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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Had a Miscarriage at Work
A photo I took outdoors the day after.One year ago, I had a miscarriage while at work. I started bleeding on Monday night. This, for those of us with menstrual cycles, is not upsetting. We’re used to...
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Instead Of New Year's Resolutions, Make New Year's Challenges That Encourage...
If you’re like me and failing at New Year’s resolutions makes you feel guilty and at least a little bit like a failure, here’s an alternative: Gamify your resolutions and make them into New Year’s...
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Sapiosexuality Is the New Online Dating Buzzword and It Annoys the Everloving...
Everybody who's ever had a Tinder or OKCupid account (which should be every single person, because the miraculous future is now and in this glorious future we order men from the Internet like twee...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: A Dolphin Stole My Bikini Bottom
I like to think I’ve mentally blocked out most memories of my adolescence. Like many, the years of my life between ages 10 until very recently were an awkward, dark, embarrassing time. The mortifying...
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I Can't Stop Watching Random People Run Mundane Errands on YouTube
An impossibly attractive couple sit next to each other on the couch. They’re in their mid-20s and they smile—pearly white, toothy smiles—as they recount the day’s events. They tried to go to a movie,...
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xoGEEK: Why Reporting Sexist and Offensive Players in Online Video Games Is a...
Picture this: After a long day at work, you come home to relax, unwind, and play a video game where you pretend to be a science fiction soldier playing capture the flag for the next four hours. At some...
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I Found The (Celebrity-Endorsed!) Cure for Post-20s Hangovers For 5 Dollars...
Lately I’ve heard a lot of chatter about bath salts (no, not the kind that turn people into flesh-eating vampires), and after reading that makeup guru Pat McGrath uses Himalayan detox salts due to the...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Am A 40-Year-Old Woman Who Has Never Had A Boyfriend
Sometimes, people just don’t get a happy ever after. It appears I am one of those people. I am a 40-year-old woman who has never had a boyfriend. How did that happen, you may wonder? Well, I really...
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What My First Real Job Taught Me About Creating Change In The World
Corn. Egg whites. Apples. Grilled chicken. Smoked bacon. Red onions. Spinach. Ranch. Caesar.My first real job (like, salary-and-swivel-chair real) was as an executive assistant to a man who ate salad...
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11 Pieces to Turn Your Summer Wardrobe Into Legit Polar Vortex Fashion
I stupidly agreed to head to the east coast for a quick wardrobe gig today, just in time to partake in a repeat of last year's epic polar vortex. I realize there's a good chance this won't even be read...
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HEY EVERYBODY, SOME GUY DECLARED TODAY "WARN A FRIEND THEY'RE FAT DAY!"
I already know, thanks.Hey, so you probably haven’t heard about this yet because you have more important things on your mind, like whether to cut some bangs or how long leftover Chinese food stays good...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I've Been Flashed a Half-Dozen Times, and I Finally Called...
From punny writer’s group photos and simply gross novelty costumes, the trope of the Funny Flasher is long-standing and pervasive in Western culture. As in a famous, not-unamusing Monty Python sketch,...
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10 Unforgettable Cartoons From Around The World Reacting To The Horrifying...
One of the most devastating shooting attacks in France's history has left at least a dozen people dead in Paris including 10 journalists employed by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.Three gunmen...
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Why I’m Through With Apologies From Racists
Last week, Lorenzo Dalpani, the CEO of Revlon, was exposed for saying racist, anti-Semitic remarks and of course, the Black women of Twitter had a field day, myself included. The hashtag...
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DISPATCHES FROM THE PROZAC RABBIT HOLE: On Bad Dreams and Running From My Fears
I knew eventually in the therapeutic process that we would talk about my dreams. To be clear, I don’t mean my aspirations, which are simple enough (take over the world), but rather, my sleepy-time...
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WWJD: Jane Tells You Whether Your Husband Slept With That Drunk Girl
Since a lot of you guys were asking what happened with the cat ultimatum situation from the last WWJD, I asked and here's that reader's response:Now this next question came in when I was heading to see...
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Here are 6 Ways I'm Making My Gray Hair Look Awesome (Because There's No Way...
Recently, I had a chance to visit my grandmother, and I was excited because I only see her about three times a year. I was also eager to fill her in on an amazing trip I was about to embark on,...
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A Mascara for the Seven Stages of a Relationship as Told Through The Buxom...
Mascaras are a lot like boys in that there are so many out there that you want to try, but very few that are actually worth your time. Even when you find a good one, you’ll probably get bored of that...
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I GOT CHEATED ON: My Long-Distance Boyfriend Was Cheating From Across the Ocean
I was stepping onto the subway after a long day of work when I received a Facebook message from a girl I didn't know, in Spanish. The only word I could understand was my boyfriend's name: Alessandro....
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Got Doxxed By Anonymous for Writing About Rehtaeh Parsons
Warren Kinsella’s conspicuously deleted blog post calling for Anonymous to get involved in the Rehtaeh Parsons case, as they had done in Steubenville, came mere days after my husband Owen and I...
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