About a year ago, a guy I dated for only a few months popped the question: “Where is all my toilet paper going?” Annoyed by the prospect of having to explain to a 37-year-old man why women wipe after they pee, I answered, “I’ve been eating it.”...
So you wanna go to the beach during COVID-19. Cool, great, seems like it should be fine. Unless, of course, you live somewhere like L.A., where you were previously only allowed to go to the beach so long as you want to park your car, walk straight into the ocean and walk...
Contact lens manufacturers take all the guesswork out of determining how long each lens can be worn: Look right on the box, where the lifespan is clearly spelled out. Done, question answered. But for reasons of frugality, laziness, curiosity or our unwavering desire to push the human...
If you’ve ever seen a man in a yoga class, or one of the millions of kids who had to “sit and reach” for the now-defunct Presidential Fitness Test or one of the many male YouTubers who film themselves trying — and largely failing — to touch their toes, chances...
The term “silent treatment,” chillingly, comes from 19th-century prison reform. Instead of physical punishment or grueling work, which was believed to do nothing to truly alter the character of the criminal, prisoners would no longer be allowed to speak to each other and rarely be spoken to. They’d be...
Over the last month of increased #BlackLivesMatter protests in the name of ending police brutality and racism, it has largely felt like a dam has burst, with a huge surge in the number of people supporting the movement and its goals. And while that’s a good start,...
If there’s one thing the long history of nutrition fads teaches us it’s that, whether they’re prescribed for weight loss or healthy living, blueprint diets have their drawbacks. With the vinegar diet, for example, popularized in the 1820s by the English poet and legendary narcissist Lord Byron...
The scene is a familiar one: A teenager, a brand new driver’s license and dreams of the open road greet most parents around the time their child turns 16. But for Black parents in America, it marks a turning point in their child’s life. Known colloquially as...
Although many companies are now showing vocal support for the #BlackLivesMatter protests, there are plenty who are not. If you find yourself working in a place where company culture, or worse, the company’s actual actions, go against the values you hold, what are your options? Should you...
Last week, #BlackoutTuesday started out as a day for non-Black allies to amplify Black voices and acknowledge the ongoing protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. But as the message went viral, it had the opposite effect: The black squares took over social...
Like probably everything else you had planned for the rest of your life, sports, too, have been cancelled by the coronavirus. Gone are the days when you could safely assemble the boys for a casual round of grappling, sweating and panting on each other while chasing a...
Although the strictest quarantine restrictions have been lifted in most, if not all states, it would be fair to say that life as we once knew it has not returned fully to normal. In many places, for instance, restaurants are still not allowed to run at full...