Archive For February, 2010

Outfitblog.

By | February 5, 2010

Bigger versions and specifics after the jump. Navy polka-dot dress is by Jane Bon Bon on Etsy; brown cardi from Marshalls (FINALLY DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A DECENT BROWN CARDI); green & black plaid scarf from Marshalls; burgundy tights from We Love Colors; yellow flats from Target. […]

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Fluff: Kirstie Alley’s Twitter Wisdom for the week of February 1, 2010

By | February 5, 2010

It’s Friday, kids, and that means it’s time for another installment of Kirstie Alley’s Twitter Wisdom! This week Kirstie gives us choices, and muses on the nature of power and oppression. Kirstie demands you choose. The saga continues… after the jump. Kirstie demands you choose some more. Choose! (Apologies, but… green or blue avatars? What […]

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Q & A: On taking up space.

By | February 4, 2010

The questions keep coming, and I am trying my best to provide my own plucky brand of homespun wisdom and advice. Want to join the conversation? Click over to my formspring.me page and read the 75 mostly-anonymous questions and answers I’ve posted so far, or ask me a question of your own. Below, I answer […]

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How Gabourey Sidibe is quietly changing the world.

By | February 2, 2010

Oh, this is just what I needed today. As a counterpoint to the extreme self-consciousness of famous fat ladies like Carnie Wilson and Kirstie Alley, below is a clip of the always-wondrous Gabourey Sidibe talking about her Oscar nomination on Good Morning America. Gabby is a treasure because she is completely at home in herself, […]

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OH THE HUMANITY: Thoughts on celebrity snark.

By | February 1, 2010

Over the weekend, the lovely and talented Joy Nash left a comment on the Kirstie Alley’s Twitter Wisdom post that read, in part: “Your posts are forcing me to see her humanity and I don’t like it one bit.” Here, Joy has said something in a few words that would have taken me pages to […]

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Unstapled, Episode 3: Carnie, denied.

By | February 1, 2010

Here’s a shocking confession: I don’t really watch much television. There are but a few shows I follow methodically. Mad Men. Sons of Anarchy (SO underrated). Also, So You Think You Can Dance, when it’s on (when is it on next?). And there are other shows I watch when I happen to notice them. Man […]

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