At McCool's Speakeasy, she's offering up the 2001 virtual version of the speakeasies of Prohibition. Open 24 hours, no prohibition here. Always entertaining, not always coherent, this after hours joint is your number 1 spot for pop-cultural speculation. Tonight at McCool's Speakeasy she's serving up the waitress rant in 6 juicy parts. From Quentin Tarrantino Tipping Theory to Waitress Fantasies, join in and don't forget to tell her that avivalasvegas sent you.
McCool's Speakeasy
THIS ONE'S FOR SPORTY
Yes, I'm over the age of six and I'm devoting some of my
precious time to a Spice Girl, someone who I don't even know
and someone who makes a trillion more than li'l o'l me! But,
I figure it's all in the name of 'Girl Power'. Us chicks have
to stick together you know!
Now admittedly, I'm not a huge Spice Girl fan. I don't exactly
come home at the end of a hard day's work and listen to:
'I tell ya what I want, what I really, really want...
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really, really, really, really,
Zig-a-zig-ah!'
However, in their hay day, I caught 'the girls' on the odd
award show or MuchMusic interview and found them rather amusing.
I guess you could say I dug their 'everyday girl' quality.
And if I had to choose a favorite (and everybody does!), it's...
you guessed it...Sporty!
Why Sporty? Well because of the gold tooth, the football
obsession, the tracksuit fashion, and the acrobatics. In short,
because she's different, not your average creamy smooth pop
star! When you think about it, 'difference' is actually what
all the Spice Girls cashed in on. I guess you could say Sporty's
difference spoke to me the most. I mean shit, she can even
sing! And I'd be lying if I didn't mention that I was always
somewhat fascinated with how fit she was!
Needless to say I was quite surprised to hear about her rapid
weight gain via the evil media who have renamed her 'Sumo
Spice'. I was equally surprised to find that the reason why
she was 'so fit' was because she had been over exercising
and starving herself, causing her to later balloon when she
did start eating.
Why am I telling you all this? I told you for the ever so
important cause of 'Girl Power'! In hopes of drawing attention
to the fact that it's high time us girls make efforts to stop
the vicious 'weight' cycle- seeing that we are continually
the most prominent victims of it.
It seems that most of us not only admire but also even try
to live up to unrealistic images. I admired Sporty. She probably
admired the whole thin pop star image (i.e. Madonna and her
incessant yoga) and boom! The cycle continues. I realize it's
hard to break a cycle that plagues countless women in the
public eye as well as everyday life and begins weaving around
us girls as early as the Elementary School playground. However,
it stands to reason that talking about it is the first step
in the direction of a solution. And while eating disorders
have already been discussed at length by many, I believe sometimes
there is (girl) power in numbers! It certainly can't hurt!
This is why I feel the need to take the time to urge y'all
to remember, in the words of Morissey:
'Some girls are bigger than others,
Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers'
AND THAT'S O.K!
And it is ultimately for this reason that today, rather than
ridicule her, I salute 'Sporty' who is still my favorite 'Spice
Girl'. Why? Because her weight fluctuation changes none of
the other things I like about her. In fact, it enhances her
difference as a pop star not to mention her similarity to
all of us non-perfect, non-pop stars like li'l ol' me! And
though I may no longer marvel at how fit she is, I will know
when I'm looking at her that I'm looking at a realistic image
for a change - one that's healthier and thus, more powerful
for her, me and all of us girls! After all, variety is the
'spice' of life!
Contact the speakeasy at 5a7@avivalasvegas.com.
Make sure to put McCool's Speakeasy in the subject line.
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