Why You’re Not A Feminist
What is it we think feminism is today that makes us so afraid to associate ourselves with its cause while outspokenly supporting its principles?
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Love, According To Yo La Tengo
Look for someone smart enough to banter quietly with you while you drink coffee together in the morning or to reference a Wes Anderson movie in exactly the right situation.
Ways To Make Dining Out More Exciting
Order a Coke or Sprite then spike it with whatever liquor you’ve brought from home.
Here’s The Latest Track From Kitty Pryde
It’s been a trip watching my friend, this little girl from Florida, taking over the internet and at the same time becoming one of my favorite rappers.
25 Signs You’re A Writer
Whenever someone breaks up with you or one of your friends does something really cartoonishly terrible, your immediate consolation is that this is going to make for a great essay.
New York First State In America To Sign A Gun Control Bill Into Law, Post-Sandy Hook
While the New York Assembly is notorious for lollygagging, they’re the first state in America to pass anti-gun legislation since the tragedy in Sandy Hook occurred last month.
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
What if you said, “I really don’t give a flying f–k about trying to compromise with you anymore?” And you meant it.
Is Dating Just Like Shopping Now?
Today is “Love Is Blind” day on OKCupid, which means that when you look at their profiles, you don’t get to see their face. Good luck!
8 Excuses For Cheating That Totally Suck
Britney Spears Is The Most Depressing Pop Star Ever
Working Britney to the bone for over a decade clearly proved detrimental to her well-being so I’m glad she’s shied away from the spotlight in recent years. What does make me sad, though, is how soulless she looks.
What Happened To This Semi-Truck In Queens? A Meteor?
This confusing snapshot of a damaged semi was just taken by contributor Rion Harmon in Long Island City, Queens at 48th Ave and Van Dam St, but we can’t figure out what might have caused it.
Woman Accidentally Includes Nude Photo Of Herself In eBay Listing, Listing Goes Viral
Looks like she’s already removed the page, but after the listing started going around, she updated the image with a photo sans nudity and added “#ebayyellowskaterdress as seen by thousands. never worn naked.”
Dear Happy Couples: I Hate You
What do you want me to say? Yes, I hate you because I’m jealous. I’m a petty, jealous, lame human being who is handicapped by her own inability to get past her childish emotions and see people as individuals.
Dear Sick People, Just Stay Home
Marie Calloway’s First Novel Off To Turbulent Start, Printer Refuses To Print “Due To Content”
Sterling Pierce, a printing company of writer/editor Giancarlo DiTrapano’s publishing press Tyrant Books, has refused to print review copies of Marie Calloway’s first novel, what purpose did i serve in your life “due to content.”
Heartwarming Video Of Newtown Elementary Students Performing “Over The Rainbow”
The studio version can be downloaded on iTunes, with proceeds benefitting Newtown charities.
7 Things About Love That Make No Sense
Basically, if you’re the couple that just stands on the sidewalk for extended periods of time and boops noses together in between makeout sessions and sweet nothings, you deserve to get breadcrumbs thrown at you.
You’re Not Making The Most Out Of Your 20s
I don’t know if you ever get better. I don’t know if a person can just wake up one day and decide to be an active participant in their life. I’d like to think so.
My Most Terrifying Memory
The car suddenly swerved before righting itself, and my mom quietly put a blanket over her head for the subsequent duration. I could hear her muffled sobs.
11-Year-Old Bullied For “Gay Tendencies” Brings Butcher Knife To School
The knife was eight inches long, so big that classmates noticed it sticking out of his binder.
We Should All Be Hopeless Romantics
If you’re the sort of person who sees the best in love, who wants to believe that things are going to work themselves out and end on an emotionally fulfilling high note, you are bound to be beaten up by the reality of life.
7 High-Leverage Life Skills They Should Teach In Grade School
Dating “Nice Guys” Vs. Dating “Bad Guys”
Although I have had plenty of The Ones Who Will Be Different, I’ve had more of the first variety — the three bad dates guy.
Why ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Is The Best Film Of The Year
This is hardly the first film to highlight the parallels between those labeled “good” and “bad” and show that sometimes each of those sides wear each other’s masks.
30 Tips For A Brit Living In New York City
Try not to look too suspicious when people in customer services are nice to you. They’re not being sarcastic, they’re actually being nice.
I’m Married To The Internet
Some people don’t understand our relationship. People say that I should give you space, that I should go outside once in a while.
10 Ways 90s Kids Made It Through Elementary School, Part II
The typical Lisa Frank design would depict something like dogs playing on the beach, penguins hugging each other on an iceberg, and bunny rabbits doing ballet on rainbows painted by an enthusiastic panda.
Because Racism Is So Last Season, ‘The New Normal’ Is Making Fun of Intersex People Now
Murphy must rethink who his media politics include and who they marginalize, who his audience invites in and who his imagined community leaves out.
If You Don’t Like Me, Just Say So
When you really like someone you wager almost all your confidence and emotion on that one person. And if it isn’t returned, you start to feel empty, void. Is that why a broken heart always hurts?
5 Signs The New Yeah Yeah Yeahs Album Is Going To Be Amazing
Today we learned that the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record is coming out on April 16th. Also there’s a song about mosquitos on it.
I Was A Free Range Kid
The “free range kid” meme is now a thing thanks to Lenore Skenazy, a NYC mom who caught flak some years back for letting her 9-year-old son ride the subway alone.
Here’s Your Live-Action Shot-By-Shot Remake Of ‘Toy Story’
Turns out it’s kind of odd seeing a real person interact with plastic toys as shot with low-budget equipment.
10 Responses To The ‘Girls’ Season 2 Premiere, From Someone Who Didn’t Watch The First Season
During the show, I said to my friends, “I don’t get why people are so mad about this show, seems fun and harmless.”
The ‘End’ of Courtship Has Nothing to Do With Technology
Some of my biggest loves, the most consuming connections, arose from cryptic, terse text messages and opportunistic late-night calls. And I have felt heartbreak and disappointment in places where there was no technology of any kind save for a landline.
15 Signs You’re Turning Into Your Mom
You tell friends they need a heavier jacket or say things like, “Put on another scarf before we go out. You can’t possibly be warm enough in that.”
Why ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Is The Best Movie Of The Year
So really, it’s not a film about mental illness, Silver Linings Playbook is a movie about people who want to get better. And who of us can not identify with that?
Watch Cute Video For Santigold’s “Girls”
Santigold’s contribution to the Girls soundtrack now has a charming music video.
Are Relationships Becoming Extinct?
The definition of a date has become a lot looser in the past few years. Like, you don’t have to buy me flowers or pay for dinner for me to know that you want to put your P in my A.
10 Reasons Why The Backstreet Boys Were Better Than One Direction
I don’t care what anyone says, a huge amount of 1D’s success stems from the fact that they have adorable little British accents.
Fairy Tales For 20-Somethings: Freeing Herself From The Past, Rapunzel Cuts Her Hair
Rapunzel was walking through the park one afternoon, feeling like a new woman with her hair cut short. The past is only as meaningful as you decide it is, she thought. We can become someone new, let ourselves be whoever we dream, and no one can tie us to who we used to be.
The 9 Most Insane Moments Of The Golden Globes
The Golden Globes are a haunting reminder that I would have sex with most male celebrities over the age of 40.
Flu Officially Reaches Epidemic Proportions
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8 People You Need To Stop Thinking About
It is not your job to be the Manic Pixie Dream Homewrecker who swoops in and takes them away from a relationship you perceive as not as good as it could be with you.
Jodie Foster Owes You Nothing
We have had some of the same experiences and that binds us, but we have also had many, many different experiences and I think I was being insensitive to sweep those under the rug in favor of some kind of LGBTQ army that all does what I think is right, or what I would do — and have chosen to do — myself.
It’s Okay To Be Lonely
There are going to be periods of loneliness, and everyone experiences them. Though the first response of those around us is often one of “oh, come on, you have so many friends,” there is no reason that we need to force that feeling of solitude away.
The 6 Types Of Female Relationships
You only interact for a brief period, but you’re totally kindred. This relationship occurs when you make a new friend on vacation or at a cousin’s wedding.
Listen To The New Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay-Z
Why Graffiti Is Awesome
Graffiti is often associated with delinquents, dangerous neighborhoods, and is one step real estate agents use to rebrand a “decaying” neighborhood. They know about the “cool” potential of graffiti in attracting young, hip people to neighborhoods and getting them to pay top dollar to live in “danger.”
The 5 Best ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Episodes
“Hush” was a reaction to criticism that ‘Buffy’ relied too heavily on snappy dialogue. And man, what a reaction it was. Suck on that, critics.
