Every time I open TikTok, interspersed between my cat videos and “easy” vegan recipes and corporate funnies, there’s a woman doing her skincare routine. Or her hair. Or her makeup. And she likely just took an “everything shower.”
And it makes me very tired.
Read MoreAt the end of 2017, I realized I was often falling asleep with a terrible sense of anxiety as I worried about the devastating, soon-to-be-felt effects of climate change, the uncertain future of women’s and minorites’ rights in Trump’s America, and why only 20-some people had liked my latest Instagram post even though it’d been up for half a day. It’s a terrible time to be alive.
Reducing screen time seemed like the only reasonable course of action, so I made a goal to read at least one new book a month in 2018. Turns out I’m still a nerd, and I ended up easily burning through at least two books a month. Here’s what’s been sitting on the nightstand (or coffee table, or toilet tank).
Read MoreI'm excited, but not obsessed.
Read MoreDearly beloved, we are gathered here today to say farewell to all the things I stopped giving a shit about.
Read MoreWomen's fashion is wild. I mean, back in Ye Olden Days an ankle was like, super slutty and now crop tops are A Thing. And I know no one wants to remember how we all thought gauchos were a good thing to put on our bodies back in the early 2000s, but those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Read MoreI have body issues. Not the make yourself puke kind, or the only eat five almonds a day kind or the have to go to rehab kind—the normal kind. The living in a perpetual state of wanting to lose five-to-10 pounds kind, the "I couldn't wear that" kind, the counting calories kind.
Read MoreSome of my Very Deeply Held Beliefs:
1. People who drive loud trucks are douchey.
2. Wearing Birkenstocks with socks is embarrassing but acceptably so.
3. “Africa” by Toto is the ultimate karaoke song.
4. The most important aspect of feminism is female friendship.