Uber drivers are kind of like less expensive therapists, at least when you’re drunk.

They’ve seen things they never wanted to see, like you and your BF sloppily making out at 3 am. They’ve heard things they never wanted to hear, like that one time you picked up your friend from a walk of shame and asked for details.

And honestly, after reading this Reddit thread of Uber confessions, we think that Uber drivers might not be getting paid enough. We picked the juiciest ones that won’t make you cry and listed them below.

1. Mid-Life Crisis

“Two middle aged couples trying to agree to a foursome.” – Cayhawt

2. Evil Or Genius?

“I picked up this young overly affectionate couple that spent the entire trip making out in my backseat and telling each other that they loved each other. Cute. So, I drop off the couple and head on my way to pick up my next fare. I hear a cellphone ring in my backseat, realize it’s my previous ride’s, and pick up the phone to let them know I have it and I’ll come back to drop it off. Turns out it was the guy’s wife phoning to check in on him while he was on a business trip, which he was thoroughly enjoying with his mistress. When I was going to drop off the phone I had planned to say, in front of him and his mistress: ‘your wife sounds like a lovely person.’ I approached him with the phone and he handed me a 100 [dollar bill]. I was completely caught off guard, so I thanked him and left…My plan totally fizzled.” – Anonymous

3. Secrets Are No Fun

“Happened to a friend of mine–He picked up these two girls, lets say Ashley and Emily, who were best friends going out to celebrate Emily’s birthday. They were supposed to be going out downtown, but once they were both in the car Emily said [she] was not in the mood and wanted to go back home. Ashley was pissed because she was trying to do something nice for her best friend, etc., and the two were in a screaming match in my friend’s car. He ended up dropping off Ashley first and on the way home Emily explained to him that she didn’t want to go out because she is pregnant and Ashley doesn’t know.” – hey—

4. Bro Gossip!

“Two dudes discussing how much fun they had at one of their bachelor parties. The fun consisted of ‘the most cocaine I’ve ever done’ and ‘I can’t believe I fucked a prostitute right before I got married’ – schoolisbelly

5. Wish This Was On Film

“Uber driver George is doing Uberpool one night in Austin where you pick up multiple people en route to the destination. First Girl #1 gets in the car alone and sits in the back seat on the passenger side. Then a couple (guy and girl) comes, and there’s not enough room for everyone in the back, so girl #2 sits behind the driver and guy sits up front. The two girls in the back start chatting and seem to be getting along well. Girl #1 asks what they’re doing tonight, and Girl #2 says, ‘oh, me and my boyfriend Josh are going out to celebrate. Josh works at X and just got a promotion.’ At this point, George notices Josh is crouching down in his seat and looking guilty. Then, Girl #1 says, ‘that’s funny, my boyfriend is also named Josh and works at X. I wonder if they know each other.’ Then Girl #2 starts tapping her boyfriend on the shoulder and bugging him to turn around to meet Girl #1. At some point, Josh can’t avoid the introduction any more, and is forced to turn around. He does so with a look of utter horror on his face, as it slowly dawns on both girls that they’re dating the same Josh. Anyway, both girls start screaming and kick Josh out of the Uber. Not sure what happened after that, but you can bet Josh never took Uberpool again.” – deathbynotsurprise

6. Daddy Dearest

“I drove a lot of college-aged girls that were looking for/had a sugar daddy. They wanted 30 year old men–no children, good job, willing to buy them lots of things/pay rent, bills. I had no idea this was so popular, but practically every girl that age that opened her mouth about a guy (in my car) went on about his age, job, and money. One girl even admitted to fucking someone with the same name and of the same age as her dad.” – RexMinimus

7. That’s Cute

“I picked up this one guy who told me all about his anal warts. Apparently, they were simply huge.” – Diarrhea_Jonez

8. A Little Role-play Never Hurt Nobody

“I picked up two guys in downtown LA. From their conversation, I gathered [that] they’d just met at the bar I picked them up from and were going home to hook up. One was younger and clean cut, the other was older and rather scruffy.

So, I’m driving up Main Street to the 101 and the scruffy guy starts talking about how he used to live there in the 90s and it was a whole lot scummier back then. He mentions he used to have an older boyfriend back then. The boyfriend would call the scruffy guy and tell him to walk down to the sidewalk in a tied off shirt and daisy dukes. Then the boyfriend would drive up in his car and the scruffy guy would lean in his window and the boyfriend would ask him how much, and the scruffy guy would get in and they’d role-play that he was a prostitute and the boyfriend was his [customer]. The clean cut guy kinda glossed over this and moved the conversation along, but I thought to myself that scenario sounds hot as hell.” – IAmTheShinyThing

9. Incest Win-cest?

“I was driving a couple of drunk friends and the one guy was lamenting [about] being in his dorm with this girl he thinks really wants him but he doesn’t know how to approach it. He says her smile and everything drives him crazy. He really wants to have sex with her, but he doesn’t know how to go about it because it could go all wrong.

He looks for confirmation in the green light by sharing his story. His best friend says, ‘It’s not that simple, you see. It’s his cousin. He wants to fuck his cousin and it’s going to be bad.’

[The first guy] explains that yes in fact, it’s his cousin. But, they grew up differently. She’s really hot, and he really wants her. And, it’s not actually as bad as it sounds because she’s a married in cousin–actually only like a half-cousin (I never even worried about trying to mind-bend how that would be possible or not).

I conclude that he’s probably going to have some bad days ahead of him at family reunions if he pushes forward. But, just for the Hell of it, encourage him to make the move. Maybe he gets laid?! By his cousin…” – BikiniATroll

[H/T Observer]

Paris Couture Week is upon us, and since a legendary fashion photographer and regular Fashion Week fixture named Bill Cunningham died last week, let’s honor him by taking a page out of his book.

He’d always focus on taking a closer look at what styles people are rocking outside on the streets, rather than just on the runway. And that’s good news, since most shit on the runway is unwearable, or absurdly expensive. Here are 6 good outfit ideas you can steal, for free, below.

1. Crazy Distressed Jeans

Cris Hermann takes distressed jeans to the next level.

2. Suit Jackets

A$AP Rocky, a.k.a the sexiest man alive wears suit jackets under his real jacket, so now I want to also.

3. Cowboy Boots with A Kitten Heel

These are perfect. But do cowboy boots with tiny heels exist anywhere else other than Paris?

4. Off the Shoulder Shirts With Vests

Although I just declared off the shoulder shirts out of style, they can come back if — and only if — they’re paired with a cool vest.

5. Matching Your Bag And Shoes

You probably won’t be able to do this with Louis Vuitton, but the matching bag and shoes look hot fire together.

6. Dress Like a Princess Regardless of Your Age

And/or just dress younger than any children in your vicinity. See Natalia Vodianova below as an example.

Photos via Tommy Ton and Vogue

You know that scene in 13 Going On 30 where Jennifer Garner sings along to Pat Benatar’s “Love Is A Battlefield” with a bunch of 12-year-old girls?

Yeah, we all need nights like that sometimes. Maybe not jumping on your bed listening to oldies, but how about dancing around your room in your sexy new lingerie while Beyoncé plays? Or hyping yourself up on the subway to your job interview by listening to X-Tina?

Next time you have a girl’s night or need a boost or girl power, don’t rely on Spotify and make your own playlist instead with these 14 songs to remind you how awesome being single is.

1. Love Myself – Hailee Steinfeld

Sure, this song is technically about masturbation, but it can also be about loving the rest of your banging body too.

2. Independent Woman, Pt. 1 – Destiny’s Child

Beyoncé was always all about being a single lady, even before her solo career.

3. She Don’t Wanna Man – Asher Roth Ft. Keri Hilson

For every girl who’s going out to actually enjoy herself rather than trying to meet Mr. Right.

4. No Scrubs – TLC

A nice reminder that the reason you’re single is because you have standards.

5. Don’t Go Knockin’ On My Door – Britney Spears

“Stronger,” is also fit for this playlist, but this old Britney banger doesn’t get enough credit.

6. Problem – Ariana Grande & Iggy Azalea

There may be moments when you wish you had a man, but this song will remind you how much of a headache penises are.

7. Dancing On My Own – Robyn

You’re well aware that dancing by yourself is much more fun than grinding with some creeper who approached you from behind.

8. I Look So Good (Without You) – Jessie James

Unless you’re dating a manorexic bodybuilder, boyfriends make you gain weight, it’s simply a fact.

9. Single Ladies- Beyoncé

A true classic.

10. Ridin’ Solo – Jason Derulo

In case you forgot how to spell S-O-L-O, Jason will be happy to remind you.

11. I Don’t Need a Man – The Pussycat Dolls

The Pussycat Dolls are way too hot to need a man, and so are you.

12. U + Ur Hand – Pink

If only it was acceptable to tell dudes to “keep your drink, just give me the money” in real life.

13. Fighter – Christina Aguilera

This is one of those songs that’s perfect for belting out to alone in your shower or car, thanks X-Tina.

14. Feeling Myself – Nicki Minaj Ft. Beyoncé

Just in case the first song didn’t remind you to masturbate, here’s another one.

Have you ever gotten hit on at the gym when you’re clearly busy running your fifth mile? How about those times you’ve gotten catcalled while you’re legit wearing sweatpants and an XL T-shirt? It seems that guys will use any cues to convince themselves that girls are looking for a man.

It’s now been found that drinking at a bar affects whether a guy thinks you’re DTF or not. We’re not kidding. Women who sit beside a beer or alcoholic beverage at the bar rather than a water are perceived as more promiscuous and as having greater sexual intent, especially to men, according to a study.

Conducted in Melbourne, Australia, the study showed 147 sexually experienced males and females a short video showing a man and a woman talking. Some participants viewed a video that showed a woman with water, while the rest viewed a video where the woman had alcohol in front of her.

Most men saw the girl who had alcohol as having “greater sexual intent” than the girl with the water. They didn’t view her personality traits as contributing to her sexual intent, but they did view her attractiveness as contributing to the increase of her level of sexual intent. Yes, the hotter you are, the more men think you want to have sex with someone. LOLLLLLL.

Cool, so if you drink alcohol, and especially if you are hot, guys assume that you’re DTF? Talk about wishful thinking — or actually, plain old rape culture.

This shows how bogus it is when judges in rape cases try to cite a woman’s intoxication as a negating factor to the fact that a dude took advantage of her. Seriously, whether you’ve had eight shots or are simply holding your friend’s drink, men (and people in general) are likely going to still think you’re “asking for it.” Awesome!

Born and raised New Yorker Lila Gold has just released a chilled out summer party anthem titled “China Chalet.” All in the name of salaciousness.

“It’s some kind of anti-love song rendition,” she says. “It’s about being young, salacious and restless, guilty parties, guilty pleasures, and the infatuation and romance I have with hedonism and youth… every little trick, kiss and kick from clubland thrills.”

And for anybody who has grown up in New York, or just visited the downtown establishment that is China Chalet, they’ll identify with the appreciation in guilty pleasures, since the restaurant-turned-nightclub still allows people to smoke cigarettes inside. Either way, the song sounds good. Listen below.

Snapchat as we once knew it is no longer.

The latest update has rolled out, and it includes a new feature that will allow users to save their Snaps into a photo album titled “Memories,” The Verge reports. But how is it different from how Snapchat was before?

With “Memories,” you’ll be able to save photos, videos, and even full stories to the album, and access them whenever you please. You can create new “stories” from your saved photos, edit any of the photos or videos you’ve already saved, and add geotags to them as well. Additionally, there’s a search feature that will help you organize your Snaps, and a section called “My Eyes Only,” in order to help you avoid accidentally exposing any explicit content to people who might be looking at your phone.

But isn’t that what Snapchat is all about? Maybe not.

“The app’s reported 150 million daily users increasingly use it to film major milestones in their lives,” The Verge writes. “They’re capturing graduations, family vacations, engagements, and weddings.”

So now, between Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, there won’t be any moments in your fabulous life left undocumented. There’s even a trailer for the new update. Watch it before you download, below.

No, Rihanna isn’t joining the cast of the Avengers, but this news is still pretty exciting.

The next Iron Man will feature a young female African-American science genius named Riri Williams as the new hero of the comic book.

She’s been written an M.I.T student who captures Tony Starks attention when she builds her own Iron Man suit in her room. Marvel writer, Brian Michael Bendis spoke to TIME Magazine about creating Riri with artist Stefano Caselli, and the exciting number of diverse characters coming to the comic book universe.

“There was a part of an audience crawling through the desert looking for an oasis when it came to representation, and now that it’s here, you’ll go online and be greeted with this wave of love,” he said.

Brian, who also helped create Jessica Jones, says that many of the older comic book writers wish they’d been more forward thinking with their character representation in the past.

“It just wasn’t where the world was at at that time,” he said.

And numbers of female comic book readers are going up. “Women ages 17 to 33 were the fastest-growing group at comic book retailers nationally,” according to Fortune, and “recent estimates put the percentage of female readers at between 30% to 50%”

And just because we know Riri’s taking over, doesn’t mean it’s all over for Tony Stark. Stay tuned for the next series of comic books to be released, which is either appropriately or really inappropriately titled Civil War II.

You may know Kara Craig for the one of a kind pieces she’s designed for Bebe Rexha, Wiz Khalifa, and a slew of NFL players; but you probably didn’t know that she also has an awesome voice.

Kara found time to record a dreamy track in between sewing intricately designed loungewear for your fave celebs, and we’ve got the exclusive premiere right here on Galore.

We also talked to kara about why the unisex clothing market is popping off, how NFL players became a huge market of hers, and that one time she had to sew push-up padding into a chick’s Coachella bikini.

The fashion and music industry are both tough to crack. What qualities do you have that have allowed you to enter both? What tips do you have?

I’m extremely persistent. I’ve always believed in myself and my ridiculous goals. Being a good person and building genuine relationships will naturally bring you opportunities. Keep working on your craft no matter who tells you it sucks. Eventually you’ll find your niche. If it’s in your heart that you’re meant to be doing it, keep pursuing it!

You’ve designed custom pieces for Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose, Bebe Rexha, and more. What’s the funniest request you’ve ever gotten? 

I had to hand sew these push-up bra padded inserts into a bathing suit at 7 a.m. for someone’s Coachella outfit…

Your custom pieces are also very popular with football players, why do you think that is? Were you surprised when they started becoming a big market of yours?

It was a pleasant surprise for sure. It all started with Omar Bolden who was a Denver Bronco at the time. He wanted pieces that nobody else had so I was constantly knocking out new designs for him. The clothes caught the eye of his teammates and other players, so Omar would send them my way. A lot of the guys come to me because they have trouble finding cool pieces that actually fit them.

kara craig: OMAR BOLDEN iv.

A photo posted by – K A R A C R A I G – (@karacraig) on Apr 6, 2016 at 9:01pm PDT

Did you go to fashion school? Do you think that obtaining a degree in fashion design is necessary to become a designer?

Yeah I went to Fashion School in Australia. I also interned for different designers while studying. You definitely do not need a degree to become a fashion designer, but understanding pattern-making and construction techniques will help a lot when you’re designing.

What’s your favorite Snapchat filter? Why?

The upside down mouth or the chubby cheeks with food crumbs falling out the mouth. Whichever one makes me look the ugliest, those are the best ‘cuz they’re so funny. Trying to look cute with the airbrushed flower crown filter gets boring real fast.

What’s your favorite way to workout?

I wish I could say I go to boot camp, Pilates, and yoga but that would be a big fat lie. I do my little strength exercises in the house and I walk around my neighborhood for hours when I’m stressed out. It helps me think of solutions to problems and lots of new ideas.

What’s the dumbest pick-up line you’ve ever heard?

Probably something to do with “shrimp on the barbie”…we call them prawns in Australia!

‘CLOUD 18’ is your first single. Do you have plans for an EP or are you taking things slow?

Yeah I definitely have an EP on the way. I made CLOUD 18 a year ago with my producer Jeffrey Rashad. I’ve been sitting on these songs for 6-12 months…it feels so good to finally release something!

Do you foresee yourself designing some pieces exclusively for you to wear on stage when you start performing?

I will for suuuure be wearing my own pieces. I made all the outfits in the CLOUD 18 video (dropping next) and I’ll be doing the same for each video to come.

Some of your pieces are unisex, do you foresee the unisex market becoming bigger in the future? Why or why not?

I don’t see why it wouldn’t keep growing. It’s already made it’s way to kids clothing with these new gender-neutral children’s lines. I think it’s really cool. I love the idea of creating something that both men and women would feel amazing in.

Today is Bastille Day, a.k.a. the French Fourth of July.

All over France, people are drinking wine and eating cheese in honor of this one time in 1789 when a bunch of French people put down their cigs for a hot minute and staged a revolution against King Louis XVI.

You see, just like St. Patrick’s Day, the Fourth of July, and Cinco de Mayo, Bastille is a day of national pride.

But unlike those holidays, Americans haven’t co-opted it as a reason to get blackout drunk on a weeknight. Yes, you could be spending this Thirsty Thursday gulping down some cab sauv at a Bastille-themed happy hour while wearing a “sexy” beret and waving plastic baguettes in the air with your gal pals. But you’re not, because no one celebrates Bastille Day that way.

And I have to say, we’re all missing out!

I mean, what are we thinking? This is America. Since when do we shy away from appropriating outside cultures for our own enjoyment and profit? Especially when those cultures include copious wine-drinking and meat-eating. Don’t tell me it’s because we’re suddenly sensitive and respectful of smaller countries’ cultures, because I won’t believe you.

French culture in particular is super fun to appropriate, in case you didn’t know — but it takes effort. Picking good wine, preparing amazing food, and getting your hair to look like Brigitte Bardot’s? Hard. Very hard.

Our failure to appreciate Bastille Day as an opportunity for French-themed debauchery has more to do with another wonderfully American trait, one which many French people actually share: laziness. We think we have cornered the market on laziness here in America. But French people invented the month-long vacation, and they actually have the balls to refuse to check their email on weekends. When it comes to laziness, the French are truly beating the Americans at our own game. There’s a lot to be emulated there.

But I digress. The point is we need to get off our asses and start making Bastille Day our own. I myself have spent Bastille Day in Paris and let me tell you: it’s swell. But there’s no doubt in my mind that an American version could be far superior.

I spent Bastille Day 2005 drinking wine (underage! <3 France!) and eating cheese in public with my friends, drunkenly pique-nique-ing next to the canals of Paris. The only snafu in our day was when some armed cops made us dump our wine out next to the Eiffel Tower. Boooo! But we got revenge later when one of my friends puked into a canal. All of the surrounding French people were trés concerned, while we just laughed like horrible American drunks and gave le pukey friend some water and a croissant.

See, the French know how to do a lot of things well, but party to excess is not one of them. Yeah, they drink almost every day, but their booze philosophy seems to be “slow and steady wins the race.” If you want to truly rage in Paris, you have to find yourself a British or Australian bar.

And hey, did you know the U.S. is the only country in the entire world that drinks more wine than France? We’ve already got this, you guys. That’s why the French need our help (as usual…) to turn Bastille Day into the blackout fest I know it’s capable of being.

I mean, we’ve already turned the birth of Christendom’s Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into a reason to day-rage via Santacon. This is America — literally nothing is sacred!

But for some reason, every year on the fourteenth of July, as I happily plan to get everyone in the vicinity drunk off of the best French rosés and reds while frantically yelping Joyeux Quatorze Juillet!, people have no idea what I’m talking about. Bastille Day? they ask in confusion. What’s that?

And I say to them: Don’t worry about what it actually is, you’re going to forget as soon as I explain it to you anyway. Instead, picture St. Patrick’s Day, but French.

Sugary and disgusting cocktails with names like “French Kiss” and “Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi?” would be invented and served in comically huge plastic wine glasses with lids and straws. We’d find a way to make striped boatneck French people shirts “slutty.” California wine country would turn into a yearly party destination as people flocked there, Mardi Gras-style, every fourteenth of July because this is America, wine is wine, we don’t care about the details. In every city in America, the streets would run red with wine puke, and I mean that as a compliment.

Plus it would piss off the French, which is adorable.

Look at it this way: we’ve already taken pommes frites and turned them into the clearly superior and much more fattening French fries. Let’s give Bastille Day the American treatment and turn it into the blackout-fest we all know it’s capable of being. We owe it to ourselves.

Today, beloved ginger and recreational fuckboy Prince Harry did something unusual for a man of his stature: he took an HIV test live and streamed the entire thing on Facebook.

“Prince Harry’s decision to take an HIV test, live on social media, is a groundbreaking moment in the fight against HIV,” said Ian Green, Chief Executive of Terrence Higgins Trust, a UK-based charity promoted to supporting sexual health. “Not only does it show His Royal Highness’s genuine and personal commitment to tackling the HIV epidemic, it will amplify a message to millions all over the world: testing for HIV is easy, quick, and nothing to be feared.”

“It’s amazing how quick it is,” Harry quipped when the test was over. “So whether you’re a man, woman, gay, straight, black or white — even ginger — why wouldn’t you come and have a test?”

Ginger joke aside, bb boy has a point.

Even if you’re afraid the test will come back positive, you need to know your status.

And not for the sake of your own health, but for the health of your future and past sexual conquests partners.

Just like you have to get your yearly pap smear to make sure everything’s okay down there, you really should be getting tested for HIV.

Although there’s a lot of unnecessary conversation in the video that’s difficult to understand even with the volume turned all the way up, we have to give Prince Harry a round of applause for not just blabbering on about how he supports HIV prevention, but actually doing something about it.

Almost makes us sorry we called you a fuckboy in the first place.

Almost.

[H/T E!]

Bumble was revolutionary in the over-saturated dating app market because they forced girls to make the first move. Then, they introduced Bumble BFF, which helped girls to meet other girls for friendship purposes. Now, they’ve announced plans to launch Bumble Bizz to help you network.

And while we can appreciate the idea behind it, we’re not sure they’ve thought it completely through.

At first glance, I almost thought Bumble Bizz was a good idea. Bumble is leaning in, they want women to initiate conversations with potential business contacts and expand their network. The creators behind Bumble (and literally everyone else looking for a job rn) know that it’s all about who you know, and potential job offers weigh more heavily on your Instagram followers than your skill-set these days.

I hate networking, and it’d probably be so much easier for me to meet people via an app rather than awkwardly approaching people at a happy hour. But, do you know what I hate more than networking? This:

I got this message on LinkedIn when I was studying abroad in London and using Happn. Normally when I get a message on LinkedIn, I am hopeful that it’s a recruiter, or a job opportunity, or at least something useful. Instead, I was confronted with a dude who somehow found my LinkedIn profile from my Happn profile and decided that since we didn’t match he’d find another way to contact me.

This isn’t a unique occurrence either. I’ve heard plenty of other girls complaining that they’ve gotten creepy LinkedIn messages from dudes who clearly don’t know the difference between a dating app and a professional networking site.

If these same creepy dudes get a hold of Bumble Bizz, they’re only going to get worse. I mean sure, Bumble Bizz isn’t supposed to be for dating, but this is men we’re talking about here. It’s not like it would be the first time that a guy hit on a potential employee or promised a chick a job if she agrees to go out with him.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure that the girl-on-girl Bumble Bizz networking will do just fine, because girls aren’t dogs. But as for the dudes, I’m not so sure. Then again, it’s unclear whether Bumble is actually going to have Bumble Bizz open to both males and females, but considering that they already have BFF as a boys-free zone, it seems that they would open Bizz to both girls and guys.

Either way, we’re interested to see how this one pans out when Bumble Bizz launches in the fall. And when that happens, maybe contact HR of the firm where that creeper works and see what they have to say about it.

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon decided it would be a cute idea to see if she could still fit into some of Elle Woods’ most iconic outfits, which she just happens to have packed away in a series of neatly labeled boxes.

Spoiler alert: she did.

Because if she didn’t, she probably never would have posted a single one of these videos to Snapchat. Which, yeah, Reese Witherspoon apparently has Snapchat! Her username is reesewitherspoon and for some reason her emoji is not a spoon.

First up, the notorious bunny costume:

Sadly, Reese’s modesty prohibited her from actually trying this bad boy on, but it’s nice to know she’s got it tucked away for sexy occasions.

She also tried on this tragically unhip sparkly, off-the-shoulder number, with a matching pink beret:

The dress she wore when she thought her fuckboy college boyfriend was going to propose to her:

And the iconic bikini that got her into Harvard in the first place:

And as icing on the cake, Reese even gave us a refresher course on how to bend and snap.

Happiest #LegallyBlonde15! In honor of the 15th anniversary of #LegallyBlonde, go to @instagram’s page to see my interview, along with full instructions on how to #BendAndSnap! Also show me what ya got!! Use #LegallyBlonde15 to share your celebrations!

A video posted by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) on Jul 13, 2016 at 8:15am PDT

Watch the whole thing below and get ready to gag on all the pink.

Some people consider coffee the devil’s brew, while others can’t live a day without it.

Now, scientific studies on the effects of caffeine on the body help us make sense of why.

Ahmed El-Solehmy, a professor at the University of Toronto noticed that a lot of the studies on caffeine will offer varying information, and wondered if it might be because people react differently to it. After starting his research, almost 10 years ago, he found that there’s a gene called CYP1A2 which controls the enzymes in your body that break down caffeine, the New York Times reports.

Some people inherited a gene that helped them metabolize caffeine quickly. They’re called the “fast metabolizers.” Others didn’t. They’re liable to metabolize caffeine up to 4 times slower than those with the faster version, or two copies of the gene.

Interestingly, those with the fast version of the gene were found to have no increased — and caffeine-caused — risk of heart issues later on in life, while the slow metabolizers were affected negatively. In other words, depending on your genes, drinking coffee could either help or hurt you.

Obviously, the genes aren’t the only thing that matters when it comes to heart problems.

“There are clearly other genetic and environmental factors contributing to differences in caffeine metabolism,” Dr. Marilyn Cornelis, an assistant professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine told the Times. “And these are not captured by existing tests.”

Interested in learning where you stand? FitnessGenes might be the answer—it’s a company that offers testing for a number of genes related to diet and exercise. Check it out and figure out if you should curb your caffeine habit, or keep it rockin’ through your old age.

ICYMI, there’s a rumor going around for a while now that Taylor Swift got a boob job.

And Ariel Winter is totally down with it being true.

Today, Ariel Winter went on a knockoff version of The View called The Talk and voiced her support about Taylor Swift and the hypothetical boob job people seem to think she got.

Ever since Taylor made Tom Hiddleston go to a Selena Gomez concert with her, people have been speculating that she got a boob job, even though she’s clearly just wearing a padded push-up bra.

Obviously people are forgetting about the fact that Taylor’s shown cleavage in public on multiple occasions over the years, but whatever, we see what we want to see.

Still, even though T Swift probably didn’t get a breast enhancement as a breakup present to herself, Ariel Winter, doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with if she did.

“I have to say, you know, even if Taylor Swift did get her boobs done, good for her if she felt like she wanted to.”

And she has a point.

Taylor’s a grown woman and if she really decided that slightly bigger boobs would make her the happiest version of herself, who are we to stand in her way of happiness?

After all, she can’t be expected to get everything she needs from her boring British boyfriend who may or may not be fake as fuck.

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Sisters Iman and Siham Hashi, known to the world as Faarrow, are to release their new EP titled Lost tomorrow, July 15th. And aside from being compared to super girl group, the Spice Girls, Iman and Siham are inspiring youth around the world to be more socially aware by getting involved in helping their communities and utilizing music as a tool for bridging the cultural gaps.

The duo was born two years apart in Somalia, and by 1991, the civil war there resulted in Iman and Siham’s move to Toronto, Canada, and the beginning of their lives as refugees. Since then, the girls have been heavily involved in several humanitarian organizations and projects — the sisters are spokeswomen for the UN Refugee Agency. Get to know Faarrow more in our Q+A below.

Galore: Tell me a little bit about where you are from.

Faarrow: We were born in Somalia and grew up in Toronto. We came to Canada as refugees when we were babies because of the war in Somalia. Even though we weren’t there, everybody that came from the war still carries that with them.

How has that affected how you use your platform?

The minute we got a record deal, we felt like wow we have a voice and we have a platform. We wanted to make sure it was part of our purpose. There’s a lot of refugee camps, not just in Somalia, but in other developing countries, full of women and children. We felt like we wanted to be a voice for all those voiceless women. That was always something that was inside of us. Through working with the UN and other organizations alike, we’re able to continue to spread awareness through our music and our benefit concerts. We just like getting out there and spreading the word.

I feel like a lot of artists now are starting to feel responsible for spreading the word in regards to various issues. Is there anybody you look up to because they do that?

We love Angelina Jolie! We actually met her. She’s a great role model for people. We performed at a UN award show in Switzerland and she was the host. She was just so nice and we got to talk… we actually had a trip planned with another organization to Somalia and she had that same trip planned too. We were just like we can’t believe we’re trying to figure out our trip with Angelina Jolie, this is crazy!

Do you feel like your fans are ready to hear about it?

It’s weird with the refugee crisis happening, I just feel like people are really disconnected from it and they always feel like oh it’s happened to other people, it would never happen to me. They just don’t feel connected to it, and you know, it’s crazy because it can literally happen to anybody.

Music is a good way to connect people and help people to understand things.

Absolutely! We feel like music has no language. There’s no language barriers even though we’re singing in English — people feel music.

Why do so many artists come out of Toronto? That is my question.

You know, that’s a great question because we’ve been doing the music thing for awhile. We left Toronto for the reason of – we love Canada and we love supporting Canada – we just felt like if we want to be a global act, we had to leave. All of the other artists from Toronto took the path of leaving Canada, like Justin Bieber.

Yeah, I guess you just have to come to L.A. to be working with the best of the best. 

Exactly! I just feel like there’s so much attention on Toronto now, but the talent has always been there. And because of how Drake and the Weeknd branded the city, people have their eyes on it now. It seems like there are so many more artists coming out, and it’s like… they’ve just always been there. Toronto’s truly having a moment right now.

Who are some artists that you guys are listening to right now?

Drake… of course. We love MNEK too. He has a new song with Zara Larson, they’re both really cool. It’s called “Never Forget You,” and it’s really popular right now! Also, M.I.A. She always has a message or a purpose. Plus, she’s a bad ass and has awesome music.

You guys are stylish. Do you have a lot of say in your image? 

Yes! Sometimes artists are with a record deal and it seems like somebody is always putting things together. I love that we have creative control. In the past it wasn’t like that. We had a record deal and it was very contrived. But now, and I feel like it’s because we know who we are and we finally have the music, we’re saying what we want to say. It just feels good to be able to do that.

Do you guys share clothes?

Yes, definitely! We share everything now.

Tell me about the new music that you guys are making.

A lot of people ask us who we can compare ourselves to, and I know all artists hate that. But I feel like now, if the Spice Girls and the Fugees had a love child, it would be us.

Oh! That’s a good description.

Like even our message, because you know the Fugees were also refugees. They made it cool to be a refugee, or like it wasn’t something to be ashamed of. They were open about it… in America it was cool to be a refugee. And then the Spice Girls represented girl power and preached about how it was okay to be yourself!

If you were a Spice Girl, which one would you be?

Scary Spice and Sporty Spice! And that’s actually what we were for Halloween too.

What’s your working relationship like? 

Our names mean “faith” and “arrow,” and that definitely represents who we are as people. Iman always keeps the faith a lot and I’m like always like no, we need to figure out the direction. I’m the arrow.

What can we expect from you guys next?

Everything! Our EP’s coming out on July 15th. It’s titled Lost.

What’s your favorite song on it?

It’s funny because it always changes, but right now my favorite song is “Chasing Highs.” And “Werk,” but it’s spelled W-E-R-K.

Photos by Maddie Cordoba

The apocalypse is coming, but you probably already knew that.

Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game that has taken over the streets by infiltrating our boyfriend’s cell phones, is all over the news. And in just one morning, I’ve seen at least 6 crazy headlines regarding the influence of this game on our current culture. So in the spirit of being generous with my knowledge, I’ve decided to share them with all of you. Enjoy!

1. “On-Duty NYPD Cops Caught On Camera Playing Pokémon Go”

Someone in Queens captured video footage of a bunch of on-duty cops playing the game on the street.

2. “Pokémon Go Is a Government Surveillance Psyop Conspiracy“

If you like the visual below, you’ll surely enjoy believing in this article^ as much as I did.

Photo via Gawker

3. “As Pokémon Go Consumes Country, Police Nationwide Issue Safety Tips“

“Pokémon Go put me in the ER last night,” NBC quoted one Reddit user in this article about the dangers of the game. “Not even 30 minutes after the release last night, I slipped and fell down a ditch. Fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in my foot…Watch where you’re going, folks!”

4.  “2 California men fall off edge of ocean bluff while playing Pokemon Go“

People are falling into ditches and off the edges of bluffs!

5. “Pokémon Go-Inspired Donuts Now Exist at NYC’s Doughnut Plant“

Donut trends and digital apps go well together.

Pokémon Dough.@DoughnutPlantNYpic.twitter.com/AfnPw6tzOG

— liv (@andletliv) July 12, 2016

6. “How ‘Pokemon Go’ Could Help You Sell Your House.”

If the game is fun for kids to play, imagine how enjoyable it might feel to be an adult capitalizing off the app? CNBC weighs in on the way the game is affecting the real estate market already, and it’s pretty nuts.

“I think at the end of the day the goal is to get as many people through the door and interested in the apartment, and ultimately, if there’s a ‘Pokemon’ obsessed person out there who also likes this home, then we want them here, and this is the best way to attract them,” a real estate agent named Jay Glazer, 32 said.

He admitted to loving the game as well.

We all have a tendency to think that the sooner we have our shit together, the sooner we’ll become rich, famous and successful. But sometimes that’s just not the case.

Some of the most iconic women of all time didn’t make it their first shot, while others were born bound for fame. So, we compiled a list of some of our favorite women and when they got their big break. Some of these may stress you out (like WTF am I doing with my life) and others may relieve you.

1. Madonna – 24

A far cry from the tweenage Disney-approved pop stars of today, Madge made it on the pop scene when she was 24 in 1982 and struck her first solo record deal. She released her first self-titled album in 1983, which produced her first breakout hit “Holiday.” Celebrate!

2. Cindy Crawford – 16

Cindy won the “Look of the Year” contest in 1982, which was held by the Elite Modeling Agency when she was only 16, which basically jump-started her career. Only five months after that, she was on the cover of Vogue. Ugh, must be nice.

3. Marilyn Monroe – 24

While her teenage husband was deployed, Marilyn was 18 and working in a factory inspecting parachutes. One of the army photographers in 1944 took a photo of her for an advertisement, and by the next year, Marilyn had already appeared on 33 magazine covers. She signed a contract for her first movie role when she was 20, but did not break out in any major films until 1950 when she was 24 and appeared in six major films that year.

4. Billie Holiday – 18

After moving to NYC with her mom and working in a prostitution house, Billie Holiday was discovered at age 18 by producer John Hammond while performing in a Harlem jazz club. John partnered her with an up-and-coming clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, and they recorded several tracks, including her first commercial release “Your Mother’s Son-In-Law”.

5. Oprah – 32

The TV host got her start at age 22 after moving from Nashville to Baltimore to begin hosting a TV chat show called “People Are Talking.” The show was a hit and she hosted it for 8 years before getting recruited to host a show in Chicago. Then at age 32, Oprah hit it big with her own self-titled show where she morphed into the bread-loving Oprah we know and love today!

6. Dolly Parton – 25

Dolly was born into a very poor family in Tennessee. She got her first guitar from a relative, and begin writing songs at age 10. The songs were so fantastic that she started performing in Knoxville, and then three years later appeared on the Grand Ole Opry Stage at age 13. She finished school, and she got her big break when she got her first number one country single at age 25 in 1971.

7. Meryl Streep – 28

Although her career began on the stages of New York in the 60s, she didn’t hit her big break until 1977 she was 28. She starred in the film “Julia” with Jane Fonda, and people really started noticing her after that. She landed many roles after that, including “The Devil Wears Prada” in which she is the villainous Miranda Priestley.

8. Cher – 19

Cher moved to Hollywood when she was only 16 to pursue a career when she met Sonny Bono at a coffee shop. The two worked together, and eventually fell in love. They made their break out album and record in 1965 with “I Got You Babe” when she was only 19.

9. Joan Rivers – 32

After realizing that acting wasn’t her thing, she spent many years performing in New York’s coffee houses and comedy clubs. Joan’s big break finally came around when she was 32 and she booked a gig on “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” in 1965. She was a smash hit, and that eventually led to her hosting her own show.

10. Tina Turner – 21

When Tina moved to St. Louis in her early teens, she became obsessed with the R&B scene there. In 1956, she met Ike Turner, and began performing with his group called the Kings of Rhythm. In 1960, when Tina was 21 years old, one of the lead singers for the “Kings of Rhythm” didn’t show up to a recording session, so she took the spot and sang one of the lead songs called “A Fool in Love.” The group sent the demo to a New York radio station, and it instantly became a hit.

11. Winona Ryder – 17

As a teenager, Winona attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She made her film debut when she was just 15 in the film “Lucas” in 1986, and then in 1988, Tim Burton cast Ryder in “Beetlejuice” when she was 17, which is where she really took the spotlight. She then went on the star in other cult classics like the “Heathers.”

12. Amy Winehouse – 23

When Amy was 12, she was accepted into the highly regarded Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, and also received her first guitar in that same year. However, when she was 16, she was expelled from that school, but one of her friends, up-and-coming pop star Tyler James, passed her demo onto his label. That led to her record deal with Universal/Island records. Her debut record Frank in 2003 led to success in the UK, but her second record “Back to Black” in 2006 gave way to her most successful hit “Rehab” when she was 23.

13. Britney Spears – 17

Brit was only 11 when she started on the Mickey Mouse Club, starring alongside other bound for fame stars like Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. Then in 1998, her biggest hit, “Baby One More Time” came out when she was 17, basically assuring her route to pop-star fame.

14. Whitney Houston – 22

Whitney was discovered when she was 19 by record tycoon Clive Davis, and he signed her almost immediately. She released her debut self-titled album in 1985 at age 22 and almost overnight became a pop sensation, and became one of the most iconic voices of all time.

We all know those weird couples who decide to go to Disneyland for their honeymoon, or that girl from your high school who has dressed up as Cinderella every Halloween since the 4th grade. But what does it mean when people are obsessed with Disney well into adulthood? (Like me, for example…)

Well according to one study, conservatives who list Disney as one of their interests on their dating profiles are into rough sex. I wish we could say we were surprised, but it actually sort of makes sense.

The data comes from an OkCupid study that analyzed 190,000 user profiles and measured their political leanings with their personal likes and dislikes. Liberals who like rough sex list Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction on their profile, which is also unsurprising.

Think about it: conservatives love to look squeaky clean while secretly liking weird sex shit. Meanwhile, liberals love to be loud and proud about their odd interests, from kink to cult movies. None of these stats should be surprising.

But as a liberally-leaning chick myself, I would argue that all people who are into Disney are kinky sex freaks. Just think about when you see a cute little Disney creature (like Gus, the mouse from Cinderella) and how you want to squeeze it? Maybe instead of squeezing a cartoon character, you can just have your partner squeeze your nipples with some clamps? Or IDK try some pain-play with a cane?

Who could forget when we were blessed with these weird-ass 50 Shades of Grey inspired Disney illustrations? Complete with Kristoff from Frozen (and his perfect ass) holding Anna’s bloody tampon? If we needed more proof that Disney lovers were also into BDSM, that was it.

A dating app for Disney freaks came out a while ago, and I can only imagine the awesomely kinky roleplays they’re having right now. Beauty and the beast? Some animal fetish stuff with Lady and the Tramp? Who knows! The possibilities are endless.

Cover art by Ashley Uzer

Playboy may be known for its scandalous image, but these girls are getting a little bit too wild.

The 2015 Playmate of the Year, Dani Mathers just received a lot of public backlash after Snapchatting a photo of a nude woman in a locker room, captioned “If I can’t unsee this, then you can’t either.”

Here’s what LAist hilariously reported, which caused a bunch of her Twitter followers to call her a “garbage human” afterwards.

She then issued this apology, claiming the whole thing was an accident, and promising — “you have my word,” she says, to be exact, that she’ll never do it again.

Another one time Playboy model just caught a case for her role in the attempted murder of Djordje Zdrale, a Bosnian crime lord. She helped set up some sort of “honey trap,” with another guy named Darko Elez in order to kill him, TIME reports.

This is her:

What’s goin’ on, ladies?

Let’s hope nothing similar to these incidents occurred in the abandoned ‘Swingers’ Tiki Palace in Birmingham, Alabama, famed for its weird pool inside with the Playboy logo.

The mansion was recently documented by an urban photographer named Naaman Hall (see above), but you also can check out the rest of the creepy photos here.

We previously spoke to a reader who used cheating as a way to escape her abusive relationship. Turns out, she’s not the only one. While cheating is usually viewed in a negative light, both of these stories show that there are certain circumstances where cheating is used as a way out of a relationship that is unhealthy, or even dangerous.

Here is her story, as told to Ashley Uzer.

I met my boyfriend the second week of my freshman year of college at one of his fraternity parties, our connection from the first time we met was instant. He was older, and I was drawn to his great personality, good looks, and book smarts. If you were look at him from a résumé standpoint, he was close to perfect. He was exactly the type of man you wanted to bring home to mom and dad. I think it was safe to say we both fell pretty hard for each other early on into the relationship.

We never had a solid friendship established before jumping in to the physical aspect of our relationship. I think this was one of the first flaws in our relationship, but I was completely blind to this. I was caught up in how happy I was to have found someone like him.

As we got to know each other, we realized we had a lot of similarities, but with that came the discovery of a lot more differences in each other. That eventually led to a lot of arguments, which then led to physical fights.

The abuse didn’t start until our one year anniversary. He was drunk and we had an all-out argument that turned physical in my sorority house. As embarrassing as this sounds, he locked me in my room and that’s when the physical abuse started. I remember him throwing things across the room and hitting me. My roommates at the time described the sounds as if we were wrestling each other. There was definitely a struggle between us. 

Then, I found out that he had cheated on me with a girl who was a mutual friend of ours, someone who resembled me very closely in her looks and personality. In my mind, I viewed her as being a better version of me. This was the turning point in our relationship. Looking back, I should have walked away at that point and never looked back. I had the opportunity to leave, but I couldn’t. I already felt like he had a mental and emotional hold me. Instead of apologizing, he made me feel guilty for turning him to cheat. I felt responsible. I felt like I needed him. I felt like if I were to have let go of him and our relationship, I couldn’t have physically functioned.

Oddly enough, he felt the same. The moment I tried to leave, he reeled me back in. He was so dependent on me to the point where he needed me too. He begged me to stay, so I did. I believed he could change and that we would rebuild this relationship. Looking back, I realized this was probably the lowest moment in my life. I lost myself entirely. This is where I lost my identity. This is where our relationship became toxic.

The abuse wasn’t just physical abuse. It was mental, emotional, and verbal. I was reduced to thinking that I wasn’t good enough, pretty enough, or intelligent enough. There was a lot of distrust between us which led to endless arguments and physical fights. The longest we went without verbally fighting was no more than two to three weeks at most. The physical abuse wasn’t every time, but the verbal abuse was constant. Each time it got worse and worse. I vividly remember a time when he slammed my head into the floor and I nearly blacked out.

Fast forward a few years later, months before our official break up, I ended up making a trip home for Spring Break. I saw a good friend of mine that I happen to have a lot of history with. We hadn’t spoken in five years, and we began to catch up with one another. As I explained to him about what I’ve been doing for the past five years and the relationship I’d been involved in, I realized that I truly didn’t deserve to be treated the way that I was. It was the first time I ever told someone about the truth behind my relationship. As my friend and I continued to hang out over Spring Break, he began to subtly treat me like his girlfriend. Mind you, he was in a five-year relationship as well.

His relationship situation was quite similar to mine in that it was mentally and emotionally abusive, so we were able to relate. We ended up hooking up and therefore cheating on our significant others. I definitely do not normally condone cheating. As a matter of fact, I was against cheating and vowed never to cheat on my boyfriend up until this point. I clearly knew what I was getting into and I knew what I had done, and I knew the consequences. But, after spending Spring Break with him, I had no regrets in my actions. In fact, cheating made me realize how much better I deserved to be treated, and it ultimately empowered me to leave my abusive relationship.

Post-spring break, I returned back to school and my boyfriend had found a place that he wanted us to move into. He thought it was a picture perfect place for us, a place where we could finally start the next chapter of our lives (i.e. engagement and then marriage). Inside, I was freaking out, and I thought to myself, “There is no way I can stay in this relationship and continue being abused, and to think of adding an engagement, marriage, and later on kids.” I couldn’t imagine bringing in children into this relationship, let alone procreating with a man who thought it was okay to lay a hand on a woman. I immediately ended our relationship right then and there. I told him that the abuse was the deciding factor in ending this relationship. 

My ex and I reconnected five months later and briefly tried to make things work again, I thought things would be different. He cheated on me that March and I broke off all communication for good. At that moment, I left and never looked back.

I strongly believe that if I hadn’t cheated, I would still be in that abusive relationship, because in that moment, I realized I had enough. Cheating was the moment when I knew no one else could get me out of this situation, and that I had to make that decision on my own, and it became the best decision I ever made for myself.

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