Lifestyle

Why I Want You to Give Up Your New Year’s Resolution in January

Just a few months away from turning 30, I started to break. What began as…

Lifestyle

Remembering You Have a Body; or, How ELSE to Talk to Little Girls

Creepy confession of the day: With Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” blasting in my earbuds, I…

Entertainment

Grieving Cory Monteith and Why Celebrity Deaths Are So Devastating

I know exactly where I was the moment I found out Heath Ledger had died….

Entertainment

How To Give a Golden Globes Speech: The Jodie Foster Edition

If you, like me, found yourself struck motionless on the couch—jaw dropped, eyes wide open,…

Money & Career

What Does Feminism Mean to You? This is What it Means to Zooey Deschanel

When I serendipitously stumbled upon HelloGiggles a little over a year ago, something clicked. Maybe many…

Lifestyle

To the Girl With an Eating Disorder at the Gym

Here’s a potentially awkward situation, right? I don’t even know you. You definitely don’t know…

Fashion

Too Fat For Fashion: The Minnie Mouse Edition

From the reed-thin neck to the protruding clavicle all the way down that wispy torso…

Food & Drink

Gluten Is Not The Enemy: Why You Might Want To Reconsider Cutting Certain Carbs

Transitioning from Berkeley to Los Angeles this summer, I noticed quite a few striking differences…

Lifestyle

What’s The Easiest Way To Negate A Woman’s Success? Call Her Fat.

A simple tip for anyone seeking a quick and efficient method for negating a successful…

Entertainment

Your Fictional Fantasy Boyfriend Might Be Making You Fifty Shades Of Miserable

My parents marked their 39th wedding anniversary on July 7. Thirty-nine years, you guys. This…

Lifestyle

Anderson Cooper: “The Fact Is, I’m Gay.” Should It Matter When Celebrities Come Out?

Ellen Degeneres announced it on the cover of Time Magazine. NSYNC’s Lance Bass said it…

TV Shows

New Study Says Eating Disorders Affect Older Women; I Say, “Duh”

A completely unscientific study administered by me to exactly no one finds that 9 out…

Lifestyle

Should Plus-Size Gyms Ban Skinny Clients or Does Discrimination Contribute to Body Shaming?

If you’ve ever set foot in a gym, you may have had that moment. That…

Lifestyle

Robin Roberts and Our Confusing Connection to Celebrity Sickness

I don’t know Robin Roberts. Or, to put it more precisely, I’ve never met Robin…