Feminism and The Cult of Imperial Motherhood
- By Kelly Diels
- 30 November, 2009
- 13 Comments
Sometimes you open the closet and find something you love but forgot you had and realize it totally deserves another fabulous night out…this essay is that. I first published this … Continue Reading →
The Forgiven.
- By Kelly Diels
- 29 November, 2009
- 13 Comments
Eight years ago I made a mistake. I harmed someone. I broke a heart. Some relationships are toxic and broken and present as steel boxes padlocked with kisses in size … Continue Reading →
The New Rules of Future Engagement. Guaranteed, Or Your Money Back. Indirectly a Guest Post by Desiree Adaway
- By Kelly Diels
- 26 November, 2009
- 3 Comments
The New Rules of Future Engagement is a brief dating manual by Desiree Adaway, Deb Owen and moi. We collaborated on Twitter to develop this very special, very useful information … Continue Reading →
Gimme A Cookie
- By Kelly Diels
- 25 November, 2009
- 9 Comments
“It’s excruciating to watch people pretend to help other people.” – via Merlin Mann Don’t you hate it when someone helps you out? Smugly? Like: lookit me I’m so great, … Continue Reading →
I Don’t Have Time for A Mid-life Crisis Because I Just Got Cable. A Social Critique (Sorta), Referrals to My Favourite Self-Help Gurus, and a Plea To Salon. Again.
- By Kelly Diels
- 24 November, 2009
- 17 Comments
wherein the alleged lady blogger writes more than 2,800 words with nary a header or how-to in sight I’m thirty-sex. The average life expectancy for a Canadian woman is 82.7 … Continue Reading →
Psssst…It is Not All Copywriting, All The Time
- By Kelly Diels
- 23 November, 2009
- 11 Comments
This might be a little frou-frou academic but let’s get polemic and creative and re-interpret The Blog. Add jazz hands as necessary. Yes. I’m for real. I’d kinda like to … Continue Reading →
My Soul’s 4am is Penelope Trunk
- By Kelly Diels
- 21 November, 2009
- 5 Comments
Recently I ‘fessed up that criticizing Tyler Perry gave me many a sleepless night. So, after my confession, can I rest easy? No. Now, in the 4am of my soul, I’m anxious … Continue Reading →
Art, Money, Courage. Let’s Get Some. Meet Bryce Widom.
- By Kelly Diels
- 19 November, 2009
- 4 Comments
Penelope Trunk writes that it is childish to expect that you can change careers without changing salaries. She’s right. I know she’s right. Which is why I love to hear stories … Continue Reading →
T-shirt. Speaks to the Choice of a New Generation.
- By Kelly Diels
- 19 November, 2009
- No Comments
It’s not Pepsi. It’s Jenny. In the next installment of our exploration in cotton – of sex (porn) and money (hundredaire) – Jenny has created a very thoughtful shirt that … Continue Reading →
Storytelling about Faith, Feminism, and even a bit of Cleavage – by Ronna Detrick
- By Kelly Diels
- 18 November, 2009
- 5 Comments
guest post by Ronna Detrick There is a space in which I live, think, wonder, rage, and hope. It’s an in-between place. Sometimes a threatening chasm, other times a sheltering … Continue Reading →
Prostituting My Cleavage. Unpaid. (Apparently I’m Very Bad At This.)
- By Kelly Diels
- 17 November, 2009
- 18 Comments
It’s been two weeks. My newer, hotter, more authentically me’er blog is suddenly making me uncomfortable. It’s all sex sex sex sensual massage cleavage lookit me I’m so trampy I … Continue Reading →
