Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”
It was the first time in 13 years that anyone had heard Britney Spears speak openly about her long-standing conservatorship. Over the course of a 24-minute hearing statement, the pop star spoke clearly and passionately about the abuses she’s faced under this contract: She described being forced to work seven […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by JIL SANDER (@jilsander) Ask any fashion blogger, adventure seeker or British dad what sandals they wear come summer and the answer is always Birkenstocks. The strappy shoes have long been praised for their practical yet chic look, their undeniable comfort appealing […]
Book cover use of this asset requires approval. Please contact your Account Representative. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Marineau/Condé Nast/Shutterstock (11822611v) Vivienne Westwood Fall 1993 RTW runway show. Naomi Campbell Vivienne Westwood Fall 1993 RTW, London, UK – Mar 1993 Secondhand luxury shopping has never been more mainstream. Credit a […]
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 01: Suzan Mutesi is seen wearing Crocs shoes with Jibbitz charms at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2021 on June 1, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/WireImage) After depriving myself of any opportunity to spend money on things that weren’t absolutely unnecessary for about a […]
Researchers in the U.K. and at the University of Otago in New Zealand say they are fighting the “obesity epidemic” with a new, disturbing device that locks people’s jaws shut, forcing them to consume only a liquid diet. The DentalSlim Diet Control device, as they call it, uses magnetic locking […]
As we look ahead to lockdown restrictions lifting and getting back into our ‘normal’ routines, we’re bound to have questions. Among them: how the hell did we ever get out the door in the morning wearing actual clothes? Whether our AM hours consist of getting to the office, attending uni […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 14: Lucy Hale is seen on August 14, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by BG015/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) I spent the majority of my childhood in bike shorts. As a former volleyball player and cheerleader, they were essential to my lifestyle from the time I was […]
“Y’all wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” The now-famous opening refrain from A’Ziah-Monae King’s Internet-breaking, viral, addictive Twitter thread isn’t just a snappy story starter that makes you lean into your phone and think More, […]
Processed with VSCO with e6 preset *Editor’s note: This piece contains incidents of rape and sexual assault. Please read with care. My lifelong experience in the music and entertainment industries has been one of betrayal and abuse. It began just weeks before my fifteenth birthday in 1975. I loved Minnie […]
Recently, when I opened my copy of Kate Zambreno’s 2012 book of criticism Heroines, a feminist rewriting of modernist literary history, I found in its pages a list of symptoms that I had written down in the same kind of black felt-tip pen I still use. I immediately recognised most […]
