Freedom Fries, Meet Roses of the Prophet Mohammad
I can’t wait until the right gets ahold of this story: Iranians have re-named Danish pastries “Roses of the Prophet Mohammad.” And I can’t wait until we can respond to any wingnut criticism with, “Would you like some Freedom Fries with that?” link via Noam.
...read moreCutting Fat Doesn’t Cut Heart Disease Risk
I’ve been saying it all along: A low-fat diet isn’t the answer. Based entirely on my non-scientific experience living in Italy, I think a diet rich in natural foods is best, even if those foods are high in fat (like olive oil). People long before me have lauded the virtues of the Mediterranean diet, and [...]
...read moreSwill
Charming. Diet wine, pitched to women by playing to their insecurities: This off-the-mark targeting reaches its full height with White Lie, Beringer Blass’ new lower-calorie, lower-alcohol wine for women. The marketing of this Chardonnay revolves around the maxim “a little white lie never hurt anyone.” Minor fibs like “My hair is naturally this color,” are [...]
...read moreThe Best Thing I’ve Heard All Day
There is a God.
...read morePerformance-Enhancing Soft Drinks… For Four-Year-Olds
No, it’s not a joke. The latest sports drink, Spark, is being marketed to kids between the ages of 4 and 11, and contains as much caffeine as in a cup of coffee — purportedly to encourange athletic performance (another version of the drink contains twice as much caffeine and is being marketed to teenagers [...]
...read moreFriday Random 10, 2nd ed.
I’m never as cool as Lauren (although I do constantly download the songs she lists). Bear with me anyway. I’m so glad it’s the weekend. 1. Joss Stone and Melissa Ethridge: Cry (live Janis Joplin cover) 2. Ray LaMontagne: Jolene 3. Anne Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello: Put Your Head On My Shoulder 4. [...]
...read moreBlonde Ambition
Today’s vanity-laced topics: hair, language and looking at American politics from Europe. Pictures will be interspursed. And it’s a fucking novel.
...read moreStupid Oracle
I don’t drink Starbucks. We have too many little coffee shops in town that I love to support to submit myself to Starbucks coffee. Nonetheless, as per my usual order of a grande soy latte with Irish Creme, the Starbucks Oracle labels me: Personality type: Hippie In addition to being a hippie, you are a [...]
...read more“Exceeding Proper Measure”
Hello everyone…Lenka from farkleberries here, proud to be guest-blogging at feministe this week! I thought this might be a good forum to discuss something that’s been on my mind a lot lately: the increasing media and public trend of equating food with “sin,” intemperance, even immorality, especially when women are doing the eating. Strangely enough, [...]
...read moreBasketball and a Bad, Bad Mood
I’m in a sour mood today, therefore holing myself up in the house and making some garbage soup. Fresh okra is available this time of year, and that’s one thing that makes the soup so damn good. That and the tobasco sauce. I’ll also be working on Clapotis, cleaning house, and drinking coffee even though [...]
...read moreThrifty Food Plan, Thermostats, and Lunchboxes
For anyone who has been following this series, Elizabeth’s family has finished one month of the government’s Thrifty Food Plan. (Post one, the one that started it all.) This conversation inspired me to get a few books on how to save money and shop savvy. There are some things on my budget that won’t budge, [...]
...read moreFin: Skully Bag
I finally finished the Skully bag tonight after fighting with it for at least two months, a project undertaken to use up the masses of super-thick wool I had from a previous failed project. This is a picture of the final blocking process – very precise, as you can see. I basically made a massive [...]
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