A Cookie Named Desire Let’s be honest for a hot second: Moms, would you rather receive a floral arrangement or a flower-shaped dessert on Mother’s Day? Yeah, that’s what we thought. Flowers are beautiful and all, but hand over the damn chocolates and sweets. Mother’s Day is on the horizon, meaning it’s time to slyly...
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The Trevor Project Finds LGBTQ+ Youth At Higher Risk Of Economic Insecurity
BugTiger/E+/Getty Images Last year, The Trevor Project — a non-profit focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth — surveyed 18,663 LGBTQ+ people between the ages of 13 and 24 to get a clearer picture of the state of mental health in this population. The findings have served to...
Uncles Do Not Get The Credit They Deserve, & It’s A Damn Shame
Fly View Productions/Getty I have an awesome uncle. He might actually be the coolest uncle. That’s not bragging; it’s empirical. He’s an incredible polymath — a real Renaissance man. Honestly, I’ve yet to find something he’s not well-versed in. The man taught me fractions, demonstrating not only his mathematical prowess but also an insane level...
New Study Finds Maternal Affection Sets Children Up For Success As Adults
VioletaStoimenova/E+/Getty Images When it comes to psychological study, there are a lot of things we probably “know” instinctively, but it still helps to have hard data to back it up. For example, we probably can all guess “kids with warm and affectionate parents tend to do better later in life” but new research published by...



