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The Vegan Pilgrims Would Be Proud Hot Wholeness by Jessica Weiner

I was excited to spend Thanksgiving with my boyfriend in his family’s Beverly Hills abode because it was always brimming with decorations that his mother started putting up in August. It was like a little holiday museum complete with ornate ceramic turkeys, cornucopias, and pilgrims. It was so foreign to the non traditional home that I grew up in, I felt like I hopped into the pages of a lifestyle magazine. This was what the holidays were supposed to look like.

His mother was an exceptional cook and her kitchen was filled with cook books and many hand written recipes passed down from grandmother to granddaughter. She was famous for her pies. Pies that made you cry they were so good. I was looking forward to digging into a traditional and delicious feast. However, when we walked through the front door we weren’t accosted by the smells of a juicy bird roasting in the oven. In fact, we didn’t smell anything, really. And his mother was sitting in her living room…knitting. My boyfriend said “Mom, is the bird already cooked?” To which his mother replied “Oh, sweetie, Tofurky doesn’t take that long to cook.”

Tofurky?

Dove Reality DiariesHot Net by Michael Medico

I'm so excited to announce the launch of The Dove Reality Diaries - a ground breaking online interactive event hosted by our friend Jess Weiner. Follow the lives of 4 teen girls as they battle 4 real issues and take their self-esteem back into their own hands. It just so happens that our very own Corey Moore is one of the segment producers on this project. The site is way cool, so tune in and follow the stories of these girls over the next 6 weeks. Check it out at realitydiaries.com

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Killing Our IdolsHot Topics by Jessica Weiner

My heart breaks whenever I see Britney's badly wigged head. And not just because it looks terrible. In fact, it isn't her trailor trash ensemble that makes me sad. It is her eyes. These empty, pained, distant eyes that no one at 26 should posess. Now say what you might about her - but she's been our pop princess for sometime and that is a title that comes with responsibilities.

Responsibility #1: Stay perrenially cute and perky and just a smidge above attainable so we can all fawn over your cuteness.

Responsibility #2: Keep churning out dance-able hits and low cut outfits at awards shows.

Responsibility #3: Date the right guy - that Justin was great - that K Fed not so much. We want to live our fairy tale through you pop princess, not be reminded of our lazy, lackluster love life at home.

Responsibility #4: Allow the paparazzi into your daily way of life no matter how invasive or intrusive. We, the viewing public want to see EVERYTHING!

Responsibility #5: Choose your friends wisely - dump the Paris and go back to the gaggle of back up dancers who 'knew you when'. After all we don't want our pop princess initiated into the slutty sorority cult...just yet.

Responsibility #6: Even when you are in mass amounts of pain - make sure you cover it up with drugs, alcohol, vapid people in your inner circle, and lots of partying. Never let them see you feel.

I, of course, offer these in tongue and cheek but there is a real underlying point here. And that is the cult of celebrity is a two way street. We create our idols then we kill our idols. Many of them then become reborn again but many of them don't make it. And either slip away into oblivion or die tragic, early deaths. We usually consumed our comedians like this: Belushi, Candy, Farley. But now we are consuming our blond bombshelles like this: Anna Nicole....Britney?