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By Julia • 11 years ago

Cho No She Didn’t!

A SYTYCB entry

Who LOVES Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen? I do! I do! It’s just silly fun and not too serious. Andy has on all the “Bravolebities” (Bravo’s reality show cast members) and his personal friends like Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Dan Rather. Normally, nothing of substance comes out of the half hour program. It is meant to be a time waster; a wind down before bed. However, the other night, Margaret Cho and Rosie Pope were on and something very uncomfortable to say the least, and rage inducing to say the most occurred.  

Pope is a maternity concierge in NYC and has a show on Bravo that follows her business as they help expecting couples learn how to become parents and take care of their babies. So natch (naturally for the breve (abbreviation) challenged) there was talk about motherhood and pregnancy. When Cho was asked about her own aspirations to become a parent, she joked about her age, 43, and how her fertile days were numbered. To quote her…

“My eggs are jumping ship. Seriously, they’re like, ‘last one out is a retard.'”

Oof. Pope and Cohen cringed as the audience uncomfortably laughed at her.  She sort of paused and looked puzzled about the controversy. She continued on and tried to explain herself a ...
By Julia • 12 years ago

Feminism and Professional Wrestling: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?

My earliest memories of professional wrestling are from my friend Jay’s house. He had 2 of those wrestling buddy dolls, countless action figures, and really liked Hulk Hogan. His room was a WrestleMania explosion; wrestling toys were everywhere. In high school, my boyfriend was really into The Rock and during a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach I found a pro-wrestling souvenir shop. I bought him a life size cut out and all along the boardwalk people were stopping to pose with it for pictures. It was so weird because, in that moment at least, with this huge 6’5″ cardboard statue, I appeared to be one of the WWE’s biggest fans.

Outside of knowing that The Miz was once on The Real World and ...

My earliest memories of professional wrestling are from my friend Jay’s house. He had 2 of those wrestling buddy dolls, countless action figures, and really liked Hulk Hogan. His room was a WrestleMania explosion; wrestling toys were ...