tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23637375.post7608077021701005416..comments2024-01-17T07:56:42.066-06:00Comments on Cahiers du Moment: whitecaps of Martha madnessElizabeth M. Tamnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830061989603718850noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23637375.post-40758082661842301862009-12-18T15:02:53.710-06:002009-12-18T15:02:53.710-06:00David: have you actually read the magazine?
Ali: ...David: have you actually read the magazine?<br /><br />Ali: I have a major beef with her dishwashing liquid thing. Don't see the efficacy of putting it in a glass bottle in a slippery, wet environment, where it can break.Elizabeth M. Tamnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830061989603718850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23637375.post-24711973246732642722009-12-14T15:13:31.263-06:002009-12-14T15:13:31.263-06:00This is one of the reasons why I like that 'ne...This is one of the reasons why I like that 'net show "Working Class Foodies" so much. They cook in messy kitchens. There are no makeup folks. I get tired of the constant onslaught of Images of Perfection. How do those images genuinely help us? They're just so damned stale and bland. How about Images of Real Lives? We can have a lovely office space without it being cluttered, fo sho'. Why not show a little of that?<br /><br />I lost my love affair with Martha (well, not entirely. She is the Diva of all Divas, natch) when I found myself pouring dish washing liquid into a "pretty" bottle. At that point, I knew I was buying into something utterly ridiculous.Demandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13091293696750606102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23637375.post-67727633738987450062009-12-13T21:57:35.589-06:002009-12-13T21:57:35.589-06:00Eh? These aren't examples of real writer's...Eh? These aren't examples of real writer's desks, but staged examples, like a house prettied up for sale. They're showing you the imaginary, surreal world where bills, junk mail, and unread copies of the New Yorker don't exist. Why would you get excited by reality, when the fantasy of organization is so sexy?<br /><br />I guess I'm not understanding what you're really complaining about. That Martha doesn't show you real life living? That she wants to show you the organization, not the clutter? Or is it that your desk never looks like hers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com