Maybe absolutely no one you know reads it, but I am a journalist (who has worked on Capitol Hill, and no, I have never been and will never be a Republican) and I read it, I know other “news junkies” who read it, and I’ve recommended it to people I know who are interested in news/current events but don’t necessarily…

Well, not all the robes are ugly, so there’s that. There are some really beautiful ones (black with hand embroidery or other embellishment, prints, different colors, etc), there are women who wear Western clothing with a (pretty) headscarf, and there are some women who wear these very colorful, patterned dress things…

I live in a Muslim country but am a white, American woman (I note that to say I am not an expert, but I do see quite a lot of women in abayas in my daily life). Anyway, while many women do not show their clothing or hair in co-ed spaces (even in places like Dubai, where they are not required to wear robes or head…

I used to work for a member of Congress (who is now a former member of Congress) who had some kind of vertigo situation and/or fear or steps (this person is pretty old and had apparently fallen when walking down icy steps a year or two before this), but also did not want to have to rely on/lean on anyone else.…

I know this is the least important part of the entire post/situation, but I have made “fresh” marshmallows. You can’t “prepare” them tableside... you have to whip super hot sugar syrup with gelatin in a stand mixer, then spread the mixture in a pan of some sort for several hours to cool. Maybe the waiter is toasting…

John McCain f*cking HATES Putin, and Russia in general, which he mentions (and has his people send media alerts about) constantly. He’s been doing it for years. Also, though he did endorse Trump, he withdrew his support in October... though he won’t say who he voted for. I do know that on the day of the election, he…

I didn’t even really start plucking mine until college, and only got them waxed a few times, but somehow that was enough to make them stop growing properly. If only my mustache/leg hair/etc got the memo.

She looks fantastic, but I feel like something around her mouth does seem different. Maybe Botox? Doesn’t seem like anything major.

Grrrr. I love the Olympics, and remember watching tons of coverage in 1996. But when I was in college (for the 2000 summer games, I guess?), it was almost impossible to watch any of the sports my roommate and I wanted to see (swimming, gymnastics, women’s soccer, diving, tennis... we’re not talking about air rifle and…

I agree that it was not necessary in the caption, but it is my experience that at nearly any restaraunt, I have to specify that I want “crispy” bacon to avoid getting floppy, soft, disgusting bacon.

So, I had my hair a very similar silvery gray color for a while, and even without swimming, you need to wash it with purple shampoo basically every time to keep it grayish/not yellow. When I did swim (not as frequently as an Olympian, I’m sure), my colorist told me I needed to get it wet with regular water first, then…

I once wrote an article that one particular Facebook page/group did not like (the story was partly about them). They responded by finding and posting unflattering photos of me (which immediately got hundreds of comments about how hideous and fat I am — so disgusting I don’t deserve to live, apparently), posting links…

I agree. I truly don’t understand how people who support Trump can say that they would never vote for Hillary because she’s a “liar.” Like... do they really think that Trump is NOT a liar? And how can they possibly believe that, if they’ve ever read or watched anything about him? How can people in the military or who…

Meanwhile OKCupid is still using a photo of my friend Kenzie (she’s the one with the star on her face at the top of this article) that is probably a decade old and which they didn’t pay her for. Also interesting: They have her age listed as 33 on the example thing, but I think she was 25, tops, when that picture was…

I worked from home for a while, and I would literally roll out of my bed, brush my teeth, and start work in whatever I wore to bed. I usually didn’t even wash my face (horrible, I know). Another guy I knew who had a very similar job and also worked from home told me that he would get up every day and put a suit on,…

I have lived several different places, and workwear totally depends on the part of the country, job, and company you work for. For example, I worked at a small newspaper in South Carolina where it was totally fine to wear jeans (though I usually didn’t, because most of my jeans at the time were like, super low…

I’ve found that sports bras that come in bra sizes typically have normal straps and a back closure (like a regular bra), whereas S-L ones have the T-back or X-back. Obviously that’s not always true, but I had a heck of a time finding an appropriate T-back one. The good news is that I think Target has the normal strap…

Also check out Anita Active. They’re expensive, but have worked for me. I typically wear a 34 DD or DDD in regular bras and wear a 34 D in that bra, though, so you may need to size down a cup size. I don’t know if the style has a name, but it is available on Athleta with the name “Extreme Control Sport Bra.”

Not every company sizes the same, and depending on the shape and placement of your boobs, it isn’t unusual to find one bra that fits perfectly (or at least well), but have other bras made by the same company in the same size be a total fail. And I’m not just talking about Victoria’s Secret — this happens to me in very…

I am 99.9% sure you are required to put #ad in tweets and instagram captions when you’re being paid to promote something you or your own company did not produce. I know there is a requirement that you put some kind of disclaimer or note on blog posts when you got something for free or got paid to post something, but…