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I joined a gym for the first time in a decade.
This week Michelle Obama celebrates the one year anniversary of her Let’s Move campaign, and yet she’s under fire from conservative women like Michele Bachmann – who thinks the First Lady is giving out free breast pumps – and Michelle Malkin, who has accused Mrs. Obama of cloaking “her meddling anti-obesity crusade in medical fakery.” In criticizing the First Lady’s newly introduced pro-breastfeeding element of her anti-obesity campaign, Malkin says, “Mrs. O’s real interest isn’t in nurturing nursing moms or slimming down kids’ waistlines. It’s in boosting government and public union payrolls, along with beefing up FCC and FTC regulators’ duties.”
Malkin has a right to point to the inconclusiveness of the breast vs. bottle debate, but it’s silly for her to suggest that Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is a hypocrite for telling women, “No mother should be made to feel guilty if she cannot or chooses not to breastfeed,” (Malkin adds) while laying an unmistakable guilt trip on moms and moms-to-be.” Malkin herself does the same kind of bait and switch in her post on the subject, saying, “As a proud mom who breastfed both of her babies, I’ve been and will always be a vocal defender of women who have devoted the time, dedication and selflessness it takes. But…. we don’t need Big Brother or Big Mother to lead the Charge of the Big Bosom to persuade us of the personal benefits.” In other words, don’t breastfeed because the Surgeon General and Michelle Obama want you to, breastfeed because you want to. And you do want to, right?
I wasn’t breastfed, but my mother was, and neither one of us turned out much differently than the other physically. We’re two pleasantly plump ladies on a health kick these days, trying to recuperate from damage that was inflicted during difficult periods in our lives. Just the other day I joined a gym for the first time in a decade. Meanwhile, my mother has been a Zumba devotee for the last several months. Listen to what she has to say about how it’s changed her life: Continue reading »
The Widow and the Divorcee
Three years ago, my father died eight days after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Two years ago, I divorced a man who spent a decade lying to me. Last week, my new web series “The Widow and the Divorcee” was born. ”The Widow and the Divorcee” features me reenacting real conversations I’ve had with my mother since these turning points in our lives.
What happens when three generations of women are forced to share the same house? Probably not what you think. ”The Widow and the Divorcee” isn’t just about mothers and daughters, it’s about Glenn Beck, Benjamin Franklin, Native Americans and Charlie Sheen. At least, it is so far, anyway. Continue reading »
Like mother, like daughter...
Some of the best sketches in the Saturday Night Live cannon have been fake commercials. (Remember the Woomba? It’s perfect to use while wearing Mom Jeans.) So it’s no surprise that this week’s episode gave us a hit with a ridiculous ad for Baby Spanx. Yes, that’s right – we’re talking tummy-tucking full-body stockings for your chubby little baby. Before you get your panties in a bundle, keep in mind, this is satire. It’s a hilarious commentary on America’s obsession with weight that is so wrong, it’s right. Continue reading »
The infamous “Headless Body In Topless Bar” headline that ran in the New York Post had always been my favorite news banner…until now. The recent story about a N.Y. chef using his wife’s breast milk to make cheese was a match made in pun heaven, and the press jumped all over it.
The good folks over at Eater rounded up some of the best:
10 – That Cheese Tastes Like 38-DD! (The Trentonian)
Recently I read an article on what children predicted the world might look like in 10 years. I thought I’d ask my own children.
Clearly it will be an awesome place where hobos ride on Pegasus and all the world’s bad guys will explode simultaneously. Way better than any James Cameron epic.
It’s easy to tell when your kids don’t like a gift. Three-year-olds just don’t have the grace to tell Grandma they’d rather have a Transformer than yet another pair of pajamas. They just throw it across the room and then go and pout behind the Christmas tree (unless you’ve managed to teach them some manners by then).
But at some point in our lives, maturity requires we be a little more civilized. Sure, we may not like/understand/be able to identify a gift, but grace requires that we smile and be grateful anyway.
Thus, Present Face.
So important you watch this, guys.
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