Congratulations! You’ve made it through January. But now, we’re in February, the month when every Tuesday should already be Wednesday. SuperWoman has a solution! (Though, she will admit, it’s only temporary.) Cupcakes. Red ones. (Yes, we’ve been through this before, but the benefits of red velvet cupcakes cannot be overstated.) SuperWoman really suspects that Valentine’s [...]
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When I decided to do the Symposium on Body Image, I asked one of my favorite bloggers, Scary Mommy, the Blog Queen, to participate. I don’t think I’ve ever read a post of hers I didn’t like. (And I’m picky.) Fortunately for me, she graciously agreed, and here is a post of hers about what [...]
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We’re continuing the discussion of the Maladjusted Book Club’s February picks for the Symposium on Body Image. Today, we discuss Portia de Rossi’s Unbearable Lightness. I was somewhat of an Ally McBeal addict in college. It was a show I loved to hate. Either I was obsessed with my body, or the show brought to [...]
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Welcome back to The Maladjusted Book Club! This post is the first in a series this week on female body image, which I’m aptly calling The Maladjusted Symposium on Body Image. It’s like Plato’s, only better. First up, Geneen Roth’s latest, Women, Food, and God. Roth talks about her years of hosting forums in which [...]
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Reason #225–I burn rice. Reason #317–Onions make me cry. Reason #340–On Valentine’s Day 2007, while seven months pregnant and home for a school snow day, a fire ignited in my stove. The French fries! I sprayed inside with a mini fire extinguisher, then ran out the back door. There I was, a pregnant woman in [...]
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Since my children were born, the deJana household has become extremely partial to frozen food. My husband is an excellent cook, but as all families know, it is difficult to get a meal together after working all day, whether that work is at home (like me), or an hour’s drive away (like him). Before we [...]
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