Stacking It Up
May 7, 2009: Email Confession: I Heart GOOP
From: GoopSubject Line: It's Goop - DO
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Okay, okay, I admit it. I signed up for GOOP newsletters. Never heard of GOOP? It's Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle website. At first, I didn't get it. As a matter of fact, I initially mocked it, jumping on the bandwagon with other folks who, quite frankly, were excited to have something negative to say about Princess Gywneth.
But, I've noticed an inner shift in my inner aspect. (Gwyneth would get that reference.) Secretly, I look forward to her emails, and I realized today when I received the latest that I needed to come clean. In some weird way, it feels like Gwyneth is literally pulling my email address out and saying, "Oh, I think I'll email Darrah today." It's kind of like Twitter on Botox. It's all plumped up and I love it.
While at times her tone comes across a bit condescending, like she's dispelling her glorious wisdom to us simple folk who are never going to be as fabulous as her, I do believe that her intentions are genuine. And actually, she's featured some pretty impressive interviews and tips in her newsletters. Now, if she could just break loose and make it feel more like a casual conversation between the two of us...now, that'd be seriously cool.
Comments
I love GOOP too! I feel like she's speaking directly to me!
Posted by: Tiffany | May 7, 2009 1:28 PM
Okay, I confess it: I HEART GOOP TOO! And I love Gwyneth. I brought six pictures of her hair at different angles to my stylist last week. Ha! BTW, if you live in Seattle, my stylist RULES! Her name is Jen and she works at Halo. Everyone go see her!!!
Posted by: Lisa Harmon
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May 8, 2009 11:37 AM
/hair chat ON
Lisa, you recommend Jen for men's styles? I've been growing my hair out for about 1/2 year and it probably can use some help (my 1st time growin' it out)
The last place I checked, they wanted to charge me $40 for a haircut by some $19 y/o (myspace page, bad tattoos and all)... no thanks. I need a pro for my hair.
/hair chat OFF
Posted by: Stephen McAdams | May 11, 2009 9:37 PM
She makes you feel like she is talking directly to you, and only you?
Cool! that is the holy grail of communications. I guess that explains her awesome talent as an actor as well, but believe me - not all actors are great and writing ;)
Posted by: Chris Healey | May 12, 2009 1:00 PM