Belle Gibson, who has apparently built an empire based on fixing her cancer with food, is now being scrutinized for her repeated claims of having malignant cancer. Belle took her social media fame and launched an app, The Whole Pantry. Since the world just loves doomed pretty women (there's a reason La bohème keeps getting adapted, folks) Belle became a darling of the Australian HLB scene. She was able to spin the app into a book deal. In the midst of her increasingly dramatic claims of cancer spreading to multiple organs, Belle went on tours and speaking gigs to push...

Taralynn McNitt, salad blogger, is apparently the queen of flattering photo angles that erase about 20 lbs. Unfortunately for her she went on some kind of fitness vacation with a bunch of other bloggers, who had no problem posting pics of Taralynn in all her unedited glory. One HLB even responded to a commenter on her recap post regarding TL's wildly different appearance in her pictures versus the pictures posted by other attendees. What's that, you say? A blogger posting inaccurate selfies, who cares Alice? Well really no one would care...except for the fact that she uses these misleading photos...

In yet another classic display of the Younger family's civic mindedness, Matt, husband of KERF, has clarified his feelings about not selling the bread produced in his bakery. I don't understand. Donating it to local food banks in the dead of winter is the same thing as throwing it away? I mean...ok, fine, feel however you want as a business owner. But maybe if you want to pose yourself as some local family bidness at least publicly pretend to care about the local community. Perhaps Natalie Jensen could purchase some to eat on the subway?

It's been a while, but I had to give you a SOMI with which to kill your Friday lunch hour. Behold, "Pattern Behavior". You crafting/sewing forum folks will love it, but I'm having some hearty chuckles myself. Enjoy!

Natalie Hill Jensen, her ring, look at it, apparently still hasn't had time to get her big rebrand off the ground. I guess she's too busy escaping her married life in BFE Utah in order to ride around the NYC subways. Her ring! Look at it! And then scratch your head as you try to figure out what eating two donuts on a subway - while on your way to eat even more food - has to do with being "like a homeless person".

This is a quick post because it's five minutes until noon and I have to get ready to start drinking, but the sample pages for the 'Hey Natalie Jean' book are online. You can check them out here. I think we can all agree this is a tome worthy of a world tour. And we haven't had an open post in a while, so you can also go nuts about other topics if you like.

Natalie Holbrook, who recently implied her family can't afford "private" pre-k for their child unless she bombards her blog with affiliate links, is apparently taking her 176 page vanity book on a worldwide tour. Saying she has "a gold saint christopher, patron saint of traveling, for good book tour planning juju", she claims her "first stop come april" is "berlin!" and went on to tweet that she'll be all over Europe afterwards - presumably promoting her 'book'. She also hinted she'll be jetting around the U.S. saying she was "having a hard time picturing which states came in what order...

An odd trend has been rising over the past two years. Mommy/Lifestyle bloggers around their early 30s are sticking the toddlers in daycare and heading out for piercings and tats and all day 'me time' and all night 'party time'. It seems young ladybloggers with young kids just become bored with themselves and begin flailing about for some kind of new personality angle. SOMEONE PAY ATTENTION TO ME Enter the 'Mumspringa'. Ladybloggers between 28-32, usually with children under 5, suddenly start expressing a desire for tattoos or piercings; their personal style takes a turn into obvious try hard; they begin...

Jenna Cole, that future software engineer, was apparently rejected by the lady programmer course that she felt certain would lead her to a 90k a year job. ...for me this was about facing down those inner demons I have that tell me that I’m not good enough to do this… that I need to feel ashamed because I didn’t get in to…Whether or not it was competitive, I don’t even think that matters, because I think even if it wasn’t compete- if it was the most competitive program in the world, my inner demons would still tell me that, you...

In a stunning moment of "wait, wut" heard round the internet, Gina, who once claimed to be a strong black woman, has decided the final weeks of graduate school are simply more suffering than any human should have to bear. In fact, she would prefer an easy way out. I'm just so glad someone finally said this! I'm so tired of people with cancer acting like it's so hard. I just want to be like, uh, boo hoo, try grad school sometime! /sarcasm off /me rage bear stares

Neely, sophisticated, educated, successful career woman, has shared her "Daily Must Haves" for you hardworking bidness ladies. She also provides insight into the hectic workaday life of a full time blogger. I am a full time blogger and I also own my own Social Media Company. Both of these things have me on the go a lot and working from places such as my office, living room, bedroom, any local Coffee Shop(Ascension is my favorite) and sometimes my car at stoplights. Apparently what she must have for her busy on-the-go lifestyle of moving between her living room and bedroom is...

Naomi, mother of 3, is once again subwhining about her silent struggles to conceive. In a post about how she has spent the past 4 years breastfeeding 3 successive babies, Naomi attempts to salve the feelings of any women suffering from infertility by implying she knows their pain. for example, i’m not one of those lucky ladies who blinks and suddenly is pregnant...when someone starts talking about how “…and then i was pregnant with twins and we weren’t even trying!”...i try to make myself feel better by telling myself, “well naomi, you’re basically a milk maid, so at least you have that!” When...

Hey Natalie Jean, curator, announced this side of last year that she wanted her purchases to "mean something". over the last year or so i've been on a bit of a personal odyssey to really examine the way i spend my money and why...earlier last year i made the quiet decision not to shop at forever 21 anymore...for the most part i've stuck to it, and i'm really pretty proud of myself for it. because as much of a thrill as a good cheap forever 21 score is, for me it's a short-lived thrill, and ethically, it's not something i'm...

Evidently Rockstuds are out, and Stuart Weitzman Highland boots are in, at least for this Fashion Week. Businesslady fashion expert entrepreneurs are stomping around NYC in these comfy looking leg prisons. Because nothing says 'take me seriously in business! ask me about my master's degree!' like suede thigh high heeled boots and a muppet coat in 7 degree weather.

New York Fashion Week continues with some well timed news - Pinterest will be removing those precious rstyle affiliate links from pins, preventing bloggers from making click money through affiliate linking on Pinterest. Starting today, we'll automatically remove all affiliate links, redirects, and trackers on Pins. We've been automatically removing most of these links for a few years but, until now, we made exceptions for rewardStyle...all your past Pins will show up normally and still be clickable. They just won't include the affiliate tracker... That sound you hear is 500 bloggers posing outside Milk Studios screaming "Noooooooooooooo".

Danielle, the photoshop addicted fashion blogger behind We Wore What, did an interview in which she detailed why her attendance at New York Fashion Week is totally valid. Apparently she goes in order to "have a presence there and be shot by street style photographers" and that's about it. She also claims her attendance is "really organic" because she goes to shows "if someone wants to dress me and pay me to be there". Further justifying filling a seat at the shows, she says "I don’t really do runway photos on my blog", making sure to add that she sits...

Denise, has six kids and invites you to 'count 'em', wants you to stop hating anti-vaxxers because their logic is sound. She vaccinated her first two kids, but they had issues - and she just couldn't bring herself to shove awful things into the rest of her kids. Things started to shift once I gave birth to my third child. As I snuggled my brand new little boy in my arms, the thought of subjecting his healthy body to an onslaught of foreign antibodies and questionable chemicals brought tears to my eyes. Of course those questionable chemicals are more than...

What a glorious year it was for Jenna Cole. She posted pictures of herself in her bra. She made omgsomuchmoney. And her solo parenting finally ended. But surely her greatest moment is being crowned with a Lifetime Failchievement Award. She also mightily swept the Biggest WTF category with Vibratorgate. Kelle Hampton of ETST won for Biggest Decline, Most Overexposed Children, and Most Insane Fangirling. I'm sure orange Poopasicle is planning a party right now. Ghost Bev won Best Flounce, though Young House Love came in a close second. Cecily Kellogg won for Worst Photoshopping which surprises no one. Taralynn's coffee...

Sources are saying Cupcakes And Cashmere has pushed out her little pageview generator. She has allegedly bestowed the Totally Right Now name of 'Sloan' upon Baby Cuppers. Katie Bower, crack house saver, has announced she is pregnant with her fourth. She claims she didn't realize it until she was a good 18+ weeks along. Yeah. Mr. What I Wore is opening his distillery and Messica is parading around Bloomtucky like the Midwestern Lady Coolbirth. Miss James posted a 'look how thin I am' bathroom selfie but otherwise continues to be a snorepedo. And be sure to check out the 2015...

Natalie Holbrook, hip and dreamy, has a book coming out March 17th. In an attempt to drum up excitement she has been doing giveaways all week, culminating in today's big bonanza - a chance to win her 'uniform' of boots and Madewell jeans, and a copy of her book. Just follow her simple entry rules! To enter, head over to one of these retailers...and preorder that sucker! Then go here and fill out the entry form. If you've already preordered, bless you! Lemme kiss your face! Go find that email and enter your confirmation number ASAP, you're already in! Yes, you...