Because one child wants a pony for her next birthday. Another wants a small dog that can “sit on my lap when it’s grown up” and the third wants a hamster. For years I have drawn comfort, inspiration and answers from one of my favourite sages of bad parenting, Loudon Wainwright (“The pet shop is [...]
July 2009
It’s raining in Cape Town. Click on this if you haven’t already. It had 1.75 million views in it’s first 5 days online and deserved every one. Let a little sunshine in! Jill and Kevin’s wedding. It should be required viewing for any Bridezillas out there! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmamamia%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fw]</ Tweet
I’ve always had a soft spot for Kylie Minogue. It feels as if we were part of a generation of women who grew up together. I’ve always liked the fact that she’s always worked hard and made a lot out of … not so much. She made the transition from the depths of un-cool, to [...]
Quite a few women, it seems, like looking at pictures of men. Put the words “Guy Candy” on the cover of COSMO for e.g, and sales go up 15%, just like that. I, on the other hand, like to look at handbags. Like this: and this: Tweet
Don’t know about YOU, but can’t really imagine my father holding on to his sense of humour in THIS situation. Yours? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80rW1ZXbPiM] Tweet
A little bit of pregnancy cannot be allowed to get in the way of fulfilling one’s obligations to shoot a naked ad campaign. Well, not if you are Brazilian Super Model, Gisele Bundchen. In the real world, Mrs Brady (Dad is American Football Superstar, Tom Brady) is more than a little bit pregnant, but on [...]
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COSMO readers often ask me why we don’t ever mention parenting in the magazine. Or pregnancy. Or kids. Or birth. They don’t stop loving COSMO just because they’re sprogged up, they say. Well, COSMO is supposed to be for the reader’s freedom years, so… sorry guys, no kids! On the mag, we stick to the [...]
A piece just in, for the October issue of COSMO, by the intelligent fashion journalist, Tamara Rothbart. In it she answers our question: “Why can’t real women wear high fashion?” We asked her to tackle the subject because the endless, miserable, self-esteem-crushing search for ANYTHING (never mind anything High-End or designer) in any size larger [...]
On the long list of sins men perpetrate that women wouldn’t consider… No 1 is this: When a guy wants to go, he goes. You’ll never find a man postponing a break-up because it’s your birthday the next day, for example. No matter if it’s a landmark one (have you been following our heart-breaking Diary [...]
