Girly Throw Downs Don’t Bring a Butter Knife to a Gun Fight We’ve been tracking the White Girl Sh*t version of civil (literally) war between Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow for a couple months now. Martha first fired shots at Gwyneth’s acting career and Gwyneth then followed by haughtily brushing her off with a “Watch your back, b*tch” By Maria • Nov 21, 2014 10:42 am
Media Manipulation Gwyneth the First Remember that rumoured Vanity Fair “takedown” of Gwyneth we were all waiting for? It never materialized, obviously, with Graydon and Gwyneth making nice over a phone call and a jab at his weight. But it hasn’t been a stellar 2014 for Gwyneth, considering the conscious uncoupling and the disclosure By Maria • Nov 18, 2014 02:02 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Post-Baby BS We spend a lot of time here discussing the hard sell of parenthood in the tabloids: baby bump speculation, the motherhood/fatherhood whitewash, selling photos, social media posts, even maternity clothing. There’s an argument to be made that Hollywood commodifies women’s bodies, and that attitude extends into the By Maria • Nov 13, 2014 03:09 pm
Gwyneth Paltrow Watch the WASP Throne Have you been keeping up with Preserve? Right now it’s all capes and blossoming life, because Blake Lively is pregnant. Have you heard? This past weekend she made an appearance in New York at Martha Stewart’s Made in America event. Martha and Blake go way back, obviously: they By Maria • Nov 10, 2014 10:35 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Women and Children First “You do the best you can. Some days you feel really good about yourself and sometimes you don’t.” “We’re all trying to do the best we can.” Are you still with me, or did I put you to sleep? If you are bored, don’t blame me, blame By Maria • Oct 30, 2014 04:30 pm
Girly Throw Downs I Do Declare I don’t know much about Southern Belles (besides what I learned from watching Designing Women), but yesterday I wrote about a Preserve post titled “The Allure of Antebellum” (click here for a refresher). I called the piece tone deaf, but Gawker threw down a firmer approach, including clearly marked By Maria • Oct 15, 2014 09:42 am
Maple Leaf Blake’s Bountiful Womb Blake Lively and her artisanal fetus (thank you Michael K at Dlisted) are all over Preserve right now – first, with the announcement and now with Bringing Up Baby, a post all about… huh? I know that not everyone can be Grace Coddington and tell a fantastical visual story, but if By Maria • Oct 14, 2014 11:41 am
Ellen Pompeo Ellen Pompeo’s Not An Angry Black Woman Sorry, I know in the age of social media and the 24-hour news cycle, I’m supposed to be over the Shonda Rhimes/NYT article. But I feel like the paper and the writer got off way too easy. One of Shonda’s more rant-y characters (by her own estimation) By Maria • Oct 03, 2014 12:26 pm
Media Manipulation Show Me That Smile Again It’s been a big week for Leonardo DiCaprio. He was designated a UN Messenger of Peace. He gave the opening remarks at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York. The video is below. He dropped sweet beats at 1Oak. He took a prominent spot at the People’s By Maria • Sep 24, 2014 12:05 pm
Jessica Alba Billion Dollar Alba It’s a very good day for Jessica Alba. No, she didn’t get a part in a movie, but her other career is doing quite well. According to the NY Post) The Honest Co. is expanding and received a huge $1 billion valuation after raising $70 million in capital By Maria • Aug 28, 2014 03:26 pm
Sit DOWN Daddy Dearest For the last two years Beyoncé has owned our hearts and minds – for me, Life Is But A Dream marked a real turning point in the marketing of Queen B, but as far back as 2008 she was telling us that she was going to run the world. Beyoncé married By Maria • Aug 28, 2014 11:22 am
TV Updates Once More, With Feeling The Emmys are on Monday and it’s always a good show, right? It’s not as loose as the Globes, but the TV stars aren’t hidden in the back for that long, sheepish walk up to the podium. For one night, they are all George Clooney. To create By Maria • Aug 20, 2014 10:49 am
Girly Throw Downs Boy Sh-t: Freddie vs Kiefer edition Who knew July was “minor celebrity publicly call out a major celebrity” month? First, Tia Mowry talked about Charlize Theron’s epic eye-roll at SoulCycle and now Freddie Prinze Jr. has blasted Kiefer Sutherland. Kiefer – he’s kind of a loveable rogue, isn’t he? Jilted fiancé of Julia Roberts, By Maria • Jul 29, 2014 11:11 am
TV Updates Aaron Paul’s Return to TV No, it’s not for Better Call Saul (but can I just say this is looking more and more promising every day?), it’s for a new Netflix animated series for grown-ups, BoJack Horseman. Aaron is an executive producer, along with Will Arnett. The premise: animals that talk and behave By Maria • Jul 23, 2014 04:22 pm
Blake Lively Blake Lively’s Preserve: a lifestyle analysis I’ve been so looking forward to the Preserve launch as I’ve worked in the digital lifestyle sphere for years, both as a freelance writer and in-house managing editor for Vitamin Daily. I can’t remember a website unveiling that has caused such a kerfuffle. Clearly the “lifestyle” genre By Maria • Jul 22, 2014 10:55 am
Weddings A Very Wahlberg Wedding Dr. Jenny “You Can’t Fire Me I Quit!” McCarthy recently did an interview with Howard Stern, and say what you will about Howard, he has no shame when he interviews a D-list celebrity. (Source) When the topic of her upcoming wedding to Donnie Wahlberg comes up, he grills her By Maria • Jul 15, 2014 02:14 pm
