Darryle Pollack | I never signed up for this...
confessions of a cluttered mind
It made me want to cry—or scream—-or both. That’s how I felt watching the trailer for the upcoming film Miss Representation—about the depiction of women in the media. (If you haven’t seen it yet, click and watch right this minute; then read the rest of this. ) Not hard to see why it strikes a [...]
Sure, there’s truth in advertising. Like, that dress you saw on Giselle in Vogue? Isn’t going to look like that on your body. And that ad for make up featuring the Face of Lancome? Isn’t going to make your skin glow like Julia Roberts. Well, now it turns out that without Photoshop, even Julia Roberts [...]
You know those people who spend hours at the gym every day and claim they LOVE to exercise? I don’t buy it. I’m convinced they’re faking—or aliens. Me, on the other hand— I’m normal. When it comes to exercise, I’d put myself someplace in the middle of the bell curve between Madonna and Kirstie Alley. [...]
It popped up on the calendar today, and I’m pumped up. Just in case you’re behind the curve on boobs, and you thought October is the only month that targets breast awareness…..Today is National Cleavage Day. I’ll spare you my humor, it would only fall flat. Lady Gaga is involved. And so am I— I [...]
She could use a little work, don’t you think? Definitely a nose job. Plump the lips. And she sure could stand to hit the gym and lose a few pounds. A woman today who looks like Mona Lisa is more likely to be skewered, not celebrated. What a world—–that anyone could come up with Bridalplasty, [...]
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Fifteen years ago I looked in a mirror and for the first time, I saw how my body looked without my right breast. From the moment I had been diagnosed with breast cancer, I was focused on fear rather than appearance— especially since my breasts weren’t my favorite body part to begin with. I liked [...]
In 2010— millions of people are still in the dark. I don’t get it. In 2010— it’s both ironic and absurd to think a tan is a sign of health; when actually it’s the opposite. Though small amounts of sun help to absorb vitamin D— worship of the sun is proven to be carcinogenic; especially [...]
I don’t judge anyone who wants to improve their appearance. I mean, who doesn’t? But as a society, I think we’ve gone far enough with the obsession to make plastic into perfect. I hope I don’t probably sound snarky about it—still, I should say right up front: after my own experiences with breast and skin [...]
This is me about to chop off my hair to make a wig for a cancer patient. The patient was me. I look far more brave than I felt. Same thing 14 years later…….this time donating the hair—to make a wig for someone else. I felt way different this time. I felt…light. Probably because [...]
Mary Travers had the hair I wanted when I was a kid. Stick-straight, smooth, silky. Mine had too much wave, too much body. Even though my father used to say it was my crowning glory; I hated it. The Brazilians and Japanese hadn’t invented their magical treatments– so to get Mary’s hair, I had to use the [...]
After becoming a writer, artist, TV journalist, mother and breast cancer survivor----I realize nothing turns out the way we expect. So I blog about handling the big and little things — with humor, humanity, and hope.
The knobs say it all: Susan is the super-hero inside every woman. Made of ceramic knobs, hand–painted tiles, on a painted background. Measures 12″ X 12″ .
It's the combination, of course. And the locks will open for the right person---(to be revealed on the back when you take her home.) Made of combination locks and hand-painted tiles on a painted background. Measures 14" by 14".
Pun intended. A nice pair---of pears...made of miniature porcelain boxes, surrounded by painted tiles and broken china on a painted background. Measures 11" square.
Hope: not only on her driver’s license, but in her heart. Ceramic ribbon, hand-painted tiles on a painted background, measures 9 inches square.
Word surrounded by hand-painted tiles in bright and beautiful (gold and marine blue) colors, with border of tiny gold tiles. Measures 11" square.
True beauty lies in the imperfections. Irregular mirror surrounded by hand-painted tiles with a border of ceramic tiles. Measures 11" square.
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