When I got my period for the first time, my mom wanted to throw a party. She had the whole thing planned. There would be a circle of women — many of them her friends, who would talk about womanhood with me, share their womanly wisdom, and tell rousing tales of menstruation. My mom would […]
Conservatives have decided they don’t like feminism for being, you know, feminism, so they created their own brand — it’s called (duh) “Freedom Feminism.” You, a lady, are free to be a woman without having to be a man. You’re free to enjoy your own femininity! You’re free to rewrite hundreds of years of the […]
For those who desperately wanted to keep Donald Trump out of the White House, Wednesday morning’s election results brought on devastation, panic, and, ultimately, a sense of complete and utter helplessness. The simple, admittedly unbearable truth is that there is nothing we can do to change the outcome of the election, but there is plenty we can do to help […]
While driving on Route 72 toward Ship Bottom, David Buhan, 29, of Cedar Run, spotted a waterspout in the Atlantic Ocean. Ryan Ross, @rrossAPP Videos of the flooding, local rain totals, road closures, the forecast and more in the story below Thunderstorms bursting with rain and powerful enough to birth a waterspout passed over the […]
Let me tell you about a thing that happened to me once: It was 2004. and I was 25 and out to dinner with a guy I’d been casually seeing for awhile. I was under the impression that, following our post-dinner drinks, we’d be going back to his place so we could … pick your […]
A mother in Texas is livid: not that her 15-year-old daughter was paddled at school for cheating on a test — both mom and daughter actually approved the punishment — but that she was spanked by a male vice principal. Taylor Santos, 15, a sophomore at Springtown High School Texas, allegedly let another student copy her […]
In an essay published on XOJane last week, one Brittany Tony lamented the fact that she hates to admit that she’s a Republican staffer, because of the “stigma” attached to being a Republican. You know, like not giving a fuck about poor people, thinking gay people don’t deserve the same rights as them, attacking a […]
At 99-years-old, Doreetha Daniels is now the oldest graduate of College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. She began her studies at the college in 2009, after growing bored of the many creative hobbies she’d worked her way through and becoming inspired by watching her grandchildren pursue master’s degrees. On Friday, she took home a social […]
In the early stages of dating, decoding and deciphering signals can be the hardest part. What’s his normal behavior? What’s his I really like you behavior? What’s his I’m about to ghost you behavior? It’s all a bit murky when you’re not familiar with a person’s normal modus operandi. And it creates a perfect storm […]
