Hey all!
This week’s fun giveaway is a copy of Sicilian Inheritance (maybe the paperback British cover bc it is great for the beach) along with the non-fiction masterpiece TOUGH TITTIES! Because if you have read Sicilian, you know Aunt Rosie’s fave line is “Stick Your Tits Out!” It is a mantra and Laura Belgray’s book Tough Titties is incredible and just out in paperback this week. She is on UTI next week and I know you will love this book.
Her wildly relatable coming-of-age stories include hate-following her 6th grade bully on social media decades later; moving home post-college to measure her self-worth in hookups with Upper West Side bartenders; dating a sociopathic man-baby; proving herself in the early ‘90s at New York’s coolest magazine (as the world’s worst intern); falling for get-rich-quick schemes on the Internet; and, most of all, saying “tough titties” to the supposed-to’s in life: driving a car, being on time, handing in your paperwork, learning to roast a chicken, and having kids.
How can you win? A couple of ways. Leave a comment here and also post your favorite picture of Sicilian Inheritance to the social media this week and tell everyone why you loved it! Tag me! Every post counts extra! Encourage all the people to get it, because we are all influencers and we do all the things. Also follow Laura Belgray (@LauraBelgray) on the Insta.
Ok….now let’s talk about period panties. As many of you know I had a perimenopausal period eruption during a recent book event that took out my favorite denim jumpsuit (RIP).
I no longer have normal periods that a extra fluffy tampon can deal with. Once a month the Hoover Dam bursts when I least expect it. This is true for many of my friends too. Glyn got her period during her book launch this week and had to take so much Advil she said she felt like the sister who took too many muscle relaxers in Sixteen Candles.
When I wrote about destroying my jumpsuit I said I was a little grossed out by period panties and my friend Amanda wrote to me and convinced me to do it. She even recommended a brand. I ordered them right away because Amanda is wise and I am easily influenced.
This was the line that got me:
“Honestly it's just the extra peace of mind knowing you're not sitting somewhere about to explode.”
OK….ORDERED!
I went with ModiBodi, an Australian brand that had a bunch of different options.
The first surprising thing to me was that they were quite cute. I also didn’t realize that you can choose different absorbencies just like with tampons. I chose heavy overnight because I am not fucking around any more.
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