I will admit that I read the victim blaming/shaming Atlantic article before I read the full Babe.com expose about Aziz Ansari and his accuser “Grace,” and was livid. One particular sentence — “Apparently there is a whole country full of young women who don’t know how to call a cab” — particularly enraged me for … Read more
Crazy weather makes people do crazy things. And by things, I obviously mean tweets. Thanks to the POLAR VORTEX, the Twitterverse is exploding with all kinds of commentary from chilly folks. Let’s meet them. 1. The Survivalist This fella is either a former Navy Seal or saw a movie about Navy Seals, and therefore is … Read more
Oh, Tinder. The most genius, addicting, shallow app ever created. Swipe right if you think someone is attractive; swipe left if you don’t. Swipe all over your screen if you’re drunk and starting to lose control over your fingers….then wake up with a bunch of fours in your match queue who you thought were tens … Read more
Welp. Q100’s The Bert Show asked us back on their women’s panel to answers men’s burning questions about the female race. This time around, we covered “Can a guy get out of the friend zone and how?” (our answers may surprise you), how does a guy tell his lady he hates one of her besties, and … Read more
I had a crazy-busy last week, so I took some Sunday (slightly hungover) downtime to catch up on my Internets and realized the past few days really crushed it. Some of these gems have already gone viral, but I had to make sure all my Witty + Pretty people were up to date on this … Read more
I knew I was a fan of Jessimae Peluso when I watched her on MTV Girl Code but I didn’t know I had a full-blown girl crush on her until we talked on the phone this week and my boyfriend walked in and said, “You don’t sound that excited when you talk to me.” And … Read more
Oh, social media. You have changed the world for so much better and so much worse. You give us laughs, you give us tears. You bring awareness to people in need but turn murderers into celebrities. You give us brilliant pieces of literature but also comment sections that make us lose all faith in humanity. … Read more
When I heard about our dictator President firing the person investigating him, then citing the absence of an investigation in the termination letter, my mind couldn’t help but draw breakup parallels. Can you imagine dumping someone because you were scared they might find out you’d been cheating…..and then when you dumped them, making sure to double … Read more
Hello, cyber friends. I would like to address something that is causing me great anxiety and has become the bastard child of social media. Now don’t get me right, I love social media. Twitters, The Facebook, Instantgrams, Youporn–they are all amazing and consume just about 90% of my waking hours. However, with the good comes the … Read more