Category: Trends

  • I know I’m almost 30, but I’m still too young to be a dad.  Definitely not old enough for kids. So said the all-American stranger in a polo and khaki shorts to his female companion. I was merely eavesdropping from a discreet distance. Photo by Dianna Narotski 30? Too young?  Tell that to Swaziland, where…

  • Owing to a number of factors (promising a bunch of folks I’d make them one, fighting insomnia by thinking of wacky playlists, this piece from a True/Slant colleague), mix tapes (henceforth referred to as mix cds because we are in the 21st century) have been on my mind lately. The selection and arranging of just…

  • So, I’ve been sporadically watching the Olympics. And I’ve noticed something. Well, two somethings. The first being that  tapered white sweat pants as part of an official uniform is an abomination. Ralph Lauren should be ashamed. God, even Dov Charney and the American Apparel misogyny machine could have turned out something more wearable. And secondly…