If there is a patron saint of authenticity, it is undoubtedly Dolly Parton. She is a woman who stands 5-feet-nothing, wears six-inch heels, and sports hair closer to God than most televangelists. Yet, despite the wigs, the rhinestones, and the “Backwoods Barbie” persona, she is widely regarded as one of the most genuine human beings…
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel didn’t just give us the Little Black Dress, the tweed suit, and a perfume that smells like expensive confidence. She gave us a blueprint for existence. In a world that loves to put women in neat little boxes—labeled “mother,” “wife,” “bossy,” or “too loud”—Chanel took a drag of her cigarette, looked society…
Let’s face it: casinos are stressful. The lights are too bright, the carpets are aggressively ugly, and the house always wins. Most of us get sweaty palms just thinking about putting a hundred bucks on Red 23 at the roulette table. It turns out, Queen B feels the same way. Beyoncé—global icon, musical titan, and…
We have all been there. Maybe it was a passive-aggressive email from a coworker, a backhanded compliment from a frenemy, or a straight-up insult from a random internet troll. Your stomach drops, your face gets hot, and suddenly, you feel about two inches tall. In that moment of shrinking self-worth, there is one voice from…
Life is a lot like a movie script, except the craft services table is usually empty, and there are way fewer musical montages to help you get through a breakup. But if there is one screenwriter who understood the messy, hilarious, and poignant arc of the human experience, it was the late, great Nora Ephron….