When it’s hard to get a job, grocery prices are through the roof, and people are on the verge of homelessness every day, having needs and being ashamed to talk about them will be the death of society. Being ashamed of struggling is normal, but that doesn’t make shame easier ...
When the tariffs were announced, a lot of small businesses panicked because any hike in importation prices would seriously impact whether or not they could do business. With a small business, your profit margins are obviously slimmer than a larger business already and having to pay a huge tariff to ...
If you only eat things you find comfort in eating, you might end up distorting your relationship with food as you’ll equate food to a pleasurable experience instead of a way to give your body nutrients and sustain yourself. Ideally, you will have tried many different foods from every food ...
The Real ID Act of 2025 is a Congress-led act that states all IDs must satisfy certain criteria to enter government facilities and nuclear power plants, and to board domestic flights. The first two points don’t seem to affect the everyday citizen, but the third point will majorly affect anybody ...
Some people do not consider listening to audiobooks to be the same as reading from a physical book, but the benefits of reading a book, i.e., enriching your mind, introducing you to new vocabulary, giving a creative outlet, etc., are possible when you read and when you listen. Traditional books ...
When it comes to an everyday makeup routine, of course, it depends on what’s important to you, but most people can settle for a foundation, concealer, lip product, mascara, face powder, bronzer, blush and setting powder. This is a more extensive list that comes from the popularity of makeup on ...
The original iPhones took the world by storm and started what would be a tight-knit cult of Apple supporters with people buying all Apple products to create a close ecosystem of gadgets with the same operating systems. An Apple ecosystem is a force to be reckoned with, as it’s possible ...
If you’re health conscious, recovering from an eating disorder (ED) or generally struggling when dealing with hunger pains, it can be difficult to find the balance between listening to your body and making good choices for yourself. Food being tied to morality with faster options being labelled as “bad” and ...
Back when Mac was the only accessible makeup brand for dark skin tones, it was normal for drug store brands to only have a handful of foundation shades, mostly in the pale-medium range, with one dark shade for black people, two if the brand was adventurous. Nowadays, the makeup market ...
Kpop star and Big Bang member, G Dragon, recently released his album and accompanying music video for his single Too Bad with Anderson Paak. In the video, the two danced alongside each other and seemingly had fun making a banger single. To the untrained eye, nothing seemed out of place, ...
As Gen Z is growing up and becoming old enough to have babies and buy houses, Millennials are reaching the place where they have roots in the ground and more discretionary income. It doesn’t sound like there’s a huge difference between the two, but having roots in the ground requires ...
The major publishing houses have a monopoly over the voices that get amplified and the stories that get told. That goes for book publishing houses like Penguin Random House as well as short-form content publishing houses like The New Yorker, where a writer has to be invited to be published. ...
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