56 Thoughts I Had While I Was Being Ghosted
Maybe he spilled water on his phone and he also has anxiety because he can’t contact me. Charlotte Gomez for BuzzFeed 1. That's strange — he hasn't texted me back yet. 2. I thought we were having a...
View ArticleHow A Fake Quote And Old Image Of Meryl Streep Went Viral
The actual photo, taken by Ted Thai in 1981. Ted Thai / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty On the morning of Nov. 10, a Facebook page titled “Meryl L. Streep” posted a photo of a young,...
View ArticleI Was In The Audience Of "The Late Show" When Colbert Broke The News About Paris
One of the fastest changes in mood I have ever experienced. CBS / Via mashable.com After an hour and a half of watching Stephen Colbert wear funny hats with John Cleese, pirouette around the stage to...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Date When You Can't Have Sex
Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed I was supposed to be at the restaurant in 30 minutes. I opened our text conversation and, for the fifth time in a half hour, typed then deleted my excuse for canceling on him....
View ArticleThis Is What It's Like To "Wait Until Marriage"
On 16 September, BBC Three broadcast an episode of Don't Tell The Bride featuring a young religious couple, Ola and Raphael, who had never shared a kiss – their first kiss would take place on their...
View Article27 Ways To Celebrate International Men's Day
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View Article19 Foolproof Ways To Nail A First Date
And we mean ~nail~ it. Like sex. Show up in a limousine. It's pretty much a scientific fact that as soon as someone sees a limo they get wicked horny. Get the biggest limo you can. Velcro two limos...
View ArticleThe Slick Rise Of Vintage Masculinity
Charlotte Gomez/BuzzFeed After the Blue Jays fans have streamed into the stadium, the men in ironed vests arrive, overdressed for a Saturday afternoon. On the sidewalk outside, they smoke cigarettes...
View ArticleThe First Murdered Trans Woman I Mourned
Ruth Gwily for BuzzFeed News I was in an online chat room, in October of 2002, when someone asked whether we had heard about the girl who was killed not too far from where I lived in San...
View Article7 Essays To Read: Getting Ghosted, No Sex 'Til Marriage, And Sexist Books
This week, Bim Adewunmi interviewed a couple that is abstaining from sex until marriage. Read that and other essays from Literary Hub, Catapult, and more. "The Five Stages of Ghosting Grief" — The New...
View ArticleI Didn’t Feel Like A “Woman Of Color” Until I Dyed My Hair Blue
Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed Half a year into being 25, I dyed half of my hair blue and the world shifted.It was a lot like getting a tattoo, in that I was immediately, almost supernaturally aware of every...
View ArticleChildren Of Immigrants Share Their Moving Reactions To “Master Of None”
BuzzFeed asked 11 first-generation kids how they felt about the “Parents” episode of Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix series, which gets real about the immigrant story. K.C. Bailey / Netflix In the second...
View ArticleThe 6 Awkward Conversations You're Dreading, And How To Deal With Them
“So, how about that Trump fella?” Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed Life This time of year, many of us will make a pilgrimage to see our families. Halls will be decked, candles will be lit, and ancient stories...
View Article21 Really Funny And Relatable Tweets About Thanksgiving
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View ArticleThis Is What It's Like To "Wait Until Marriage"
On 16 September, BBC Three broadcast an episode of Don't Tell The Bride featuring a young religious couple, Ola and Raphael, who had never shared a kiss – their first kiss would take place on their...
View ArticleStudents Have A Legal Right To Safe Spaces
Mizzou students celebrate the resignation of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe. Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images Last week, several hundred students at Stanford University, where I am...
View Article12 Famous Writers Told Us About The Book They're Most Thankful For
Celebrate Thanksgiving with the books Junot Díaz, R. L. Stine, John Green, Colum McCann, Rainbow Rowell, and more of your favorite authors are grateful for. Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed In honor of...
View ArticleApps For Inmates
Netflix Ryan Shapiro is arguably the king of prison email. Since 2001, when Shapiro founded JPay as a more efficient and transparent way to wire money to inmates, his organization has quietly grown...
View ArticleWhat My Accident Taught Me About Being Unmarried In India
Rebecca Hendin / Thinkstock / BuzzFeed “The poor thing. Did you see her face?”“I know. Very sad”“Paavam. And she isn’t even married yet!”On April 27, 2014, while bicycling to work in Bangalore, I felt...
View ArticleI'm Queer, The Mormon Church Doesn't Want Me, But I'm Staying
Will Varner for BuzzFeed I realize this makes me sound like Ned Flanders but, as a ’90s Mormon kid, my hero wasn’t a cartoon character or a movie star; she was Biblical. I was 8 years old, preparing...
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