The author hesitantly dips her feet into the yoga exercise revolution by taking a wobbly instructional class, but seems more relieved “to be somewhere for a whole hour without anybody being able to find me and ask me to do some shit for them.” She drolly posits on how much everyday life has become enhanced by personal technology but is irked by everyone’s “self-serving messages” on Twitter-unless, of course, it’s her own tweets “telling my followers that it’s time to ante up for the new book.” Some of Rivenbark’s best moments are her most self-deprecating. Sure to elicit hearty chuckles and knowing nods, Rivenbark shares lighthearted ruminations on a variety of commonplace issues and situations, many centered on fads (the “Snuggie”), health claims (dietary fiber) and the happenstance of modern life. Here, the author stays true to her classic comic chatter, delivering many witty and clever observations, along with plenty of overly goofy and slightly contrived duds. Rivenbark ( You Can’t Drink All Day If You Don’t Start in the Morning, 2009, etc.) has made punchy contemporary commentary her livelihood since her first collection of humor columns was published over a decade ago. Her book You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl was a New York Times bestseller.Snarky Southern humor essayist and columnist skewers everything from yoga to marriage to eyelashes.
Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits (2006), and You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning (2010) were later prize finalists.Įntertainment Weekly Magazine designated Rivenbark's book Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank as 2006's best title. In 2004, Rivenbeck's book We're Just Like You, Only Prettier won the Southern Book Prize Nonfiction Book of the Year title.
Her column won her a national health journalism award in addition to some press awards. She later moved to the Morning Star in Wilmington, where she wrote a humor column. Rivenbark graduated from college and started working for The Wallace Enterprise in Wallace, North Carolina.
Rivenbark resides in Wilmington, North Carolina with her husband and daughter, Sophie. Rivenbark was born and raised in Duplin County, North Carolina, She is married to Scott Whisnant, the Director of Government Relations for New Hanover Health Network. Celia Rivenbark is an American humor columnist and award-winning, bestselling author.
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