Mary is a freelance writer and editor. She's based in San Francisco, but lately, home is wherever her suitcase is. If you really are what you eat, she is at least 50% pizza.
Graduating from college is a fun, exciting moment in a young person’s life. …At least, it’s supposed to be. But if you stare into the faces of this year’s crop of recent grads, you’re far more likely to see fear and stress than elation. Because now that they’re finally free to pursue their dreams, they’re also […] More
With most millennials waiting longer and longer to get married, pets have increasingly become substitutes for children. We’re all for spoiling your pets, but when you bring onesies, bassinets, and baby slings into the picture, sometimes it’s just a little too much. It’s gotten so bad that when you see a couple out with their dog, […] More
Someone important once said “money can’t buy me love, but it sure can buy me memes.” Just kidding. No one important said that – but it’s true. Because if there are two things the Internet is good for, it’s shopping for weirdly specific things you didn’t know existed, and LOLing at random memes. And now, you […] More
Every since Taylor Swift & Co. brought us Swan Goals, we’ve gotten obsessed with cool pool swag all over again. (What’s not to love about looking like a celeb, feeling nostalgic for the good old days, and giving yourself the perfect excuse to show off your beach bod?) Summer has come and gone, but that in no […] More
Face it – the movies lied to you. Getting down and dirty rarely involves rose petals, steamy shower scenes, and perfect, interruption-free moments. In real life, sex is just as likely to be underwhelming or awkward. And sometimes, it’s really, really awkward. The good news is, when it happens to you, at least you don’t have […] More
Dogs are man’s best friend. We’ve all heard that before – at this point, it’s a well-worn cliche. But if the mark of true genius is being able to make something old feel new again, then whoever figured this out is bloody brilliant. Dog = best friend. Best friend = wingman. So, dog = wingman. But […] More
We have the Internet to thank for some of life’s most incredible modern conveniences, like instant communication, near-instant delivery, and constant unfettered access to cat videos. But net neutrality didn’t become such a hot topic because we’re all arguing over which awesome thing is the most awesome (and therefore most worthy of lightning-fast download speeds). […] More
Admit it – when you think etiquette, you probably think of stodgy old ladies gasping in horror over some ‘heathen’ reaching for the wrong fork at a formal dinner. Not a very relatable image. And outdated snippets of advice like this certainly don’t help the cause. But does that mean we should abandon good manners altogether? I’m […] More
Real talk—using apps to meet people is messy. From an inbox of aggressive pick-up lines to the occasional catfish, you have plenty of random candidates to weed through. And even then, you’re still guaranteed one of those awkward “you don’t look like your profile picture OR do anything you claim to do” first dates. So, where are all the cool, not crazy, singles? […] More
They say that love is blind. Or at least, they used to – does the cliche still apply in a post-Tinder age, when looks are often the first, if not only, criteria used for screening potential mates? …Um, yea. Because even if we don’t choose blindly, we’re apt to overlook some pretty big stuff when […] More
Fall is upon us, and that’s bad news for casual flings. Because with the weather getting colder, it just doesn’t make sense to play the field. Not only is it a waste of your holiday freedoms to stay in peak physical shape – Thanksgiving leftovers are a must – but who wants to trudge through two feet of snow […] More
From flash dances to scavenger hunts, marriage proposals have recently become the Internet’s cheesiest viral fad. Sometimes these horribly public confessions of love make you sob and dwell on single life woes, but most of the time they’re just eye-roll inducing cringe-fests. Here’s to the proposals that made us want to swear off true love […] More
