I’ve been in the bathroom for over half an hour, pinning, tying, brushing, curling and straightening my limp, chin-length hair, trying to sculpt something normal out of a patchy dry-shampooed mess. I glance at my phone; there’s no time to fix the unfixable. I only have 10 more minutes before […]
The 94th annual Academy Awards are officially here. As Hollywood veterans and fresh, emerging talent gather to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate a year of great film-making, our eyes are firmly planted on what the red carpet has to offer. Where the Emmys is know to be […]
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 […]
Scientists believe they may have reached a breakthrough in developing a birth control pill for men. If the pill is eventually approved, it could help to balance the contraceptive burden that is currently placed on women and people who ovulate. After being tested on mice, the pill was found to […]
And the award for worst picture of the year goes to… Netflix‘s Diana: The Musical. Diana: The Musical, a filmed performance of a short-lived Broadway show that premiered on Netflix in October, pretty much swept the board at the Golden Raspberry Awards on Saturday night. Among its five wins were […]
I was going to write a different story about Apple TV+’s Pachinko, but then my waehalmuni, my maternal grandmother, passed away in her Seoul apartment. For me in LA, her death came on the auspicious “twos-day” promising good fortune. In Korea time, it was 23rd February, 2022. The day after […]
Top view of astrologers objects lying on the desk Welcome to Demystified, Unbothered’s monthly spirituality series for Black and brown folx. Through a lens of reclamation, Unbothered is helping its audience reconnect with ancestral practices while debunking myths and misconceptions. As stigma surrounding non-Christian spiritual practices fades and Black and […]
While the internet debates whether or not Aries is truly the horniest season, the cosmos conspires with us and against us. Mercury shifts under the stars of Aries on the 27th, making bold declarations and getting a little fresh when it so chooses. Meanwhile, Venus makes a conjunction to Saturn […]
There can be no text message that strikes more fear into the hearts of, well, pretty much everyone than one containing these words: “Can we talk?” Whether sent by a friend, lover, colleague or boss. Whether delivered via text, WhatsApp, email or – shudder – Slack, these three words appear […]
It’s hard to imagine a world where Manolo Blahnik’s most famous client, Sex And The City’s Carrie Bradshaw, would wear Birkenstock sandals. But even CB herself might rethink the “ugly shoe” after seeing the Spanish designer’s new collaboration with the German sandal brand. On Thursday, the two dropped the six-piece collection […]
