Yas, queen! You can’t avoid drag in today’s culture. It’s infiltrated our TV, social media, makeup, fashion shows and a plethora of ads for disparate companies running the gambit of industries. Drag queens are influencers, YouTubers, […]
I do love me some Eurovision. But Norwegians have a really apt saying that aptly describes what happened at the over-the-top, very queer song competition this year: “helt Texas,” or “crazy,” “wild,” “unorganized.” In case […]
So we should start with a full disclosure, yeah? I don’t live in the (rather pompously) self-proclaimed “greatest city in the world, but the “second city.” Nor do I live in the “city that never […]
AI Is Not the Almighty Serp Overlord You Think It Is, AKA: I Spent Over a Half-Hour Trying to Get Gemini to Write Me a Funny Heder For This Story And Here We Are So […]
Between the time of the first sentence of this first drafting being written and you actually reading it, Google and myriad other bot-producing overlords of Algo-lands across the vast dark corridors of the interwebs will […]
Looking for some Halloween party food recipes that’ll give your guests a fright (well, maybe only when they run out)? Or how about some Halloween party ideas that are cheaper and easier than making a […]
It’s easy to think you’ve got the best doggo in the world while you’re both cuddled up together under a blanket. When your pooch lets you put that dorky sweater on him without pouting, it’s […]
When you’re a renter, it can feel like all the transformative DIY projects are reserved for homeowners. But just because you rent doesn’t mean you can’t spruce up your space. That’s right: Rental-friendly upgrades exist. […]
Recessions, inflation, debt-ceiling limits, oh my. It’s getting harder and harder to be middle-class in America. In fact, Pew Research shows that the number of middle-class adult Americans has shrunk by more than 10 percentage […]
To recession or not to recession: That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler to hunker down in the heart of Colorado or the suburbs of Seattle is exactly what Smartasset set out to do. We […]