May 28, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
Yes, there has been a shortage of cool here at frumpy mummy central, but not anymore.
Bring on the paparazzi who are having a slow day.
I challenged the folks over at Blogebrity to let me show them frumpy mummy in an all new light and they, I am proud to say, were up for it.
Don’t forget, C stands for Cool.
Oh, I feel all high school triumphant. It’s kind of nice. Like I finally managed to wear the right outfit.
[...] There have been some really bad pictures of Britney Spears circulating on the Internet, mostly among her childless fans as testament to how she has let herself go back to her “trailer trash” roots. I find blatantly classic remarks disgusting. As if living in one’s parents’ house entitles anyone to look down on someone else’s living arrangements. As if having a baby and getting pregnant again immediately weren’t reason to look tired and terrible. I don’t want anyone near me with a camera and, even with our recent Blogebrity coupe, that has been easy for me and my people to control. Being a frumpy mummy is a widespread postpartum phenomenon. Even I am into it and I try to avoid trends. Culturally, I suppose the polar opposite to Britney is Helena Bonham-Carter of Merchant Ivory fame. Several months ago, I showed my husband a photograph of her in a magazine. “Is she a junky now?” my husband asked. [...]
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