I recently had a chat with a wonderful woman about what a success Life In Perpetual Beta had been up to this point for me and how I wanted to use it as an example for other women who were struggling with following their interests and passions. She listened thoughtfully, and said, “You Know Melissa, if it becomes a financial success, that would make it an inspirational story, yours is just a good start towards success”.
At the time, I was hurt, I was incensed, I was furious! Wasn’t the fact that I was following my passion enough?
Category Archives: rebellion
In Spite of Money
Fashion Victims Have Rights Too
Ok, so I didn’t really mug a homeless guy, but I did make this silly video using some steel wool and a green screen, it’s not too bad considering I scraped what I could from the mock-up after my three year old mutilated the tape of the final shoot. It’s a contest entry to win $100,000 so you should totally comment on and rate it (on YouTube). If I win, I’ll be putting the money towards a few start-ups I have underway that advocate for truth in fashion, standardized sizing in women’s clothing, and good clean fun at the expense of wacky runway trends. Later this year, one of my projects, Fashion Forewarned’s FVAC will launch a gorilla campaign to “resize” women’s clothing in inches by actually measuring and relabeling them while they’re still in the store, the winning would be a big help getting that underway. SO please go to YouTube and vote, and if you’d like to know more about Fashion Forewarned and the Fashion Victims Advocacy Campaign you can learn more here.
Why can’t women’s clothing tell us the truth about our bodies
photo by Dane Tashima
When I modeled, my thighs were 19 inches around, and my waist wasn’t measuring much bigger at 23 inches… and do you know what? I was considered too fat to do editorial runway! I tried a variety of ways to get slimmer, eventually getting small enough to do a Donna Karen show before I realized how insane the whole not eating thing was. I can’t imagine being that thin now, my 5′8″ frame would look so unhealthy, bony, and downright emaciated. Just thinking about the getting back to my “pre-baby” body I get this lightning bolt in my chest, an awful shuddering that goes deep into my core. How could have I (a mensan!) fallen for such flawed ideology of what was beautiful?
Debbie Ford and her Relationship with The Mouth Breathers at the FTC
(Amazon link)
I was recently given the movie The Shadow Effect to review. Actually, I was given the movie back in June to review now. Actually, I was supposed to review it two weeks after I received it. The deal being I get the movie for “free” and in exchange I review it and post an honest opinion about it on my blog, anything I wanted to write, as long as I post this link as well as this link (an affiliate link in case a reader wants to buy the afore mentioned movie – not mine).
And as the FTC now regulates I should tell you that not only did I exchange a free movie about how dealing with my demons can liberate me from suffering and help me achieve all my goals and dreams, I should also tell you that the exchange is the direct result of my relationship with the folks at Debbie Ford (least the FTC fine me $11,000 for a $23.96 DVD set)
Stop mouth breathing
I must apologize to the lovely folks at Debbie Ford who honestly deserved a more timely and more reviewish post in exchange for thier $23.96 than this one. I can admit that of course, because I finally watched the freaking movie and went through the interactive DVD with journal in hand. As it turns out, I’ve got procrastination and authority bashing demons out the wazoo. Thank you, back lit, black and white Debbie Ford, for the meticulously manicured inspirational movie complete with time-lapse dance scenes and Deepac Chopra for showing me the shadow and light. And Debbie, you can thank the mouth breathing FTC for instigating the writing of this long overdue review.