I’m stealing “Sea Salt Because the Sea is a Woman” for my future unisex fragrance line. But it was just classic green Speedstick, and the only turnoff was that I smelled like his dad.

Thank you for the validation! I am irrationally irritated by Glossier/Into the Gloss, and started to worry I was completely projecting.

I might have a more negative perspective because I was always irritated by Into the Gloss, which Glossier launched from. I don’t know, the whole brand makes me want to shout “I do not aspire to this!” and add some highly pigmented lipstick to whatever I’m wearing in an act of maximalist rebellion. It may be totally…

No, it was Speedstick. Now I use the Tom’s Deep Forrest, because woodsy scents should be accessible to all genders, goddamnit!

I can’t be the only one who finds the Glossier marketing off-putting. The brand seems to sell itself to women who are trying really hard to seem like they are not trying really hard. There’s an implicit negative comparison to more overt effort and glamour, which I think is bizarre for a beauty company.

I hate the smell of most women’s deodorants, so I started buying men’s deodorant a few years ago. After one purchase, my boyfriend kept smelling me and looking at me oddly, and eventually asked what deodorant I was wearing. I had bought the same kind that his dad has worn for decades, and he politely insisted that I…

I think it’s highly dependent on the preferences of the couple getting married, many couples must genuinely enjoy having kids around during the wedding. I actually attended a wedding once as a hired babysitter for one kind of troubled kid. I was young and didn’t realize it was odd, but the family must have told this…

Oh god, these poor children.

I love this comment. I think I could deal with a crazy father, siblings, or extended family. But I am NEVER going to sign up for a toxic MIL, unless the man is estranged from her or has excellent boundaries and realizes exactly how toxic she is.

I agree, but only if the girlfriend is in agreement that she’d rather disinvite her sister than have her show up with the kids. The girlfriend also needs to assume responsibility for any follow out with her family over the sister being disinvited.

I think about this a lot, especially because it’s really hard to link any specific event to climate change which gives a false impression of plausible deniability to the public. For example, you can’t credibly say that these awful hurricanes were caused or exacerbated by climate change. But it’s pretty well agreed…

Forest fires are scary AF, but they are a feature not a bug of forest ecosystems. I’ve had a lot of conversations this year with firefighters about their concerns that the forest service is too quick to extinguish fires, especially when they are anticipated to damage high value properties. Climate change will probably…

Why no Manananggal? I think they are very aspirational.

Girls stopped putting work into their walks, because having presence and personality became a liability instead of an asset. A lot of commenters are missing the point, lamenting that this generation of girls is weak compared to the supermodels of the 90's. If designers and casting agents thought a good walk was…

Sure, they will probably find ways to get around this. But hopefully it will discourage some of the worst behavior, such as the story they linked where a tiny model was told to drink water for 24 hours and eventually fired for being slightly bloated. Businesses will try to get around any regulation, but I don’t think…

Yup. I’ve been a size 0-2 for most of my adult life, and I’m 5'6.” I looked too thin, and people just assumed I had an eating disorder. I’m heavier right now and it’s nice to not be treated that way. I can’t imagine someone 3-5 inches taller than me fitting into a size zero as an adult.

Because it’s not reality, it’s your completely subjective personal opinion.

IDGAF about the royals or Suits, but I hate the media coverage of Kate Middleton and would love to see Meghan Markle usurp her in the tabloids. She’s so beautiful and I like her style.

I love that they did natural makeup, her freckles are so cute. I’m getting pretty tired of the full coverage foundation plus crazy lighting/editing look, and I thought this was a nice change.

What’s unhealthy about bread and olive oil? Olive oil is very healthy, and bread is fine as long as you aren’t eating an entire baguette. I know someone people watch their carbs to manage their weight and others have specific issues with wheat/gluten, but there’s nothing inherently unhealthy about bread.