This post originally appeared on an older version of LivLuna Oh, LivLunatics, I’m pretty sure most of you know that I have been waiting for June 29th ever since I saw the first promotional stills for what I thought was going to be the most ridiculous, campy, over the top movie ever made back in December. […]
Read More Magic Mike: What a Feeeeeelin’!49-year-old Demi Moore is back in the gossip headlines for her alleged* blossoming relationship with 35-year-old Joe Manganiello. If you remember, Demi Moore recently divorced 34-year-old Ashton Kutcher, whom she married in 2005. “Okay, Kathleen, we get it, she likes younger men. Where is this going?” you’re probably thinking. Here’s where it’s going: I don’t […]
Read More An Age Old Question: Why is it so Scandalous When Older Women Date Younger Men?My brother and I went to see The Avengers today, and while it was super awesome, there was something that kept bothering me throughout the film–the madonna/whore complex placed on the two main female characters, Natasha Romanoff/The Black Widow (Scarlett Johannson) and Agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders.) When we first see Maria Hill, almost every […]
Read More Comic Book Movies: So Close, Yet So Far Off About WomenIn my hometown of Carmel, New York, on gorgeous Lake Gleneida, there is a statue of a woman riding a horse. It appears that she is foaming at the mouth (thanks to oxidation,) but she is yelling. This woman is clearly important enough to have a statue, but why? Who is she? Her name is […]
Read More Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Outrode Paul Revere!Today marks 100 years since Juliette Gordon Low assembled eighteen girls and started the first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Georgia. She believed that all girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. With the goal of bringing girls out of isolated home environments and into community service and the open air, […]
Read More Happy 100th Anniversary, Girl Scouts!Today is Barbie’s “birthday!” The doll is celebrating its fifty-third anniversary of her debut at the World’s Toy Fair in New York city. Barbie’s goal was to be different from other dolls of the time, who were usually baby dolls or paper dolls. Creator Ruth Handler drew inspiration from the German fashion doll “Bild Lilli,” […]
Read More Happy Birthday, Barbie! Why We Love & Hate HerI’ve been thinking a lot about this, since I first discussed double standards over the buzz on Magic Mike. I find myself getting more and more bothered with the way gossip websites and women’s magazines treat certain male celebrities; namely, the more handsome, muscular men who grace our movie and T.V. screens. “Seriously, Kathleen? You’re worried about them? […]
Read More Joe Manganiello Covers Out Magazine, is More Than Lust ObjectToday is Betty White’s birthday! Most of you probably know her from what has to be her most famous role, as “Rose Nylund” on The Golden Girls. But there’s more to Betty than her iconic St. Olaf-ian sweetheart character. Did you know that… –She’s been in show biz since 1939, starting her career in radio drama […]
Read More Happy 90th Birthday, Betty White!With the talk of Lego feeling the need to suddenly segregate their toy lines and the mixed messages magazines are sending, I started thinking about my nieces, ages five, three, and seven months. Before I know it, they won’t be spending as much time with my sister and brother-in-law, and will be bombarded with these messages that […]
Read More Good Movies For Girls–The Works of Hayao MiyazakiI’ve been wary of the FDA for quite sometime, ever since they bypassed their deadline for determining what exactly is and isn’t gluten-free. This new nugget of information, however, really makes me wary of them. According toMother Jones, the FDA has decided to give up on regulating antibiotic abuse on factory farms–at least for the time […]
Read More FDA to Give up on Regulating Antibiotic Abuse on Factory Farms
Kathleen H. Furey 