*Some names have been changed to preserve anonymity. Last weekend in New Orleans, the universe sent me a Vacation Boyfriend. The concept...

I’m not sure what came first. My mom must’ve put the idea into my head. That is, the idea of watching a movie dressed up as one of the...

Looking Good (Fashion) This summer, my outfits landed somewhere between Carrie Bradshaw and Fran Fine with super mismatched separates...

Lately, the world is looking a lot more like “Neko Atsume: Cat Collector.” Remember, the 8-bit iPhone game popular in 2016 where you...

Alright, I’ll admit it: I was born and raised in New Jersey. I never thought about where I was from until I left, for college in what we...

The last time I went to the Guggenheim was also the first; admittedly I only held off so long because the $25 admission always felt like...

I first learned the term “Girl Dinner” from Tiktok but it was a concept I knew in my bones. I am, after all, a girl (or a woman,...

Braving the crowds on opening weekend, I ventured to the Met for “Karl Lagerfeld: Line of Beauty” with my best fashion friend. The...

About five years ago, right before my senior year of college, I decided to take the plunge and dye my hair red. I’ve been intrigued by...

Heyyyy guys :-) I would apologize for the lack of favorites lists from July, August, and September but we all know the only person I hurt...

The interrogative title is not just for the sake of cheeky, high-brow rhetoric. I really mean it.

Look clean and smell clean. This includes several sub-items: Be crust-free. Have well-groomed hands and feet--no jagged nails! Wear...

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, I opened my eyes and then opened Instagram to find a post by @diet_prada with a side-by-side photo...

My friend and I recently got into a playful argument over what social media apps were the most toxic and should be, in our words, banned....

June really did bust out all over, huh? After privately whining that I missed the robust social life of my pre-Covid years, I got what I...

Monthly Favorites Ok, I know today is what some might call “the thirteenth day of June” but I am bravely moving forward with releasing a...

For years now, my best friend (male, gay) and I (female, bi) have been calling ourselves “sex-negative.” We’re mostly kidding, one of...

I don’t make the rules…except in this case when I did! #maincharacterenergy You live in a small town where you don’t fit in You’ve...

Exploring the themes of mistrust, anonymity, and terrorism in Matt Reeves' The Batman (2022) *SPOILERS AHEAD* When this film was...

On January 31, 2021 I began a journal entry: I called Mom on my way out to tell her my stray cat Susan let me pet her for a long time....

Once upon a time, I was a Swiftie. The year was 2007, when my friend asked me if I had ever heard of a girl named Taylor Swift. I was a...

I turned 25 on March 18, which means a lot of things. For starters, I’ve celebrated two birthdays in the pandemic. It also means this...

Last night, my friend Catie sent me a link to a Gothamist article with the headline "East Village Drag & Punk Club Closes Due to...

Winner of the Broke But Moisturized Inaugural Essay Contest Do you ever think about me? Does anything we shared linger with you? Do you...