Did you check the mirror before heading out the door this morning? Of course you did. We all do. While the way you look has no real bearing on your merits as a human being, studies show that it can absolutely affect the way you perceive your...
If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of growing out your hair, it’s time to give it a shot. Maybe you want to re-live some long-haired glory days. Perhaps you’re thinking you could channel a bit of that Jon Snow swagger. Or maybe you want to transcend...
It’s true that it can be intimidating for a guy to handle his girlfriend’s laundry for the first time: Is that… a dress? A shirt? Why does it have so many straps? Why is it made of five different fabrics? But the reality is, like it or...
In a boring, homogeneous world, guys everywhere would have the same hair, the same body, the same penis. And every woman would have the same shape, and their vaginas would be the same size and color. On the one hand, it’d be pretty utilitarian to know exactly...
The night is going smoothly. You’re out at the bar with your friends having a great time. Then, all of a sudden, a fight breaks out. It’s the same friend every time. He’s wildly punching another of your friends. Or the guy standing behind him. Or the...
The timing was almost unbelievable. About 18 months ago, I found out my dad had been cheating on my mom. About six months later, my husband found out that his mom had been cheating on his dad. How my husband and I each found out was indicative...
Showers as we know them today are hot and steamy. But they weren’t always that way. In fact, “history has been divided between washing yourself with hot water and washing yourself with cold water,” according to Katherine Ashenburg, author of The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History....
Your hair—it’s blonde, but your eyebrows are red. Your facial hair is brown, and down there? Well, it’s all three colors. That, on face value, makes no sense. Shouldn’t it be one color fits all? Well, actually, no. And here’s why. Pigment: Hair grows blonde, red, brown or...
Talking in your sleep, or somniloquy, is a strange but relatively common behavior that’s been observed since way back in Ancient Greece. It’s a pretty entertaining one, too. One Reddit user describes a night when her boyfriend sat up in bed and ever so slowly gave her...
One is flat on the bottom and spiky on top. One is thin like a knife. And one is, well, your hand. They all do the same thing—rearrange that mop you call your hair. At least, that’s what you think they do. But in reality, a brush,...
Welcome to the first installment of Brospective. The concept is simple: We think it’s silly that certain grooming practices are considered too female for men to ever try—e.g., manicures, face masks and waxing. It strives not to be MAN DOES LADY THINGS or HERE’S HOW TO BECOME...
Like the Kentucky Derby and the Indy 500, life is a race. And while it doesn’t come with cheering crowds and giant TV ratings, it is mega competitive thanks to leftover urges from our caveman days—a topic we explored in the May Bathroom Minutes feature, “Off to...