Ok y’all, you know that I rarely plug products, and when I do, they totally rock, such as “The Drops” and “The Diva Cup” and Hill Harper’s great book for young women and Rupak’s movie “The Cheetah Girls,” lol. (OK, so the movie is a bit out of context regarding Body Drama, but still!)

Now, from one of the Cheetah Girls comes this amazing workout video that features a cameo from yours truly! No, I’m not getting down to Bollywood beats, but Sabrina Bryan and the super-talented Ruj Vaidya, who is also a choreographer for Britney Spears, get down and teach you how to, too! You’ll be able to get fit in your own living room while learning some fun dance moves straight from India. Best of all, the girls featured in the videos are real with normal bodies, just like you and me. What more could you ask for?

DVD Includes: Warm Up / Bollywood Basics - Some basic Bollywood dance moves Hollywood Hip Hop - Breaking down an exciting new Hip Hop routine Bollywood Style - Breaking down a Bollywood routine Hollywood Meets Bollywood - The best moves from Hip Hop and Bollywood Full Blast - Dance out each song at full speed and add your own style. A Peek Backstage - Behind the scenes footage and interviews Breal and BYou - A discussion with Nancy Redd, author of “Body Drama.” (woo hoo, that’s me!)

Check it out and consider buying it at byou.com!

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Here’s a recent clip of me on Showbiz Tonight - they cut out the awesome part at the beginning where they plugged Body Drama, but you can still see some of my remarks! I love Oprah and think that all of us can totally relate to the issue, don’t you?

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Hey everyone!

If you’re an early riser, check me out this morning on NBC’s TODAY Show!

My segment should air sometime around 7:35AM EST in most markets but this may vary depending upon where in the country you are.

I’m a contributing editor and the body & sex expert for CosmoGIRL! magazine, and in the August issue I wrote a feature on how it seems that more and more teen girls are finding pregnancy and motherhood ‘glamorous’ and are admitting to trying to or actually becoming pregnant on purpose, either to be like their celeb idols or just ’cause.

This week has been a doozie regarding teenage pregnancy. First, the arrival of Jamie Lynn’s daughter, then the introduction of friendship-based ‘pregnancy pacts.‘ I’m honored to be part of this discussion and hope to help create better and more appropriate solutions and support for today’s teens.

When interviewing young women for Body Drama, I noticed that they were much less freaked out by the idea of pregnancy than I was when I was in high school, and this attitude made me curious, leading to my “Pregnant on Purpose” article for CosmoGirl!.  Find out more July 1st when the August issue hits the stands…

I’ll post the video soon!

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“I was never allowed this stuff growing up, and, there’s a reason,” said Ms. Redd, who wrote “Body Drama.” “Pregnant women can’t get highlights, what makes it safe for little girls? These girls are going from baby to mini-adult. They feel naked without their highlights. I think we need a giant dose of realism here.”

Read the full article, “A Girl’s Life, With Highlights,” written by Camille Sweeney, right here (I’m on page 2).

UPDATE: Ooh!  I’m on Jezebel!

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This is so sad, y’all! I just got back from two weeks in India and I had all sorts of fun blog posts planned…but this story just hurt my heart so much that I had to share ASAP. This sentence from the article I read sums up last week’s tragedy well:

“West Boca Raton High School senior Stephanie Kuleba was the captain of the varsity cheerleading team who was fielding scholarship offers from Tulane University, Florida State University and the University of Florida. But her life was cut short Saturday after she suffered a fatal reaction to anesthesia while undergoing breast augmentation surgery.”

Allegedly, along with implants, Stephanie wanted to correct an inverted nipple, which, as I say in Body Drama, 10% of women have and correction does NOT require surgery (tips for everting an inverted nipple are on page 96). I wish she had just learned to accept her body, flaws and all, before undergoing such dangerous surgery. Cosmetic surgery isn’t a spa treatment - there are serious risks involved. In every 5,224 liposuction surgeries, one individual dies. Obviously, fataility rates for procedures like breast augmentation aren’t zero percent, either — Stephanie had a fatal reaction to the anesthesia they gave her during the procedure.

Scarily, she might not be the only teen fatality this year. The number of women getting implants is increasing while the age of the patient is decreasing. As I say in pages 236-239 of Body Drama, more than 300,000 cosmetic procedures are performed on people ages eighteen or younger each year!

Stephanie, you were beautiful just as you were. Hopefully your experience will help other young women appreciate their bodies as-is. RIP, Stephanie, and my prayers to family and friends during this hard time.

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