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hovy
11/17/09

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Hollywood Life, sponsored by Pepto Bismol. For when you can't stomach any more stupid crap, grab the pink stuff! #hollywoodlife
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winner
11/17/09

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This is kind of embarrassing to read.

Having personally worked for this woman - I have NO idea where anyone got the idea that this woman knows, or cares about, other women.

And, honestly, I am so over celebrities. Yesterday, upon receiving my December issue of Women's Health, I went on a five minute tirade. Ashley Simpson is on the cover. What happened to the "athletes" (fitness models) they used to use?! This is the only vaguely "girly mag" I subscribe to and mostly because it has historically been void of women like Fuller who want to be my BFF. And because they weren't obsessed with celebrities.

Bonnie Fuller is out of touch; there are far too many people who do a better job on the internets than she. #hollywoodlife
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KATE!
11/17/09

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when i need a bit of trashy celebrity gossip, i turn to michael k at dlisted. now, he gets me! ms. fuller? not so much. #hollywoodlife
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winner
11/17/09

@KATE!: NOBODY does it better than Michael K. NOBODY. #hollywoodlife
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whynotshesaid
11/17/09

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I had the good sense to find Bonnie Fuller distasteful when she was editor of YM. If she couldn't get me when I was a teenager (albeit a Sassy-loving one), there is no way she'll get me as a grown-ass woman. #hollywoodlife
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justcallmeangel
11/17/09

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I thought the Internet was a Conversation in which Jezebel and I were best friends. We get manicures together, I tell her everything, and she always tells me I look good even when I'm bloated. Huh. #hollywoodlife
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
11/17/09

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The look of the site gives me a headache. I'm going to go ahead and assume that the site's content will do the same.

Also. "Do you dress better than Brit?"

Really? #hollywoodlife
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hortense
11/17/09

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I'm honestly not sure who this site is aimed at. If she's aiming at teens, the lingo she's using is painfully dated (I don't even think Paris Hilton says "That's hot" anymore) and if she's aiming at women, the language is just condescending and annoying, as it doesn't recognize the stupidity (and chance to make jokes) about things like "BFFs" and such. It also seems to be set up to be the voice of "your BFF, Bonnie," but the site is written in the royal we a la Perez Hilton, which is off-putting as well. #hollywoodlife
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jigglyball
11/17/09

@hortense: If Jack Donaghy were channeling Regina George's mom trying to run a website, this would be the result. #hollywoodlife
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Casquivana
11/17/09

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The whole website feel like the aunt who wears leggings and leopard print t-shirts and tries to act cool by inviting herself out with the nieces when they announce they're going to a club after the family dinner. #hollywoodlife
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tallgirl-in-heels
11/17/09

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"Rather, it's the next step in my relationship with the female audience. The site's interactive nature allows for a more immediate, emotional connection between readers and myself."

This is dumb. As a female, I'm annoyed with anyone who thinks that celebrity gossip is the perfect foundation on which to build a "relationship" or "emotional connection" with me. Accordingly, I will not be one of her audience members. #hollywoodlife
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
11/17/09

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I just bopped over there to check it out and, holy crap, it is the most visually unappealing website I've seen in quite a long time. Little Ricky could have done better and she's 6. #hollywoodlife
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futuremouse
11/17/09

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The "Hey BFFs" thing is painfully awkward. Reads slightly Amy Poehler as Regina George's mom to me. #hollywoodlife
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/17/09

@futuremouse: Oh, you girls keep me young. #hollywoodlife
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jigglyball
11/17/09

@futuremouse: Oh, damn, I totally copied you before I read on down. Sorry. #hollywoodlife
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egg cream
11/17/09

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Problem 1: The writer of the press release does not appear to understand what "bling" means.

Problem 2: The people behind this site seem to confused "talking to women" with "talking to very shallow teenagers."

Problem 3: I don't know how the rest of the world will feel about it, but from the perspective of someone in the aforementioned "media crowd," I do not in an way want that heinous nightmare Bonnie Fuller to be my BFF whose terrible idea was this??? #hollywoodlife
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cate3710
11/17/09

@egg cream: That was one of my reactions too - "feminine bling"? WTF is that supposed to mean? #hollywoodlife
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Diziet_Sma
11/17/09

@egg cream: SO right. On all counts. #hollywoodlife
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Sanfo
11/17/09

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I appreciate Ashley's tired gaze. Splendid cropping!
I don't buy it. The language used throughout the site is a little demeaning- it reminds me of Regina George's mother: 'How are my best girlfrends? Happy hour is from four to six! What's all the hot gossip? All the cool jams?'
I wish the 'female audience' could be marketed to- that's exactly what this is, marketing- with a bit more diversity in the content. Celebrities! There's a million of them, and we'll only talk to you about the same tired twenty! #hollywoodlife
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TexasCrude
11/17/09

@Sanfo: "What's the 411, girlfriend?"

...the fuck? Is Bonnie that one English teacher I had in middle school who wanted to be hip and with it? #hollywoodlife
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Penny
11/17/09

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I clearly remember when Marie Claire released it' first US issue with Fuller at the helm (I am almost certain it was her, at least). I would have been 13, I guess. Claudia S was on the cover. I thought the magazine was SO cool.

She doesn't speak to me so much anymore.
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drunkexpatwriter
07/29/09

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To be fair, advice for guys often sucks as well. Because it pays well I sometimes (i.e. when the rent is due and I've blown it on booze and dinners out) take on freelance assignments for Pick Up Artist advice/ebooks/articles etc.. directed at men.

And, time after time what the client wants is for me to write a variation of "find a girl who is pretty, but deeply insecure, and be an asshole to her and you'll get laid."

Sometimes they want this is 500 word small article format, sometimes in 2,000 word long article format and a couple times in 100 page long e-book format.

It's all vaguely depressing, since when we are not broke my partner and I write dating/sex advice for non Pick Up Artist clients and we feel much better about ourselves when I'm writing ebooks on how to go down on a girl or she's writing ebooks about how women can introduce kink into their relationships without freaking their dudes out.

We wish more people would but those books and fewer people would buy the pickup artist/cosmo stuff because then we could just concentrate on that.
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