A viral TikTok sound used nearly 3,000 times, most infamously by admitted online troll Trisha Paytas, reenacts a conversation that many transgender people have been subjected to before. “Wait, you’re ...

François Bayrou, one of France’s many, many prime ministers of 2025, slammed the accord as an act of “submission” to ...

There are few phrases more irritating in a professional setting than “You have such a pretty face. ” On the surface, it ...

You know that feeling when someone says something that sounds nice on the surface, but somehow leaves you feeling worse than ...

Researcher and storyteller Brené Brown enjoys immense popularity because she describes feelings and experiences that so many people share. In one particularly relatable story, she shared a piece of ...

Ah, backhanded compliments. I think it's safe to say that no one like these. They're ugly little insults poorly disguised as positivity. They're handed to you when you least expect it. If you let them ...

As feminine people with bodies that always manage to be under intense scrutiny for one reason or another, many of us are familiar with the stress associated with bathing suit season. Between ...

Over the holidays, your aunt surprised you when she said, “You’re so pretty.” But just as you began thanking her, she added, “Why are you still single?” Oh. What started as a compliment suddenly ...

Weight and age are two of the many things we are terrible at talking about. We think we're being so nice when we tell friends how great they look after losing weight. Or how, "there's no way you can ...

Halfway through a recent first date, my latest Tinder suitor — let’s call him Heath — interrupted the conversation, apologizing. “I should have told you this when you walked in,” he said. My stomach ...

Halfway through a recent first date, my latest Tinder suitor — let’s call him Heath — interrupted the conversation, apologizing. “I should have told you this when you walked in,” he said. My stomach ...