I’ve always felt feminism to be like a block party: euphoric, emancipating, jubilant, and open to all. I often fear that many women in my generation think about it instead like a speakeasy: closed, password-protected, and open to the already enlightened. The narrowing of feminism has presented itself in subtle and not so subtle ways.…
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There are two types of people in this world: those who swear by face mists and others who brush them off as overpriced bottles of water. Ask anyone in the first group and they’ll swear by the healing powers of a good thermal water or the therapeutic effects of a spritz infused with essential oils.…
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Game of Thrones is famous for many things: surprise beheadings, complex political machinations, dragons, and, yes, sex scenes. Over the course of the past eight seasons, there have been a lot of them—many involving actress Emilia Clarke, who plays the mother of dragons, Daenerys Targaryen. Honestly, I can’t even imagine filming something so intimate in…
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“I have a question for the ‘Anxiety Girl.’” This is how I was referred to at a recent well-being event. While not exactly what I imagined, being defined by anxiety—how very sexy—is how my career has transpired. I have no degree in psychology. I am no doctor. I have not unearthed a magical cure for…
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In a little under two years, the Women’s March has gone from a cornerstone of the #resistance to a controversial event filled with problematic figures. We’re just 24 hours from the March and sponsors continues to lose sponsors; in just the past two weeks the Democratic National Committee, the Southern Poverty Law Center and EMILY’s…
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In the world of beauty, the word “toxins” has lost most meaning. Same with “non-toxic,” because the two words don’t have concrete, universal definitions. With nail polish, however, ingredients are becoming slightly more transparent. Brands have started to take note about the use of potentially harmful chemicals like formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate (the “big three”),…
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