THERESA: Remember the recent scene in "Sex in the City" when Samantha pulled off her wig and an audience full of women rose to do the same thing?

One of those women was Sharon Lynn, a real-life cancer survivor who appears the March issue of Organic Style magazine. The magazine features seven women who embrace one unique feature; for one, it's her freckles, for another it's being tall. For Lynn, 32, it is being bald.

"I was able to bring a group of real cancer patient survivors [on to the set] and there was a woman who hated--past tense--her bald head," she said. "I know that the day with 'Sex' and Kim Catrall changed how she felt about whether or not she still wears a wig. It was so amazing to watch her transitioning as the day progressed. "

In the Organic Style piece, Sharon says, "I had long flowing hair for nearly all my life. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, I faced losing it all. How could I say good-bye to something I considered so central to my identity? Then my hair started falling out in clumps, so I shaved it all off. No turning back-I was a bald chick ...

Now cancer-free, I shave my head once a week. I feel more beautiful, more sexy, more me than ever."

That is so cool.

What unique feature about yourself do you embrace, Girlfriends?

JILL: I hope I'm wrong, Theresa, but it wouldn't surprise me if everyone drew a blank. I think we're so focused on our flaws and how to fix them that it seems odd to point to an embraceable attribute. In the case you wrote about, she was embracing her new post-treatment life as symbolized by her baldness, I think. The many cancer survivors I've spoken to are incredibly inspiring in being able to do that, even more so than those of us untouched by such an obvious brush with mortality.

LAURIE: Jill, wise words! Isn't it true that we so rarely celebrate ourselves. The best I could say is that I've become somewhat positive, but hardly celebratory, about something I used to hate - my red hair and freckles. This sort of overcomes the self-loathing I had as a teen because I wasn't blonde and tan. Funny, I can look back at a younger me and see how silly it was to buy into stereotypes, yet I also haven't fully escaped their power. Maybe when we're old we will be able to appreciate our younger selves.

YVONNE W: I'm very lucky. I do not have wrinkle lines in my face. My father died at 76, he also had smooth skin. I have to work hard to get a wrinkle in my forehead.

I have high cheek bones. I can thank my father for that too.

THERESA: You're probably right, Jill, most women don't want to point out their attributes. But hey, give it a try. I know I have lots of flaws, but I gotta say, I have 100 percent embraceable legs. Especially when I'm daring and wear a short skirt and heels...

JENICE: I used to hate being tall. But now I love it!

JILL: OK. My hair is managing to stay dark brown rather than fading to grey and it's got good body. Most stylists beg me to color it because lighter is better for women of a certain age, but I refuse. People who know how old I am are often floored that I don't color my hair.

THERESA: All right, Jill! Stand your ground on this one! Your hair is gorgeous!

JILL: Laurie, that is the irony, isn't it? I also loathed my looks for the most part and now I look back on pictures of years ago and think: I must have been CRAZY! I wasn't gorgeous, but I certainly wasn't unattractive. And I'm sure, decades from now, I'll look back on the me now and say, what a hottie! (Not really, but, you get my drift.)

LAURIE: Yes, Jill! That's it. You think, I really wasn't so fat/thin/tall/short/ugly/freckly or whatever. So, here's what I propose: Let's all start thinking of ourselves as lovely women now. We all have our beautiful aspects, inner and outer. I'm not thinking a national holiday here - just a private accentuation of the positive - especially when we go to buy a new bathing suit.