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We know you’re not going on a diet this year, so what ARE you going to do in 2010? Or what aren’t you going to do? Or whatever. Happy [...]
December 31, 2009
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First rule of nutrition: eat or die. Second rule of nutrition: there are no other rules. My mother died two weeks ago. She had been deeply ill [...]
December 27, 2009
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Shapelings, this is the first year since Al and I met that we will be spending Christmas at home instead of in Vegas. Since our families are [...]
December 24, 2009
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I found this list of terrible gifts. I think my favorite is Fart Insurance pills. (the list includes classist commentary on Mama’s Family. [...]
December 22, 2009
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Shapelings, it’s the holidays in a big chunk of the world, and we’re betting you won’t be reading as often and we won’t [...]
December 20, 2009
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Ohferbleepssake. This Christmas, the Pennsylvania Medical Society is asking children to ease up on the milk and cookies for Santa Claus. That [...]
December 18, 2009
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Hello there, Shapelings: • No doubt you remember hearing the story of Samantha Clowes, a British bride-to-be who died of heart failure while [...]
December 16, 2009
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaawn. This is almost, but not quite, so weary-eyeroll-inducing that it’s not worth the effort of typing it all out. (And the [...]
December 14, 2009
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I like to think of myself as thoughtful gift giver, but after spotting The New York Times gift giving guide, I might have to reconsider. The New [...]
December 10, 2009
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Shapelings, let’s talk fatness in young adult fiction. YA fiction often positions fat as shorthand for countless negative qualities the [...]
December 7, 2009
