If you read one thing this weekend, make it Kate Authur’s profile of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, ‘When Reality TV Fame Runs Dry’:

“We were living each other’s mistakes—everything we were doing, in retrospect, was a mistake. The second we continued on our quest for fame was a mistake.” Spencer said. “This isn’t a business. That was the big thing I didn’t get: Reality TV is not a career. Anyone who says, ‘Oh, you can have a career in reality’—that is a lie.” (The Daily Beast)

I love this idea from Tavi of writing letters to your friends (and other future readers) on the blank pages of your favourite books. (Style Rookie)

Food for thought: revolution is the name you give to riots you like. (L’Hote)

I totally agree with Scarlett that much “slut shaming” is a defence mechanism. (Early Bird Catches The Worm)

How to get out of a creativity rut. (Nextness)

Speaking of “creativity ruts”, I’m trying out the tips in this post to get out of the one I’ve been in. Lack of attachment is totally counterintuitive to both my personality and my general mode of being, but it might just be the answer to my usual over attachment. (Zen Habits)

Also on creativity ruts, I loved this. Today I do not feel like a superwoman. (Feministe)

Are “body positive” blogs helpful or hurtful?:

“These websites represent a ground-flow of young women who want to find peace with their bodies, but the messages—‘I love myself, but please accept me’—can be confusing,” said Elizabeth Scott, psychotherapist and Co-Founder of The Body Positive, a national body-image program for women. “These girls want community, and they want to be told they’re beautiful, which makes sense, but focusing on measurements or specific body types is troubling.” (Refinery 29)

Very much in line with not just one but two stories I’ve been working on this week. Phoebe Maltz on the fiction that buying the right moisturiser/shampoo/skirt will trasnform you into the celebrity promoting it. (What Would Phoebe Do)

They want to do real bad things to you: class war on True Blood. (Tiger Beatdown)

“Going forward the focus of the climate debate is going to be food.” Here’s how to eat well, whilst minimising waste. (Sarah Wilson)

True story: “I’m 23 and never been kissed.” (Yes and Yes)