Dearest darling Marzipanlings – tonight is the night! The ever fabulous Rosie Molinary is hosting a self-acceptance tweetchat this evening at 8 PM EST. Remember Rosie? I interviewed her about writing and self-love last fall, and she returned in the spring with the AMAZING guest post – Body Image Work That Can Change Everything. What [...]
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I am notoriously late on just about EVERYTHING – Seriously though did you see my tweets this week? Planking? Owling? I might as well be a 102 years old. Long story short, I know that lots and lots of people have already seen this video. But it is the end of a long, hard, not-so-fun [...]
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Now, typically I don’t play these types of blogger games, the kinds with awards and 25 things you didn’t know about me – even though they appeal me (they are fun! but mostly they are just fun for me, less fun for you). However, last week I was tapped by Matt Frazier from No Meat [...]
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You know me, I love a good uproar on the internetz, and I know that YOU love it when I throw in my two cents at least two weeks two late – just to let the dust settle a little bit. Just kidding, I live under a rock and I only today got around to [...]
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Alright friends, I admit it – this week I fell hook, line, and sinker into Pinterest. I finally checked it out. I spent at least ten hours since then looking at pretty things, yipping with glee, tagging with delight, and reposting to my followers. What a second… what IS Pinterest? Typical Marzipan, putting the cart [...]
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Sometimes, when you are considered overweight you get a lot of this: You know, I’ve been meaning to tell you, so and so has lost almost a 100 pounds and looks TOTALLY amazing. She just changed her diet and started exercising.. Or this: You really HAVE GOT to try this. So and so looks phenomenal [...]
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This guest post is brought to you by the lovely ladies from Beauty Redefined, and represents an extremely important of the body image conversation – media impact. Check these girls out, they are wonderful. Think back to where you were in the year 2000. Pre-Botox. Pre-”Desperate Housewives.” Pre-Modern Barbie. Pre-”Extreme Makeover.” Pre-”Shedding for the Wedding.” [...]
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This is my brain on fear, as revealed on twitter Saturday, and the ONLY type of response that quells the tidal wave of anxiety that ensues: When my brain is hooked on fear, this is what the inside of my brain sounds like: I’m scared. I’M SCARED. F*&%. I am never going to make anything [...]
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Hi, my name is Marzipan, and I’m a television addict. It’s true. I’m the kind of girl that sort of thinks that characters on TV shows that I love are my real life friends. The kind of girl that finds few things more relaxing and wonderful than kicking back and zoning out. I am a [...]
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Made-Up from Mirjam Plettinx on Vimeo. What do you guys think about this video? Love it? Hate it? Identify with it? xoxoxo.
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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.
