GOOP's summer reading choices!

Nothing beats a good summer read. https://t.co/mw84xHn0Vv

— goop (@goop) May 28, 2017

Goop has recommended 16(4) books for summer reading!

The Vegetarian by Han Kang: Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy.

One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul: A collection of essays about growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in Canada, "a land of ice and casual racism," by the cultural observer, Scaachi Koul.

In One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, Scaachi deploys her razor-sharp humour to share her fears, outrages and mortifying experiences as an outsider growing up in Canada. Her subjects range from shaving her knuckles in grade school, to a shopping trip gone horribly awry, to dealing with internet trolls, to feeling out of place at an Indian wedding (as an Indian woman), to parsing the trajectory of fears and anxieties that pressed upon her immigrant parents and bled down a generation. Alongside these personal stories are pointed observations about life as a woman of colour, where every aspect of her appearance is open for critique, derision or outright scorn. Where strict gender rules bind in both Western and Indian cultures, forcing her to confront questions about gender dynamics, racial tensions, ethnic stereotypes and her father's creeping mortality--all as she tries to find her feet in the world.

Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong: Freshly disengaged from her fiancé and feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned, thirty-year-old Ruth quits her job, leaves town and arrives at her parents’ home to find that situation more complicated than she'd realized. Her father, a prominent history professor, is losing his memory and is only erratically lucid. Ruth’s mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as Ruth's father’s condition intensifies, the comedy in her situation takes hold, gently transforming her all her grief.
Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well of insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Goodbye, Vitamin pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding one’s footing in this life.

All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai: You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon bases, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed . . . because it wasn't necessary.

Except Tom just can't seem to find his place in this dazzling, idealistic world, and that's before his life gets turned upside down. Utterly blindsided by an accident of fate, Tom makes a rash decision that drastically changes not only his own life but the very fabric of the universe itself. In a time-travel mishap, Tom finds himself stranded in our 2016, what we think of as the real world. For Tom, our normal reality seems like a dystopian wasteland.

But when he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career, and—maybe, just maybe—his soul mate, Tom has a decision to make. Does he fix the flow of history, bringing his utopian universe back into existence, or does he try to forge a new life in our messy, unpredictable reality? Tom’s search for the answer takes him across countries, continents, and timelines in a quest to figure out, finally, who he really is and what his future—our future—is supposed to be.


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13 ''Trashy'' Reality Shows From The 2000's You Won't Believe You Forgot About

The Swan on Fox

About: The Swan was a 2004 American reality television program broadcast on Fox in which women who were judged to be ugly were given "extreme makeovers" that included several forms of plastic surgery. The title of the series refers to the fairy tale The Ugly Duckling, in which a homely bird matures into a swan.

Each contestant was assigned a panel of specialists – a coach, therapist, trainer, cosmetic surgeons, and a dentist – who together designed a program of total transformation. The contestants' work ethic, growth, and achievement was monitored over the course of three months. Each week, two women were featured, and at the episode's conclusion, one went home while another was selected to move to compete in the Swan pageant at the end of the season for a chance to be deemed The Swan.

Flavor of Love on VH1

About: Flavor of Love is an American satire reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy.

While not a direct spin-off, the show was a result of Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav's failed relationship on Strange Love, as well as The Surreal Life. Those two series as well as Flavor of Love (Seasons 1-2 only) have aired in repeats on TV Guide Network. The third season of Flavor of Love began on Monday February 11, 2008 at 9/8c.

On May 14, 2008, it was announced that Flavor of Love 3 would be the final Flavor of Love. After 3 seasons, Flavor Flav chose to not marry or date any of the winners from any of the three seasons. Instead, it was revealed that he would marry Liz, the mother of his seventh child, Karma, on the Season 3 reunion show.

Wife Swap on ABC and Lifetime

About: Wife Swap is an American reality television program that was first broadcast on the ABC network in 2004. In the program, two families, usually from different social classes and lifestyles, swap wives/mothers – and sometimes husbands – for two weeks. The program will usually deliberately swap wives with dramatically different lifestyles, such as a messy wife swapping with a fastidiously neat one, or a wife who only cooks vegan swapped with a non vegan wife, documenting the cultural and social differences that the two families discover with the new family member. A spin-off series featuring celebrities debuted January 2, 2012 under the title Celebrity Wife Swap. On March 2, 2013, ABC confirmed that original Wife Swap would return March 21, 2013.

Next on MTV

About: "Next" dealt with a contestant going on blind dates with up to five other single people, known as "the daters," who were secluded on a RV, referred to as the "Next Bus." The added twist was that the date could end at any time by the contestant shouting "next."

A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila on VH1

About: A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is an American reality television dating game show similar to the TV show The Bachelor. It premiered on October 9, 2007 on MTV starring Tila Tequila. The series is a bisexual-themed reality dating show where 16 hetero male and 16 lesbian-identified female contestants live in Tequila's house and compete for her attention and affection. The contestants were not aware of Tequila's bisexuality until the end of the first episode, after ten contestants had been eliminated. The remaining contestants, both male and female, then shared the same home for the remainder of the series. The ten episode series is produced by 495 Productions and MTV. A Shot at Love II premiered on April 22, 2008.

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whats your favorite 'trashy'' reality show from the 2000's??

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Youtuber Logan Paul Debuts Bop of the Summer ft. Shay Mitchell

Ricky Gervais Mocks Jaden Smith On Twitter

Two days ago, Jaden Smith tweeted out that the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto "spiked" his pancakes with cheese. Read the original ONTD post about it here

The Four Seasons In Toronto Spiked My Pancakes With Cheese, I'm Surprised I'm Still Alive.

— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) May 27, 2017

The Four Seasons In Toronto Just Made Me Want to Throw Up On MySelf.

— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) May 27, 2017

Ricky Gervais retweeted Jaden's tweets and responded with his own:

My favourite Toronto Hotel nearly made me throw up on myself. They gave me free champagne and spiked my ricotta with cheese. @FourSeasons

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) May 29, 2017

The Toronto Four Seasons Hotel also tweeted out about the incident, which Ricky also retweeted:

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, so famous, even @PageSix is talking about them 🍋🧀🥞✨ #wakeupwithFS http://pic.twitter.com/hwbYw2nnkt

— Four Seasons Toronto (@FSToronto) May 29, 2017

It appears that Jaden didn't know that Ricotta was cheese...



Favourite dairy based recipe, ONTD?

Source: ONTD | Source: Jaden's Twitter | Source: Ricky's Twitter | Source: Four Seasons Hotel's Twitter

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Shock! Gal Gadot Wore FLATS at Wonder Woman Premiere!

Clutch your pearls, an actress wore FLATS at a movie premiere!

Gal Gadot looked stunning at the Wonder Woman premiere, she wore a beautiful sequined Givenchy gown and decided to pair it with a $50 pair of gold thong sandals from Aldo .

.@GalGadot has a very simple reason for wearing flats instead of heels to the #WonderWoman premiere. http://pic.twitter.com/P6ytSnjOIu

— Variety (@Variety) May 26, 2017

Why? Because "it's more comfortable!"

In fact, Gal Gadot was photographed only in flats during the entire press tour so it's not really a shock, but I needed an excuse to make a Wonder Woman post just because, sorry and thank you mods

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ONTD, what are your thoughts on high heels? But most importantly, are you ready for Wonder Woman?



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Fifth Harmony on the cover of Cosmopolitan Mexico: From doubt to fame

¡Te revelamos nuestra nueva portada con las guapísimas @FifthHarmony! <3 ¡Corre por la tuya a partir de hoy! #FifthHarmonyXCosmo http://pic.twitter.com/ShHnqRAuNf

— Revista Cosmopolitan (@cosmopolitanmx) May 29, 2017

On the biggest challenge of being in a girl group
Dinah: "The most challenging thing as a woman along with my bandmates, is witnessing the double standards that exists when it comes to the outfits we wear during our shows. Our outfits and choreography have been seen as 'promiscuous' or 'scandalous', when in reality we are just showing that we are comfortable with who we are. When a man is in this situation, people often start salivating over them taking their shirt off. Our fans have accepted us because of what we represent and because we are authentic without caring what others say about us"

On which member is the "sexiest"
Normani: "All of us. We're all diferent and bring something to the table, which makes us unique and gives us a certain individuality, which I love. We are confident, but also not affraid to be vulnerable and to cheer each other on, or to help each other, which in a woman is the sexiest thing they can do"

On what we can expect from their new era
Ally: "We have a great urban sound mixed with pop melodies, some harmonies and a little bit of funk"
Lauren: "It is a little bit of everything, but with the Fifth harmony touch"
Dinah: "The vibe definitely coincides with our style and plays with some urban touches"
Normani: "I think this project is more organic and mature. It's more mature and empathetic, based on our experiences"

On the coolest thing that happened while on tour
Ally: "During one of our shows in Asia, the audience could not stand up because of some laws in the country. But by the end of the show they were all standing up and dancing. It was a beautiful moment"

On if their opinion on "feminism being the opposite of sexy"
Lauren: "I don't know why anyone would think that. I think feminism is incredibly sexy. It's attractive when the person is worried about the other's rights. I think it's marvelous when we are empathetic toward another person, whether they are a man or a woman. Women that know their power and strenght, and decide to fight for what they deserve, are beautiful. Ans a man that can recognize that there is too much machismo in the worls is ultrasexy"












the rest of the translated article (from Spanish to English) here
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Kylie Launches a New Face Palette & Matte Liquid Lips