AHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ok I admit, she sounds like she wasn't the best employee, what with only producing some of the minutes and all. However, I am a public service employee for a local government and you would not believe the NIMBY bullshit we put up with from the public. I once had to explain to a lady that no, sorry,…

I made my own deodorant with baking soda, essential oils and coconut oil! I'll have to tweak it a bit for summer (i.e. add some like peppermint oil or something strroooong lol) but it's so nice to know that I'm not slathering my pits with some creepy substance that may or may not (??) give me fucking cancer.

So much of the shit these companies sell contains crap that is potentially awful for you or incredibly destructive for the environment/animals. And they could not give less of a fuck.

Callas was certainly not unattractive when she was heavier — her striking huge eyes and cheekbones were very much in evidence even when she was at her largest (around 220 pounds at 5 feet 8 1/2 inches tall). She claimed to have lost about 35 kilograms, or around 80 pounds, over the course of almost two years, which…

The tapeworm is an urban legend. Callas went on a very strict diet of lean grilled meat and raw vegetables for over a year and lost about 70 pounds. (BTW, the reason she gave for wanting to lose weight was that when she sang Medea, she thought she looked too jolly. She wanted a harder, more sculpted face to suit the…

Hey guys, professional mezzo here! This issue hits very close to home for all opera singers. I'm the same relative shape as Tara and will spend the next two years doing mostly trouser roles. It's terrifying to know that I will be judged every time I step on stage for something that has nothing to do with my artistic…

This was my text exchange with my girlfriend today. (We live in Pennsylvania.)

Excellent point. Dylan Moran, one of my favorite cantankerous Irish comedians, has an "I'm getting old" rant where he pines for when talent used to be a priority in pop music, hence Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, etc. ... and current pop singers have body parts that are more famous than they are. Or something. He said…

I don't know, I think Temptation Island was meaner.

That was beautiful. Mama taking care of her baby. Sorry, nothing negative to say. Just bliss and squee and cuteness and respect!

Well, the unhealthy relationship with Onassis sure didn't help. Plus, she lost her weight using a tapeworm, among other things, and that can't make you feel well. I mean, I've had a tapeworm (yay Third World!) and it was no fun.

I plan to drop "breathtaking inanity" into as many conversations as I can manage.

I love Opera! And this woman is fantastic! I wanted to be an opera singer when I was younger, and I often regret that I did not pursue that path. This "critic" should be laughed and shamed out of his profession.

I've been waiting for Jezebel to pick up on this story. It's been a major deal in the classical music world since yesterday.

It seeks that people are confusing the art of opera with Hollywood. STOP! Oh well. I may be heavy but I fucking rocked it as Suor Angelica!!

I actually am surprised whenever I come across a really skinny opera singer, for the precise reason Katie Lowe pointed out in her rebuttal. It worries me that talented but larger female singers (because it's never male!) might be pushed out for less powerful but more 'aesthetically pleasing' (skinny) singers. The vast…

It would be an asshole move in any case (seriously music critics, it`s not always about whether you`d want to see her on Maxim`s Top 300 Porn Shots by Photographers with Small Dicks, why don`t you actually pay attention to how the MUSIC makes you feel...it`s kind of your job...), but...I genuinely don`t get it. She`s…

I guess this is why Free People picked a pretty girl with no skill for their ad. Apparently all that really matters is that a woman is thin and sexually appealing. Talent and skill are optional and not necessary.

Being described as a "chubby bundle of puppy fat" would make me straight up chokeslam a bitch. But really, I wonder what Andrew Clark would think of being described as, say, a "gloppy curdle of chicken fat" or a "bumpy bundle of biscuit dough."