How-To: Start Your Own Book Club


Updated 03/16/12 4:26 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Start a Book Club

Starting a book club may be for you if you find yourself constantly gushing over books with your friends or having heated debates on which character is more swoonworthy. Getting a bunch of like-minded bookworms together for a book club is a fun and frugal social activity that will enrich your minds and friendships. Read on for tips on how to create your own regular book discussion meetings. Read more

Fab Finding Follow-Up: Bookworm Babes


Updated 10/25/08 1:03 PM · Posted by FabSugar · 10 comments

Fab Finding Follow-Up: Bookworm Babes

My friends and I started an informal book club so we can rant and rave about wonderful books. Of course I want to look Fab for our first meeting. I asked you to help me put together something comfortable and smart. I started you off with these Delia's Poindexter Glasses ($10) so I can look stylishly studious. Let's see what you all came up with! Look #1, created by jasmint, will make Read more

Come Fab Finding With Me: Bookworm Babes


Updated 10/20/08 4:00 PM · Posted by FabSugar · 14 comments

Come Fab Finding With Me: Bookworm Babes

My friends and I have started an informal book club so we can rant and rave about the wonderful books we've read. Of course I want to look Fab for our first meeting. Can you help me put together something comfortable and smart-looking? I'll start you off with these Delia's Pointdexter Glasses ($10) so I can look stylishly studious. Let's go Fab Finding. Be sure to come back and tell Read more

Fifty Shades of Grey, Fight Club, and the Complications of Male Dominance


Updated 04/27/12 2:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fifty Shades of Grey and Male Dominance

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Clarisse Thorn sees nothing new in eroticized images of male dominance and violence, but she sees plenty that's thought-provoking. Much is being made of the highly successful S&M erotica novel 50 Shades of Grey. People are blaming feminism for making women into submissives, blaming feminism for preventing Read more

Are Money Clubs the New Book Clubs?


Updated 04/20/12 12:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

What Is a Money Club?

Money clubs are a great and fun way to stay on top of your finances. With friends supporting you, you can conquer the world and money issues! LearnVest shares how you can start one. Thea, 31, a lawyer, lives in Brooklyn, NY. Although her friends are, in her own words, “bright, savvy, awesome women,” many felt lost financially — much like she did. “In fact, almost all of them knew someone Read more

Femmephobia: "Girls Are Gross" Writ Large


Updated 04/20/12 7:38 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

What Is Femmephobia?

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ozy Frantz explains the difference between fear and hatred of women, and the more common fear and hatred of anything feminine. When I was a freshman in high school, I and my friends were Cool Chicks. We weren't like those other girls, the ones who were passive and weak and giggled and watched romantic Read more

Secrets to Saving on Your 7 Favorite Indulgences


Updated 04/13/12 6:58 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Get Free Books, Magazines, Movies, and DVDs

We all have our weaknesses, and yours may be a Starbucks addiction or even an avid book reading habit. Although we advocate saving, we're also a big fan of being able to indulge on occasion. After all, if you keep denying yourself, it might be counterintuitive because you may end up buying on impulse. Here are some ways you can still enjoy your favorite purchases, yet save at the same Read more

Happy National Pet Day! 13 Ways to Save Bucks on Fido


Updated 04/11/12 1:50 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Save Money on My Dog

The cost of raising a dog is extremely high. In fact, if you look at rates to fly with your dog on airplanes, it's sometimes almost equivalent to what we humans are paying for a plane ticket. And it all adds up — you end up spending a never-ending amount of cash on toys, crates, flea medication, checkups, and the list goes on. However, many think the high costs of raising a dog are totally Read more

Texts and Tunes: Lollipop Book Club


Updated 02/08/12 2:59 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 1 comment

Texts and Tunes:  Lollipop Book Club

Reading is sweet! Following this holiday season, I would love to put a moratorium on new toys in my home, but know it would only lead to tons of tears. While my lil ones did receive a few beloved books under the tree, I'm thinking of getting them subscriptions to one of the Lollipop Book Club programs for their birthdays. More than just a children's book-of-the-month club, Lollipop sends Read more