Looks like someone's Jen Commandments Rules of Dating have been removed from MySpace.
Thanks for the head's up and I totally have your back next time, Internet.
(It's Mission Accomplished so I'm opening comments again. No dog-piling on the underpants model, alrighty?)
I used "asshat" but I did give you credit and turned a couple of friends onto your books (they aslo tried to keep them).
Posted by: barb | February 04, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I have to say when I quoted you on my blog I gave FULL CREDIT.
You scare me!!!!
I can't believe ANYONE has the cajones to actually do that.
Glad you were victorious.
Posted by: Jennifer McKenzie | February 03, 2008 at 11:06 PM
My 17 year old daughter and I have read both of your books and are impatiently waiting for your 3rd to come out! We have a few sayings in our house... "Go 'Jen Lancaster' on his/her ass!", and "WWJD?"... "What would Jen do?!" We bow to your bitterness and your "I take no crap from anyone" attitude.
Thanks for the laughs and the courage to fight the good fight!
Posted by: Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered | February 03, 2008 at 09:42 AM
Dang, and I had my smart money on the fat, bitter, forty-year-old.
Yes, and I took that quote from Jen but I'm giving her full credit for it.
We have to stick together!
Posted by: Shelly | February 03, 2008 at 09:42 AM
Victory! Congrats!
Also, I found a Totally Hair Barbie in my boyfriend's mom's house, no idea why it's there, but I covet it. Who can resist the crimped hair, geometric shaped earrings and feathered bangs? WHO?!
Posted by: Jen | February 03, 2008 at 03:07 AM
Hi Jen,
Just finished reading 'Bitter is the new black' and loved it..even recommended it to my husband.
Could really relate to parts of the book, especially about the hippie neighbors (or neighbors from hell) which we had when living in East St. Kilda (Australia).
Love the fact that you not only identified the girl who plagiarized your work but also got the offensive material removed.
Posted by: Jennifer Barnard | February 02, 2008 at 11:48 PM
barbies? totally scare me. or creep me out. i think it's the giant unmoving eyes.
thus, i never kept any of my barbies for long. or they became POWs for my gi joes and lego armies.
Posted by: pineapple | February 02, 2008 at 02:54 PM
Jen - You have been plagiarized!!! Congratulations! I believe, girl, that you have arrived.
Posted by: dodim | February 02, 2008 at 01:00 PM
I was flipping through one of my beloved tabloids last night and happened to see this Cora girl in a photo with her boyfriend Brody Jenner (The Hills).
Posted by: Kendall | February 01, 2008 at 02:46 PM
Happy for you!
As soon as I get paid on the 10th I'm buying your 2nd book. I rarely buy books (library gal), so take it as a true compliment.
I laughed so much through "Bitter." :)
Thanks. I totally relate to being broke & living above my means.
Keep blogging & writing!!
Posted by: Lulu | February 01, 2008 at 02:05 PM
It's enough that she is dating Brody Jenner, she has to bring her douchebag level up by stealing your commandments? I don't get skinny people...
Posted by: lauren | February 01, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Oh dear Michelle.....Ok, I have the Lilly P. Blue capri's with yellow tennis raquets, still have my pearls (although, as previously stated, daughter Abigail trying to steal them from me at the ripe old age of 10)...and I am a Major Crimes Detective....have you busted me for Jen-Commandments-stealer-Skin-nerliciuos stalking??????
Posted by: Heather | January 31, 2008 at 09:36 PM
So did you send one of your girls to cut her? I bet she was adorable in her pearls, pink cable knit, gross grain ribbon silver loop belt, green capris with tennis racquets on them, and Lilly P. ballet flats, right? Move over, Cashmere Mafia...
Posted by: Michelle | January 31, 2008 at 09:27 PM
Is this occasion for a giant Mission Accomplished banner?
Posted by: Cyndi | January 31, 2008 at 07:36 PM
Hey Jen--remember me? Author of The List? We emailed back before you became a complete rock star.
Somebody took the List for marriage (my book) and regurgitated it into an online article. Changed about one word. I couldn't believe it.
Give us our props! Some of us never see a royalty check! Ha! Keep up the good work. Maybe I'll see you in Atlanta.
Mary Corbett
Posted by: Mary C | January 31, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Ahhh... justice is served.
And peace again settles over Blogland.
Posted by: Jenny | January 31, 2008 at 02:35 PM
Good deal! I still can't believe she tried pulling that crap. Shame on her asshat self! Looking forward to Such A Pretty Fat!
Posted by: Kari | January 31, 2008 at 01:31 PM
Victory!!!
Posted by: Stevie | January 31, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Yay for Jen!!
Your teach that_____________ <-----(Insert adjective, preferably a nasty one, here) girl a lesson!! Actually, yeah, she's as dumb as a doorknob, but It's kind of flattering. I mean She did take the time to read your book (well, if she CAN read) and "quote" you? Lets give the idiot stick with a head some credit..maybe she just forgot to give you credit, OR since she's probably never stepped foot inside an educational establishment, she just plainly had no idea it was wrong? At least it's been resolved and you can utter those famous words: "I WIN!!"
Posted by: Nat | January 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM
I heart you and your Jen Commandments. I live by them. Also, May is an excruciatingly long time to wait for "Such a Pretty Fat." You're killing me.
Posted by: Robyn | January 31, 2008 at 10:53 AM
So glad that it was removed! Yay vigilante justice and copyright laws!
Posted by: kim | January 31, 2008 at 10:42 AM
I can totally put my name in for the Barbies and you can have them if I win. For some reason, I pulled the heads off all my Barbies. Recently my 2 boys found the pretty pink case and wanted to know what the "Pink box with all of the naked babies without heads" was? Yeah. Explain that! I told them to ask their dad.
Nothing like your kids finding your serial killer tendancies hiding in the attic. Therapy anyone?
Posted by: Chicken | January 31, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Congrats on a successful mission!
Posted by: Biloxi Nikki | January 31, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Congrats on a successful mission!
Posted by: Biloxi Nikki | January 31, 2008 at 09:52 AM
I sent the tale of woe to a friend of mine (a fellow uber fan of BitNB & BLBA), and we both commented on how much you rock and how much we want to kick Cora in the head.
I'm just glad that at least it's off MySpace, but I want to know if either Jezebel or the Post Chronicle have responded?
Posted by: The Muse | January 31, 2008 at 09:03 AM
Jen, I wish I knew you were into Barbie's this much. I had several Barbies that were still in their original boxes waiting for me to have a little girl to play with them. Then I had two boys so I gave them all away. If I had known I would have sent them to you where I know you would have given them a lovely home and a proper upbringing.
Posted by: Heather | January 31, 2008 at 08:44 AM
I'm just so impressed with the model that she reads...of course, for all we know, one of her friends copied the book, and she copied her friend. Still, while it's wrong, I think I'd be oddly flattered if someone read my blogs and copied my work. (Although I would also insist they credit me or remove the material after I got over my initial flattery).
Posted by: Abby | January 31, 2008 at 08:27 AM
Ok, you said no dog-piling....I don't really think it will be that necessary to dog-pile her....she does it to her self...and I offer:
1. Her name is Cora....Cora? Cora-apple?
2. She loves to clean?
3. "modeling lingerie that Brittany Spears Bought. (only in smaller sizes)" Ok, Cora-apple, Brittany is crazy, do you need to give her anorexia too????
Enough said about Skinnerlicios.
Let's talk Barbie's!! That brings me around to say a couple of things. See, if I had not given birth, I could keep all the Barbies for myself. HOWEVER: Light at the end of the tunnel, My lovely 10 year old Abigail asked me if a. She could have both sets of my pearls, and does she have to wait until I die? And while purchasing some things for her she asked "CAN IT BE MONGRAMMED?"??!!!???!! I mean WHAT? This child belings to Jen!
Posted by: Heather | January 31, 2008 at 06:57 AM