i resent the fact that there are 24 yr olds with enough money to waste on foolish retail ventures in NYC.

Can we please just make parasols A Thing again? I have a gorgeous cream lace one with a UV blocking layer underneath. I want an excuse to buy more.

So, SO true. Some years ago, I had the privilege of studying acting in a summer program (programme, sorry) in London. I think there were 20 of us, mostly from the US, and we stayed in the dorms of University College London. When I arrived, jet-lagged, at the front desk, I managed to smile and have a brief conversation…

95% of people were incredibly nice to me during my trip to Paris, and these were just strangers on the street, most of whom I asked for help or noticed I looked lost and offered directions. I was pleasantly surprised.

I don’t disagree with the thrust of this piece (except maybe the need to reduce everything to a competition between which pop star is most worthy of our affection), but it’s not exactly revelatory, is it? Of course Taylor Swift’s [insert thing here] is not a feminist manifesto. It is a Swiftist Manifesto, and always…

“Inspiring” gets thrown around until it dissolves into meaninglessness, but this woman’s response to her (infuriatingly predictable) victimization by A. a rapist and B. an indifferent authoritative body are inspiring. She is my hero of the day.

She calls herself that so twig bitches like you don’t say it behind her back. /joke, from the movie.

Seriously, don’t feel bad for her. My two best friends worked for both Swift and Perry on a couple of different occasions- separate of course- and I am very close with Gomez’s (and Demi’s) former acting and singing coaches. Lemme tell you a thing: Perry is a horrid, manipulative individual. Taylor Swift is…

I like it but I’m really hoping for a full-length-Thriller-sized director’s cut.

Ok so I worked as a canvasser for a while. Let me acknowledge off the bat, yes, we all hate being harassed by canvassers (the people on the street with clipboards) and yes, objectively it is annoying. However, most people managed to decline without being outright rude.

Not really a rude celebrity story but a weird one I heard through the friendship grapevine...

Sharon Stone was comically horrible. Worked with her and we were stuck in a tiny trailer together, just the two of us, for 5 hours. Despite the fact that it was JUST US IN A TRAILER, she refused to speak to me or make eye contact with me.

This’ll probably be totally buried, but a friend of mine likes to tell the story of when Conor Oburst played a solo show at the local college, he stopped mid-song to scold the audience for singing along saying, “It’s Bright Eyes, not Bright Eyes & Friends.” Douche.

Oh yeah, another one; Lindsay Lohan pelted my back with ice cubes at Le Deux for no reason at all whatsoever. She was standing with a gaggle of men. When I turned around to face her, she stuck out her tongue at me and made a bitchy face. I just rolled my eyes and turned back around, and then she stopped.

Mary Louise Parker refused to move or even acknowledge me from her spot sitting on & blocking my apartment stairs (my building was being used as a set for a bad Hallmark film) when I was carrying heavy grocery bags, and I had to actually step on her hand to get by her. Bitch.

In my early 20s, I was a little hollywood club rat. This was pre-social media/camera phones, so the celebs were out a lot more, and I’ve acquired stories that run the spectrum (once turned to yell at the asshole who jostled me at the bar, only to find a very gorgeous very apologetic Heath Ledger...oops)... My most…

I met Taylor Swift while I was in college. I told her I liked her hat, it was one of those french ones in red. She rolled her eyes and ignored me completely. Now I didn’t realize it was Taylor Swift until I saw a lot of people run towards me. I thought the zombie apocalypse was happening. No. Just Taylor Swift. Note:…

But but she has challenges! Like she used to go gallivanting around the world, and now has babies and a garden! This is a difficult transition, people? Where’s your empathy?

It's good to be white and affluent. I must try it some time.