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Confessions from a nanny: white babies, brown women

You see them in the park pushing strollers - brown women with white babies. Commonly known as "nannies," these women work in Canada to support their families back home, as part of the Live-in Caregiver Program. The following testimonies from three Filipino women reveal the program is not all it claims to be.

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Confessions of weight loss: what's lost in a journey into personal style

Finally, I have a belly button for a midriff instead of a crease. But the joys of fitting into a size four are somewhat tempered by the many adjustments I'm having to make in my personal style.

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