Posts Tagged ‘role models’
What’s wrong with Masterchef?
This is my Gen X Girl column from this week's edition of Savvy magazine in the Townsville Bulletin. So Kate won this year’s Masterchef and now there’s a great big black hole in my 7:30pm viewing schedule. I know there are a lot of you out [...]
Killer curves might really be that
I know it's all very 2011 to embrace our curves, but a spokeswoman on women doing just that has admitted that her size 18 body may have been killing her. Well duh! The Daily Mail reports that US self-esteem expert Jess Weiner, who has written [...]
Surpise, surprise. Reality TV may not be as real as you think.
Fancy yourself as a Masterchef? Or one of those masochists from The Block. How about a stint on The City or The Only Way Is Essex? Or maybe they'll bring back Big Brother. Well here's an insider's guide to what really goes on on reality tv. My [...]
Kelly Osbourne is giving me the shits
As the title says, I've just about had enough of that little name-dropping strumpet, Kelly Osbourne. She has relabelled herself as a fashion icon, but seriously, just because she is given lots of free clothes and a gig on Fashion Police (and how did [...]
Did you know tights were passe?
I had no idea that wearing tights was such a no no. I thought tights were timeless. But then I guess I'm showing my age. For apparently tights are only worn by bank tellers, flight attendants and the Middleton sisters. Yes, for poor old Kate and [...]
Five over-rated things
This is from my Gen X Girl weekly column in this week's Townsville Bulletin Savvy Magazine. Along with 11 million other Australians I went and saw the final instalment of the Harry Potter series last week. It was good, not great but that’s OK [...]
Those dirty vaginas are history
Summer's Eve, the product that all women with smelly vaginas turn to in their time of need, has done it again with a classy ad that can also pass as a history lesson. Oh dear Summer's Eve. I think you got it wrong again. But isn't it nice to know [...]
How old are you really?
This is my Gen X Girl column from this week's Townsville Bulletin Savvy Magazine. Cold weather getting you down? Feel like you’re getting old and tired before your time. Well here’s a way to check and provide a bit of self-inflicted [...]
So the water thing is wrong too
So I'll just take a moment to say, between frantic dashes to the toilet, that I've got it all wrong. Apparently none of us needs to be drinking eight glasses of water a day so put that water bottle down right now. According to a study published [...]
When Tracy met Gaga
This is from my weekly column published in today's copy of the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. There are certain things that are meant to go together. Things like fish and chips, Romeo and Juliet, salt and pepper, Queensland teams and [...]
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