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What Marketers Don’t Understand About Motherhood

Dear Marketing Geniuses,

We don’t watch a lot of television in our house, but I guess the little that we do watch is geared towards women of a certain age because all of the commercials are targeted towards moms.

You paint such a lovely picture of motherhood.  The mom is always well-rested.  She’s usually quite attractive and dressed in something that very easily could have come off of the racks at J Crew.  She’s never sick of cleaning.  We can tell because she smiles wistfully at the shine her new cleaning product produces on her suspiciously clutter free kitchen counters.  She never gets frustrated at her kids, but I guess that’s easy because her kids are quietly playing with a featured product together or smiling their toothless grins at each other over their newest processed convenience food.

These moms look so nice.  They look like someone I would like to have over for dinner.  The problem, dear marketers, is that they really aren’t moms, and clean counters and simple, no-prep meals aren’t what matters most to moms anyway.

See, being a mom is messy.

Those commercials with the mom sitting on the floor with a smiling, peaceful toddler simply do not depict reality.  In the commercials, the mom and tot are always playing with a single toy as directed.  The toddler never hits the mom over the head with the toy.  He never uses it to beat up his little brother, and he surely never tries to flush it down the toilet.

Then there are the cleaning commercials where the mom takes a roll of paper towels and the bottle of cleaning liquid and calmly scrubs down her counter, vacuums her floor, and cleans her toilet.  She always has time to stop and smile happily at the sparkling surface because she never actually has children running around trying to smudge up those clean surfaces as fast as she can clean them.

Some of my favorites though are the shampoo commercials.  To think that a mother can sit down in nice clothes next to the bathtub her toddler is bathing in without being drenched from head to toe is about as realistic as most science fiction movies. There is the occasional time in real life when a child doesn’t dump soapy water all over her mom’s lap, but those are usually the days when the child ends up pooping in the bathtub, so the peaceful little bath time is ruined anyway.

See, what I’m trying to get at, marketers, is that being mom is about being real.  Those myths about the supermom and the Earth mama are just that — myths.  No mom can do it all, all the time, all by herself.  Moms need help – physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  And if a mom seems to have it so much more together than the rest of us do, it says more about her acting skills than her mothering skills.

And I guess that’s why I view you so suspiciously, marketers.  Your products may or may not work as directed.  They may or may not make my life easier or less chaotic.  They may or may not bring me joy.

But the version of motherhood you are trying to market to us … that causes damage.  That teaches us that we are never good enough.  It teaches us that in order to be better or more close to your ideal, we need to buy your product.  It teaches us that there is an ideal, a right way, a better way.

See dear marketers, motherhood can’t be bought because motherhood is about being real and being ourselves and taking the very deepest and truest parts of our humanity and giving of all that we have to our little ones.  It’s about authenticity and trust, compassion and empathy.  It’s about sacrifice and self-care and modeling and patience.  It’s about making mistakes and living in the messy homes and living the chaotic schedules all so that we can teach our children that this is a messy and imperfect world and the best any of us can do is the best that we can do.

We can’t buy motherhood from you, and we can’t buy a product that will make us more of a mom.  And you, marketers, will keep trying to sell us this sanitized version of motherhood because your job is to make money.  It’s my hope that maybe we will stop listening and will learn instead to define motherhood on our own, non-commercial, terms.

We can’t change our culture.  We can’t stop making these messages appeal to our society at large, but we can work in our own homes, in our own lives, to define motherhood on our own terms.  We can take a stand and make a difference when we remember in instances like these, the personal is political.

(Not a Super) Mom

 About Amanda Knapp

Amanda Knapp is a stay at home mom who spends her days in her messy house, chasing her three kids around and writing about it on her blog, Indisposable Mama.  She never smiles wistfully at her sparkling kitchen counters.

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  1. My all time favorite “lies” are the Bounty commercials. I SWEAR TO GOD of my child took a bowl of soup and spilled 75% on his way to the table I would not laugh, smile, and clean up the mess with a “boys will be boys” grin. Nope. Not even.
    I’ve never cleaned up a mess while smiling. It’s part of the “job” but that doesn’t mean I should be happy about it. I don’t run off and beat the crap out of my kids either but I don’t want them to think it’s fun to make a mess while mommy smiles and cleans it up.

  2. I think the reason I love the Windows phone commercial with Jessica Alba is because the kitchen is a mess, there are dishes everywhere, and she only leaves the counter when ‘the kids’ make a loud noise that will either be followed by crying or an uh-oh. Yeah, she looks nice, but other than the make up, she looks normal.
    FletchersMum, my husband thinks that commercial is hysterical. he says “If the kid is spilling THAT much, WHY ARE YOU LETTING HER CARRY ANOTHER BOWL?!”

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My son turned two in May and my twin girls arrived three weeks ago. My husband has mostly been home from work to help out (as in do everything but breastfeed) but I'm terrified of what will happen when he goes back. Mostly, I struggle with how to keep my toddler occupied while I'm spending hours nursing the twins. My son goes stir-crazy at home. I've tried inviting other people over for playdates, but I can't do that every day. And outings to the park with newborns are super hard. We can't afford daycare, my toddler isn't potty-trained (and isn't three) yet so isn't ready to be accepted to preschool ... though it breaks my heart not to be able to spend as much quality time with him, I'd love to send him away for part of the day in order for him to get some enrichment/social time (and for me to focus on the twins).

Anyone have any BTDT advice for enrichment activities at home? Activities/toys? Or other solutions for helping occupy toddler older siblings?
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I feel for you! My child was old enough so even though I didn't want to after the twins were a month or so old I did send my daughter to school part time. When she is home though I have a bunch of options she can choose from to do when I nurse. I have all the usual but it seems to work, stickers, playboy, beads to make necklaces, lOts of coloring books and blank pages, star fall on the computer, stuff to glue to other stuff smile.gif dOminoes are fun, or math manipulatives, stamps, at the age maybe set up a few activities so he can bounce from one to another.
I did allow more tv then I would have liked but PBS does have some good stuff. Hang in there!
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I'm so glad to see what I did was normal... :lol

My son was 3.5 yrs old when his twin sisters were born. It was a good age gap for me as he was at the stage where he wanted to help with everything and wasn't completely dependant on me for every single thing anymore. But keeping a balance between caring for not one, but two babies and still care and play with your older child is not easy. I too allowed way more tv than I'd like to admit when I ran out of ideas or hands or time or whatever.

What worked great for us though, even though he was a boy, was to give him a doll to copy what I was doing with the babies. When I sat down to breastfeed, he'd cuddle and nurse his doll. When I changed nappies, he changed his doll's nappy and so forth. It helped him to feel part of everything and we never had issues that he became jealous of his sisters. And it was only for a few weeks that he needed the doll before finding other ways to keep himself busy when I couldn't spend one on one time with him.

He loved puzzles and lego blocks and this could keep him happy for pretty long periods of time.

It's probably not the type of answer you were looking for, but I wish I had a better support system back then and knew that these things were normal to "life with twins". I cried the first 18 months away, I was so overwhelmed!! Only now that the twins turned 3 yrs old did I start to feel more human and able to cope with three kids better. When people tell me I'm "a supermom, how do I do it?" I reply that I cried the first year and half away and they have a total look of shock on their faces LOL!

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Having a safe play space set up for DD1 (she was 3.5 when they were born, I agree, a pretty good age) that she could go that was not in the main area I was with the twins. It encouraged her to play by herself for longer since I wasn't right there. I had her play by me too, but it was nice for her and me for her to have a separate place.

I agree on having a baby doll or stuffed animal + props for the bigger kids. DD1 would use any handy doll or stuffed animal, but what really made it awesome for her was if she had her own diapers, blankets, BFing pillow, etc. So I would give her the boppy (which I don't use for BFing) and she would happily sit next to me nursing her babies while I nursed mine for a long time.

Putting drinks & less-messy-snacks where she could reach.

Going to the park anyway, even if it was a PITA. A twin stroller that let's you snap in bucket seats helped immensely with this for me! I also liked to go to stores with shopping carts for brief trips. Babies would be one on top, one inside the cart and DD would help me push or hold my hand. Could also use a baby carrier with one of the babies to maybe make it work even better.

Having people come visit me and going to visit them as much as possible. Definitely the time to cash in on favors!

Being ok with making the babies wait for brief periods (even if they were crying) so DD1 isn't always the one who is waiting. This sucks, but it makes it easier for DD1 to wait when she has to and the twins often have to wait on each other anyway.

Being ok with more TV than I would like, you gotta survive however you can sometimes! I also let DD1 play with my ipad (make sure to set it so you have to enter your password to do anything though, don't want kids buying apps for you or shopping on amazon!)

Reading books (DD1 holds them) to her while nursing/holding babies.

Having DD1 help (or "help") as much as she wanted. She nearly always wants to be involved so I would try to think of something she could do for each baby thing I did to keep her occupied, but I always asked, never made her help. I don't think she has turned me down yet though!

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Say you are a passenger, your partner/friend is driving. You are on a highway with no sholder. No place to pull over. Your infant has been screaming hysterically, strapped in her car seat, has vomited from crying, and begins to choke on her own vomit. Do you remove her from the car seat?
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I have on many occasions taken my ds out his carseat.. It was worse when he was in the infant one, rear-facing. He was totally traumatized every time he went in it.
So most times I sat in the back and took him out to nurse. We only really drive in slow moving city traffic, and I made a judgement call. To me, having my tiny newborn screaming so much he was sick was far more dangerous than him being out the carseat for 5 minutes at a time. I could not physically have left him there. I just couldn't. (plus dh could not drive with the crying).

He is slightly better now, but not much. He cries and thrashes about and gets himself so hysterical he can't breathe. So yes, I still take him out - just enough to calm him down and then put him back in. We tend not to drive anywhere now though if we can help it. He likes the bus and train thankfully!
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A drama about a Maori family lving in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

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Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next.

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Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in director Ron Howard's chronicle of this true-life story, which turns a failed journey into a thrilling saga of heroism.

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Since I saw the trailer I knew this was going to bomb but I didn't had any idea of how bad it was, this movie can become The Room of fighting movies as it was as bad as it could yet unintentionally laughable.

The acting in this movie is a joke non of this girls ever set foot in a real ghetto and There acting was as stereotypical as you can imagine I can imagine the research for the roles were watching a lot of movies with Ice T on them. Windsor the protagonist says she is 30 but her mom looks 7 years younger than her, the knock around girls ( a crew of twenty something that look more like skaters that street fighters) are a bunch of brats pushing their luck every time there is a fight as all the fights are so choreograph non even the pros make it look real and they try to convince us they are hardcore ghetto. ( Cyborg, Tate and Holm included) speaking of Holly Holm she is in this movie probably for a few seconds and her character doesn't go anywhere, she has top billing and she is the biggest person in the poster and they do nothing with her their is also the Serrano sisters whom I'm told they are pro boxers but they don't give them nothing to work with and they end up like push overs. The fact this trio are fighters and not actresses is clearly a fact as their dialog is very forced, Rob Hawk probably said " just act as angry and ghetto as possible".

Rob Hawk worked his ass off trying to put this garbage together and you can tell how his experience is practically zero, the pacing is horrible it will jump from one scene to the other from night to day with no continuity and many scenes that were cut roughly , the editing is messed up a lot was cut in the editing room and what was left has a lot of plot holes and you can nip pick almost every scene and the continuity errors are all over, I've scene school protects that looked more decent than this.

In the raw and tough world of Fight Valley there no such thing as logic or cops Tori a skinny girl that we are supposed to believe is a bad ass gets herself killed street fighting and its up to her sister to find out the killer as she is trained by Jabz (Tate) for apparently no reason at all survive as Jabz so wisely placed it, but those montages are wasted as she gets her ass kicked every time, we find out it was Church ( Cyborg) who killed Tori, the last fight is as a minute long and we find out Jabz helped to cover the murder....Oooh no not Jabz, it's a very anti climatic ending were everyone says their sorry and the end, no filling for murder or anything they said they were sorry that's enough to settle everything, as Windsor said she was ready to take back what they took from her sister but she finds comfort by Jabz and Church saying they are sorry and having shed some tiers.

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Start several weeks before your move by deciding what you are going to take.  Go through your garage and your storage areas, and get rid of unnecessary junk.  If you have boxes you haven't opened in years, then you probably don't really need what's inside them.  Go through your closets and dressers, and get rid of clothing and footwear that you no longer use.  Sell used magazines and paperbacks.

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Water your plants.  They should be moist but not wet for moving day.  If you are moving long-distance, it is best to give away live plants.  They do not travel well.  Ship plants in open top boxes or wardrobe containers.

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Make sure that the movers will have a clear path to all furniture throughout your house.  Stack boxes against the walls, not on top of furniture.  Make sure that any items which you will be taking yourself are clearly marked and put aside.

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In most cases, it is not necessary for you to remain at your home during the entire move.  Please inform the movers if you will be leaving early.

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10535 Chadbourne Dr
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Absolutely stunning completely renovated home! This home shows like a model home. Brand new roof! Brand new stainless steel appliances, designer granite countertops with breakfast bar, custom cabinets, new artisan tile throughout all the common areas and new carpet in all the bedrooms. Both bathrooms have been completely renovated and redone with style and attention to every detail. Newly painted inside and out. Huge fully fenced backyard, with covered and screened private lanai. 1 car attached garage. Central Carrollwood location, in a quiet cul-de-sac and walking distance to a large fishing pond. Low HOA which includes a rec. center, parks and pool!
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Are you fed up with annoying ads from personal injury lawyers? These lawyers are wasting your time and your money.

On his show Sept.23, Fox Business Correspondent John Stossel exposed the costs of frivolous lawsuits to taxpayers. Costs go far beyond litigation fees and dig deep into taxpayers’ pocketbooks.

Stossel explained that lawsuits “[A]dd $500 to the price of every car and $3,000 to every pacemaker. Even haircuts cost more because hairdressers buy lawsuit insurance. Maybe someone will have a bad hair day. But an even greater cost is the loss of some of the good things we don’t get to have in the first place. Some companies have stopped research on AIDS vaccines. GlaxoSmithKline developed a Lyme disease vaccine. The FDA approved it but the company won’t sell it because the cost of lawsuits makes it unprofitable. No vaccine, no one to sue. But we’re not safer. Likewise, are you pregnant or nauseous with morning sickness? Too bad. In other countries you can buy pills for that but not in America. All sorts of entrepreneurs give up on promising ideas because innovation or any change risks opening the door to him.” He is referring to “Super lawyer” Mark Lanier. Lanier is one of thousands of lawyers who have made millions of dollars on personal injury cases.

Lawyers like Lanier justify their cases by scare tactics, aggrandizing statistics in their favor or blaming companies for withholding information. When asked about the number of mesothelioma related deaths per year Lanier answers “Between 2,000 and 4,000 per year.” That statistic appears to be a substantial amount. However, Stossel quickly puts that statistic in perspective. “[M]ore people die in falls or fires or crossing the street. The horrors of September 11 cost insurance companies $43 billion. These asbestos suits will cost America over $200 billion. The people will get a few thousand dollars and you will get 1/3.”

The solution to this problem, according to legal analyst Marie Griffin, is a program called “Loser Pays.” Griffin states, “Almost every other country in the entire world has a common-sense rule that if you drive somebody else into court and they are innocent, you have to cover the costs they incurred to defend themselves from your meritless lawsuit. We should have a system very similar in the United States.”

“Loser Pays” has been proposed in the United States before but is defeated by the trial lawyers every time.  Stossel states the U.S. is the only “civilized country” in which “if a judge finds my case is wrong or totally stupid, I can walk away.”

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“Look, I own guns,” Lowe said, according to American News. The actor went on to say that he owns three guns, but no “assault weapons.”

Lowe went on to slam Obama for trying to take away guns, saying that our time would be better spent on improving “mental health, parenting, personal responsibility” instead of destroying the Second Amendment.

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Someday, computers could help doctors diagnose diseases much faster than they can today. Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have developed a way to train artificial intelligence to read and interpret pathology images. Andrew Beck from BIDMC explains that their "method is based on deep learning," which is commonly used to train AI to recognize speech, images and objects. They recently got the chance to prove just how effective their technique is during a competition at the annual International Symposium of Biomedical Imaging, where the AI was tasked to look for breast cancer in images of lymph nodes.

The team started training their machine by feeding it hundreds of slides marked to indicate which parts have cancerous cells and which have normal ones. They then identified which types of slides it was having the most trouble with and fed it more difficult samples. Using that method, the AI improved enough to be accurate 92 percent of the time and to win in two separate categories during the contest. It's still no match for human pathologists who are accurate 96 percent of the time, but it's clearly shown great promise.

Beck said what's truly exciting is that when they combined pathologists' analysis with their creation's, the results showed 99.5 percent accuracy. He added: "Our results in the ISBI competition show that what the computer is doing is genuinely intelligent and that the combination of human and computer interpretations will result in more precise and more clinically valuable diagnoses to guide treatment decisions." If you want to read more about this breast cancer-detecting AI, the team published a paper detailing their experience.

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Creating More Reginald Lewises, Lonnie Johnsons and Mary Spios

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Though Elijah McCoy was born to fugitive slaves, he trained as a mechanical engineer and became a prolific inventor, owning over 50 patents. One of these products was so superior to others of its kind, that other engineers began requesting it by name - they wanted "the real McCoy". Unfortunately, while the phrase is known the world over and still used today, the man behind it is still largely unrecognized, and that is a real shame.
What is even more of a shame, however, is that there is a vast land of entrepreneurs, innovators and inventors of color doing amazing things today who are also unrecognized. We can't allow that to continue. We need these role models.
But how do we raise their profile and build awareness of them, so that current and future generations are encouraged to be and do more? How do we paint a more accurate picture of the size, scope, social and economic impact of those already contributing, to let everyone (white execs and future entrepreneurs of color, etc.) know about our current successes?
We have the technology, almost everyone has access to information on the Internet, we just need to direct traffic and attention to it. The answers lie in the stories of others, like McCoy, who have achieved greatness and yet remain largely unknown.
Sarah Breedlove, who later became known as Madam C.J. Walker, was also born to former slaves. That did not stop her from becoming the first female self-made millionaire in America. While running her successful company, selling hair products developed for black women, Walker spent a significant amount of time training other black women to become independent. The most powerful black institutions of her day invited her to speak on social, economic and political issues. At the time of her death, two thirds of her estate was donated to orphanages, institutions and individuals.
Reginald Lewis, whose 1994 book Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? explained how he created a billion dollar company, the first African American to do so. His philanthropy extended to schools and museums, one of which highlights the history and accomplishments of African Americans.
Lonnie Johnson graduated from an all-black high school to earn degrees in mechanical and nuclear engineering, but was often the only person of color in the room during his career. He now holds over 80 patents, the most famous of which is the Super Soaker. But he doesn't just focus on toys. He also works with major universities on creating clean energy, by turning heat into electricity.
Aisha Bowe is an aerospace engineer, yet it never occurred to her to pursue a science career until her father suggested she take a math class at community college. That was the beginning of her path to NASA, where she became a Mission Engineer. She went on to create the engineering and development company STEMBoard and is a passionate advocate for science, technology, engineering and math education. (STEM)
Mae Jemison also worked for NASA, she was the first African American woman to go into space. She also is devoted to the arts, having been a professional dancer, as well.
17 year old Jaylen Bledsoe started his first company when he was only 13. By the time he was 15, it was worth $3.5 million dollars. His philosophy is that entrepreneurs need to take risks and failing at a really young age doesn't have many long term consequences.
One of the most important lessons we take away from these stories is summed up by Mary Spio. She didn't even know what an engineer was while growing up, didn't consider it as a career until another engineer suggested it while she was in the Air Force. She then went on to work on satellites for both NASA and Boeing, as well as digital cinema technology at LucasFilm.
Spio suffered the indignity of being forced out of her own company because the investor wanted a white male leading it. But even that has not held her back. She now has her own company once more, focusing on virtual reality development, and has written a book called It's Not Rocket Science: 7 Game-Changing Traits for Achieving Uncommon Success. Spio has been quoted as saying that mentor-ship is crucial, not only for the guidance it provides, but also the access, which many minorities lack. Almost all of these people contribute in some way to those who may follow, giving money or time or both, and we need more of this!
They also teach us that there need be no limits to what we set our sights upon. Whether it's beauty or science, the combination of arts and engineering or even toys; whether the challenges are of age, race or gender - or both, success is possible. Education awareness from early ages, particularly STEM, introduces children to possibilities that might never otherwise occur to them.
All of these things are necessary to create the next millionaires and billionaires of color who will have the same impact that McCoy, Lewis, Jemison and others.
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Kristen Stewart's Rumored Girlfriend Says She's 'Very In Love And Very Happy'

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It looks like Kristen Stewart and her alleged girlfriend, French entertainer Stephanie "Soko" Sokolinski, are on their way to making things official.

The two, who have been seen out and about in Paris and Los Angeles together, have stayed relatively mum when it comes to talking about each other in the press. But in a new interview with W magazine, Soko basically confirmed she and Stewart are an item.

Soko dished about the salacious direct messages (DMs) she receives on Instagram, but refused to tell W how she would ask someone else out via DM.

"Oh, man, I have no idea," Soko said. "I think if I was in the need of doing that right now, I would totally be able to come up with something. But I’m very, very, very in love and very happy in a relationship, so I don’t have that urge."

When the magazine asked if the French singer/actress met her current girlfriend over Instagram, Soko denied it.

"No! No. It was very OG," Soko said. Recently, the two were spotted food shopping in a not-so-OG way captured by photographers. Ah, love.

Stewart hasn't been officially coupled with anyone since her old sparkly vampire love, Robert Pattinson, but also hasn't shied away from addressing her sexuality on her own terms.

"If you feel like you really want to define yourself, and you have the ability to articulate those parameters and that in itself defines you, then do it,” Stewart said in a 2015 interview with Nylon. "But I am an actress, man. I live in the fucking ambiguity of this life and I love it."

For those who still want a more definitive answer, Stewart said she isn't ready to label anything ... yet.

"I don’t feel like it would be true for me to be like, ‘I’m coming out!' No, I do a job," the "Still Alice" actress said, adding, "Until I decide that I’m starting a foundation or that I have some perspective or opinion that other people should be receiving … I don’t. I’m just a kid making movies."

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Britney Spears' 'I Wanna Go' Director Breaks Down Cheeky Clip

Chris Marrs Piliero explains the video's 'Half Baked' and 'Terminator' homages, but what about those elusive seashells?

Britney Spears' video for "I Wanna Go" — a dream-sequence-y, pop-culture-reference-packed tongue-in-cheek attack on the paparazzi — is so fun, it's quickly becoming one of our favorites. And because we can't get enough of it, MTV News sought out the vid's creative mastermind, [article id="1666219"]director Chris Marrs Piliero[/article] (who also directed Ke$ha's "Blow"), to explain it to us, frame by frame.

"This opening scene poked fun at the ridiculous rumors that surround Britney," Piliero said of the clip's opening press conference, during which Britney tells off a room of reporters. "That is our homage to 'Half Baked.' I was really stoked that we were able to include that little parody homage in the video and that Guillermo Diaz, who is the guy [in the scene] giving the thumbs up, is from the movie."

After strutting out of the press conference and squeezing the butt of an autograph-seeking fan (played by one of her dancers), Spears strolls down the street, passing by a baby in a stroller who whistles at her.

"We were actually going to have three babies," Piliero revealed. "But the other two were just crying and crying. and I was like, 'F--- it, get 'em outta there.' And the one baby, he ruled and was supercute, so we went with him."

Spears' next saucy move is to flash a bunch of guys on the street: a young boy, his dad, a male driver getting a ticket and the cop writing it.

"That little kid was awesome," Piliero said of the young redheaded boy. "If you look closely, he's actually squeezing his juice box all over this shirt. The cop is another one of Britney's dancers. You might recognize him from the 'Hold It Against Me' video, he had blue hair."

Next up, Spears encounters a paparazzo on the street and grabs his camera and throws it to the ground.

"That was a very genuine performance from Britney," Piliero said of the scene. "I felt like she was letting out her inner emotion toward paparazzi. It was also really cold. I think she just went for it."

Cut to Spears on top of a taxi, microphone in hand with a long cord, which she uses to take out the various photographers who have surrounded her.

"A lot of people think this was inspired by 'Kill Bill,' because I'm a huge Quentin Tarantino fan. I would totally own up to that if it was true," he admitted. "But I actually intended for her to always having her performance with the microphone [throughout the video] for her performance setup, so I thought that was a good way to tie it all together and I didn't want to give her a real weapon."

But Piliero was making an intentional pop-culture reference with the wording on the movie theater marquee in the background of the scene that reads "Crossroads 2: Cross Harder." "I've always thought that 'Die Hard 2: Die Harder' is one of the most ridiculously awesome titles for a sequel," he said. "And I needed to put something in the marquee, and I thought it would be a really fun Easter egg for fans."

Now something odd happens with the paparazzi who've been hit by Spears' microphone weapon — they are revealed to be robots or androids. "I love pop culture and this whole video is kind of a dream sequence," Piliero said. "I think it's natural to have fantasies and dreams with stuff inspired by pop culture, so that's why the robot guys kind of have a 'Terminator'-ish feel."

Before the "Terminator" 'bots can move in on Spears, Diaz drives up in a sports car and whisks her away, where he celebrates by pouring a carton of milk all over himself.

"Guillermo kills it in the scene with the milk, he's hilarious," Piliero enthused. "And I love Britney's reaction there; both her reactions where she's laughing are so good. A lot of people ask about the milk and what the deal with it is, a lot of people have theories too. I don't need to say what the point is, because I love hearing what people say, so I'll leave it at that. Same goes with the seashells too."

Cut to the final scene, where we realize that it was all a dream. Spears is at the press conference, shaken out of a daze when Guillermo steps in and tells the reporters, "No more questions," then hands Spears a handful of those seashells that Piliero won't explain. He looks back at the camera at the last moment and we see his eyes are robot red, an obvious nod to Michael Jackson's zombie-green eyes in the last shot of "Thriller."

" 'Thriller' is one of my favorite music videos ever," Piliero said. "I remember watching it when I was 5, that was what inspired me to become a music video director so I wanted to pay homage to it."

What do you think the milk and the seashells signify in "I Wanna Go"? Share your theories in the comments below.


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WiiWare Usage Stats - Possible Good News For 'Final Fantasy,' 'Defend Your Castle'

'Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A King'One week after Nintendo made public the usage stats for its downloadable Wii games in the U.S., I've been able to crunch some numbers to learn just how fervently -- or not -- gamers are embracing the WiiWare service.

Think "Dr. Mario" crushed all? Hoping that "Lost Winds" did well? Read on for my findings.

As of Monday June 16, the Nintendo Channel has been reporting how much time any users of the Channel who've opted into a data-sharing agreement with Nintendo are playing Wii games. While it's unclear just how many people have opted in, the numbers at least show the relative popularity of games among those users. So I can't crunch the numbers and report the number of people who bought "Lost Winds." But I can do the math and say that "at least X number of people" did.

More usefully, the Nintendo Channel shows the average number of hours a player has devoted to each Wii game. It also shows the average number of times people play their Wii games. These stats help indicate how much people get attached to the games they play.

Later today I'll post some numbers I crunched for Wii disc games on Kotaku (where I'm guest-editing for the week). But right here, right now, I'm sharing my analysis of the numbers for WiiWare games.

As of Sunday, June 22, there were 15 games available through WiiWare. Only four of them include usage statistics. Some of the games are probably too new to have their numbers calculated, but it's unclear whether games such as the 5/12-released "Pop" and "T.V. Show King" don't have stats listed.

Here are the four games that do have statistics:

Defend Your Castle

The Nintendo Channel indicates that Wii users who shared data with the company logged a total of 69,675 hours with this 5/12-released WiiWare launch game, playing it 76,359 times. That broke down to 2 hours 55 minutes total play time per person or 3.2 sessions per person. That gave the game the lowest average playtime of the four WiiWare games that had numbers available, but that may not be surprising, given how "Defend Your Castle" is designed for short-session play. Still, the other stat shows that people only played the game three times since buying it. Do the math and you'll see that it seems people actually played this game about an hour at a time. If you divide out the usage, it appears that about 23,900 people out of all Wii owners sharing data with the WiiWare service downloaded "Defend Your Castle." That's the kind of minimum sales number I mentioned above. It's by no means a total sales number, but it does mean that at least that many people downloaded it.

Dr. Mario Online Rx

"Dr. Mario" was released two weeks after "Defend Your Castle" and has been averaging a total play time of 4 hours and 56 minutes for everyone who downloaded it and shared their info with the Nintendo Channel. These "Dr. Mario" players have averaged 3.8 sessions with the game but, when you do the division, you find that only about 13,100 of the Nintendo Channel users have downloaded the game.

Final Fantasy: My Life As A King

This was the most expensive WiiWare game, and - wouldn't you know it -- it appears to be the most avidly played of the four. Doing the same division I see that 19,400 people sharing their data with the Nintendo Channel downloaded the game. These folks, on average, have played the game a whopping 11 hours and 46 minutes, spread across an average 4.8 sessions.

Lost Winds

And here's the critical darling of the WiiWare launch, the windswept platformer "Lost Winds." It joins the other games on this list in out-performing the one Mario-branded WiiWare games -- at least among Nintendo Channel data-sharers. I calculated it's been downloaded by 17,500 of these people. They've played it an average of 2.8 times, totaling three hours and four minutes total playtime. I haven't finished "Lost Winds," but I've heard it lasts approximately three hours, so it seems that people were compelled to play it to the end.

Anyone who has a Wii can do this analysis for themselves. Log onto the Nintendo Channel and pull some numbers. What can you figure out?


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Friend drinking again but won't discuss it - help?

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magnificatAnimaMea Sun 15-Nov-15 19:35:23

A friend has had serious alcohol issues in the past - including time in rehab and in the local hospital's psychiatric ward with severe depression, suicidal ideation, etc. In many aspects her life is "back on track", but she has continued to drink at a very low level, and the level has been creeping up in the last few months to the point that people are beginning to notice.

We all live in a small town; the old friends she has know her history intimately and know the reasons she may once again be struggling. But anyone who has attempted to discuss it with her has been cut off from "good" friend to "superficial social politeness" friend - and she is gradually becoming isolated in that group. She does seem to have friends at work, all of whom would see people with addiction problems regularly and thus would realise what the problem is, but I don't think she socializes with them much.

She is in danger of losing her job, which is the central element of her successfully rebuilding herself and her life. Her profession has a one-strike-and-you're-out policy. She knows this, but is drinking at a level where her blood alcohol might be over the limit the morning after the night before.

Is there any way any of us can broach this without simply getting cut off? i am as close as anyone to her - I tried to talk to her nearly a year ago, and it did seem to work for a while, but she had less to worry about then, than she does now.

I know she needs help from AA. I know she needs to choose to ask for help. But part of her problem is probably that she feels isolated, while isolating herself. Somehow we need to make her feel less isolated.

berylbainbridge Sun 15-Nov-15 19:39:38

The sad truth is she has to want to do it herself. Whether she's isolated or not obviously isn't going to help but you're understandably looking for ways to make her 'want' to seek help. It really is down to her. She may not have reached her own personal rock bottom yet.

magnificatAnimaMea Sun 15-Nov-15 20:32:10

No - I completely get that this is down to her.

However - what I (and others) can do something about is (1) general isolation and (2) saying "we're here to help if you want to seek help about this". It is our place to deal with those bits, if not with actually carting her off to the GP/AA. Which is why I was asking for suggestions on how to talk to her about (2).

madwomanbackintheattic Sat 27-Feb-16 00:32:12

I've not ever had any luck. I don't think there is a way. Just to be available when the shit hits the fan, and let her know that you are there if she does ever want to talk about it. But the slightest mention of it may well cut you off from being able to support, even from afar. It's a very very thin line.

teaforoneplease Tue 01-Mar-16 13:47:23

I know it's really hard but I honestly don't think that anything you say will help. She will be very aware of the issue herself. It's just a matter of when she decides to do something about it. For the moment. just including her and being there but speaking nothing of the problem, is probably the best way. She'll speak when she is ready.

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Anyone use a CPAP machine for sleep apnoea?

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GinThief Wed 01-Jun-16 14:54:50

I'm waiting for my 2nd sleep study, ongoing chronic fatigue is really causing me problems with work and everyday tasks.

Respiratory consultant thinks CPAP will improve my fatigue. Not sure I like the idea of sleeping with a mask on. Anyone had any experience with a CPAP machine? Is it easy to transport as I travel with work a lot?

lougle Wed 01-Jun-16 19:35:18

I'm a nurse (ICU) who uses CPAP at work and my mother has sleep apnoea and used to use a mask. I think the masks do take time to acclimatise to, but you should benefit hugely from wearing one. The home CPAP units are very small, about the size of a shoe box.

kittensandgin Wed 01-Jun-16 20:56:59

My mother's DP uses a CPAP machine for sleep apnoea. As lougle said the home units are relatively small, so quite easy to transport. He quickly got used to sleeping with the mask on but DM is a light sleeper and still struggling to block out the noise from the CPAP six months later. I believe they are discussing separate bedrooms now.

Luciferbox Wed 01-Jun-16 21:00:25

DH has had one for 6 weeks and is now so much better on it. The mask does take time to get used to but he used to be exhausted all the time and fell asleep at the drop of a hat. Now he has loads more energy and no longer feels awful all the time. I hope you have a positive experience too.

unadulterateddad Wed 01-Jun-16 21:05:15

I've had a cpap for 10 years and I love it - made such a difference to my life (and anyone else within about a mile when I was asleep).

CPAPs or APAPs (which I now use) come in differenct sizes, but most are about the size of a dictionary. I also travel for work and whilst it can be a pain carrying the bag around for an overnighter, it's not really a big problem.

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Ladies, tell me about the menopause

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Princesspink999 Sun 25-Sep-16 23:57:02

I'm 47 and for the last 18 months I've had mid cycle bleeding for a few months then spotting for a week before my period, then 2 week periods, then periods 3 weeks apart and now 4 weeks apart again but very variable flow. Is this right? Can anyone relate to this - it all seems very odd. Any clue what will happen next? Any advice gratefully received!!

SpookyRachel Mon 26-Sep-16 00:02:19

Yes, your cycle goes a bit haywire for a while. And then it stops. Trying to remember how long the 'haywire' bit lasts (did you know forgetfulness is a symptom of menopause?!) and think maybe 2-3 years. But maybe there's wide individual variation, I'm not sure. I think I was kind of where you are at 47, then fully menopausal at 50.

MumOnTheRunCatchingUp Mon 26-Sep-16 00:08:48

Hot flushes? Any other symptoms?

WinchesterWoman Mon 26-Sep-16 00:18:45

Haywire is right. You find yourself constantly prepared to start your period. You use more tampons than when you're actually having proper periods. Like martini, you know, any time any place anywhere. I didn't wear any thing but indigo jeans and long cardigans for about a year.

WinchesterWoman Mon 26-Sep-16 00:20:37

In fact I'm convinced this is why the long cardi is so poular with women of a certain age.

pinkieandperkie Mon 26-Sep-16 06:24:38

Ooh I love a long cardi. For me I had a couple of years of haywire periods that were sometimes so heavy I didn't feel comfortable leaving the house and the bleed time would be up to three weeks then maybe nothing for a couple of months. Constantly feeling like a period is coming. I can cry really easily at the most ridiculous things like a B & Q advert. I could fall asleep really easily but would wake up and toss and turn all night unable to go back to sleep. I get quite a lot of headaches and my joints and muscles ache. Relentless hot flushes. I started this is 47 and am now 50 and haven't had a period for nine months. You have to go twelve months without a period to be in actual menopause. It's not great but we all have to go through it.

WinchesterWoman Mon 26-Sep-16 08:05:17

Sometimes I take black cohosh

WinchesterWoman Mon 26-Sep-16 08:06:25

Oh the sleeplessness! Yes awful

Justmuddlingalong Mon 26-Sep-16 08:10:07

Sorry for the hijack. I'm 46. Periods still regular as clockwork, but I have cramping for most of the month and my boobs are constantly achy. Is this another 'just my age' symptom?

Princesspink999 Mon 26-Sep-16 09:05:16

Thank you ladies and please do hijack - at least I know I'm not alone!!

pinkieandperkie Mon 26-Sep-16 09:10:47

Just I would only get sore boobs if I hadn't had a period for three months and one was coming but generally no boob soreness. I don't get cramping but do feel heavy in that area at times. It's hard to describe but I wouldn't call it cramping.

LucyLocketLostHerPocket Mon 26-Sep-16 09:17:15

Also 47, periods every 4 weeks at the mo though did disappear for 6 months last year then every 3 weeks for a while. Worst bit for me are the cramps, for a good two weeks before my period actually arrive so have bad cramps/tummy ache then I'm bleeding for a good week so one week a month where I actually ok and feel normal. Been like this for a few months now. I'm fit, healthy and definitely not overweight but don't take any supplements. I'm a committed low carber so think my blood sugars etc are as stable as they can be.

Just want it all done now. Feeling lousy and in pain for 2-3 weeks at a time is really taking in out of me.

SabineUndine Mon 26-Sep-16 10:02:56

I had about six months of haywire, then six months normal but increasingly heavy, then nothing, then three months, the first of which was very heavy, then they stopped, except for one (I suspect anovulatory) light bleed. Hot flushes usually starting in the early hours and going on for several hours or days. Weird muscle aches, ocular migraines, dry mouth, no appetite, increased appetite. If you get an odd symptom, google it with the word menopause, and someone will have connected the two!

pinkieandperkie Mon 26-Sep-16 10:31:17

Ooh I've thought of a positive symptom, leg and armpit hair growth has slowed down dramatically. It's great only having to shave once a fortnight.

SpookyRachel Mon 26-Sep-16 18:17:42

pinkieandperkie - you're right, I hardly need to shave any more.

SabineUndine Thu 29-Sep-16 17:25:44

I've gone from being very unhairy to having a slight moustache which I wax
Also, as of ten minutes ago I've just started my first fucking period in 15 months.

pinkieandperkie Thu 29-Sep-16 17:36:18

Oh Sabine don't say that. I'm waiting for the magic twelve months with out periods for it to be over and I'm nine months in. I thought if periods went for twelve months that would be that. Now I learn this is not truesmile

AndreaJane11 Fri 14-Oct-16 20:03:37

For cramping and sore boobs, if you are not taking any meds, try high strength evening primrose oil. Also Vitamin B6 can help. I take a good mineral supplement too as you can easily get deficient with minerals. Let me know if you would like to know where I buy them. They really help me.

enolagayits0815 Fri 14-Oct-16 20:06:28

Sport is the way to go, I joined the gym a month ago, go every day and my period has just finished after two scant days instead of a week of flooding, no hot flushes, no cramps and no mood swings. I'm 50 and have had menopause symptoms for eight years. I've been able to come off all medication.

Northernmum100 Fri 14-Oct-16 20:25:52

Random periods and when it does arrive, so heavy that I don't like to venture out too far. Migraines too - never had them until a couple of years ago (now 47) but at least it gives me the heads up that a period is iminent! The thing that is really getting to me is thinning hair - I'm not a vain person at all but I used to love my hairconfused

BG2015 Fri 14-Oct-16 21:35:33

Can't say anything about my periods as I've had a coil in that stopped working in April, just had an endometrial ablation because of constant heavy bleeding.

But I started with night sweats and hot flushes about 6 months ago. My sleep has also gone a bit haywire, often struggling to get to sleep or waking very early.

I'm a regular gym goer, running, spin, weights, Zumba. Trying to keep that going as I believe it will help.

Still got my sex drive, weight is pretty stable.

I'm 47!

enolagayits0815 Sun 16-Oct-16 09:09:47

I wish I didn't have to shave, I'm getting inch long arm hairs and ginger curly eyebrows which are insanely long.

Zighy1 Sat 19-Nov-16 17:39:49

Is anyone getting insane mood swings and feelings of not coping and extreme tiredness? I stormed out of a supermarket because I was overwhelmed by the choose and I am generally down and not great company. I'm slightly worried its early onset dementia (family history, granny and mum who is currently in care home) so hoping others had menopausal symtoms like this. I'm 50. This is not my usual personality I am usually upbeat.

Mindtrope Mon 21-Nov-16 21:31:15

I guess everyone is different though. I had my last period exactly 12 months ago. Until that time they were regular as clockwork and normal, Since then nothing so I guess the menopause is well under way. I have had no hot flushes, no night sweats, no mood swings. I feel totally fine.

And it's great having no periods.

80sWaistcoat Tue 22-Nov-16 09:55:27

Zighy1 yep. Had all that. With me it's a mixture of menopause and my natural curmudgeonly character coming through more clearly these days.

Doctor suggested Agnus Castus for moodiness - which I think has helped. Also keeping my oestrogen levels up ( I'm on the pill - well I was until a couple of weeks ago) has helped. But I'd haven taken HRT if I could find one that agreed with me.

I really thought I was going mad - proper mad - anxiety, depression, snappiness and RAGE. Knackered all the time and not sleeping either.

Going to the GP really helped once I'd found a GP that knew something about the menopause.

Have a look on Menopause Matters website.

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Umbrella stroller for big child

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BigBollards Sun 29-May-16 21:54:38

My daughter is on the 98th percentile for height and I'm expecting her to need a pushchair possibly until she's 4 as she has problems with her feet.

I really need an umbrella fold pushchair for space in my boot. I found both the silver cross pop and reflex but have read a few comments about them not lasting tall children well. I like the reflex because of the bumper bar too, as she loves sitting forward and leaning on it.

I sat her in them in a shop and the top of her head is about 3cm off the top of the chair. The sales assistant said that children mostly grow in their legs at this age, but 3cm head to bum growing room doesn't fill me with confidence that it would last until she's 4.

Has anyone got any recommendations for umbrella pushchairs or anyone have the pop or reflex and can comment on suitability for a large older toddler, please?

Hufflepuffin Mon 30-May-16 16:04:40

I think a baby jogger city zip would be good for you, lots of leg room and nice and tall seat - see pics on the bestbuggy website.

BigBollards Tue 31-May-16 13:51:04

Thanks hufflepuffin. I've had a look and it seems to have positive reviews for tall children but then the specifications say that the seat back is only 40cm long (which is how long her head-bum is now) so that seems a bit contradictory. I need to try to find a local stockist to see if I can try her out in it.

Hufflepuffin Tue 31-May-16 14:40:12

Hmm, I would say looking at those pictures and knowing how my pram is constructed, the seat height is there for an older child of the hood isn't up, it might be a bit small with the hood up. It seems like the folded hood is acting as a sort of headrest!

s88 Sun 03-Jul-16 20:53:38

I love my joie brisk lx , huge hood, lay flat, removable wheels , bumper bar, umbrella fold , 1 hand close .

Ds is 2.5 (but would say size of 3.5)

evilharpy Sun 03-Jul-16 20:59:53

We have a Maclaren XLR. I'm not sure about height but it does have a wider seat than other pushchairs I've used, and my 91st centile 19 month old still looks quite tiny in it. It's worth a look, it's lovely to use and seems very comfortable. It's a fairly big fold though.

minipie Mon 11-Jul-16 11:01:57

I have a friend with super tall children and she has an Uppababy G Luxe for this reason. not sure of the measurements but have a look.

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Yummy gluten-free bread

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  • 1 tbsp oil

  • 2 tsp baking powder levelled

  • 170ml warm water

  • 1 eggs (or egg replacer)

  • 115g gram flour

  • 55g rice flour

  • 55g cornflour

  1. Put all ingredients into a bowl and mix, with mixer or by hand, until smooth.
  2. Place in greased loaf tin and bake at 200C/Gas Mark 6 for 30-35 minutes, or until firm to touch and cooked through.
  3. Remove from tin and allow to cool, but not too much as it's very nice warm with butter!

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I put poppyseeds in mine, just throw them in with all the other ingredients
OR put sesame seeds and sunflower seeds on the top before you put it into the oven!

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  • SleepRefugee 22/06/14 18:15

    will try this mrsbaldwin - fyi, eggs are not dairy

  • mrsbaldwin 05/10/11 10:02

    Warning: When the OP writes 'cornflour' I think she means 'maize flour' (ie polenta) not 'cornflour' the white starchy stuff. I tried the latter first - yuk. Not bad. Usual issue with gluten-free of mix not binding very well, so the finished product a bit crumbly. I might try this again, altering the proportion of gram flour against the others, as I found the chickpea taste a bit strong. On the plus side the recipe contains no dairy bar the egg, compared with other gluten-free bread recipes which bind with butter, buttermilk, milk etc

  • Sekhmet 07/03/10 21:45

    This is the tastiest gluten free bread recipe I have found, my OH even likes it and he can eat any old bread :D


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