J, not too old for that outfit, is done dealing with commentary she doesn't like. Less than a month after declaring  "I view “negative” things as a chance to grow", she has decided to on a new comment policy to prevent anything not "happy and upbeat" from appearing on her site. Though "another possible option...is closing down comments altogether", she says she decided that would be "letting the bad apples win". Instead, she will do what so many other bloggers have done in the past - approve comments by hand. I’ve had no restrictions on comments for the past two years...

Julia Allison, healthy person totally qualified to give you advice about things, wants to give you advice: Ask Julia! So - if you’ve ever read the Ask Amy advice column (or if you grew up reading Dear Abby or Ann Landers, as I did) - you get the general concept: you have a dilemma, you write in to the expert, and she uses magic to solve your problem with her sweet sweet words.  Or tells you to go to therapy. I’m starting a series of Social Media Q&As for the Social Studies column, and I hereby invite you to hit...

Megatits McCain, who will see your hate and raise you with more hate, just does not get how you people think she looks so different in real life compared to her online photos: people keep telling me I look so different right now, I'm almost 26 most media outlets use pictures of me at 22 or younger...thats all! 9:27 PM May 11th via web Well let's see what her official Daily Beast column headshot is and maybe we can clear this up. Um. Oh. Right, ok. It must be a Me/aghan thing to only post flattering pics. And hey, I...

Claire Tammaro, fka 'thinkingclairezy', woke up the other day to find instagram had disabled her account. Her response? Hire a lawyer to fight The Gram Machine.

Messica Quirk, fiery fashion wreck, has evidently given up being subtle about kids. She is now dressing like a penis and a vagina in an attempt to show Quirk how babymaking happens. Well, I’m just going to start with my favorite part of this outfit - the velvet turban style hat that I picked up from a thrift store yesterday for $10. I know it’s a lot and I know the look is not for everyone. I can’t tell whether I’d say more Shriner’s or 40’s Lounge Cigarette Girl. I just knew when I saw it, I had to have...

Gina of The Feminist Breeder, has haters and don't you forget it, is apparently facing a lawsuit from another birth blogger. Dr. Amy at The Skeptical OB has informed the internet that she has filed against Gina for "unlawfully sent false notices (called “takedown notices”) under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and for tortious interference with my contracts with webhosts". The history of their public online battle was summarized by GOMIBLOGer Viola_Aurea: OK, so Gina wrote this post about how she's learned soooooooooo much after being a doula at 20 births. Dr. Amy responded with this post, basically saying, "If you've learned this much after...

Mary Rambin, sigh, is now designing branding banners for her clients the Fat Frankels: Joel and I completed the banner ads for the Frankels yesterday.  I’ve obviously designed plenty of other things before - websites, purses, logos, the list goes on - but these are my first banner ads. Composing a captivating banner is actually trickier than it sounds.  I think we did a good job making these.  Our goals were to create brand awareness, familiarity with the Frankels themselves and their achievements in building using a conservative but interesting aesthetic. These aren't the worst I've seen but they certainly...

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