Wellbeing

Changing your attachment style can transform your relationships. Here's how.
Maybe you’ve reached the foregone conclusion over a box of donuts or a Netflix binge (or both), after yet another breakup amid what feels like an endless string of them: “I suck at relationships.” You may very well struggle with romantic…
By Melissa Pandika
Citizen is the anxiety-inducing app that wants you to feel safe
By Michael Stahl
"Vehicle Collision With Injuries. Attempted Assault. Gas Odor. Nude Woman Breaking Windows. People Fighting With Metal Poles. Sailboat Stuck Under a Bridge. Man Being Assaulted With Belt. Neighbor Performing Voodoo." These (including the last one,…
Do I need to feed my pets organic food?
By Tracey Anne Duncan
I have five pets. Judge me all you want, but I revel comfortably in the pet-hoarding queer stereotype. When it comes to food, I pay more attention to my pets’ needs than mine. To be fair, I try to eat healthy, but my budget is a little tight and I…
The 'civilized debauchery' of the modern sex club
By Michael Stahl
It’s likely that nobody knows for sure how long they’ve been around, but sex clubs have progressed since the likes of Caligula. The mad Roman Emperor from a couple millenia back was legendary for his dinner parties — which may have turned into…
Social jet lag: The science behind your messed up sleep schedule
By Melissa Pandika
Maybe you’ve lived some version of this scenario: You’re out with your friends on Friday night, planning to hit up only one, and only one bar. Come midnight, you're not enough to head home, so you hang at a nearby lounge until dawn, get home, and…
How to shut down the negative thoughts that hold your brain hostage
By Tracey Anne Duncan
When I was going through my last breakup, I was constantly plagued by intrusive thoughts — unwanted, often upsetting thoughts that invade our minds, often during the most inconvenient times. During my breakup, for example, my days were interrupted…
Don't kid yourself. Plant-based burgers are still junk food
By Tracey Anne Duncan
The last time I had a “real” cheeseburger, it was 1999. I had already been a vegetarian for a while, but I wanted to see what it felt like. The burger tasted great, but I felt a real internal dilemma seeing the hanging carcasses at Fuddruckers and I…
Is collagen powder a fountain of youth or just an overhyped trend?
By Melissa Pandika
The wellness world continues to be smitten with collagen. Sales of collagen powders and other supplements in the US reached $46.6 million in February 2018, jumping more than 30 percent from the year prior, per wellness data technology company SPINS…
More friendships between gay and straight men could make everybody happier
By Michael Stahl
Men die by suicide in this country at a rate three-and-a-half times higher than that of women. It’s evident that one of the reasons for such staggering statistics is a lack of substantive friendship among the male populace. Adult, white,…
Changing your attachment style can transform your relationships. Here's how.
By Melissa Pandika
Maybe you’ve reached the foregone conclusion over a box of donuts or a Netflix binge (or both), after yet another breakup amid what feels like an endless string of them: “I suck at relationships.” You may very well struggle with romantic…
1 in 16 American women reports first sexual experience as assault
By Tracey Anne Duncan
A study released today found that for 1 in 16 women in the US — extrapolated to about 3.3 million when reflected on the US population — reported that their first sexual experiences were assault, as in forced or coerced. The research, which was…