Monday, September 6, 2010

Of But-Tirades & Tirades About Arsehole Jon Gosselin

While fellow Twolia bloggers are debating Kate Gosselin (here — which I agree with — and here), I thought I’d point out what you can learn from Jon Gosselin’s latest stunt.
In front of cameras and people charged $20 a pop, non-Jewish Jon appeared with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at New York City’s West Side Jewish Center [...]

Jon Replaces His 8 Plus?

Rumor has it that Jon (of Jon and Kate + may be doing a “reality show” dating the Octomom. I heard it on some TV show or other, but Christine Navratil’s talking about it too.
What I don’t get is how they could even hope to apply the word “reality” to such a show. [...]

Women Who Want Sex Are Still Novelties

October 2, 2009 by Alessia  
Filed under Reality Self-Check, Sex

We women who admit we want sex must still be novelties if a national television show is putting out a casting call for us:
Women, what are the reasons that you have sex? Do you do it because it’s fun? Do you do it because you are truly in love with someone? Do [...]

Being Frank About Female Insecurity

September 22, 2009 by Alessia  
Filed under Appearance, Fears, Toxic Relationships

“If I had as many love affairs as you give me credit for, I would be speaking to you from a jar at the Harvard Medical School.”
~ Frank Sinatra ~
Ahh, Frank. Everybody loves the Frank. Or at least he was convinced of that.
Is anything as suave & steeped in romance as Frank crooning to [...]

How Rude!

September 11, 2009 by Alessia  
Filed under Absurd, Breakups, Reality Self-Check

An “Emmy Award Winning Talk Show” has placed the following casting call: I May Break-up With You…Because You’re TOO Rude!
Is it just me, or is the person who responds to this equally — if not more — rude as the person they are complaining about?
Even if the casting call insists, “Don’t write in unless both [...]

Ryan Jenkins Dead; Long Live Domestic Violence

August 24, 2009 by Alessia  
Filed under Toxic Relationships, Victimization

The case of Jasmine Fiore’s murder gets even more upsetting as Ryan Jenkins is found dead from an apparent suicide in a hotel in Vancouver.
That a man would kill his ex-wife and commit suicide isn’t, unfortunately, so strange; but what’s being said by the manager of the Thunderbird Motel (in Hope B.C.) where Jenkins’ body [...]

This One’s For Jon & Kate

I know you’re probably sick of Jon & Kate + 8 talk, but…
I just don’t get why people keep on calling Kate Gosselin the bitch when it’s so obvious that Jon’s a passive-aggressive jerk. Well, I got it at first; passive-aggressives always make the other person look like the bad guy — and that [...]

Sensationalized Sexist TV That’s Mean To Men?

July 22, 2009 by Alessia  
Filed under Absurd, Appearance, Reality Self-Check

Have you seen these screaming headlines yet:
Is your boyfriend/husband HAIRY and you are sick of it?? Now Casting
and
America’s Uggliest Husband — Is he yours?
Can you imagine if we saw headlines & programs dedicated to calling women ugly? If we saw casting calls announcing how husbands who were sick of their wives looks could get help [...]

Is Dating In The Dark Treating Us Like Mushrooms?

July 21, 2009 by Alessia  
Filed under Appearance, Reality Self-Check

You know the old joke, “I must be a mushroom because people keep me in the dark and feed me BS,” right? So when I heard about ABC’s Dating In The Dark, I was suspicious. My verdict? The bad news is that the new reality dating show is unremarkable. But then again, the [...]

Married? Wanna “Throw Down” On TV?

July 17, 2009 by Alessia  
Filed under Absurd, Breakups, Reality Self-Check

I spotted this casting call at RealityWanted:
Looking for married couples to throw down on a nationally syndicated court show!
We give you a $500 appearance fee each, airfare, hotel & $70 each for food.
Now I ask you, what married couple is going to “throw down” (whatever that means — I hope it’s not violent!) for a [...]

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