This is a guest post written by Margarita Tartakovsky, who blogs regularly at Weightless and MargaritaTartakovsky.com. I’ve never been a regular journaler. Even though I’m a writer, I journal in spurts. Spurts of anger, confusion, grief, gratitude. But writing Weightless and my personal blog has been similar to journaling: It’s allowed me to write my [...]
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Raise your hand if you have at least three windows open other than this blog, or other than this blog post in your google reader. Raise your hand if you are currently a) listening to music, b) watching TV, c) eating or d) haphazardly doing some other activity. At this moment (while simultaneously writing this [...]
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Note from Marzipan: Good morning! Today you all get an extra special treat – a guest post from my mother, the love artist. I asked her to post here to get a little well deserved attention for the kickstarter campaign that she’s created in an effort to finish her memoir. I assure you, she is [...]
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Are you taking up residence inside your own skin? Or, are you permitting others (loved ones, peers, multi-national corporations, and the like) tell you how to feel about yourself? Recently, I was watching the film Miss Representation, and I must admit, though I consider myself to be a media-literate person overall – I am still [...]
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2008: Learning How to Bow Out of the I-Love-You-Competition Contagious Happiness Learning to Be Good Marzipan Loves Loves Loves Peggy Munson Learning to Love My Body, Re: Healthcare Learning to Love My Bank Account How to be Loved, Even When You Don’t Love Yourself 2009: A Body Recovered Swine Flu Left Holes in My Relationship, [...]
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2008: My favorite month of posts, in MM history. Swagger like Us and the Negativity Receptor: The Art of Faking Confidence II Your Swagger Revisited: Lil Wayne, Jay Z, and the Monster Jam Chronicles Double Shame Body Drama Hooking Up Hang-Ups While You Were Sleeping The Weight of a Mother-Daughter Relationship Juanita Revisited: Adolescent Girls, [...]
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I know that at this point, this quote has gotten a little, over-played, but I’ve been thinking about it since I opened my eyes this morning. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens [...]
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Now, let me just preface this by saying, no I do not think that I am the most awesome person on the internet. However, I make a serious habit of closely watching those people (internet-famous AND little known), and thinking generally about how to not suck on the internet. That would have been my favorite [...]
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Well my sweets, This is TRULY my favorite month of the year, because it is the month that I celebrate the anniversary of falling in love with my most amazing sweetheart AND the birth of my dearest Medicinal Marzipan – the second love of my life. Both of these adventures have forged in me more [...]
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This post is a part of the blogger series Self-Discovery Word by Word started by Ashley of Nourishing the Soul. This month’s series is sponsored by Myrite of Tasty Life, and she has chosen the word Balance. To participate, please skip on over to to her site and get in on the fun. xo. Balance [...]
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Medicinal Marzipan is a blog about learning to love yourself a little bit more every day - to the best of your abilities and without any regrets.
