About Kristine Cook

Kristine knows who Arcade Fire is. Sadly, she is also familiar with Teresa Giudice's bubbies, Justin Bieber's hair, and Kanye's tweeting habits. She blogs at Wait in the Van

Public Breastfeeding Gone Wrong: Talk Show Host Suckles Guest’s Breast On Live TV


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In today’s just-because-you-can-doesn’t-mean-you-should news, Dutch TV show host Paul de Leeuw suckled from the breasts of one of his guests on live television. Oh, and it was primetime. And this is a “family show,” evidently. The woman, who was already pumping breast milk during an interview with a group of other women, was on the [...]

LeAnn Rimes And Brandi Glanville Continue Public Feud


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Brandi Glanville is no saint, but she has been dealt a fairly difficult hand with this LeAnn Rimes character. Oh, and that lying, cheating, dirtbag ex-husband of hers, Eddie Cibrian. Because, here’s the thing: let’s hope that, if you’re married, your husband doesn’t have an affair with another woman. But let’s say he does. So, [...]

Don’t Call Me A ‘Military Wife’ [Essay]


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My husband has been in the military for as long as I’ve known him, and as a result I became embroiled in military subculture quite early in our relationship. Barbeques with friends were often located on base housing, and weekends out on the town were with groups of other Marines and their significant others. So [...]

An Open Letter To Bethenny Frankel: Please Stop Talking About Your Divorce


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Dear Bethenny Frankel, Dude. BETHENNY. It’s a bummer you’re going through a divorce from Jason Hoppy and everything. Totally feel for you on that account. You guys have a baby girl, Brynn, together, and ouch, man. That’s gotta suck some mega lemons. Truly, I have mostly nothing but respect for you in many regards. I [...]

Mothers Overreact to Disney’s Makeover Of Brave’s Merida


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I’ll never forget Disney’s movie Brave. Sure it was a good flick, empowering for women, and yadda yadda yadda. But mostly it’s so memorable because I took my two boys to see it in the theater when they were 5 and 3 and subsequently spent half of the film in the lobby with my youngest [...]