I’ve spent the past two days googling Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie, who play Jon Snow and Ygritte on Game of Thrones. (No, I have not told my husband this.) Call their sex scene Harlequin Romance, goofy for the “You no nothing, Jon Snow-oh-OH!” but the chemistry between the two actors is undeniable. If you’re [...]
April 4, 2013
No spoilers. (Yet. I can do recaps if enough people are interested.) I’m going to try to convince you to watch the series without giving too much away. Top of the Lake, starring Elizabeth Moss (yes, from Mad Men), can be found on Sundance. The short synopsis: it’s a crime drama about a 12-year-old pregnant [...]
March 15, 2013
Guest Post by Stephanie Simpson Lazenby Dear Taylor Swift: Let me introduce myself. I’m Stephanie and I have two daughters. We are huge admirers and fans. I know you must be very busy right now, getting ready for your tour. My daughters and I cannot wait to see you perform this summer. Did you know [...]
February 26, 2013
Marilyn Monroe: A woman whose bleached hair was definitely part of her package. Hair is connected to whether or not we feel sexy. Whether or not Monroe felt sexy or just acted sexy, is debatable. But she knew what was sexy. Was Monroe, the blond bombshell, a feminist? Can a feminist also be the first [...]
December 4, 2012
We’ve covered this topic before. About women confused about whether or not they’re a feminist. And fine, fair enough. There’s some confusion. Like my friend here. But when it comes to women who speak to and uplift women,especially those who have a direct line to my 3-year-old daughter– I’m talking to you Katy Perry–it’s hard [...]
October 6, 2012
Tiny coverage in the NY Times Magazine about “The Anarchist” David Mamet’s new play about a prisoner and her parole adviser, starring Debra Winger and Patti LuPone. Winger says that she was kicked out of the Actor’s Studio by Shelley Winters who said, “You’re not doing what I asked you.” Anyway, Winger also talks about [...]
July 23, 2012
Remember how I wrote this about Katie being a victim of a cult? I’m possibly reneging. According to an interesting new article in New York Magazine breaking down the marriage of what used to be TomKat, Benjamin Wallace theorizes that Katie Holmes wasn’t necessarily brainwashed by Tom Cruise, but instead was brainwashed by fame. One [...]
July 17, 2012
Daniel Tosh, his grinning face and dead pan delivery are part of what I see and hear if I want to speak to my children in the middle of the week, when the days are shorter and school has sprung. He pretty much narrates our evenings in the fall and winter. I’m not proud of [...]
July 11, 2012
Remember Kate Upton? We discussed her Sports Illustrated cover here. On one of the pro-ana (pro-anorexic support group sites), here, Kate Upton has been targeted as fat. She’s the nineteen-year-old bombshell. She’s also fat. Here’s what that website had to say: Now, there’s nothing wrong with an average girl like Kate being confident. She’s pretty, [...]
July 3, 2012
I see the similarities between Katie Holmes extracting herself from Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology and an abusive relationship. There’s the paranoia, the insistence of constant reaffirmation of love, the reports that she had to rent a new apartment first without telling him just to get out, the controlling decisions made by the [...]
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