Letters - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/letters en Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Dear Parent: Your Kid Is Fat -- The Problem With BMI Report Cards]]>

Sending a letter home with a kid who isn't actually fat seems cruel to most people because fat is still positioned as something that it is bad to be. But those letters aren't helping fat kids -- or underweight kids -- either.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/healthy/letters-to-parents-of-fat-children http://www.xojane.com/healthy/letters-to-parents-of-fat-children Healthy Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500 Marianne <![CDATA[HOW TO: Write A Damn Thank You Note]]>

Dear All You Readers...

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/diy/how-write-damn-thank-you-note http://www.xojane.com/diy/how-write-damn-thank-you-note DIY Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:30:17 -0400 Marianne <![CDATA[I've Started Writing Letters Again, and It's Awesome]]>

Letters make me feel like I am whispering to a friend on the riverbank on a hot summer day, the air alive with the smell of bay laurel and the water so still that it looks like glass.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/fun/ive-started-writing-letters-again-and-its-awesome http://www.xojane.com/fun/ive-started-writing-letters-again-and-its-awesome Fun Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:30:20 -0400 s.e. smith