I've sat on this one too long. Feministing has blogged about the ickiness of the Purity Ball for a while now, and this one is quite the ickiest.
First of all, I'd just love to be a princess. Daddy's regal little princess. However, that job market has shrunk somewhat since I was a little girl, and I even scanned the local career sites to see what the current market is looking like for a princess. I found zero openings.
Therefore, I find the whole "princess" thing fun for Halloween and ... read on »
One of the Chick Ball committee members, Infinite, let us in on some of her upcoming events. We thought you should know, too!
Thursday, March 22
Hal & Mal's Red Room
Networking Party for Hip-Hop Artists with Kamikaze and our own chick, Infinite.
I'm watching Oprah; the Princess is having a lemon tea and watching with me. Oprah asks her audience, "Can you have it all?" Can you have a career and a family and a self all at once? Elizabeth Vargas, who left the evening news during her second pregnancy, admitted that she felt constantly torn. I applaud her courage to make that decision, for what is best for HER, while the world watches and the National Organization of Women, and others, frowned upon her decision.
Jill Conner Browne will kick off the Big Ass Bus Tour today with her first stop, of course, at Lemuria. This is the "Sweet Potato Queen's First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, But Could Have and Might Still Yet" written with Karin Gillespie.
Jill signs at five, and she reads at 5:30.
I love it when a New York Times bestselling author kicks off her tour in Jackson, MS. That's loyalty there. I've read the book, and it was an enjoyable read. Very different from her non-fiction ... read on »
I've been saving up for this one. One, Vanity Fair owes us an apology OR a rebuttal. Two, Christopher Hitchens's picture looks like a mustached woman waiting for her bread to rise. Now we know that there is nothing more insulting to a man than to allude him as a woman. That is why I feel comfortable calling this columnist a pussy. Here's why.
Mr. Steam Jeans and I are spending our first Christmas together with our "blended" family. The Monkey is nine; the Princess is ten, so we have about a decade of tradition to combine. Then there's the fact that he's Yankee, which is another story for another day. He says he's Californian, but I'm not splitting hairs on that one. He's a Yankee, and a Yankee does not know a southern Christmas.
So, yep. We've endured some stress, some misunderstanding and Mr. Steamjeans is proud to say, lots of ... read on »
Click below and pay no attention to the dark-haired yankee. Bless his heart; Jay Leno did NOT understand the greatness that was Marie Rudisill. Notice he calls her the character from "The Christmas Story." She is NOT the Bumpess Dogs you nimrod! She's Marie Rudisill, aunt to Truman Capote and rumored the distant cousin in "A Christmas MEMORY"; she and Truman both also have storied appearances in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird."
She entertained us during her last southern decade as "The ... read on »
Like I've said before, the holidays are not a good time for me and I'm prone to scrooginess since my family is not so close to me anymore. I can be a big whiney titty baby.
Right now my decor is NOT up; it's all over my living room floor. I've been looking for the kick in the pants to get me in the spirit. First kick...Katrina Kids need help. I get overloaded at Christmas when it loses its spirit of giving. Around here, we've been so caught up in making it perfect for ... read on »
Fine. I admit it. I watched Regis and Kelly and The View. I'm drawn to celebrity feud like Godiva and Elvis Merlot. It makes me laugh, it humbles me and it makes me feel like I'm a celebrity too since we all screw up sometimes.
We are all made of stars.
And you know what? I'm kind of loving Kelly Ripa. I believe it's NEVER okay to shush the leading lady, even if she is the lead AND she's a lady. But that's just me. Rosie's view was Kelly's reaction was somewhat homophobic. Would Kelly ... read on »
Sep 07, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? Tom Head: Jackie, good to hear re: the CNN poll. That indicates that Gallup might be a fluke, which it…
Sep 07, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? J.T.: Guys, CNN said tonight their just-out poll had Obama 44%, McCain 43% and undecided 13%.
Regardless…
Sep 07, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? Tom Head: Agreed... McCain has done a good job of branding himself differently from Bush, I'll give him that. Sep 07, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? Hayes: I couldn't agree more, that's why I gave room for the "dignified retreat" but it is borderline unbelievable that…
Sep 07, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? Tom Head: This is the first time in the campaign that McCain/Palin is actually leading, it's three days after McCain's…
Sep 07, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? Hayes: It is a hunch, one based on over 30 years of political campaign involvement.
As…
Sep 06, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? blu_n_a_redstate: traveling for a few days, so please behave. My JFP cohorts will be helping moderate and have my permission…Sep 06, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? golden eagle: Where ya going, Donna? Send us all a postcard, please!
Sep 06, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? ladd: Is that just a hunch you have, Hayes, or do you know something about the electoral-vote trends that haven't…
Sep 06, 2008 Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much? blu_n_a_redstate: Appalachian Images West Virginia: Beautiful, serene, rustic, good people, good fishing and hunting. Similar images can be found almost anywhere in rural Mississippi. See link below:
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Sep 07, 2008Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
Tom Head: Jackie, good to hear re: the CNN poll. That indicates that Gallup might be a fluke, which it…
Sep 07, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
J.T.: Guys, CNN said tonight their just-out poll had Obama 44%, McCain 43% and undecided 13%.
Regardless…
Sep 07, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
Tom Head: Agreed... McCain has done a good job of branding himself differently from Bush, I'll give him that.
Sep 07, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
Hayes: I couldn't agree more, that's why I gave room for the "dignified retreat" but it is borderline unbelievable that…
Sep 07, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
Tom Head: This is the first time in the campaign that McCain/Palin is actually leading, it's three days after McCain's…
Sep 07, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
Hayes: It is a hunch, one based on over 30 years of political campaign involvement.
As…
Sep 06, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
blu_n_a_redstate: traveling for a few days, so please behave. My JFP cohorts will be helping moderate and have my permission…
Sep 06, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
golden eagle: Where ya going, Donna? Send us all a postcard, please!
Sep 06, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
ladd: Is that just a hunch you have, Hayes, or do you know something about the electoral-vote trends that haven't…
Sep 06, 2008
Why Is Sarah Palin Sneering So Much?
blu_n_a_redstate: Appalachian Images West Virginia: Beautiful, serene, rustic, good people, good fishing and hunting. Similar images can be found almost anywhere in rural Mississippi. See link below:
http://www.pbase.com/kstuebin/appalachian_images
But as for the likes of Sara Palin and as the heading reads (and image shown within) for this link, Some Things Never Change…
http://www.pbase.com/kstuebin/image/22267404