May 2012
30 posts
“Dinner has been canceled due to lack of hustle.”
My cilantro has rotted.
All weddings are awesome -- not just mine →
I am confused by the attitude that surrounds weddings and costs and ideas and things…
Can we all just chill the fuck out and be nice to each other for like… five and a half seconds?
I’m confused by it too, and fully on board with everyone chilling the fuck out! I’m so over the snark on weddings. (And rings. And proposals. And partners.) It’s just another way women are...
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ME WHY WE USE THE SERIAL COMMA
editorrealtalk:
In Marriage, the Unseen Bottom Line →
So here’s a really obnoxious NYT piece that really misses the mark on money matters/joint bank accounts in relationships. I don’t care if you’re not the breadwinner in your relationship, or if you don’t work, but I’m annoyed that an article that starts out with “More serious is the equally pressing third question: How do modern couples manage their finances —...
Time Magazine Has The Wrong Breast On Its Cover... →
What I am against is economic elitism in the disguise of optimal parenting. And make no mistake, when someone tells you to go borrow the bucks so you can be the best possible mom you can be, that’s exactly what is going on.
SERIOUSLY. This is one of the only discussions on the recent Time Magazine article that I’ve read that offers anything more than just a space for women to bash each...
Flex Time Is Great, But a Flex Husband Is Even... →
So although it’s important to keep fighting for flex time, room to breast feed, paid maternity leave, and other measures of a female-friendly workplace, it’s also crucial to remember that the old-fashioned way to the top still works: Working more than full-time hours, without a break, for years and years and years, like old-school CEOs. Men with willing wives have made this work since the...
Sweden's New Gender-Neutral Pronoun →
One of my pet peeves is when people use “they” (or “their” or “themselves” when referring to a single person. (Example: “Everyone should choose for themselves” is grammatically incorrect, as “everyone” is singular and “themselves” is plural.) When I’m writing copy, I typically use “one” or “his or...
Daily Mail, Fox Bash Hillary Clinton For Going... →
…because the Daily Mail and Fox are fuckbags. Sad but true. I like this article from Blisstree though!
WHEN I'M HANGING OUT WITH A BUNCH OF AWESOME...
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Your Blackness Ain't Like Mine →
Fantastic rebuttal to the NYT op-ed I linked to yesterday.
Workouts, Times 2 (Or 3) →
According to the New York Times, women in New York are spending close to $500 a month to workout two or three times a day, six times a week, at boutique fitness studios.
I can’t say I don’t get it; boutique fitness studio memberships are pricey and the best way to do it is to get an unlimited membership. But if you want to get a varied workout experience, you’d really need to...
Black Women and Fat (via the New York Times) →
I feel like I need a pair of boots to wade through all the shit in this op-ed, but here are some initial thoughts:
The actual title (via the tab and the URL) is “Why Black Women Are Fat.” This means that if someone Googles that phrase, they will find this, a piece from The New York Times, claiming to have the definitive answer to that question. That’s troubling.
I’d argue...
hey GOP! how's the view from my ovaries?
WHEN ALL OF THE IMPORTANT NATIONAL MAG AWARDS GO...
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Your Healthista: The Ten Most Awkward Appetizers →
yourhealthista:
thetangential:
We present this post from the archives as a public service to Justin Bieber, who—according to “Boyfriend”—apparently thinks fondue is sexy. Not so much, Biebs.
10. Bruschetta. No engineer would design an appetizer like bruschetta. You have a little heap of tomatoes stacked precipitously on a chunk of dry bread that’s too big to eat in a single bite—so you...
April 2012
2 posts
Watchubykotex:
weshouldtotallyjuststabcaesar:
This is hilarious.
Needed: more skits about menstruation (that are not* women-degrading)
This is a sweet (and funny) skit about a dad having to help his daughter with her first period.
March 2012
1 post
February 2012
5 posts
Your Healthista: Emotional Cooking →
yourhealthista:
We all know about emotional eating. We’ve all accepted that it’s a real thing, and most of have probably done it at some point.
But recently, I had a small epiphany about a different type of activity: emotional cooking.
I love this! I definitely emotional cook sometimes, but typically I emotionally clean. Still, I might make a point to do it more!
Your Healthista: The Allure of Low-Quality Foods →
yourhealthista:
I know I can seem like a big food snob, and sometimes, I am. But I appreciate the allure of low-quality foods because sometimes they hit the spot in a way nothing else can. There’s no reason to fully eliminate movie nachos, candy bars, or chain food from our lives completely; we just have to be very intentional about how we eat it.
Which “low-quality” foods do you crave?
Mine...
Lessons from my first month of trying to pick up... →
January 2012
5 posts
Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors... →
The make-believe town of Beckinfield is the setting for the Mad Libs-style show of the same name, which uses crowd-sourced amateur actors from all over the world who create the show’s story by posting videos.
Dear girls with cramps,
gandalf-and-geekery:
Your laptop can serve as a heating pad to relax them. Even more of a reason to be a hermit. You’re welcome.
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December 2011
4 posts
Your Nutritionista: 10 Reasons to Stop Thinking... →
nutritionista:
Because every single women’s magazine can’t stop thinking about it. And they have absolutely no new advice for you.
Because I bet if you had to choose between “relaxing with friends and family” and “being 3 pounds lighter,” you’d choose the former.
Because spending time obsessing about it…
LOVE.
Gobble, gobble! →
bekahbabble:
Take a look at the newest compilation episode on Beckinfield!
November 2011
6 posts
5 tags
WatchBeckinfield welcomes Star Trek’s Jonathan Frakes to the cast!
Come play!!