http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/robynokrant http://jezebel.com/tag/robynokrant This past weekend, our own Jessica Grose explored (again!) the world of consumer brand dedication with Living Oprah blogger Robyn Okrant. Though Okrant seems aware of the absurdity of her experiment, she does eventually fall prey to the seductive world of O's special type of branding. Okrant's husband observes that she has started to compare herself to people on TV and has started to worry about being "shlumpy," the subject of an Oprah episode earlier this year. While Okrant may or may not be damaging her own self-confidence by following the Oprah gospel, it is an interesting exploration of what happens when we follow the advice of magazines and TV personalities. [NY Times]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5038420&view=rss&microfeed=true An anonymous until yesterday blogger, Robyn Okrant, was on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday to discuss her website, Living Oprah. Okrant's mission? To "live as Oprah advises on her television show, on her website and in the pages of her magazines" for one year in order to potentially "find bliss." We were totally prepared to hate this woman and her gimmicky site, but we actually found her charming. Yeah, the site is a gimmick, but it's an entertaining one and a comment on the vaunted place the big O has in our society. What's more, Okrant (formerly known as "LO" before she ditched the anonymity) is always willing to call Oprah out on her smugness and her penchant for shaming people (see: Frey, James). [NPR, Living Oprah]

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