What with her three adopted children, recent birthing of twins, and husband Brad’s increasingly haggard mug, the rumors that Angelina Jolie is pregnant again have compounded an already drama-riffic life. Everyone is sick of hearing about this lippy femme and her do-gooding and her cat-fighting and her award-winning and her baby-making, but no one can […]
Oh-lympics
By Rachel Krueger When my first college boyfriend asserted one lazy Saturday night that hockey needed cheerleaders, I knew then and there that we would not be trawling the aisles 80 years hence, hand in wrinkled hand, looking for a better denture adhesive. Less because of the “cheerleaders” and more because of the “hockey needs.” […]
Psst, kid, wanna buy some eyeliner?
Recently I met a mom who’s had enough. I was in a mall washroom when I noticed the media-awareness.ca sticker on the tote bag of the woman next to me at the counter. I asked her about it, and got a quick lesson in what it’s like to raise children in a media environment that’s […]
Britney isn’t news
Leave Britney Alone! I think Chris Crocker, in his infamous You Tube video defending Britney Spears, was onto something. (I’m not going to post it. If you haven’t seen it yet, I suggest you sell the rock you’re living under. But here’s the Trance remix:) Spears’ three-hour stand off with police, prompted by her refusal […]