A departure

Not, I think, what people are used to reading on this blog. So?

From Marie Claire's pages on iVillage.com. Good advice for hair, eye-roll-inducing advice on choosing dresses. Yeah, empire waist. Fabulous idea. "So, when are you due?" Not a style that works for me, at any size. iVillage is a massive site, with advice and articles ranging from useful and insightful to pathetic and demeaning. Too many pop-ups ( I know, I should just block them, but I got my reasons), and articles are cut into little pieces so you have to hit the next page button 3 times to read a 500 word article.
It's amazing how these magazines can recycle the same content over and over, with seasonal and trend changes the only variation. Indulgent recipes followed by restrictive diets. Articles about self esteem and self sufficiency followed by articles how to interpret your new hottie's boxer shorts and all the things guys love (uh, blow jobs & women who love sex are usually high on the list) and all the things that are total deal breakers (women who love sex, the dirty whores that they are).