So I’m sitting here with a little free time at work and I came across a Newsweek article about a new craze sweeping women who are about to get married. It talked about how brides are going to extremes to look good for their weddings. Apparently, the total cost for an average American wedding […]
Entries from February 2008
From anorexia to manorexia to brideorexia
February 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Girl power · Growing up · Your body · Love · Check this out! · Femininity · Your style · Ewww!
Rolling Stone: The Ultimate Tabloid
February 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Lately it seems that you simply cannot avoid Britney Spears. She’s on the cover of every trashy magazine at the grocery store checkout, her latest “endeavors” are constantly being discussed on every radio talk show- VH1 is even airing tell-all specials such as “Britney’s Secret Childhood.” However, the other day I saw the […]
Tags: Media · Celebrities · Music · Magazines
Spring Awakening
February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
The other night, in the midst of what, for New York City, was a complete blizzard, I went to see the Broadway show Spring Awakening with my friend Kate and some other kids from the Honors College at Pace. And I have to say, I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this […]
Tags: Growing up · Sex · Media
an encyclopedia of an ordinary life
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
I wanted to share this book that I have recently finished reading. It is unlike any book I have read and while I am inclined to call it an autobiography, I think a better name for it would be a self portrait. Written by Amy Rosenthal, An Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life is […]
Tags: Books · Poetry and writing · Art · Ideas · Check this out! · Writing
The New York Mystique
February 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments
This afternoon, my friend Becky and I saw the movie Definitely, Maybe with Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher and Abigail Breslin. It took place in New York City and after I watched the movie (which was really cute by the way, I highly recommend it!) I began to think about how most of the movies I […]
Tags: Randomness · General · Ideas
When you know, you just know
February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Every girl knows exactly what their wedding is going to be like, right? Well, let’s just say I played dress-up and all that as a little girl, but I never thought much about the details of my wedding. As a self-professed “girlie-girl” this is unheard of. Well, imagine my surprise a few […]
Tags: Growing up · Randomness · General · Ideas · Femininity
new musical endeavors…
February 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Hey everyone
I thought I’d just give you a few of my latest musical loves.
“This is the way” by Devendra Banhart
–I am in love with the choruses in this song.
“Hummingbird” and “At Least That’s What You Said” by Wilco
–”remember to remember me, standing still in your past”
“Traffic In The Sky” by Jack Johnson
Vampire Weekend’s latest self-titled […]
Tags: Randomness · Music · Check this out!
millionaire match”hater”
February 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Okay, I need to vent. It’s a cloudy and snowy Sunday afternoon and as I am hugged tightly by two of my down comforters, I am excited to find a light Sunday afternoon movie (think You’ve Got Mail). Well as I click pass the college basketball games, and episode of Friends and several […]
Tags: Girl power · Relationships · Media · Body image · Ideas · Check this out! · Television · Femininity · Ewww!
rehab, this year’s hot spot
February 7th, 2008 · No Comments
I don’t have much time to post, but I did want to share this. Recently in entertainment news, many young celebrity women have been entering rehab. Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan have been gossip favorites regarding their stints in rehab, but there are two more successful women to now add to this list […]
Tags: General
SPIN-ning Around Town
February 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Hey beautiful young women, I don’t have much time to post tonight since it has been a hectic week work and school wise… BUT I wanted to share this awesome article from the OKGO Barack Rocks event I attended Monday night. My friend Elizabeth and I were interviewed by Spin magazine and it was a […]
Tags: General