It’s Only a Myth if You Believe That Those Sluts Were Asking For It

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Did you watch Lipstick Jungle last night?

So how many of you watched Lipstick Jungle last night on NBC... [lien] [EN]

Melanie Brown, is that you!?

Melanie Brown showed up last night at the Mobo Awards (huh?) in London, England, in a rather interesting outfit.  What do you think? I say the woman on the left’s expression says it all. WENN [lien] [EN]

Gwyneth Paltrow: What to Do if You Are Totally out of Shape

In her latest Goop newsletter, Gwyneth Paltrow opens up about her father’s battle with throat cancer and her own health issues. She says she has found “three doctors” — one in London, one in New York and one in Los Angeles — who “have helped me tremendously” with “some very sticky health problems,” including pneumonia, anemia, stress. Their advice? “Sleep eight hours for two weeks, then start eliminating ‘white’ foods,” Paltrow quotes NYC-based cardiologist Dr. Alejandro Junger. “After two weeks of sleeping and eating better, you’ll have the energy to exercise. Begin as you like. “If you are totally out of shape,” Dr. Junger advises, “start by walking 15 minutes a day and add a minute every day for the first month. “At the end of a month. [lien] [EN]

Can you tell who this is?

When I read who this was - I was like “wow, are you serious?” Can you tell who this is?  Answer + more pics after the jump! It’s Cindy Crawford! Dang, she looks amazing! Here she is in French Vogue, November 2008. [lien] [EN]

ICYDK Poll: Who are you voting for?

Just curious which way you’re going to vote.  Will you vote for Barack Obama, or John McCain? [lien] [EN]

Speak Up: What do you think about Chris Brown getting probation?

What do you think about Chris Brown getting off with only 5 years probation? Seems to me like he got off way too easy… He almost killed her!!  I think he should have seen the inside of a jail cell, if you ask me.  It’s infuriating! [lien] [EN]

“Are you a treasure or a target?”: More sex ed FAIL from Ohio

For some reason or another, Ohio schools seemed to be inundated with some of the worst abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in the entire country. Ohio is the home of Elizabeth’s New Life Center, notable for employing Derek the Abstinence Clown, who comes to middle school classrooms to perform and inform kids that using condoms is like juggling machetes. Elizabeth also teaches that abortion will give you breast cancer and “post-abortion-syndrome“, a nice fallback for those unfortunate students who learned sex from a fracking clown and find themselves with a positive pregnancy test. Ohio also has the creatively named Abstinence Till Marriage program, whose Miss the Mess website happily promoted Rape Culture, informing youth that, as Jill put it, “you can’t rape a slut” (this was before the Netroots shamed them into taking it down. [lien] [EN]

Upon Reflection, Maybe Jordin Sparks Didn't Mean to Call You All 'Sluts' [Do Overs]

The VMAs tend to be known for their feuds, whether it's Madonna vs. Courtney Love, Kid Rock vs. Tommy Lee, or Michael Jackson vs. his overwhelming fear of Lisa Marie Presley's pursed lips. This year's ceremony was no different, though the anger came from an unexpected source: American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, who overstepped a line while defending the Jonas Brothers' purity, declaring, "It's not bad to wear a promise ring, because not everybody — guy or girl — wants to be a slut." This implication of an either/or sexual ultimatum prompted an outcry from the historically ribald music world, with elder stateswoman Courtney Love prescribing an unorthodox remedy of "pussy and some cock" and the Jonas Brothers themselves laying hands on salacious host Russell Brand to forgive him. Now, in an interview with EW. [lien] [EN]

What Price Are You Paying To Have It All? The Supermom Myth

Do you believe in a perfect life? Or “having it all”? [lien] [EN]

Health Myths Dispelled for You Wheezing Indoor Types [Not Afraid To Be Servicey]

"Contrary to common belief, urine color is not a great sign of dehydration, says Rachel Vreeman, MD, a fellow in Children's Health Services Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis." I don't get sick, because I drink plenty of delicious alcohol and germs rightfully fear me. But for humans, here are some handy tips for staying well so you don't end up looking like Moby. Do you really feed a fever and starve a cold? Is coffee bad for you? No, of course not! And reading in dim light won't ruin your eyes, either. But don't take my word for it. Here's what some experts say. [MSNBC] [lien] [EN]

Sarah Palin’s Politician Slut Daughter of the Day

Governor’s Shirt that Reads “Broke but not Flat Busted”…Classy…. So there is some huge scandal about the Republicans and their whole pro-life and teaching abstinence in schools bullshit, because the Governor of Alaska and McCain’s Vice President candidate, Sarah Palin, who is a pretty hot fuckin’ politician and grandmother and ex-beauty queen has has a 17 year old daughter who just finished being teen pregnant out of wedlock and may be pregnant again despite having a baby and is rumored to be marrying her baby’s daddy or some shit to justify the moral fight her mother is fighting and make it look less fucked up than it all is…. Now I am one to blame a parent for the way their daughters act, except when it comes to teenagers fucking because I am a fan of that and it’s kinda just the way things go. [lien] [EN]

Weekly Digest: Lorelle Back Home Finally, Conspiracy Theories Everywhere, Will You Go Naked, and More

After over six weeks on the road (Only six? Felt much longer.) I just arrived home to Oregon in time for the first snow of the year. It was beautiful, but unfortunately gone before I could dig the camera out of the motor home. The cats, horses, donkeys, dogs, land-mates, and husband were all glad to see me. And I them. Unfortunately, the snow was followed by massive rain and wind which took out the satellite Internet for most of the past couple days. The joys of country living. I’ve got a lot of planning for a busy schedule next year, speaking at a variety of blogging and WordPress conferences and meetings. I’m so excited about getting out and meeting the best of the best in blogging and WordPress. This is the Weekly Digest from Lorelle on WordPress. To subscribe to the Weekly Digest category of Lorelle on WordPress. [lien] [EN]

Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

I know, this sounds like the latest infomercial on late night television to get you to by some book that "doctors don't want you to have." Unfortunately, marketing tactics like this work. They sell books and my patients bring them in to ask me about them. (At least my patients come in and ask me about them, so that we can talk about it). The title of this post is "borrowed" from an article from yesterday's New York Times. Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine made a list of items thought to be in the "conventional wisdom" of physicians and of the general public. What they came up with is a list of seven items proven NOT to be scientifically sound -- according to their research. This is an interesting list... 1. People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day. [lien] [EN]

Iraq myths

Juan Cole knocks down all 10 strawmen he set up. I respect Professor Juan Cole’s knowledge of the Middle East but his post today on “Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007” was propaganda disguised as scholarship. His myths were myths. His No. 1 myth: “The reduction in violence in Iraq is mostly because of the escalation in the number of US troops, or ‘surge’.” He should know that the Surge was not just sending a bunch of troops into Iraq but also to work with the Iraqi people to get them to turn on al-Qaeda. That worked. I’m curious as to what caused the reduction in Cole’s opinion. They ran out of IEDs? The real myth is that the Surge failed. That’s what the left keeps telling itself. His No. 2: “Iraq has been ‘calm’ in fall of 2007 and the Iraqi public. [lien] [EN]