Formerly Hot, the tween site for grown-ups
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| Blog Name: | Formerly Hot, the tween site for grown-ups |
| Url: | http://www.formerlyhot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | 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. |
| Popularity: | 244 Followers |
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And sure enough
I managed to ditch the crap body image at check-in. After all these years, I don’t understand how it can hover above like a dark cloud, drenching me in tepid acid rain, making me want to chow through the entirety of my kids’ Halloween candy and consider applying for one of those credit cards that are intended exclusively to finance liposuction. And then, just as fast, it can fade from relevance, a weirdly disconnected memory that I know was mine but f
I managed to ditch the crap body image at check-in. After all these years, I don’t understand how it can hover above like a dark cloud, drenching me in tepid acid rain, making me want to chow through the entirety of my kids’ Halloween candy and consider applying for one of those credit cards that are intended exclusively to finance liposuction. And then, just as fast, it can fade from relevance, a weirdly disconnected memory that I know was mine but f
Hollywood and whine
I’m going out to Los Angeles tomorrow to visit my best friend since freshman year of high school. We met in algebra and bonded over being able to apply eyeshadow (a Maybelline lavender trio) during class without getting caught, and we’ve been partaking in such inanity ever since. Although our reciprocal texts, emails, calls and phone messages feel like a never ending game of conversational volleyball, a few days face to face is intensely nourishing. Old f
I’m going out to Los Angeles tomorrow to visit my best friend since freshman year of high school. We met in algebra and bonded over being able to apply eyeshadow (a Maybelline lavender trio) during class without getting caught, and we’ve been partaking in such inanity ever since. Although our reciprocal texts, emails, calls and phone messages feel like a never ending game of conversational volleyball, a few days face to face is intensely nourishing. Old f
Please drop your guard so I can insult you
I’ve posted before about finding myself uncharacteristically tweaked as a Formerly at little dumbass things that wouldn’t have bothered me a couple of years ago. Well, here’s the Peeve of the Day (POD), and it’s not even 9 AM: Preambles to petty, judgmental observations that are designed for the sole purpose of inoculating the utterer against potential crit
I’ve posted before about finding myself uncharacteristically tweaked as a Formerly at little dumbass things that wouldn’t have bothered me a couple of years ago. Well, here’s the Peeve of the Day (POD), and it’s not even 9 AM: Preambles to petty, judgmental observations that are designed for the sole purpose of inoculating the utterer against potential crit
The devil is in the decals
The hunt for flattering gymwear is never-ending, and I know you know what I’m talking about. Few women look good in those capri-length workout bottoms that are everywhere–they make a woman look like a peg leg pirate with stubby, wide thighs–and you have to be Gwen Stefani with her rock-hard abs to pull off track pants rolled down at the waist. No one, male or female, has ever looked good in elastic-waist sweats (think overstuffed sock puppe
The hunt for flattering gymwear is never-ending, and I know you know what I’m talking about. Few women look good in those capri-length workout bottoms that are everywhere–they make a woman look like a peg leg pirate with stubby, wide thighs–and you have to be Gwen Stefani with her rock-hard abs to pull off track pants rolled down at the waist. No one, male or female, has ever looked good in elastic-waist sweats (think overstuffed sock puppe
Forever 35
THE MIDLIFE GALS WROTE: I have decided to be 35. I am going to skip past the notion that 50 is the new forty and go down to the 30’s. It just sounds better and feels better too. Until, of course, I have to put my mascara on in one of those magnifying mirrors that makes me look like my face is one BIG eye. My eyelids have crept down to produce their own double chins, so I have to really open my eyes wide and lift my eyebrows in order to put on eye shadow. And, speaking of eyebrows, mine are going bald so
THE MIDLIFE GALS WROTE: I have decided to be 35. I am going to skip past the notion that 50 is the new forty and go down to the 30’s. It just sounds better and feels better too. Until, of course, I have to put my mascara on in one of those magnifying mirrors that makes me look like my face is one BIG eye. My eyelids have crept down to produce their own double chins, so I have to really open my eyes wide and lift my eyebrows in order to put on eye shadow. And, speaking of eyebrows, mine are going bald so
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