Selena Gomez kicked off her Revival Tour in Las Vegas on Friday night, and to celebrate she debuted a new song called “Feel Me” which is basically the national “I dated a fuckboy” anthem.

Obviously, it’s most likely about Justin Bieber, but the beauty of the song is that it could be about any fuckboy you’ve had the pleasure of knowing in your life.

Ladies, does this sound shit sound familiar to you? 

“No one loves you like I love you
I never cheated, never lied
I never put no one above you
I gave you space and time
And now you’re telling me you miss me
And I’m still on your mind”

We’ve all been there, right?

At some point or another we’ve all fallen in love with a guy who says he feels the same way back, but he just can’t right now because he needs some space. Then months later, he texts you out of the blue to say that he misses you.

You pick a time and a place and before you know it, you’re back in bed together and everything feels like you never took time apart in the first place. But then in the morning, with a wistful and half-apologetic smile he tells you that nothing has changed and he still needs some space, but he hasn’t met anybody who makes him feel like you do so he won’t be a stranger. 

But instead of hitting her head against the wall like most of us would, desperately trying to figure out what it all means, Selena is too busy taking joy from the fact that her ex is missing her.

See, even though he’s out hooking up with other women, she knows he’s comparing them all to her, and they’re failing to match up. 

“Every time your lips touch another
I want you to feel me, I want you to feel me
Every time you dance with somebody
I want you to feel me, I want you to feel me”

Her fuckboy is lonely, and it’s the justice he deserves. She’s over his bullshit, but not over taking pleasure in his pain.  

“When she ain’t giving you enough to get you through the night
I won’t be caught up in the middle
Through your highs and your lows
Baby, long as you’re not with me, you’ll always be alone.”

Her message is clear: As long as you stay strong, fuckboys always get what they deserve in the end.

FYI, she also had a fan pass up their “Marry Justin Please” sign up to her onstage so she could crumble it up in front of everybody.

All hail Selena Gomez, queen of the fuckboy resistance.

[H/T Hollywood Life]

Are you thinking about taking the plunge and getting a Brazilian wax this summer? Hoping that with just one extremely painful and pricey session, your nether regions will be dolphin-smooth and bikini ready?

Think again! If you don’t follow your waxer’s directions, you could end up like me: $55 poorer and only like 2/3 of the way smooth. Allow me to explain.

I’ve been into the bare look since forever, because I’m a shaky feminist who has internalized unrealistic porn-inspired beauty standards. I tried to get over it, I really did! I didn’t shave once when I studied abroad in Paris. But I hated it, so I’ve given up on embracing my pubes. Sorry not sorry.

Anyway, it’s been a decade-plus of shaving. I’m sick of it. I’m a grown-ass woman, I can’t be bothered to waste my precious shower time shaving anymore. So I decided to get a Brazilian wax.

Only my foray into the world of waxing was not as smooth a transition as I would have hoped, and it was because of one thing: hair growth cycles. They are important! Let me explain why.

They say you need to let all your pubic hair grow for four weeks before your first Brazilian. Being a rebel who has issues with rules, I decided two and a half weeks should suffice — my hair certainly looked long enough for wax to grab onto at that point.

But no one had ever explained to me why you need four full weeks of growth: because not all your hair grows at the same speed, and because of that, it’s not all the same length.

When you’ve got two weeks or so of growth, your hair looks long enough for the wax to grab onto. And most of mine was! But here’s what I didn’t understand: about 1/3 of my hair wasn’t quite long enough, so the wax couldn’t grab it. It just stayed put. Despite a very painful first wax, I still wasn’t 100% bare.

And there was nothing I could do about it, because my waxer strictly forbade me from shaving it. In fact, shaving off the remnants would have just left me right where I started and prevented the hair from being grabbed by the wax next time, too.

It sounds like common sense, but shaving and waxing remove your hair in totally different ways. When you shave, you’re not actually removing the hair, you’re just making it shorter. But when you wax it, you’re ripping it out, root and all, so it takes longer to grow back. That’s why when you make the transition to waxing, you have to stop shaving altogether. You can’t do a little bit of both, because you’ll just keep messing up your hair’s growth cycles.

Hair has three different phases of growth, my waxer told me. If you keep waxing, your hair will eventually all be on the same phase. That’s why they say it gets smoother and smoother with every wax. And it really does! They’re not just saying that to keep you coming back, as I previously thought.

So my first wax was disappointing because I wanted to be totally bare, but I wasn’t.

I had faith in my waxer, though, and decided to follow the rules the next time. So before my next appointment, I waited a full four weeks. Everything was long enough to be grabbed by the wax that time, and I got the effect I had wanted the first time.

I definitely don’t regret making the transition, by the way. My salon gives good discounts, not having to shave anymore is AMAZING, and after the first wax, it barely even hurts. That first one was a doozy though, not gonna lie. Maybe smoke a joint beforehand.

Also, I’m really glad I got started with waxing in the early spring, because if I had waited until the day before Memorial Day Weekend, I wouldn’t have been all-the-way bare and bikini-ready.

Anyway, my biggest piece of advice if you want to go from shaving to waxing is this: Don’t expect to be 100% bare after your first wax. Get started a month or two before bathing suit season, and actually listen when they tell you to let it grow for four weeks.

You know what it’s like? When you’re making pancakes and the first one comes out like kind of a hot mess, then all the ones after that are perfect. Sorry to associate pubes with pancakes, but do you see what I’m saying? The bottom line is plan ahead, listen to your aesthetician, and a smooth bikini area will be yours.

The up-and-coming Canadian singer ARI has just released the music video for her new song “Teachers,” which sounds something like a good Alessia Cara song, with a powerful anti-slutshaming message.

“I grew up with guys getting high-fives from friends and their dads for being sexually adventurous and girls getting called a slut or a whore for doing less or the same as than whatever the guy got praised for,” ARI says of her inspiration for writing the song. “Everyone should be equally as free to be sexually liberated in whatever way they please as long as it’s consensual and not hurting anyone.”

Gender issues have always been important to the “Pretty Little Villains” singer, and Ari maintains that her androgynous moniker is on purpose.

“I believe that gender is a spectrum, and we all contain a percentage of each gender on a sliding scale,” she says. I tend to feel 50/50 and I’ve gone through stages of being what has been labeled a ‘tomboy’ and also a times, a ‘girly girl.'”

Whether you’re a tomboy or girly girl, a jam is still a jam. Check out the new video below for “Teachers,” and purchase the track on iTunes here.

Tasha Reign is a porn star — a sex worker who wears that title proudly. In her weekly column, she’s here to educate Galore readers on the topics that most people are too shy to broach. This week: butt stuff!!!

Anal sex! Booty time! The back door! It’s just butt stuff….. Or is it?

Anal sex can be über-intimidating. I know that before I got into the adult industry it wasn’t something that looked authentically possible or appealing, especially since I had heard it was “gross” or that it “hurt.”

There are women such as Asa Akira, Dana Dearmond, Anikka Albrite, who are known for being “anal queens” in our industry, and I am not claiming that title. I will claim to be an “anal princess,” because I too am learning about my limits with anal sex, and have not perfected the craft yet — I’ve done a significant amount of this act and I have struggled to make it more comfortable every time — so don’t feel bad if you don’t enjoy it or if you don’t want to do it. You really don’t have to!

But in my experience so far, here are some myths I would like to officially debunk about anal.

1. What if I poop on my partner?

Listen up. Yes, you’re using a hole that does more than exist for sex and it could potentially get messy, but it probably won’t if you follow some basic steps.  Make sure to not eat a ton of food before you do it. When you eat, eat responsibly. Just stick to foods that don’t move through you sensationally fast. Days we perform anal, women often snack on gummy bears on set because they evaporate in your stomach. This is extreme and only done for aesthetic reasons because we want to avoid a mess at all. Usually the day before I’ll eat salad, soup, clean and healthy foods. The morning of, I avoid coffee but I definitely eat my breakfast so I have energy.

But you’re not having sex on camera, so you don’t need to take such extreme measures. And whoever you’re doing it with needs to cut you a break. If someone wants to put it in me, then they need to me okay with those consequences, and I’m not going to feel ashamed or responsible for an “accident.”

Eight out of 10 times things go my way. The two-out-of-10 scense may be a little bumpy, but no pain no gain, right? I like a solid risk calculus.

2. Isn’t it so painful? Doesn’t it hurt the whole time?

Truth: it’s not a walk in the park at first. Although, if you properly follow some advice, you should be able to try this feat with ease and grace.

Also, if you prep properly, it shouldn’t hurt. It should feel great. Having an anal orgasm is incredible. It feels exceptionally different than having a vaginal or clitoris orgasm. I love it. You will too.

The best part of anal sex at home with your partner, versus on film in front of people and bright lights, is that you get to relax. You can have that glass of wine, or shot of Fireball or whatever substance you like. Then you can casually take your time coming from vaginal sex so you’re feeling extra loose and friendly, which is the best way to do it. If you can manage to get a vibrator on your clitoris, like a Hitachi Magic Wand (the company doesn’t consider it a sex toy, but it’s the only one porn girls use!) then your mind will be off your butt and you’ll just be feeling great.

So much of the pain is in your head — remember that. I promise the orgasm you achieve will be worth the effort.

3. Will a guy think less of me if I give up the booty?

The butthole has a reputation as dirty — maybe that’s why no guy is going to turn it down. But you have to make it about you. It should be something you want to do, and there’s no pressure but simply a recommendation.

There are entire adult movies aiming to educate you on how to have anal sex, take advantage of the experience these sexperts have! Also, anal has become so much more acceptable in the adult community as a mainstream pornographic act. When I got in five and a half years ago, I thought it was an act only “dirty” girls did on camera. Since becoming so much more comfortable with my body, I no longer feel that way.

It’s a way to give your partner something extra and special as well as discovering something new your body is capable of and feel good at the same time. You shouldn’t feel ashamed if you want to try it. You also shouldn’t feel ashamed if you don’t want to try it. Your stance on anal sex has nothing to do with your morality or personality. Either you’re into it or you’re not — that’s it.

4. Can’t anal mess up my insides?

This fear is real and I’m sure it happens. Just like tearing your vagina during sex can happen and cutting your finger in the kitchen can happen. Anything can happen. If you shove something inside yourself before you’re ready than I would say, your odds are higher.

In order to avoid this accident, I strongly recommend an industry go-to: coconut oil. We use it on everything for lube. It’s organic, it’s natural, and you should try it on your body. It’s moisturizing and will make the sliding go easier for all parties.

Also, if something hurts, don’t push it. Take all the necessary precautions, but don’t worry too much — tearing has never happened to me, and I have had anal sex with some of the biggest studs in the industry, for long periods of time, vigorously.

Final tips

To refresh your memory: We are using coconut oil to get your partner in. Also, potentially a glass of wine, not necessary but just adds some fun. Let’s try to have an orgasm before we have the anal sex, to relax.

Ask him to use his finger while going down on you, to warm you up. If you or your partner stick a finger up there first, your body will be more casual about the large object going up there next. I cannot advise this enough. I can warm my butt up simply using my finger before the scene. It works!

Small anal plugs and toys are highly valued here as well, leave an anal plug in yourself while having sex to test the waters. Then you can preview the orgasm you’re going to have next. Whenever I’ve managed to get an anal toy in comfortably, then I know I’m ready to go!

Earlier today, Rihanna did something pretty unusual for a pop star: she announced that she’s created a global scholarship program to help send international students to college in the US. 

I’m very honored to announce the launch of the @ClaraLionelFDN’s Global Scholarship Program today!!! Congrats to the class of 2016!! Apply now –> scholarsapply.org/claralionelfdn #CLFGlobalScholashipProgram

A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on May 9, 2016 at 7:07am PDT

According to the program’s website, the scholarship fund will help citizens of Brazil, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Granada, Guyana and Jamaica who have already been accepted into an accredited four-year college or university in the US for the 2016-2017 school year.

If Rihanna and her panel of advisors like what they see and decide that yes, they’d like to give some money to you, your award will range from between $5,000 to $50,000 for the next four years, or until you earn your bachelor’s degree. Whichever comes first.  

Of course you have to maintain a 2.5 GPA, but that hardly sounds like too much to ask for the privilege of telling everybody you know for the rest of your life that Rihanna paid for your college education.

Plus, you’ll probably get to meet her.

Basically, if it sounds like you fit the criteria she’s looking for, you owe it to the rest of us to apply right now, or at least before June 10 when the window for sending in submissions closes.

Good luck, guys.

Last Sunday’s futuristic-themed annual Met Gala event featured a number of celebs sporting bleached eyebrows, so naturally, I thought to try it out myself. Actually, I asked a friend, Gaia Matisse, to bleach my eyebrows for me, and then in return, I would dye her hair platinum blonde with an at-home box dye. Which, as any modern woman knows is a terrible idea.

First, we bleached my eyebrows. It was a fairly simple process, involving a mixture of two lil’ Sally Hansen Creme Bleach products, a thick, creamy application of the paste onto half of my forehead, and a waiting period of approximately 8 minutes. While waiting for my eyebrows to lighten, we watched the Justin Bieber movie and ate Salt n’ Straw ice cream.

I dyed Gaia’s hair with my own two hands, which was a disaster from the very start. The bottle of dye, for some reason, kept spurting in different directions, first almost landing toxic hair product directly in my eyeball, — I just now remember telling Gaia, “Thank God I wasn’t blinded forever!” while holding a warm washcloth over my swollen eye — and then almost on Bambi, Gaia’s dog, a butterfly Chihuahua, with literally the best attitude out of any dog I’ve ever met.

Gaia’s hair dried, and I rinsed off my eyebrow bleach, and Gaia and I looked at each other, and both of our hearts sank. Not even Justin Bieber’s voice, 2 pints of ice cream, and a little bit of red wine could mask the errors of my amateur cosmetic skills — my eyebrows were orange, and her hair was really fucked up. Parts of her head were spotty and orange, and others were completely bleached out. On one sideburn, there was a spot of bleach, making it look like she’d shaved a small portion of hair above her ear.

“I’m so… sorry,” I told Gaia. I felt so, so sorry for ruining her hair. She forgave me, luckily. Probably because I looked like a clown with orange eyebrows, and who can be mad at that?

I made the really panicked, and somewhat inappropriate call to Insta-DM Sal Salcedo, a hairstylist, whom I once I wrote about for his “impeccable” skillz, the only guy I’d trust to save me. At 11:40 PM.

Sal, angel that he is, responded to me quickly and very appropriately, saying:

“Holy shit! That’s crazy!”

He invited us to come into the salon, Ramirez Tran in Beverly Hills the next day, promising that he, and his colleague, a colorist named Cherin Choi could fix us right up. And fix us up, they did.

The next day, we arrived at the salon at 1:30 p.m., and didn’t leave until 8:00 o’clock that night. When I saw Sal, we both burst out laughing at my folly, and then he introduced us to Cherin Choi, who is probably the coolest-looking person I’ve ever met. I mean, check out how cute they are:

Excited to be in NY with the sister @mizzchoi thank you for the love NY❤️ #salsalhair #mizzchoi #markgarrisonsalon #ramireztransalon #nyhair #nyc #NY

A photo posted by SAL SALCEDO (@salsalhair) on May 8, 2016 at 7:17pm PDT

And check out the magic they were able to do with Gaia’s hair, after 8 laborious hours of fixing my mistakes.

Mama sorry, but I’m a Rockstar Pt.I Thanks 2 the two best in the Game ✨ // Color: @mizzchoi || Cut: @salsalhair \\

A photo posted by Gaïa Matisse (@gmatisse) on May 6, 2016 at 11:15pm PDT

“I’m not going to lie to you,” Cherin had said slowly, upon examining Gaia’s hair when she sat down. “You really fucked her up.”

Gaia and I hit the town after, psyched on our new looks. That’s right, bleaching my brows orange didn’t deter me from my original desire to rock a robot-alien look this week. Cherin bleached my brows to a pale yellow, and explained to me that there would be a lot of maintenance to my look. The dark hairs have already started growing in, but IDGAF. Clearly. She said as soon as I get over my bleached brows, the cool part is that all I need to do is start coloring them in with a brown shadow; apparently they’ll naturally pick the color up and stay that way.

When will I tire of my new look, though? Probably when retrograde is over, and I come to my senses.

Please excuse my broken phone camera for the blurry iPhone photos.

Coco Fennell, the designer who’s aiming to change the intimidating exclusivity of the fashion world, just released a lookbook for her “Americana” collection. “This collection was inspired by all the the kitsch stuff I like to collect and my love of all things Americana,” she said. “I wanted to make an everyday wearable, flattering, and affordable collection with a fun twist.” See the full lookbook, shot by Olivia Richardson, below. And don’t forget to shop the collection on cocofennell.com!

Clothing: Coco Fennell

Photographer: Olivia Richardson

Model: Holly Horne

Hair: Oskar Pera

Makeup: Sally Muira

It’s just about road trip season and “Joyride” is the best song to get you through it.

This collab comes from Austin Mahone and Bobby Brackins, the songwriter behind Chris Brown’s “Loyal” and Tinashe’s “2On.”

This song is from Bobby’s upcoming To Live For EP, coming May 13, which will feature artists like Ty Dolla Sign, Zendaya, G-Eazy, Jeremih, and more.

“This is a Bay Area smash hit,” Austin Mahone tells Galore. “My ideal joyride situation is to be with my girl Katya in my i8, heading to South Beach.”

We caught up with Bobby to ask him about his dream joyride and how this song came about. Click here for Bobby’s iTunes EP pre-sale, and read his q+a below.

1. What’s your idea of a joyride?

Going on a joyride means living life in the moment with no real plans, just cruising to an area where anything goes. It can be a stimulating encounter.

2. You’re going on your dream road trip. Where would you go?

My dream road trip would be out of the country, like rolling around to different towns in the South of France along the water.

3. Who is in each seat of the car? Like dream road trip guests… living or dead?

My dream guest would just change by the day. Maybe one day I’d wanna take my family out and another day I’d wanna take a nice lady out. If I could take a road trip with a dead person, I’d wanna ride out with 2pac or Mac Dre and soak up game. If for romantic purposes, maybe Zoe Kravitz or Emily Ratajkowski.

4. What kind of snacks are you bringing?

Probably really fresh fruit and some Sun Chips.

5. Where is your final destination?

Final destination would probably be the beach, so I could just chill out.

6. What’s the ultimate road trip faux pas?

You gotta have good music — a dope playlist! You can’t be listening to anything dry or lame.

7. Where’d your inspiration for “Joyride” come from? How did the song come about? 

I just love cruising to fun places listening to good music. Driving does not have to be boring — it should be entertaining and eventful. Joyriding is not sitting in traffic stressed out. It’s being carefree, and going with the flow. It can also be a wild bedroom type of activity… it’s a double entendre.

Calvin Klein just took things to a whole new level with its racy Spring 2016 global campaign.

By now, you’re probably aware that Calvin Klein’s ad campaigns are all about embracing sexuality. And the brand’s Spring 2016 ad, shot by femme-photog Harley Weir, is no different!

Kendall Jenner stars in a series of Calvin Klein ads dubbed “Erotica,” posing next to a pink grapefruit that totally mimics… uh, a vagina. And Kendall’s ad isn’t even the most risqué of the bunch.

Rather, its Mad Max: Fury Road actress Abbey Lee Kershaw, photographed sticking her hands down her underpants. Told you… scandalous!

And if that’s not sexy enough for you, checkout this booty shot.

I mean, who doesn’t love a symbolically sexual shoot? Even more, who doesn’t love sex?! Nobody!!!!!

Ashley Rudden wrote the screenplay for The Preppie Connection, a new film recently released, based on a true story of one American teen, who, at the height of American cocaine culture in the 80s, established a drug trafficking network at his elite boarding school. And who doesn’t love a good movie about rich kids ruining their lives with drugs? Luckily for Tobias, the film’s main character, Ashley, who’s worked on numerous films as a script developer, creative executive, and producer, wrote him into redemption. Check out the trailer below, and let Ashley Rudden help you consider all the things you don’t know about rich kids doing drugs in America right now. Read our conversation below.

What are some good drug movies?

Ooh, that’s a good question. Less Than Zero and 400 Blows are really good, and we looked at those for our movie. But 400 Blows is also more of a coming-of-age story. Which is also, I guess, more of what we focused on drawing inspiration from for this film.

What makes a bad drug movie?

If it’s only about the drugs, then it’s a probably not a good drug movie.

It’s interesting that whatever drug is popular at the time is a pretty good indicator of the cultural pulse. 

Right. For example, when I was growing up, heroin was something that Edgar Allen Poe did, you know? It wasn’t accessible. In the 80s, cocaine was so new, and hot, and really fueling the ethos at the time. And so what does a heroin culture look like, versus a cocaine culture?

What does it look like?

Well, cocaine makes people larger than life, right? It’s an ego-aggrandizing drug, as opposed to something that would bliss you out, like acid, or even heroin, I guess. Cocaine culture is just about big ego trips, of more, bigger, and better, in status. It’s about greed, and materialism, and money.

Which also makes it something so appealing to rich kids, huh.

Definitely. It’s also an alienating drug, I think, and the pitfalls of being a rich kid in boarding school have always involved some level of alienation. You know, they’re far away from their parents, they’re experiencing things that most people don’t, and there’s this fetishization of things that cost a lot of money.

What was your favorite part of writing this character?

I loved how the outer trappings of Toby’s life crumble in on him throughout the film, but inwardly, he’s finds a way to get to some source of truthfulness. Which wasn’t something I had to make up. Derek — who the story is based on — had to work with animals for his community service, and then ended up working as an animal rights activist later in life.

The only thing worse than doing a walk of shame is doing a walk of shame straight into your parents’ house.

Moving home post-graduation can be a big money saver, but it can also seriously kill your social life, not to mention your search for Mr. Right (or at least an orgasm).

Still, moving home doesn’t mean that you have to suddenly stop going on Tinder dates or sleeping around, and it certainly isn’t something to embarrassed about. According to the 2011 census, 45% of recent college grads live with their parents. Do you think they gave up sex? I think not!

We found some people who successfully managed to keep their sex lives going while simultaneously living under their parents’ roof. Be inspired:

Scheduling Is Key

Remember in high school when you’d use your parents going out to dinner for two hours as an excuse to have all your friends over to smoke a blunt? This is basically the same thing except you’re going to be smoking some dick instead. You need to start figuring out when your parents are going to be home and when they’re going to be out. With your dad constantly trying to share his iPhone calendar with yours, this shouldn’t be too difficult.

“Make sure your schedule is the complete opposite of your parents so you can have sex at home.” – Stephanie

“I just learned to play around my parents’ schedule. For Christmas I got them tickets for shows to get out of the house so I can get the house to myself.” –  Arielle

“When my parents were going out for the day we would time it so that he would pull up as soon as they left and then we could take our time and have shower sex. That was really hot and I felt pretty rebellious during the whole process.” – Bri

Utilize Your Resources

You’ll quickly find that any good friend wants you to get laid, and they’ll quickly lend out an extra couch or bedroom for your weekend sexcapades. If your friends are in the same boat as you and they don’t have a “cool mom” like Amy Poehler in Mean Girls, you might be able to turn to other resources. Remember when your mom asked you to go water the plants at your Aunt Demi’s? Maybe she’ll ask you to do it again and you can keep the key. If all else fails, you can pull the old high school trick of getting busy in the car.

“Living at home makes sexcapades a bit more difficult, but as long as the other person has their own place, you’re good. Just be prepared to get judged by your parents when you’re walk of shaming home. There have been instances where I walked in at noon and my dad screamed ‘walk of shame’ from the living room… but you get over it eventually.” – Sarah

Elizabeth Cook’s new single is a country slow jam with deep meaning and we’ve got the exclusive video premiere below.

Elizabeth is prepping to release her first album in six years, “Exodus of Venus,” on June 17. It’s been named one of Rolling Stone Country’s most anticipated albums of 2016.
The last kid of 11 siblings, she started performing at a young age in Florida, encouraged by her parents. Her mother was a hillbilly singer and her father honed his musician skills playing upright bass in the prison band while serving time for running moonshine.
Give us the elevator pitch of what “Slow Pain” is about and how it came to be.

“Slow Pain” is a cheating song that transpires at that pinnacle moment when a relationship either meets its demise or vows to survive.

You’re based in Nashville, but tour a lot. What’s your favorite city to play and why?

I love playing regions more than a specific city. The people of Texas have a serious but fun loving live music culture that is hard to compare.

Country is a polarizing genre — a lot of people (here in NYC at least) just think of dads and that “Red Solo Cup” song. What are your recommendations for girls to find the cooler side of country?

Check out Nikki Lane and Margo Price, true modern day honky tonk angels. Then there are the smarter hunks like Robert Ellis and Sturgill Simpson and Todd Snider that represent the lifestyle but in a non pandering way and without all the stupid cliches. Classics like Lucinda Williams Billie Joe Shaver and John Prine lead the way with such cool style. Just dig in a little bit deeper and the genre will reveal a cast of hard core talented and artistic characters.

Prom night. The Hollywood film industry, prom dress industry, and teen magazine industry would like you to believe that it’s the biggest night of your life. A night that you’ll never, ever forget. A night that will change your life forever.

If you’ve never been to prom before: I have sad news for you, it’s pretty anti-climactic.

It’s a great excuse to buy an overpriced long dress, but other than that, it’s no different than any other Saturday night in high school. Here are six reasons to chill out about prom.

1. You Probably Won’t Remember Your Date’s Name In 10 Years

Billy… Bobby… or was it Brody? No, it wasn’t Brody, that’s the name of that cute guy on The Hills that I used to have a crush on.

Regardless of who you take to prom, it’s very unlikely that he’s going to be your future husband or change your life in some way. Movies seem to make prom night out to be the time when everyone rents a hotel room and loses their virginity, but I’m not sure who really wants to lose their virginity knowing that their high school principal is within a mile radius?

Perhaps you’ll be home for winter break during college and you’ll see your prom date on Tinder and think “hmm… wonder what he’s doing now,” but you’ll probably just notice that he got fat and joined a fraternity and you’ll swipe left.

2. You’re Not Starring In a Teen Movie

While you may be freaking out about your up-do that looks like a bad 80s perm, I can guarantee that everyone else at prom is going to be way too concerned about their own hair to even glance at yours. It’s not your prom, it’s you and the 500+ other high school upperclassmen’s prom. There’s no spotlight on you, and if something embarrassing happens or you don’t look picture perfect every two seconds, nobody is likely to notice except for you and maybe your date if he’s not too busy staring at your tits. Sure, you can spend $800 on the perfect shoes, but I bet that nobody is going to look at them all night, and you’ll probably take them off halfway through the dance.

3. You’ll Never Wear Your Dress Again

It’s easy to be pissed at your mom for not agreeing to buy you that sweetheart-neckline, Swarovski-encrusted gown from Bloomingdale’s, but years from now you’ll understand how stupid it is to spend $600 on a dress that you’ll never wear again.

Even if you are able to fit into your high school clothing later in life, the trends will have changed and so will your taste in dresses, and that’s if you even have an event to wear a ball-gown to in the first place.

4. You Might Not Even Remember The Night At All 

Your high school probably is marketing the prom with some lame-ass slogan like, “a night you’ll never forget.” Well, if you end up drinking half a bottle of the Burnett’s that your date sneaks into the limo, you probably won’t remember anything anyway. Don’t worry, you’ll probably have at least 10 embarrassing photos of you falling over yourself from the photographer, and if you’re lucky one will make it into the yearbook.

5. The “Best Night Of Your Life” Is Only Like Three Hours

Think about all the time you put into planning prom for a minute. From creating your “group,” to booking a limo, to finding a dress, to booking your hair and makeup appointments, etc.

Now, think about all the time you’ll actually spend at prom. Will you arrive there exactly on time and leave when the lights come on? Probably not. If your group is anything like my high school friends, you’ll go there for ten minutes too see the band, then leave so you can go back to some kid’s house and get drunk. Even if you do end up staying at the prom for the majority of the night, it’ll probably be three hours max. Are you going to have fun in those three hours? Hopefully. Is your life going to change in those three hours? Probably not.

After the night is over, you’re still going to head home to your parent’s that night (or morning, if you have after party plans), and have to go to school that following Monday. Hype it up all you want, but prom is just a blip on the radar of the rest of your high school experience, all of which you’ll probably have forgotten about by your sophomore year of college (unless you peaked in high school, then sorry).

6. You Can Do It All Over Again In College

If you’re planning on attending college and joining a sorority, you’re going to have plenty of prom-like events to attend every single year, they’re called formals in the college world. Even if you don’t join a sorority, you can easily befriend some fraternity guys and get invited to theirs. Prom won’t be the only night where you get to wear a long dress and pretend to be classy while hiding a flask of cheap liquor in your bra, don’t you worry!

Last night, Taylor Swift had the honor of accepting the first-ever Taylor Swift Award, which Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI for short) awarded her in recognition of her talent and influence across the music industry.

When she accepted the award, Taylor made a crack about how, “If they had chosen somebody else, I’d be, like, kind of bummed about it.”

LOL, Taylor. 

But let’s be real for a second, okay? What in god’s name is a Taylor Swift Award? Let’s guess the qualifications, shall we?

1. You have to have been named after a boring famous musician whose career you can easily eclipse.

Taylor was named after James Taylor, who might be somebody you know about if your parents are white, middle-aged former hippies who either live or dream of living in Western Massachusetts.

2. You have to have experienced at least three instances of getting bullied for being too tall/skinny/blonde/pretty.

3. You need to retain Girl Scout membership through at least eighth grade.

4.  You need to have at least 28 women you consider your close, personal friends, all of lesser fame than you.

5. You need to have gone through four to five very public breakups with perfectly curated male celebrities who are just as famous as you.

6. You have to have been personally victimized by Kanye West at least once.

7. You need to have gone through a both a “not showing my bellybutton” phase and an  “excuse me, but I only wear glittery dressy that match my sparkling personality” phase.

8. You need to be close personal friends with Anna Wintour.

9. You need to be seen drinking pumpkin spice lattes at least once a week from September through November.

10. You have to know all the words to at least one rap song.

Yeah, pretty sure that just leaves Taylor.

Sorry, everybody else.

After a productive week of shutting down the haters, your pretend bestie is about to make her movie star debut in “Yoga Hosers.”

Not that she’s not already a movie star — I mean, have you seen her on the red carpet? She could do nothing for the rest of her life and still be on the A-list just on the grounds of her incredible style alone.

But as it turns out, Lily Rose Depp is also super talented onscreen! Good job, girl.

She’s starring as one of two Colleens in “Yoga Hosers,” in her first big movie role ever. “Yoga Hosers” comes from “Clerks,” “Mall Rats,” and “Chasing Amy” director Kevin Smith and co-stars his daughter, Harley Quinn Smith. It’s being called a “cult comedy-thriller” and the reviews aren’t incredible, but movies starring teenage girls usually get panned anyway, so we’ll reserve our judgment.

Judging by the trailer, the movie looks delightful, and this is far from the last we’ll be seeing of Lily Rose on the big screen. “Yoga Hosers” comes out July 29.

Yesterday Azealia Banks said a lot of racist things about Zayn Malik, and today she deleted them from her Twitter account.

ICYMI, the drama began pretty simply, with Azealia claiming that Zayn “mood boarded the fuck out of me.” 

Damn Zayn be mood boarding the fuck of out me .. I’m not mad about this though. Zayn is a cutie pie

A photo posted by Azealia Banks (@azealiabanks) on May 10, 2016 at 9:15am PDT


But see? She wasn’t even mad yet. She even confirmed it on Twitter.  

Ok little wyt kids I def like Zayn and def think he’s a cutie pie. Please stop calling me nigger LOL

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

Still, Zayn’s fans are ride or die and they came after her anyway.

@AZEALIABANKS no one called you that. We called you a racist disgusting untalented uneducated ugly bitch. Get ur facts straight sweetie.

— Late nights (@SketchMe41D) May 10, 2016

@AZEALIABANKS You can refer to him as Zaddy

— Bambam (@YoungPapi1025) May 10, 2016

And with his fandom in a tizzy, what else was Zayn supposed to do than get involved too?

No lies … I see you reaching but I don’t care ✌️

— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 10, 2016

My @’s too good for you

— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 10, 2016

Then Azealia stopped being so polite.

@zaynmalik dude, I make better music than you. Simmer down with that fake white boy rebellion and that wannabe beiber swag

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

And then she got straight up racist.

@zaynmalik lol u a bitch nigga for even responding like that. Keep sucking this yung rapunxel dick u hairy curry scented bitch

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

@zaynmalik you a dick rider for real for real. Ride this dick until the wheels fall off Punjab.

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

And then she had to go and bring his ethnicity into the mix

@zaynmalik lol u were the only paki in the group and you knew you were there for a reason.

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

@zaynmalik you were the the token brown boy. All those white boys in 1D disrespected you and made you their PET

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

@zaynmalik you were only apart of 1d to draw brown attention. You are and ALWAYS will be a TOKEN to the UK.

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

So Zayn did what any self-respecting young man who just wants to squash a racist tirade about himself as quickly as possible does: he tried to make it all go away by pretending he never was talking about her in the first place.

@AZEALIABANKS why you been saying nasty things about me ? I wasn’t talking about you lol ?

— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 11, 2016

See how he even through in a lol to keep things casual?

Sadly, it didn’t work.

It just made Azealia angrier.

Oh, and she also managed to drag Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj just because YOLO.

Twitter was mad.

Azealia Banks is actually disgusting!!! She’s the devil and medusa’s love child i’m sure of it! Demonic and evil https://t.co/pn1SGmwOyq

— Shar (@misssharshine) May 11, 2016

This festival was mad.

ANNOUNCEMENT: @RinseFM I @bornandbredLDN pic.twitter.com/AB3wnTaSru

— Rinse I Born & Bred (@bornandbredLDN) May 11, 2016

 So Azealia put on her big girl pants and sort of apologized to “anyone who was offended by any of the things I said…everyone except the targets of my tirades,” and then she deleted the whole thing a couple of hours later for reasons that will probably remain unknown.

Instead, she left us all to puzzle over this.

pic.twitter.com/R4tsM5LEir

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 11, 2016

Whatever you say, girl.

It’s Easter Sunday at my cousin Blair’s house and TV/documentary producer Alana Blaylock and I are enjoying girl chat with a handful of good friends before dinner.

The conversation shifted from boy problems and our latest international vacays, to the slayage of Beyonce’s “Formation” video, to after work wine suggestions, and to, of course, work.

Alana told us about her upcoming shoot in Phoenix, Arizona. She’d be an integral part of the production of the show, “Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall,” for ID Channel.

Alana Blaylock is not your typical millennial woman. Yes, she resides in Brooklyn, is a huge fan of chokers and super fly OTK boots, and occasionally attends a fashion show or two, but in addition to all that, she also moonlights as an everyday superwoman. In her current role as a field producer, Alana is responsible for going on set or on location, producing interviews and content, and making sure sh*t gets done the way it’s supposed to. She’s also responsible for showing young women in the entertainment industry the ropes, by accomplishing her own professional goals and milestones, one step at a time.

In order to brace herself for the impending southwestern heat, and due to the lack of time she’d have to dedicate to hair care maintenance, Alana roped her blond locks into waist length, robust braids, styled with an impressive top knot. Her dynamic flair for beauty and fashion, and self-described, “classy/glamorous/bohemian style”, has followed her throughout her career and life. I ask about her take on style and she explained, “I mix it up, and I have fun. That’s my approach to work and fashion. Both should be fun, but classy and tactful at the same time.”  

Before getting her start in T.V., Alana kicked off her career in fashion PR, until realizing her true love for production. I asked how she knew she was destined for a life in production.

“I did not always know I wanted to go into television,” she said. “I started out in PR working for fashion magazines and fashion corporations. After college, I decided to start in production, and I thought that it really entailed a lot of my interests, such as management, creativity, talking to people, and traveling. That’s how I knew production was for me. I knew that this was the path I wanted to be on.”

With years of production experience under her chic, designer belt, Alana is no stranger to giving her all in the name of television, or her overall girl boss status. Her incredible resume includes credits from powerhouse networks like Nat Geo, HBO, TLC, and MTV. In recent years, she has produced a range of documentaries and films, such as a tribute on Nelson Mandela’s death, film festivals for NYU, and a number of crime shows with Today Show anchor Tamron Hall.

Most recently, Alana has been working on a new project surrounding police brutality for MSNBC. “The project speaks a lot about the controversy of the current time with policemen and black men and women. We covered a few recent, high profile cases, and I got to speak with family members. I really felt that it was the most substantive work that I have been involved in,” she explained. “It was a great learning experience, and that’s what I look for in every production. Every production should make you grow and you should want to feel like a better person. This documentary has definitely made me feel like one.”

Alana’s day-to-day work in entertainment is a larger reflection of who she is at her core. “I got into documentary production because I believe in sharing life with other people. What better way to do that than to be on different series where you’re meeting different interviewees, and people with different types of experience?” she asked. “You’re always making a personal connection, whether it’s a new team you work with, or whether it’s a new show you work on. That’s how my work expresses my values.” She credits her experience in fashion as one of the driving forces behind why she is as successful as she is today. “I took a lot of the skills I learned in fashion PR to production with me. I’m grateful that I was able to be around high-end clients, interview celebrities, and be involved in press kits and writing. All of that enhanced my overall production know-how.”

Like many 20-something professional women, Alana is always willing and able to take things up a notch. She fits into a category of fierce women who are strong, determined, and won’t take no for an answer — and she thinks you shouldn’t either. “I’m aiming to live a life where I really fulfill my full potential,” Alana said.  “I do strive for greatness, I think that everyone should — they should define what that means for themselves. I think people should aim high. I’m one of those people who knows that nothing is impossible. I live my life that way, going after what I want, and really taking charge of my destiny.”

Navigating the industry as an African-American female has never been easy, but with iconic examples, like Ava DuVernay and Kerry Washington, Alana knows she’s in good company. Because of their cultural contributions in entertainment, the path to breaking through the “glass ceiling” is clearer for every woman following in their footsteps,  Alana included. She described how the success seen in her role models’ careers have shaped what reaching the other side means to her.

“I’m lucky to have people  — black women specifically — in the industry, like the Shonda Rhimeses, the Ava DuVernays, who have cracked it a bit,” she said. “I’m blessed to have that, and have those examples in front of me. But what I think it means to break the glass ceiling is to really get to a point in a moment where you can sit back and say, ‘I’m happy with the way my work life looks, I’m proud of myself, and I’m stable.’ That’s breaking the glass ceiling.”

Just as these strong women have inspired her, Alana wants to offer the same type of encouragement to up and coming females in the industry. “When people tell you no, keep going,” she said of working in entertainment, “find a way to make a no, a yes, and encourage yourself when you encounter small wins. It’s not always going to be easy, especially starting off, but persistence and a positive attitude are key.” Alana’s advice is drawn from life experiences she’s learned both on and off set. She explained, “what I have encountered is that when you’re a young female, you can get boxed into certain roles. You have to be your own change agent in this industry. You have to create the opportunities that you want. It’s simple for people to box you in, but you have to know when to say “no” to something that’s not right for you.”

As far as “girl boss” status? Alana knows that she’s got it on lock. “A girl boss is someone that owns her voice, doesn’t let people walk all over her, is confident, and feels good about the decision she makes,” she says. “I am a girl boss. I’ve come to a point where I’m comfortable going after the things I want for myself, and aiming for the life that I envision for myself. All in all, I encompass the definition of a girl boss.”

For more on Alana Blaylock, you can visit her website, or follow her on Instagram, @lanablayy.

Over the last 24 hours, Trader Joe’s grocery store has been expanding upon a list  — originally released May 3 — voluntarily recalling a number of frozen fruit and vegetable products sold in their stores. And I’m pissed because I literally just ate what they’re recalling for dinner, and I’d really like to not get sick and die tonight.

Specifically, I ate their frozen Vegetable Fried Rice, which was added to the list of Trader Joe’s food that’s possibly been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that potentially gives the sucker who ate the food, a case of Listeriosis. Other foods on the list include their frozen Chicken Fried Rice, frozen broccoli, peas, beans, and corn.

If I end up getting Listeriosis, my symptoms could a “fever, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions,” according to NPR, at which point, I should “seek medical care.”

TBH, I’m just super pissed because literally while heating up my frozen disease food, I was talking about how awesome Trader Joe’s frozen food is. And now I’m fearing for my life. The good news is that NPR says pregnant women, senior citizens, newborn babies and people with weak immune systems are more susceptible to a Listeria infection, and I’m none of those things. The bad news is that of the eight people who’ve gotten sick so far, two were on the East Coast, and the other six were in California, which is where I am.

But now that I have devoured all of the potentially dangerous food, there isn’t much I can do. If you, like me, subsist on a diet of Trader Joe’s frozen food, and have eaten one of their recalled foods, here’s what you can do:

1. Don’t Freak Out

Partially because I’ve now done that for you, and also because there’s not really anything that can be done once you’ve eaten the recall food. I combed the CDC website, and all they say about prevention has to do with washing your food. For example, one suggestion was to: “Scrub firm produce, such as melons and cucumbers, with a clean produce brush.” Yeah, I’ll still probably never do that.

2. Get Learn’ed

Apparently, all that needs to be done to eliminate the toxic bacteria is some good ol’ cooking. Once the food is heated up to 165 degrees, you’re probably good to go. Once the food is heated up, it’s very rare that anybody without a highly weak immune system would be susceptible to Listeria.

3. Sue Trader Joe’s

I got this idea from Self  Magazine, in an article published last year on food poisoning by recall. “Chances are good that whoever sold you toxic food is going to want to make things right,” Markham Haid wrote. I can get down with that. If you’re gonna be sick from Trader Joe’s frozen food, the next best thing is to be sick and rich, right?

Today in “dudes are largely awful” news: it turns out that if your male ex wants to keep tabs on you, he might be trying to use you for sex — and there’s also a chance he could be a sociopath.

A new study shows that people with “dark personality traits,” a.k.a. sociopaths, are more likely to want to stay friends with exes for “practical and sexual reasons,” a.k.a., to use you for sex and/or emotional intimacy. The study also revealed that men are more likely to keep in touch for those shady reasons than women are.

From the Daily Mail:

Over the course of two studies, Justin Mogilski and Dr Lisa Welling recruited a total of 861 participants.

They questioned them on how they got on with their ex after a breakup and their reasons for remaining friends.

But they also asked them to fill out questionnaires that gave away any clinically relevant personality features, designed to show dark personality traits — those more manipulative personality traits which stretch all the way to narcissism, Machiavellian traits and psychopathy.

Unsurprisingly, people with dark personality traits — people who are manipulative, egocentric, and un-sympathetic — were more likely to use their exes for sex or emotional intimacy after a breakup. And the study also said men were more likely to do this.

But hey, it’s not just men. Maybe you’re the freak who wants to keep tabs on your ex just so you can bone. Conveniently, you can take a test to see if you possess these evil traits here, you little psycho.

Either way, the next time your ex texts you on a holiday to see if you’re busy, don’t feel bed telling him to eff off and sending them a link to the study. You don’t need a total socio in your life.