Basin
• Timeidol: 8 Most Beautiful Bridges in the World
• Zevs: The World’s Creepiest Places to Stay a Night
• This Is Star: New York

Work, Money & Organization

• Blogher (paulag01): Staying Grounded in the Face of Big Clients or Big Money
• Give Me Back My Five Bucks: Who Spends More – Men or Women?
• Nubby Twiglet: Freelancing 101 for Graphic Designers
• Well-heeled, with a Mission: Maternity Leave & Career