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Say What? Recession or No, Women Love Their Sex Toys!
"[Y]eah, money's tight. If people are going to spend their dollars, they want to know it's a good product. People are staying home more, so we've directed more marketing efforts toward cheap date nights — for the price of a movie and dinner, buy a vibrator, stay home and have fun."
Say What? Sarah Haskins Rages Against the Machine
“As the Internet and TV and movies all become one scary machine in your living room, it’s important that we all have some level of media literacy."
— Sarah Haskins, who sends up ads directed at women in her amazing Target Women clips on Current TV. She thinks advertisers show how clueless they are about women by doing two incompatible things at once: "trying to still use some of the traditional gender roles, while also trying to match the changes .
Say What? Shakira's Hips Don't Lie
"My body feels like it is asking to reproduce, to have a huge belly and carry babies."
— Shakira, in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, about feeling her biological clock ticking. You won't see her get married any time soon, though.
Say What? Where the Grouchy Things Are
"I would tell them to go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate."
— Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book-turned-movie Where the Wild Things Are, when asked "What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?"
Say What? Phyllis Schlafly on Taking Back America
"I submit to you that the feminist movement is the most dangerous, destructive force in our society today . . .
Are You a Worrier?
In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz opens up about work and worrying. She says:
I've always been a worrier. Since I was a little girl I've always felt that if I had a moment of peace I'd wonder: Are you sure you can afford to feel like this?
Say What? Gorgeous Model Doesn't Want to Be "Fat" Anymore
"I don’t want to be the fat one anymore, so I have just started doing Pilates every morning, then going to the gym, running and swimming."
— Model Lara Stone, adored by French Vogue's editor Carine Roitfeld and famed for her amazing curves and the sexy gap between her front teeth. Clearly, the prevailing uberskinny look in fashion can make even women with bodies most of us would die for feel insecure.
Say What? Plus-Size Model Crystal Renn Isn't Hungry Anymore
"Even though I was accomplishing my dream, I was absolutely miserable. I was torturing myself every day by going to the gym every day up to eight hours a day and starving myself."
— From anorexic to plus-size model and now author of the memoir Hungry, Crystal Renn tells Good Morning America how she suffered to get where she is now.
Say What: Maureen Dowd Gives a Shout Out to Congressman
"Wilson’s shocking disrespect for the office of the president — no Democrat ever shouted 'liar' at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq — convinced me: Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it."
— New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd on Congressman from South Carolina Joe Wilson's shocking interjection of "You lie!"
Say What? Spike Jonze's New Film Is Like a Baby Girl
"It's like the studio was expecting a boy, and I gave birth to a girl. And now they're learning to love and accept their daughter."
— Director Spike Jonze on his struggles with Warner Brothers, who wanted his adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children's classic Where the Wild Things Are to be more like Shrek and Madagascar than an avant-garde film.
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