Thoughts & Musings (& Feelings, Too)

Your name is a strong indicator of how believable you are, study says

A World War II-era bomber plant in Michigan will be demolished if it doesn’t raise $1 million by Thursday.

Finding things on the street is a serious hobby and skill. 

What are the different components that make up a hit show? We take a closer look. 

Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller doesn’t like to wear a lot of makeup, but that doesn’t mean she’s ugly.

Refinery29 discusses why we hate to love dessert trends.

Seriously — ENOUGH with this question.

The WSJ announced seventeen speakers for their tech conference, all of them male and only three of them non-white. 

One writer vows to pull away from the Internet and spend a little more time reading books. 

Looks like being a cat lady went from zero to hero. 

One-night stands: empowering or soul-crushing? 7 real women discuss. 

Refinery29 considers the love lessons learned from some of our favorite fictional men, from books, TV, and movies alike. 

Writer Anna Davies shares her experience writing a Modern Love column for the New York Times.

Our editors go head to head on a beloved ‘90s TV show.

Remembering a Beautiful Life Lost Too Soon

They got the cover. Get over it. Fashion blasphemy be damned, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West landed the most coveted spot in the industry.

What happens when you lose your job…and find yourself free to bounce from city to city and home to home? 

Introducing a new way of thinking about shopping and dressing — bad outfits are a thing of the past!

Anna Davies discusses why she travels alone — and what that feeling of loneliness and isolation gives her. 

Why revisiting Ally McBeal was the best TV decision we ever made. 

Five crucial tips to keep your sanity when you’re going through the worst kind of breakup.

There’s a pretty big caveat here.

The NEW S-word men use to belittle women is just as powerful as some of the old, more obvious ones. 

Science suggests high heels make a woman more sexually attractive. We beg to differ. 

A strange ‘90s trend has TV, film, and book characters spraining their ankles left and right. But, what does it mean?