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| Url: | http://www.formerlyhot.com |
| Author(s): | Facebook User |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | body image, aging, news |
| Description: | TRANSITIONS. Some of the biggies—decamping to college, getting married, becoming a parent—get a lot of attention. Watch movies like Pretty in Pink or Knocked Up on basic cable and you come away with at least a sketchy idea of what's expected of you during these lurching, pivotal periods. Formerly Hot is about transitions that don't get much play. I'm daily reminded that I'm no longer what I took for granted I'd always be—a pretty girl who navigated the world at least partially aided by the advantage of her looks. Those little bitch-slaps can be hard. And hilarious. |
| Ratings |  (20 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 256 Followers |
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Kiss my mature ass
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JESSICA WROTE: I had to run out to pick up cold medicine for my son and ran into my friend’s brother whom I hadn’t seen in 5 years. In our meeting he told me I looked older, he attempte...more |
2009-12-21
Dame in distress
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CYNTHIA WROTE: I used to be able to count on manly types stopping to assist when auto failure haunted my travels. Had three crusty geezers trying to change a tire in the rain not so long ago. A rec...more |
2009-12-21
Culturally popped.
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I haven’t had a bona fide Formerly Hot moment in a long time now, which I attribute to having finally acclimated to my new category in life, that of a not-young woman.I am comfortably inhabit...more |
2009-12-12
Put your expectations on a diet…
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…and go ahead and eat what you want. Within reason, anyway.That was the message I walked away with after an interview I did for a magazine story on body image that I’m working on. Gran...more |
2009-12-10
The raisin chick only gets hotter…
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…while the rest of us are moving in the direction of looking more like raisins. Doesn’t seem fair somehow.In her defense, she has had the good sense all these years to wear a sun bonne...more |
2009-12-02
What’s your gratitude attitude?
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I just wrote a little piece for a health blog about how wallowing in gratitude–not the once-a-year-over-turkey variety, but the count-your-blessings-for-the-little-things every day type of ex...more |
2009-11-30
Thankful for what has changed, and what has not
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Last night, erev Thanksgiving, I sat with a close friend at a Starbucks, up by where her parents live. She went to high school in that Manhattan neighborhood, so the mean streets of the upper east ...more |
2009-11-26
The old math
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BROOKE WROTE: Did some math today. This year’s incoming college freshman were born in 1991. I wept very salty old lady tears. |
2009-11-23
Perspective
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I had planned to write a funny post about my latest Formerly Hot moment, which took place last week when it was unseasonably warm.I was in Maryland visiting friends and was chasing after my kids on...more |
2009-11-20
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