The Bad Moms Club

Martha To The Rescue!

Martha, Martha, Martha... first she came out with the magazine that took the simple and made it complicated in the most beautiful way possible. Then she hosted a television show that animated the unattainable lifestyle from her magazine for those too lazy to read about it. Personally her stuff made me feel worse about myself and my lack of decorating and cooking skills.

Then Martha Stewart went to jail and I grew to like her. Amazing how a trip to the big house made her more likeable and easier to relate to ... considering I've never been to prison (yet).

Simon Le Bon's Daughter Is Making Me Feel Old

Once upon a time, Bad Moms were Bad Durannies who always saved a prayer 'til the morning after. We were teens of the 80's and those pop culture phenomena made us who we are today (RIP Corey Haim).

This Bad Mom likes to pretend she's frozen in time and that she isn't old but sometimes reading the interwebz makes that difficult.

For instance, did you know that Simon Le Bon's daughter is the latest Pantene model?

*sigh*

Princesses Of The Day, Mean Girls Edition

We just got back from our GM Canada-sponsored trip to Disney World, where, contrary to expectation, we didn't commune with any princesses. Sure, Cinderella waved at us, and Snow White ambled by with her coterie of dwarfs, but the girls didn't insist upon hanging out with them, which is kind of a good thing, I guess, because seriously, have you seen this? MEAN GIRLS!

Princess Of The Day: Painting With All The Colors Of The Something Or Other

Are Disney Princesses all bad? I'm on a mission to examine whether or not I can, in good feminist conscience, let me daughter squee freely over Cinderella and her ilk, so that by the time we get to Disney World, I know whether to stop worrying and love the ballgowns, or try to get Belle to read The Second Sex. Or both.

Pocahontas: she's pretty awesome, right? Independent, strong-willed, and - as my daughter says - sings the best songs of all the princesses. 

Bad Moms Know Goblins. Maybe.

This week we (Catherine and me and our kids) are on the road courtesy of GM Canada, making our way from Toronto to Disney World in Florida to participate in the Tiarathon half-marathon to raise awareness about Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy as part of Catherine's mission to do 100 miles For Tanner.

Our girls: they are just like us. Which you know, is great and all because it means that there wasn't a mix up at the hospital and we have that wonderful legacy thing. But like us, they are fearless, opinionated, strong willed, and, oh my sweet hell, did I mention fearless? Therein lies our problem.

Road Trip Rulez: Bad Moms Edition

This week we (Catherine and me and our kids) are on the road courtesy of GM Canada, making our way from Toronto to Disney World in Florida to participate in the Tiarathon marathon to raise awareness about Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and Catherine's mission to do 100 miles For Tanner.

We are on a road trip. We've made up some rules:

Princess Of The Day: Awesome Shoes Edition

Are Disney Princesses all bad? I'm on a mission this week and next to examine whether or not I can, in good feminist conscience, let me daughter squee freely over Cinderella and her ilk, so that by the time we get to Disney World, I know whether to stop worrying and love the ballgowns, or try to get Belle to read The Second Sex. Or both.

Today's princess?

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Got A Haircut, OMG!

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is cute and adorable and it's obvious that she marches to her own drummer. I've never seen her wear baby heels in public like Suri Cruise and I don't know the last time she was pictured in a dress.

Mind you, I'm not watching her day and night. But nor do I see the need to observe her closely to make sure that she's living up to gender expectations. I simply don't think that her lack of fancy footwear and sparkle and ribbons and tulle means anything more significant than that the girl likes to be comfortable. Word on that Ms. Shiloh.

Her laid-back style has, however, concerned some media folks. They're worried that she looks like - gasp! - a boy. They worry that her parents, gene-pool winners Angelina and Brad, dress her this way because they wanted a boy. Hogwash, I say.

Bad Moms Love Common Sense, Especially When Applied By People With Medical Degrees

From Gawker: "The University of Minnesota medical school has solved the problem of the 'embarrassment, stereotypes and concern about patriarchy and abuse' that goes along with teaching medical students to do pelvic exams. Whew!" Medical students at UM will learn to do the exams on an anatomical model - which, I presume, means using some kind of high-concept dummy - NO JOKES PEOPLE - rather than performing them on actual patients.

They must have read about that whole non-consensual nether-probing issue that we have up here in Canada. "Concern about patriarchy and abuse," indeed.

Princess Of The Day: Warrior-Girl Edition

Look, I know that princesses are controversial. I know that, as a good, card-carrying, liberal-arts-graduate-degree-holding feminist, I'm not supposed to let my daughter anywhere near them. But please: even if it were possible to get a Princess Vaccine with which to inoculate our daughters against insidious counter-feminist infections due to exposure to pink and glitter, would you really actually want to do that? When, for example, the Princess Canon includes young women like this? -->