Today is the one-year anniversary of the Fuchsia Woman Blog: America Commentary with a Kick! Yeah! (I have enough shoes. I’m sure I’ll think up something else to buy to commemorate this auspicious occasion. [I’d like to buy back my “before the change” brain. See my “menopausal blogs” for that story…) In the last year [...]
First of all, LOVED Jimmy Fallon as the host. The Springsteen and Billie Joe Armstrong parodies were hysterical. Second, there were a bunch of awards handed out. Whatever… Third, the most important part: WHO WORE WHAT! Overall, Fuchsia Woman gives the Emmy Fashions a C-. Not that many great ones. Lots of awful ones. As [...]
In March I wrote a 3-part blog series on the documentary The September Issue—which is about Anna Wintour, Vogue Magazine Editor-in-Chief—her dogmatic management style and her pervasive influence in the international fashion world. I liked the documentary but didn’t like Ms. Wintour’s over-blown sense of self-importance and off-putting persona portrayed in the film. The real [...]
[Note: Part 3 of a 5-part series. Part 1 is 8/23/10; Part 2 is 8/24/10; Part 4 is 9/17/10. Part 5 coming soon.) I keep thinking about more things to comment on about Menopause the Musical and more things about the real menopause that bug me. For instance, in the musical, the Iowa housewife character [...]
First of all, Garrison Keillor is a much better writer than he is an entertainer. Second, Keillor’s self-proclaimed “Summer of Love Tour”— “celebrating the theme of romantic love…an evening of love duets, ballads, love sonnets, and stories of great passion and marriage” IS NO SUCH THING! Third, boy do I feel hoodwinked. Thusly, I feel [...]
The best thing you can say about having another birthday is that it means you’re not dead yet. The second best thing about having a birthday means the presence of presents. The third best thing—there is no third best thing. I don’t like my birthday because it means I’m getting older. I wouldn’t mind getting [...]
[Note: Part 2 of a 3-part series. Part 1 was yesterday. Part 3 is 8/27/10. Part 4 is 9/17/10.] When I was growing up, my Mom would weird out—act nutty, mean, scary, etc. We kids would say she was “zonked.” We could always tell when she was zonked because her facial muscles would droop and [...]
[Note: Part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2 is tomorrow. Part 3 is 8/27/10. Part 4 is 9/17/10.] Who would have thought MENOPAUSE could be so funny? Personally I find it depressing, debilitating, and disorienting. Here’s why: 1. Your body ain’t what it used to be—and it ain’t gonna get any better—and probably will [...]
I’m not in to icky-sticky bodies. So once again, I’m off on another boycott. This time it’s Ann Taylor clothes and the company’s ridiculous policy of airbrushing models from women into Popsicle sticks. Such a disservice to women (mentally and physically) to portray the models as thinner than they are in REAL LIFE. BTW, I’m [...]
Until I saw this cover of Sports Illustrated I hadn’t paid much attention to Pat Tillman. It’s a great photo—and an even greater story—of both the heroic and horrific kind. Pat Tillman was the NFL player who gave up that career to enlist in the Army in 2002—along with his brother Kevin—as a patriotic [...]
