It all started with a dubious website for underemployed writers and a post that can best be described as the Internet equivalent of a casting call for a Valtrex ad. “Writer wanted for popular celebrity blog. Style must match exactly. I need to take a break for personal reasons and want to keep posting continuous …
Tiger Lady. That’s what my oldest son christened me as soon as he could talk, thanks to my knees-to-navel stretch marks. (Note: that proud day was also the day I decided he was too old to shower with mommy anymore.) So I will be the last person to tell you that you can have a …
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Right now my baby is crying it out*. I’ve been trying for 45 minutes (the length of time she’s been crying) to think of some way to make this funny but the truth is I just want to crawl out of my skin and shove nails in my ears. But since I am unable to …
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Maybe the birds are doing a cleanse too… If God had intended me to shart Depends would come in a bikini style with fun pattern options. (My buns like to be festive, what can I say?) This was my initial reaction the first time someone talked to me about doing a “cleanse” not of the …
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As if it isn’t enough that a woman’s weight is intensely scrutinized for reasons ranging from medical to vanity to rank curiousity while she’s pregnant, now she has to worry about her weight if she so much as merely wants to have a baby. Last week super skinny E! correspondent Guilana Rancic (you may remember …
A waitress friend of mine recently snapped a pic of an overweight patron’s meal. Why? So she could text it to several of her friends. Sure her customer’s meal was appalling – One of every appetizer? Yes, please – but even more so was the realization that now, more than ever, eating is a spectator …
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photo credit By now I’m sure you have heard all about actor/director Kevin Smith AKA “Silent Bob” getting kicked off a Southwest flight for being fat. There has been some back and forth between Smith and Southwest about the actual reason he got kicked off the flight. Southwest says it was because he booked two …
Beautiful people have so many problems. Not only do they have to worry about getting mobbed at parties and being given more free swag than they can carry home in a taxi but now they have to worry that their friends are spying on them on the Internet. No, this is not the usual Big …
In the immortal words of, well, someone I can’t remember, “It’s hard out there for a girl!” So you’d think we’d all be a bit nicer to each other, right? And we are – unless that girl is rich, famous and beautiful. Then it’s a socially sanctioned free for all. Celebrity body snarking has long …
Read more “Newsflash: Madonna Isn’t Ageless. Also, People Aren’t Perfect”
Salma Hayek has an amazing rack – and I’m not talking about her ability to fill a sweater, er, movie role. They’re amazing because of their ability to feed a baby. It’s the real secret in Victoria’s Secret – breasts are not just fun bags. They also squirt milk. Which I suppose could also be …
