If there’s one thing Taylor Swift loves, it’s an Easter egg. So when fans noticed that a new limited-edition shirt from the singer’s merch line had a typo, they had a field day. Was it an honest mistake…or a clue about her forthcoming album? The just-released shirts appear to have a misplaced apostrophe that makes…
Read more
My mom died two years ago this spring. She had complications from a stem cell transplant to rid her of lymphoma. She was only 58 years old. The night before she died, my aunt texted me that my mother was in the ER and that I should call her. This was a common thing, her…
Read more
I generally feel about the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) the way I feel about gender reveal parties: I get why people are into it, I’ll go if I’m invited, and I always root for a girl. So after I saw on Twitter there’s a “women got this” moment in the climactic battle of Avengers: Endgame,…
Read more
I grew up poor. Not broke, which isn’t poor, and not bohemian poor, like a gentrifier living in the ghetto but able to afford nice clothes. Undocumented-child-of-undocumented-immigrants poor, which means that even as I worked to g degrees from Harvard and Yale, delivering the American Dream at my parents’ feet, my mother and father are…
Read more
When Hillary Clinton’s second attempt to become America’s first female president failed in 2016, a lot of women were angry—at other women. Much of the disappointment and finger-pointing that went on after the election that put Donald Trump in the White House was specifically aimed at white women: While Trump only got about 41 percent…
Read more
After seeing Crazy Rich Asians with her daughter (Luna) and husband (John Legend) over the weekend, Chrissy Teigen took to Instagram and explained why the movie was so important for her family. “You never know how much you miss being represented on screen until you actually see what it’s like to be represented,” she wrote…
Read more
