Mamie Van Doren's Blog

May 21, 2005 3:40 PM

Mamie Van Doren's Blog.
posted by Silky Slim (29 comments total)

in case you never heard of her, here's a bio.
posted by Silky Slim at 3:43 PM on May 21, 2005

at this point I guess that the whole "MILF" concept has been stretched a bit too much
posted by matteo at 4:16 PM on May 21, 2005

My god... She's about 75 years old. I'd kill to look that good at 75.
posted by Kellydamnit at 4:42 PM on May 21, 2005

Kellydamnit: Who would you kill?
posted by xmutex at 5:02 PM on May 21, 2005

Maybe she found the fountain of youth.
posted by banished at 5:04 PM on May 21, 2005

VINCENT
We're lucky we got it at all.
Buddy Holly doesn't seem to be much
of a waiter. We shoulda sat in
Marilyn Monroe's section.

MIA
Which one, there's two Marilyn
Monroes.

VINCENT
No there's not.

Pointing at Marilyn in the white dress serving a table.

VINCENT
That's Marilyn Monroe...

Then, pointing at a BLONDE WAITRESS in a tight sweater and
capri pants, taking an order from a bunch of FILM GEEKS --

VINCENT
...and that's Mamie Van Doren. I
don't see Jayne Mansfield, so it
must be her night off.
posted by First Post at 5:23 PM on May 21, 2005

The comments thus far seem to be ignoring the main point, which is that she has a heavily left-wing and very intelligently written (whether you agree with the points of view, which are pretty standard lefty) blog.
posted by nanojath at 5:26 PM on May 21, 2005

Holy shit, she's still alive?

I thought she died in a carwreck. Who was that, Mansfield?
posted by keswick at 5:32 PM on May 21, 2005

Thanks, nanojath, for steering this back.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 5:41 PM on May 21, 2005

Here's to ya, Mamie. And your former fiance, too. Marilyn got Joe, Mamie got Bo.
posted by jonmc at 5:44 PM on May 21, 2005

Thanks, nanojath, for steering this back.

Yeah, let's talk about leftist politics. We don't do that nearly enough.
posted by jonmc at 5:45 PM on May 21, 2005

Although, truth be told, the leftward direction is odd considering Mamie was once a member of Nixon's CREEP.
posted by jonmc at 5:50 PM on May 21, 2005

Kellydamnit: Who would you kill?
Anyone who holds the secret to apparent eternal youth (or early middle age) and/or gets in my way. I figured that was obvious enough.

But yes, on topic.
Um... I thought we didn't like blogs written by celebrities, even if they were left wing?

But, in any case, it is well written, and she is a lot smarter, or at least politically aware, than I figured she would be. But it doesn't really say anything a million other left wing bloggers are saying, too.
posted by Kellydamnit at 5:54 PM on May 21, 2005

Anyone who holds the secret to apparent eternal youth (or early middle age) and/or gets in my way. I figured that was obvious enough.

It appears that the secret is lots and lots of plastic surgery.
posted by cmonkey at 6:26 PM on May 21, 2005

I'm betting she's a vampire, cmonkey, but you could be right.
posted by tommasz at 6:35 PM on May 21, 2005

Mamie Van Doren quoting Edmund Burke. The only thing I would expect less is Edmund Burke quoting Mamie Van Doren.

(BTW, is that the same color/font scheme as Mefi's default in the main text? Kinda looks like it...)

(And is that a Tom Wolfe book Bush is carrying in this picture?)
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:12 PM on May 21, 2005

She must have a great plastic surgeon.

As for the political change, it's not entirely odd. The right wing hasn't budged much on social conservatism since Nixon's day, but they've become horrible with their no-tax but still spend policies. Not the financial conservatism of days gone by.

That, and with the USSR gone, the leftist/communist stigma has lightened up. For all we know, she may have just been worried about getting on a McCarthyite list. Or, the Occam's Razor of explanations, people change with time.

That, and some of her stories would be howlers at a left-wing party, whereas they'd earn scorn and damnation from a lot of the right wing these days. Especially accusing one particular Mr. Universe of being... miniscule. Hooray for unconventional feminism?
posted by Saydur at 7:42 PM on May 21, 2005

It looks like her bew-bees are always trying to escape.
posted by Balisong at 9:12 PM on May 21, 2005

That's a nice pair of boobs. Disregarding the "for her age" aspect of it. NSFW and all that.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:17 PM on May 21, 2005

Until I see a real eye-opening close up without her make-up, I stand by the following statement: I'd hit it.

She's twelve years older than my mother. That's unpossible.
posted by jsavimbi at 12:02 PM on May 22, 2005

That cannot be the original Mamie VanDoren. There is no way that the woman in those photographs is 75 years old.
posted by deborah at 12:24 PM on May 22, 2005

Cadaver chic. Love it.
posted by sellout at 1:48 PM on May 22, 2005

Nah, she's only 62 (or 64, depending on what date you believe), but she's still older than me, and I'm older than dirt.
posted by Enron Hubbard at 2:39 PM on May 22, 2005

She's twelve years older than my mother. That's unpossible.

Raquel Welch is 5 years older than my mom, and I'd still like me a peice of that. Age ain't nothin' but a number among grownups.
posted by jonmc at 3:00 PM on May 22, 2005

Milfs all around!
posted by Balisong at 3:11 PM on May 22, 2005

Nah, she's only 62 (or 64, depending on what date you believe), but she's still older than me, and I'm older than dirt.

According to IMDB she was born in 1931, wouldn't that make her 74?
posted by Kellydamnit at 4:09 PM on May 22, 2005

I'm disgusted, and aroused, and disgusted by my arousal. I'd hit it and hate myself.
posted by DWRoelands at 11:21 AM on May 23, 2005

I thought the website was for a Mamie Van Doren-impersonating drag queen.

Actually, I'm still not entirely convinced it isn't.
posted by jennyb at 11:56 AM on May 23, 2005

Kellydamnit: I blame my appalling lack of math skillz on the killer cold meds I'm taking. (Heh heh heh)

That, and the fact that my brain backfires whenever I consider that a 74 year old would TRY to look like that.
posted by Enron Hubbard at 10:14 AM on May 24, 2005