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Lots Of Cleavage At The Cookie Magazine Awards

Sadie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Cookie mag's 3rd Annual Smart Cookie Awards, held at NYC's Lincoln Center last night, brought out a lot of glam moms, and some great clothes. And did we mention the decolletage?

The Good:
Not only do I love Debra Messing's demure, day-perfect frock, I covet it.

Uma Thurman's looking slightly Pride and Prejudice (and, obvs, zombies), but she's got the height to work it.

I'm concerned that Sammi Hanratty is being forced to be here - or at least past her bedtime - judging by her expression. But her getup is charming and age-appropriate.

Liya Kebede is stunning. Oh yeah, her dress ain't bad, either.

The Bad:
Aww, I miss Emme! Remember Fashion Emergency? Even then, though, she had a propensity for sartorial oddities, like, say this 80's-style Smoking-leggings combo.

I applaud Deborah Roberts for doing something different, but the Lisa Frank animalia is problematic!

The Cleavage:
Generally speaking, when we're at family events, we like to keep our cleavage under wraps. Lynn Whitfield disagrees.

Hoo boy! Tracy Anderson has just seriously upped the ante.

[Images via Getty]

Survey: Over 30% Of Moms Are Getting Some On The Side

Jessica — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Most modern wives and mothers would fail this 1939 Marital rating scale that you guys can't stop sending us. The scale is broken into "merits" and "demerits"; the former include playing an instrument, putting the children to bed personally, and being religious, while the demerits involve wearing red nail polish, applying face cream "over-liberally", and flirting with other men in restaurants. According to a new survey from AOL and Cookie many of today's moms are doing a lot more than flirting with other men. In fact, 36% of women who took the survey say they've had an affair since becoming mothers. And although those affairs may be retaliatory — 46% of women suspect their husbands are screwing around — the survey isn't entirely bleak.

76% of American moms are still having sex 2-5 times a week, even with their babies bawling in the background. In addition, only 24% of women fantasize about fucking the delivery man. Slate's XX factor wonders if Cookie's upscale demographic is skewing the statistics towards cheating. Hanna Rosin describes the Marc Jacobs-obsessed six year olds featured in Cookie and posits, "A mom who sends her 6-year-old to school looking like an expensive hooker could certainly not be expected to put up with a little middle-aged husband paunch or to resist the come-on from the hot new Israeli gym teacher." Hahaha, what would the 1939 Marital Rating scale have to say about that?

1939 Marital Rating Scale For Wives [Boing Boing]
Are YOU Having An Affair? [Slate]
Sex And The American Mom Survey [AOL/Cookie]

Fake Housewife Of New York City

Jessica — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:30:00 EST

Thanks, Babble, for pointing out Cookie mag's new socialite/mommy column by Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover, the daughter of an Italian Princess and wife of a vacuum cleaner scion. Tatty wants us to know that her glamorous life is not all "blowouts and red carpets. Like most moms, I wake up in the predawn hours to give my daughter her milk." She doesn't comb her hair! She "schleps." Her pre-baby jeans still feel tight! OMG guys she's just like us! "Each week, I am deluged with invitations that offer an evening of glamour and, more importantly, adult talk... I've been invited in-store cocktail hours, intimate dinners, a weekend jaunt to a swanky new hotel in Miami, even a spa week at a tony Anguilla resort." Still just like us, right? Oh wait. [Cookie via Babble]