Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

An awareness has been building in recent years, one that highlights how the experiences of most, if not all, women intersect when it comes to not feeling safe in public at some point in their lives. If you speak to any woman on the street, she could likely tell you about a time she pretended...

I know that it makes me old and not at all with it, but social media influencers are one of those jobs that I still find it hard to believe actually pays. That said, even I know there are some legitimate folks, who actually do influence large numbers of people to try the products they...

Ok, ok, fine – he never said it was easy, just that it was easier, but I mean…are we buying that? I’m not someone who thinks any sort of math(s) are easy, not even the kind that sixth graders are assigned for homework, so I remain skeptical. Still, let’s give Dr. Po-Shen Loh of Carnegie Mellon University a...

It’s not news that people love Disney. The love the characters, they adore the movies, but perhaps more than anything else, they can’t get enough of visiting the “happiest places on earth” – their worldwide theme parks. Because these parks are so popular, guests also know to expect things like crowds, reservations, and lines, but...

It can be hard in this day and age of constant, usually horrible, news to remember that human beings are not constantly being terrible and awful to each other, don’t you think? We have to seek out the people and the news stories that remind us that isn’t true (at least not all of the...

Before the movie Twister, I don’t think a ton of people realized that chasing storms was like, a job people did for a living. It seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it? The racing toward violent, deadly storms instead of going the other direction? We know now that there are always people willing to do crazy sh%t for science, though,...

When people complain about all of the “Karens” out there, what they’re really complaining about is the fact that there are way too many entitled people in this world. They demand others do things for them, even when it’s not convenient, there’s no reason to expect it, or even – in this case – when...

Reddit is one of the internet sites where people are unabashedly hilarious, and also one of the many sites where you’re not allowed to change your username once you’ve chosen it. Sure, people can and do make throwaway accounts, but that’s not what we’re talking about here – we’re talking about the times the perfect...

There are some actors who play so many roles so well that it’s impossible to link them to just one performance. Other actors are so inextricably linked to a single, iconic role that it’s hard to ever separate them in our minds – not that we would want to. Dutch artist Ard Gelinck is a master...

Movies, television, books – all kinds of entertainment are full of cliches. It’s because they’re easy, sure, but it’s also because they’re something most people inherently understand, which allows the writers to shortcut some explanation. Just because they have a purpose doesn’t mean it’s not funny (and sometimes insulting), though, and Twitter recently had a...

I love movies. Going to the movies is one of the things I have missed most about this past year, and I cannot wait to get back to it as soon as I can. That said, even people who love movies recognize that there are some truly silly cliches that Hollywood relies on like they’re...

In every line of food service, no matter how generic and mundane your menu, people will find a way to shock and surprise you. Sometimes it’s in a good way, opening your eyes to possibilities you never considered on the menu you see all day, every day. Most of the time, though, they make you...

Anyone in any kind of food service will tell you that the saying “there’s no accounting for taste” is absolutely true. People order all kinds of weird stuff, and the person taking the order just has to smile like this is a totally normal thing to write down and serve to a human being. If...

If you’re not living life as a woman, it can be hard to understand what it’s like to walk around feeling not exactly secure, pretty much all of the time. Women and girls have to be on their guard, watching their surroundings, picking out exit strategies, prepared to lie or laugh and jokes that aren’t...

The obvious solution to this problem is to set your messages not to display content if your phone is locked, but I guess if someone else was actually using your phone, that might not always work. If there was a foolproof solution, these 16 people would surely be all ears after these cringey moments of...