Ever since Montero Lamar Hill, also known as Lil Nas X, uploaded “Old Town Road” to the internet in December of 2018, the country ear-worm and its now-20-year-old proprietor have been unstoppable. In early 2018, the single went viral on TikTok as part of the social media app’s “Yeehaw Challenge.” From there, it landed on […]
Spotted: a mysterious item on the Sephora website. Not a blonde or brunette, she’s actually … a Mystery Sea Foam Green (?!). There’s an explanation for this, and it has nothing to do with Jeff Bezos (thankfully).Japanese beauty brand Tatcha is giving away free samples (yes, really) of its newest product, Satin Skin Mist, which […]
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio got off to a rough start this week when a pre-campaign event at Trump Tower promoting the NYC Green New Deal was interrupted by supporters of the president yelling “You suck” and holding signs that read “Worst Mayor Ever.” As the week got going, it got worse. On […]
Senator Elizabeth Warren rolled out a comprehensive strategy for protecting the right to an abortion on Friday. In a Medium post, Warren condemned the Trump administration for working “to gag doctors, spread misinformation, and support so-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ that go out of their way to present misleading and incomplete reproductive health care information to […]
Last fall Lauren Bucquet launched her shoe line Labucq. A former director of footwear and accessories for Rag & Bone, she knows what women want, and her collection of sleek, low-heeled boots became a huge indie hit thanks to their moderate price point and high quality design. Now she’s back with her first foray into […]
Grumpy Cat, the feline whose frowning visage became a relatable meme, has died. It could be argued that Grumpy Cat was one of the most well-known animal phenomena ever birthed by the internet, gaining her start as an Impact font image macro and transitioning that fame into millions of followers on social media. She even […]
The morning after his New York Fashion Week show in February, designer Christopher John Rogers woke up to an Instagram DM from Michelle Obama’s stylist, Meredith Koop. Rogers is 25. He started his namesake line in 2016, the final year of the Obama administration. Getting a DM from a major stylist is the kind of […]
On Tuesday night, after four hours of heated debate, a group of 25 male Republican state senators voted to outlaw nearly all abortions in the state (with no exceptions for rape or incest). The legislation — the most extreme abortion ban in the country — is now in the hands of Alabama governor Kay Ivey, […]
Wow, what a week. Thank God it’s Friday, right? Hahaha, just kidding. It’s Wednesday! We have so much week ahead of us, we’ll never be free. Fortunately, the universe has a way of replenishing us when we need it most, perhaps with a beautiful sunset, or a subway train that pulls into the station at […]
The outrage following Alabama’s extreme abortion ban, which would make it a felony to terminate a pregnancy in almost every circumstance, was loud and immediate. Horrified pro-choicers flooded Twitter with grim conclusions as soon as the measure passed the Senate: that abortion will be illegal in Alabama from now on, that rape victims who choose […]