looks

“Okay, we have these new bell bottoms with a red tank top, jelly bean leggings, or the purple dress,” I say.

From a young age, people (especially women) are constantly taught that we’re in competition with one another. Whether it’s our grades, our social status, our economic status, or those creepy beauty pageants for 6 year olds, we’re immediately thrust into a world where we’re taught to view everyone as adversarial to a certain degree.

I've been called "seriously ugly" in the comments section of an opinion piece I wrote. But it's not me who's ugly; it's our culture.

Throw your computer against the wall. Leave work. Storm the streets.

It'd be nice if people didn't care about looks when selecting a partner. But that's not the way the human psyche works.

Here's a selection of unpractical, tiresome trends you should not be striving to secure.

No need to blow your savings or shrink four sizes to pull off Fashion Week looks.