PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: GLOP
I love to read and I love all things that are parodies. Combining the two is like a dream come true. The day I found out Gabrielle Moss wrote Glop was one of the happiest of my life because now the dream was a reality. She parodies Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop site with her hilarious, snarky personality.
Glop is hilarious whether or not you are a fan of the actress who made ‘consciously uncoupling’ popular. It is perfect for those of us who need to feel better on a bad day or just want to giggle at the absurdity of certain things mentioned on the original site. (Note: I am in no way bashing Goop, I actually enjoyed some things on the site.) It is a great gift for anyone who loves a good parody and wants to unwind with a glass of wine. Gabrielle Moss certainly outdid herself with this book and I am excited to see what is next!
Glop is a business and a website. But Glop is also a feeling. It’s about picking the right expensive organic eye cream that will make you a tall, thin, wealthy blonde WASP who fits seamlessly into the top tiers of high society and sits next to Bono at a 42-course seitan tasting dinner held in a sex dungeon deep beneath the North Pole. Glop is about being conscious to the tiny details of our lives—what to eat, where to buy your cashmere yoga pants, which juice cleanse will remove the most mercury toxins from both your body and your cashmere yoga pants. Glop is about you.
In this scathingly humorous parody, Gabrielle Moss skewers the vanity, elitism, and silliness of the lifestyle website everyone loves to hate. Here are favorite recipes, detoxes, activities, cleanses, beauty tips, juice cleanses, vacation destinations, juice cleanse-detoxes, and a selection of hand creams that will open your third eye—plus lots of celebrity namedropping and more.
Glop includes everything from the silly to sublime—make-at-home stem cell moisturizing repair masques, weekend colonics, restorative yoga poses (for when Sting is mad at you about that thing you did), and even the freshest bones for your bone broth. Here, too, are G’s essential tips on parenthood, relationships, work and finances, entertaining, food (well, maybe not food), spirituality, beauty, fashion, home, gifts, kids, and more. Nothing in Glop is sacred—except for a few Indian cows you can’t afford.
Moss was inspired to write Glop after subjecting herself to a Gwyneth-recommended “vaginal steaming” exercise, from which she escaped unscathed, but just barely.
