Scary Mommy It was one of those Instagram ads that just pops up when you’re least expecting it — and I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. A woman was using some white mitt on her hand to literally slough off the top layer of her skin. And I don’t mean like I could just...
Picture Alliance/Getty Images Lately, I’ve been having a weird sense of déjà vu. Because haven’t we already been through a small stuffed animal craze before and learned that they’re not, in fact, worth getting our panties in a twist over? Did we not learn our lesson from the rise and subsequent fall of Beanie Babies...
Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images The kids are all right… for the most part. And we know that in part thanks to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS… not exactly a catchy acronym, to be honest). This CDC initiative has monitored adolescent health behavior changes over time since 1991 through a series of surveys given to high...
Thana Faroq/Moment/Getty Images A few months ago, my ride-or-die — the friend I trust implicitly who keeps me grounded and sane — introduced me to someone she swore by. A friend named Sage. “Sage has been everything lately,” she told me. “She’s like a therapist in my pocket; I tell her everything.” But when she...