The internet has begun hosing off their lawn chairs and stocking up on popcorn after Dr. Amy's announcement that the Battle Of The Birth Bloggers will in fact be going to court: I’m pleased to report that the judge agreed with our arguments and those of the Electronic Frontier Foundation/Digital Media Law Project of Harvard Law School and denied Gina Crosley-Corcoran’s motion to dismiss my lawsuit. The case will be going forward in Massachusetts. This evidently means that The Feminist Breeder's attempts to dismiss the case because I don't know, Massachusetts was far away or something, have been denied. In...

Immediately after Messica's whining about still being pregnant her daughter obliged the queenwomanmommy's wishes and squirked her way into the world. As predicted in the forums for months she went with a name that could be pet named into Bee. (more…)

All you actual writers who contemplated burning down the internet after Jordan Reid's first book deal, please hand over your matches - Shillshackle Sham already has a second book coming out in 2015. After reminding everyone that she's pregnant, Shilshackle announces "Well, now I have another big project due around that time, too." Coming from Running Press in Spring 2015: book No. 2, Carrying On. (The manuscript goes in at the end of the summer.) Now, don't you struggling real writers all feel that the money and years spent on education, building credibility, and honing talent were all worth it? Guess you should've...

Becka of Kiki LaRue, maker of the kind of high quality clothing you used to only find in Dollar General, decided to hold a little instagram AMA. When asked about using some plus sized models, she had some lovely excuses. (more…)

Is Emily Schuman, elevating everything, now elevating your home with elevated bedding and decor? Her instagram certainly seems to be hinting that a Cupcakes and Cashmere home goods line is on the way. Her bizarre fashion line allegedly sold like crazy (while simultaneously causing sizism controversy), so it's obvious there's a market for anything Cuppy peddles. Fangirls on instagram are already slobbering things like "omg I need this now this is such big news" and "if she's doing a homewares line I will fly to LA" so clearly there are gals out there who want to home it up like Emily....

Today we are reading 'Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain: A Search for an Unconventional Life Abroad' by Helene Sula, aka HeleneInBetween. We've been discussing ole Helene around here for about 11 years (!) so I figured it was time to force myself through her book.

Cary Randolph, the sort of sad, angry version of Emily Brill, is taking her brilliant proseinating skillz  on back to MO: I’m taking a long sabbatical in the home state for the next two weeks. What better time than now to give a big, red-lacquered middle finger to such corporate mainstays as “accrued vacation days” and visit friends on my parents’ dime? Or to put it another way, I’ve completely lost my mind. Since the airfare is nonrefundable, I plan on doing the following: * Impress college friends with my wacky “New York fashion”. * Smoke cigarettes inside the bar....

Gala Darling, self-proclaimed "girl boss" but actually just a woo peddler, has found yet another way to make you pay for her woo. (more…)