All stories published by The Hairpin on April 25, 2011

All Stories published by The Hairpin on April 25, 2011

The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

Talking to Women, Gchat Crises, and Pre-Adolescent Encounters

by A Lady

The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

I Had a Stroke When I Was 26

by Nina Mitchell

Cassie Murdoch in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

Six Ways to Get Rid of the Gross Chocolate Bunny From Your Easter Basket

If you received an Easter basket this year, chances are it contained a hunk of low-quality chocolate molded into the shape of a bunny. Why they’re an Easter candy staple is beyond me, since I’ve yet to…

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

Jason Segel’s Butt Crack, Sorry

The two best pictures from this ridiculous photoset of John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Alison Brie, Jason Segel, and Chris Pratt having lunch outdoors in Ann Arbor are this one and this one. And now that we’re talking about Jason Segel, let’s revisit Dracula’s Lament, the greatest song ever recorded.

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

If “Starry Night” Were a Barbie

Mattel’s “Art Barbie” series — featuring a Klimt, a Da Vinci, and a Van Gogh Barbie — will be available…

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

When to Quit Your Job

These seven signs you should quit your job seem pretty spot-on. There’s nowhere to go but up, except sideways and down.

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

“In female faces, what males typically want is the shape to be feminine and the reflectance to be feminine,” said…

Cassie Murdoch in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

The Pleasures of the Summer Dress

“A summer dress always looks best without tights or stockings. It is about limbs that are either tanned or in the process of becoming so. It is an advertisement for health and fitness (as such it is defiled by any association with cigarettes). The summer dress is only…

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

Reasons to Be an Hourglass

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

Eat Mangoes

“One summer I lived in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and I would gather mangos from the ground in a park where they dropped, ripe, all day long.”…

Edith Zimmerman in The Hairpin

Apr 25, 2011

Refusing to Buy Size Large

“A Size 8 hip at Banana Republic equals a Size 2 hip at Gap.” The New York Times investigates the shitshow that is the ever-expanding “standard” women’s clothing size and finds that it remains a shitshow, but now there is an infographic. One proposed band-aid to this “vanity…