Posts Tagged ‘role models’
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 [...]
Evolution in schools? How revolutionary
I came across this promo clip for the 2011 Miss USA contest. Burning question that required a long, deep, superficially well-balanced reply? Should evolution be taught in schools? Seriously. And some said no. Seriously. Miss Georgia gave a [...]
Why Princess Kate is cooler than Princess Charlene
Over at The Gloss they've put together a dazzling little slideshow called 9 reasons why new Monaco royal bride Charlene is cooler than Kate Middleton. They're wrong of course. Kate is the coolest princess and these are nine reasons [...]
And you think your mother-in-law is a pain in the arse?
Gosh this email makes me appreciate my mother-in-law. It's from UK woman Carolyn Bourne to her future daughter-in-law, Heidi Withers who apparently behaved appallingly on a weekend away. So badly in fact that Carolyn sent Heidi the email listing her [...]
Diana would be 50 today–how time flies
Happy 50th birthday Princess Diana. Well happy 50th birthday if you were still alive. Newsweek has gone all out with a creepy cover to commemorate the big day. And no you're not seeing dead people in the Newsweek photo. They really have [...]
Warnie the trophy wife
This is from my weekly column that appears in the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy Magazine. I love makeovers. Love TV makeover shows more for that matter. Property, people, lifestyles—I'm all over them. Just so long that some that was previously in [...]
Heart Tiffani
That Justin Bieber--he's just so cute. Did you see him working the Tiffani Theissen shirt at the awards the other night. Pop culture meets couture. Anyway in an all out love-fest Tiffani returned the favour by rocking a Justin Bieber t shirt. You [...]
I’m so sick of being told what to do
I was in the bottle shop the other day when I watched a girl being chastised by the bottle shop attendant for passing her father a bottle of wine to put in a box. She just passed it to him mind, she was being helpful. She wasn't drinking it, she [...]
Kate declares that she is not a clothes-horse
So Princess Kate has declared that she is not a clothes horse and WILL NOT be taking a dresser with her on her upcoming tour of Canada. I was a bit alarmed when I read that. Until it was followed up with the statement that she WILL be taking a [...]
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