My essay on Kim Kardashian West's White House meeting with Trump and slut-shaming

This is my month of Medium, where I aim to post 30 essays or articles, which averages out to once a day. I can't commit to once a day because I'll be in Berlin for part of the trip and attempting to be offline, but I'm pretty sure I can do 30, especially given all the ideas floating around in my mind. Today's post is about Kim Kardashian's recent White House visit to meet with President Trump about prison reform. Specifically, it's about all the people who slut-shame her and act like because she's a "porn star" she can't have opinions. If you like the piece, please consider sharing and/or clapping (holding down the hands button at the left of the essay for 1-50 times), which helps it get viewed by more people.



Also, to be forthright about my writing rejections, this essay got three of them from the places I submitted it to starting Thursday morning around six a.m. Two rejections via email, one from an editor I'd never worked with and one from an editor I have, both asking me to pitch again. The third outlet I didn't get a response from, but I submitted it as a pitch late Thursday, around five p.m., after the first rejection, and said I'd shop it around if I didn't hear back by Friday at 5 p.m. So then I decided to post it on Medium since its timeliness is waning.

Romance novel-inspired cover for new Jenny McCarthy memoir Love Lust and Faking It

Trendhunter posted this book cover back in May, but I just discovered it on the Harpercollins site - love this cover and can't wait to read the new Jenny McCarthy memoir Love, Lust & Faking It: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies and True Romance. More information is at the HarperCollins site, and the pub date is September 28th.



I interviewed her back in 2006 for my "MILFs Gone Wild" Lusty Lady column in The Village Voice (and hope to interview her about this book, any editor types reading this!):

First, is MILF a dirty acronym? Not for everyone. Perkins is happy to see the feminine ideal switch from physical perfection to an attainable image. "As a woman in my forties with a teenage son, I'm often overlooked by guys who want the model/porn star. It's great to be an object of attention again," she states. Actress Jenny McCarthy (jennylaughs.com) likes its positive spin, claiming that seven years ago, if you were a mom in a miniskirt, "you would've been considered skanky and inappropriate. I still like dressing cute and cool." The blonde bombshell has morphed into a tell-all mama, authoring Belly Laughs, Baby Laughs, and her latest, Life Laughs: The Naked Truth About Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On. Written in the aftermath of her divorce from director John Asher, Life Laughs finds her dishing tips on faking orgasms and "the power of the pussy," while boldly admitting she only gets aroused four days a month. McCarthy writes, "Can I be worked up to a horny place instead of waiting for those four days? Sure. But the older and busier women get the more warming up we need. Most of the time a husband's foreplay is him pulling his dick out of his pants."

Win a copy of The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories

You have until April 30th (midnight EST) to tell me which celebrity you'd like to join the mile high club with (not here, but on The Mile High Club blog) and you have the chance to win a copy of The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories.

Good luck! Even if you have a copy of the book, feel free to enter just so I can be nosy and hear about who you'd want to screw on a plane. I'm still pondering my answer.

Lynne Spears book out from Thomas Nelson September 16th

The Lynne Spears memoir Thomas Nelson CEO Michael Hyatt has been Twittering about comes out September 16th. It's called Through the Storm: A Real Story of in a Tabloid World.

According to OK! (via The Calgary Herald):

According to sources, in her new book Lynne Spears will discuss how she really feels about teenage daughter Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy. Older daughter Britney is not happy that their mother will disclose personal details about the family. Despite reports to the contrary, Lynne Spears' book will hit stands as planned Sept. 16. The memoir by the mother of troubled starlets Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears will be entitled Through the Storm.