Ozempic Face is apparently a thing now.
From the visible downside of dramatic weight-loss to practical ways to manage grief, Sharon Stone's knickers and Witchery drama. Welcome to your weekly dose of MID-spo.
From writer Erin Doherty this week:
A question for you: Have you noticed anything different about the faces getting around Hollywood? Because they've all started to look eerily similar...a little hollow and gaunt.
Welcome to 'Ozempic face' — the weight loss injection side effect that's becoming increasingly common. Take Sharon Osbourne, for example. After admitting to using weight loss medications, she warned others against the side effects of the drug.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, she said, "I'm too gaunt and I can’t put any weight on. I want to, because I feel I'm too skinny. ... I can't afford to lose any more." Robbie Williams also recently shocked fans with his slimmed-down features, admitting he shed weight with the help of weight loss medication…….continue reading
REMEMBER THIS?
It was the unforgettable scene that made Sharon Stone a star. Starring as femme fatale character Catherine Tramell, Stone, then 34, sat opposite a group of investigators in a white mini dress.
Smoking a cigarette as she was interrogated about the brutal murder of a rock star, Stone's character in Basic Instinct looked completely in control as she crossed and uncrossed her legs, tormenting the group of police officers.
Stone recently relived the iconic moment, posting an homage to it on her Instagram. But there is a pretty dark story behind how she came to be wearing no underwear in that scene……..
Grief has no time for your bullshit
By MID, you've likely lived through some loss. You know grief has no time for fancy words and clever jokes. In fact, it hasn't a lot of time for words, full-stop. It's a full-body experience that can change you on every level.
No-one wants to talk about death but Jackie Bailey does. She’s an interfaith minister, author and ‘death-walker’. Jackie has experienced a great deal of personal loss, and she spends her life walking others through it, helping people prepare for it, and acknowledging it when it happens.
And if you think that makes for a depressing conversation with Holly on the MID podcast, you'd be wrong. It’s strangely delightful. Jackie is insightful, wise and funny, full of both practical and emotional support for the grieving. She's the perfect person to help us all through the hardest parts of loss.
When Jackie’s own mother died, naturally, she did the eulogy. It was especially challenging, as she wrote for Mamamia……..
I didn’t want to write a eulogy which glossed over the negatives. I also didn't want that to be the sole focus. Mum had been abusive, but she had cared for us, especially my disabled sister.
I tried to put myself in her shoes. I imagined what it may have been like to be my mum, a Singaporean woman in her twenties, living in an Australian suburban army barracks, her husband often away. Before that, she had been a child during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore in World War II, living through untold horrors.
My mum had spent much of her life angry. We, her children, all carried the scars. I needed to acknowledge that.
Here's what I said.
"I'm not a psychologist, and I don't want to gloss over the negatives. But I don't think it was an easy journey for mum. She carried her own trauma. I think she loved us in the best way she could. When she got angry, maybe it was not us, or only us, whom she was angry at. Maybe the love she did give us was more than she had ever received."
I tried to share happy memories, too.
"I do have side-eyed memories of mum's tenderness…
"Some of my happiest memories with mum are watching TV. I remember watching the Australian Open with her every year in the summer holidays. Sometimes, in the evening in front of the TV, she would bring us each a bowl of ice cream, Neapolitan flavour. I remember the smile on her face when she did that. "
Mum had spent her last years living with dementia. This is a horrible disease, gradually subtracting a person from themselves as it had done with my sister. With mum, we had been lucky. Dementia seemed to subtract her anger and leave the joy. I needed to say something about the unexpected opportunity to feel loved……..Continue reading
The Scroll
Shannen Doherty died this week and the little-known story of her husband is jaw-dropping.
Holly Wainwright just interviewed a bunch of Gen X women and none of them are where they thought they’d be
Asher Keddie's Fake is an unsettling masterclass in gaslighting and emotional abuse of a woman in her 40s.
Are you following MID on Insta? C’mon. We’re hilarious over there.
MID-SPO STYLE: What’s all the Witchery fuss about?
You may have heard some noise about a Witchery re-brand or maybe you haven’t but here we are. Have they gone younger? More expensive? Have they reduced their sizing? Noise aside, all we want to know is what the clothes are like. So Mamamia sent stylist Emelia Morris into Witchery for a try-on. Here’s what she found.
