After getting engaged in November 2019, I knew two things were true: I was going to marry the love of my life, and finding a wedding outfit was going to be a daunting task. I’m what I like to call a leather jacket lesbian; I identify as a genderqueer androgynous […]
Dating is hard. Like, really hard. The apps have suffocated us with an endless number of options and the paradox of choice, and it feels like more and more people these days are giving up on finding love (at least, online). And while that may be the vibe, it’s not […]
These days, our laptops and phones rattle around in our bags like a set of loose keys. The reverence we once had for our pricey electronics seems to be long gone — now we treat them as if they were the ones responsible for our ever-growing email count. (Who even remembers […]
Skin problems and anxiety often go hand in hand. A mental health condition that affects many of us, anxiety is a sense of impending danger or panic, which often manifests itself in shortness of breath, increased heart rate, insomnia and being unable to focus on anything but the present worry. […]
This first full week of Virgo season and Mercury retrograde in Virgo also coincides with the start of Uranus’ five-month retrograde through Taurus. We’re experiencing a mystical full moon in Pisces this week, on the 30th, and we’ll be feeling the effects of this lunation as the week begins. Since we […]
“When I think of Mas, one of the first words that comes to mind is freedom. For me, there’s nothing more liberating than being myself, living in my truth, and embracing all the aspects that make up who I am,” says Tennesse Biswah to Unbothered, who goes by she/her pronouns. […]
In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into […]
Yes, we hear you — it is too early to start thinking about the holiday season. Summer may be in full swing, with shorts, sandals and SPF still in solid rotation but in the beauty world, the sleigh bells are already ringing in Christmas glitz and glam. Unsurprisingly, the glitziest […]
“I find the idea of one hot man appealing, so I consequently find the idea of two hot men appealing, too,” wrote anonymous user Dark Twin in her 2004 attempt at explaining why she, a straight woman, enjoys slash fiction. “But when these two men start getting hot together, my […]
Booking a haircut can be stressful when you’re trying to schedule it around convenience. You’re probably doing the mental gymnastics to make sure you’re booking on a day when you don’t have a lot going on so you can really enjoy your scalp massage and not feel rushed into making […]
