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WTF Friday: Gillian vs. Nigella?

Posted by HealthfulMama on Jan 27, 2012 in WTF? Fridays | 3 comments

This week’s WTF Friday Moment brought to you by: Internet Rhetoric. The following photo comparison of Gillian McKeith and Nigella Lawson has been circulating the internet and, more recently, Facebook, as a supposed reason why a diet comprised of “meat, butter, and desserts,” is better for one’s health. People have been re-posting this little over and over…why? Let’s not be stupid, shall we? 1. Any diet of REAL FOOD is great for one’s health, diets which both of these women advocate. (And, really, has anyone outside of the UK heard of Gillian...

WTF? Friday: You’ve Got Something In Your Teeth

Posted by HealthfulMama on Dec 16, 2011 in WTF? Fridays | 2 comments

This week’s WTF? moment brought to you by: Flavored Tootpaste Now, that just ain’t Kosher… Thanks for visiting Healthful Mama today! Subscribe to HealthfulMama by Email, and get all the WTF? Friday Fun straight to your...

WTF? Friday: Can’t Stop the Stink

Posted by HealthfulMama on Dec 9, 2011 in WTF? Fridays | 3 comments

This week’s WTF? Friday Moment brought to you by: Downy Unstopables As I walked through the grocery store this week, a curious product caught my eye: these Downy scent beads that go into your wash to increase the length of time your laundry maintains a scent. A few things crossed my mind: 1)As a former English teacher, I take offense to companies that misspell words, not for the sake of fun or a catchy title, but probably because another product on the market already used the correct, double-consonant spelling of UNSTOPPABLE. Justt stopp Dowwwny. UR redickyoulus. 2)What is the purpose...

WTF? Friday: Beautiful Bums?

Posted by HealthfulMama on Nov 11, 2011 in Fun Stuff, WTF? Fridays | 4 comments

This Week’s WTF?Friday Brought to You By: Renova Colored Toilet Paper Can this be real? I racked my brain trying to think of an appropriate use for colored toilet paper of this variety. Until the past decade, I suppose, colored toilet paper was common on store shelves. I specifically remember having light blue toilet paper to match our bathroom when I was younger. I suppose that idea fell out of fashion when people realized that, well, no one really cares what color you use to wipe your ass. (That sounds like the start of a psychology quiz of sorts: “If you could wipe your butt...

WTF? Friday: Racist Toys

Posted by HealthfulMama on Nov 4, 2011 in WTF? Fridays | 1 comment

WTF? Friday Brought to You Today by: Fisher Price I received a catalog from a well-known and quite popular toy company last week. (I’m apparently on some People With Kids And A Guilty Conscious mailing list because I’m suddenly getting catalogs for all those toys I never had as a kid: expensive dolls, doll houses, miniature cars to ride…) I flipped through this catalog, as its brand is nostalgic for me, but all good thoughts ended when I saw this: Seriously? WTFridayisright. Take a look at the names: Alexa, Themina, Erika, Linh, and Grace. I can honestly say that I was...

WTF? Friday: I really hate marketing power sometimes.

Posted by HealthfulMama on Oct 28, 2011 in Fun Stuff, WTF? Fridays | 1 comment

This week’s WTF? Friday Moment Brought to You By: “Clean Coal!” I did a quick Google search for a project I’m working on and this is what appeared when I typed in “clean energy non profit”: I’ll save you the trouble of typing in the url. The site is run by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), who, apparently, “advocates for public policies that advance environmental improvement, economic prosperity and energy security.” Which is a nice, ambiguous way to say, “we like pretending that coal is clean and that...