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TMF: Victoria’s (racist) Secret
I’m mixing it up for today’s TMF. I don’t usually pick adult items or ad campaigns for the TMF: Tired Marketing Fail! series. Mostly, it’s because I think adults can field adult issues on their own. (Well, most adults.) I usually target kid stuff because the marketing is aimed at kids, who don’t generally have […]
Physical therapy
June 6, 2012
About a month ago I started doing physical therapy. Like most forms of therapy, it’s a time-intensive, difficult, and sometimes intense process. Emphasis on process. And while I went through physical therapy once before, in my 20s for a problem with my shoulder, this time around has been a much more emotional — and enlightening […]
Girl, you’ll be a woman soon
May 11, 2012
HuffPost Women has a new campaign called “The Moment I Knew I Was a Woman, Not a Girl” in which users submit videos chronicling their exile from Girlville. It’s an interesting question, especially considering how dangerous it feels to be Living While Female these days. And it strikes to the core of gender, really. Because […]
The Tired Reader: The fat bitch syndrome
December 19, 2011
In an attempt to give myself some me-time, I’ve been trying to read more lately. I used to be a voracious reader and have a degree in English Lit. But after years working as a journalist and professional writer, which makes reading a little like work sometimes, and now in my perma-exhausted state of motherhood, […]
Do you celebrate your period?
November 3, 2011
Earlier tonight I was in a room filled with women who were all talking about one thing: menstruation. Sounds like every guy’s worst nightmare, right? Well actually, it was by turns funny, insightful, inspiring, and frustrating. And no men were hurt in the process. See? We come in peace. Or rather, we menstruate in peace. […]
What’s not to love?
October 19, 2011
Today is Love Your Body Day, an event designed to remind us about the power of negative energy and imagery that is all around us. There are a lot of ways that this comes to pass, from sexist marketing campaigns (like the ones I write about in the Tired Marketing FAIL series) to self-esteem crushing […]
TMF: Ad girls
August 26, 2011
This may be the worst offender yet for TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! This ad for Miss Me Girls is the back cover of the new Fall 2011 Lucky Kids, which was inserted in issues of Lucky magazine this month. (I apologize for the poor image quality. I took this photo with my phone, as I […]
At least 10 things I never thought I’d do, that I’ve done since becoming a mom
August 8, 2011
While I am recuperating, here’s a classic post on new motherhood that I originally posted last summer on The Sin City Siren. I hope you enjoy! The Motherhood Make-over: There are many things I have come to realize now that I am a parent. The chief among these is that before now, I did not […]
Some quickies to start the week
July 25, 2011
Here are some stories that have caught my eye recently, to gently get this week rolling (hey, sometimes I have a hard time coming off a weekend, too): Same-sex couples, like these women who’ve been together for 20+ years, started getting married in New York over the weekend. Speaking of romance, let’s look at how […]
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