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Could It Be Low T?
If you live in the US and watch TV, you have been bombarded with commercials touting drugs for low testosterone. Never mind that doctors agree only a small proportion of men – about 0.5% – need testosterone therapy. The ads … Continue reading
Peaches, Grief, Guilt and Restraining Orders
As I write this, we still don’t know what caused the death of poor Peaches Geldof but we are human, most of us, so we feel the tragedy. For me, it was yet another trigger, a blast of PTSD, complete … Continue reading
Hate Your Legs?
I’m not happy with mine either, and here’s why: The model above. Just look at how skinny those legs are! Hmph, bad photoshopping, right? That’s what I told myself. But then, I accidentally started a video, and the skinny legs … Continue reading
Posted in Disorders, Fashion, Rants
Tagged eating disorders, online shopping, prostitutes
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Remember Tragic Fashion Boy?
Poor Tragic Fashion boy! I came across this picture and it brought back a whole era – the era in my life when blogging and fashion were exciting and full of adventure. I was genuinely fascinated by characters like Sea … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Disorders, Fashion
Tagged Daphne Guinness, Tragic Fashion Boy, Words
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Crazy Mothers Club VII
Yesterday, I was bitching about my hair on facebook, and a friend passed on her mother’s advice about spending too much time at the mirror. I couldn’t even imagine my own mother giving me any advice, although she did … Continue reading
The Story of the Salt and Pepper Shakers
Once, in another lifetime, we noticed a change in our neighborhood. Elderly, blue-collar residents were dying, and houses went on the market at absurdly inflated prices. I heard that a yuppie couple had bought a house down the street and … Continue reading
A Tough Choice
The skirt above, by Pearl Lowe for Peacocks is priced at $30.00 The skirt below, by Balmain, sells for $2,280.00 It’s worth spending $2,250 more for the Balmain because _________________________________.
Posted in Disorders, Fashion
Tagged awful clothes, designer fashion, who is that stupid?
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Triggers and Tarzana
Once you are traumatized, you are vulnerable to triggers. And triggers are everywhere. Jane Birkin’s daughter, Kate Barry, jumped from her fourth story window last week. I couldn’t stop thinking about her despair, and how fame and talent don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Disorders, grief, Horrible Stuff, love, Rants, revenge
Tagged crime, cunts, liars
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No Dancing
When I saw a few moments of the Cancer Dance video on the evening news, I was dismayed. The news people smiled and exchanged platitudes about courage and healing. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, they mused, if people everywhere were … Continue reading
Lou Reed, Good Riddance
My memory of hearing the Velvet Underground for the first time is indelible in every detail. I had just moved to London and I was sixteen and up for anything. I was smoking hash with some guys I’d just met, … Continue reading