Tag Archive 'Julia Roberts'

There is nothing romantic about prostitution

Back when it first came out in 1990, many of my friends swooned about how romantic Pretty Woman was, while I alternated between gagging and fulmination.  I thought it was a truly disgusting movie insofar as it encouraged prostitution as a reasonable line of work to meet a sensitive millionaire.  My intuitive sense was that [...]

I love the real Mommy tummy

I’m neutral about Julia Roberts, neither liking her particularly nor disliking her particularly as a movie star.  I do approve, however, of the fact that she hasn’t nipped and tucked herself.  As these photos show, she has the kind of tummy (a little round, a little crepe-y) that a real mother of three real children [...]