Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

A hot topic in sports like basketball, tennis, and soccer is that women’s teams and individual athletes are being paid lower salaries, despite working just as hard at the same job – and in the case of U.S. women’s soccer in particular, actually doing the same job better. Many arguments have been made that try...

The 90s were a simpler time, my friends, when parents weren’t terribly worried about what their kids ate, if they came home all day, or whether the playground equipment at McDonald’s was “safe.” If any or all of that brings to mind your childhood, then these 18 images of “vintage” fast food spots and meals...

Zoom is the new place to be, for friends, family, dating, what have you. It’s not ideal, but we’re all trying to be responsible (right?) and it’s what we have. It’s not so bad, really, except for the fact that now you have to keep you house clean (or at least a good background space...

If you are or have been married, you know that the littlest things, over time, can fester into much bigger problems. It’s also true that it’s easy enough to lose perspective when you’re inside a world of your own making for quite some time. Those are both reasons that people seek out therapists, but listen….these...

Every human being on the planet has regrets about how they spent their youth. It’s normal, but listen – if you can learn to take advice from those older than you, really hear them out, you can avoid making at least all of the mistakes we have. If you’re still young, here are 12 things...

When the person posed this question to Reddit, I wonder if they thought they would get literal or metaphorical answers. They probably believed most people would confess morally gross secrets, but listen…there are a lot more people out there with actual nasty secrets than any of us probably realized. Here are 14 of the best...

People who have never been poor sometimes don’t realize how people who are poor live in a whole different world from the rest of us. It can be easy to close your eyes to it, ignore it, think the government is taking care of people, when you and the people you love aren’t living inside...

Every culture has those stereotypical things that are easy to poke fun at, like Americans being classless, Canadians being nice, Aussies being chill, Germans not having a sense of humor…and Brits appearing to have something stuck up their arses when it comes to enjoying life. The Twitter account @SoVeryBritish parlays these funny British stereotypes into...

Despite the feelings of students the world over, human history is anything but boring. It’s littered with people, after all – full of quirks, attitudes, beliefs, passions, and all the rest. Too often, studying history is taken to meant “memorizing crap,” when really, facts like these 15 are the reason we should force kids to...

Many people claim, at least, to do their best thinking in the shower. I have to say that, as an author, I’ve worked out quite a few plot snarls in there, but now that I’m a tired mom, mostly I just stare at the wall, listen to my audiobook, and wonder how long I have...

You’ve probably read articles about microplastics being present in the atmosphere, in the ocean, in our food, and even in the rain that splatters us on a cooler autumn day. It’s disturbing, and proof of how much of an effect our lifestyle has on our world, even if scientists don’t really know bad it could...

From a young age, we’re taught not to drink the water in the ocean. It’s not the same as other water, though our parents rarely explain why beyond telling us “it will make you sick.” We read horrifying stories about disasters at sea, where men and women are stuck without food or water, and eventually...

Most of us remember a few things about the Puritans from our days spent half-listening in history classes – they had something to do with the founding of America, and they had big ol’ sticks up their butts. Even those couple of things, though, aren’t totally and honestly true. It turns out we believe more...

We all have affection for the states where were born, or the ones we’ve adopted as our own – good, bad, ugly, or funny, it’s home. Which is why it’s okay for us to make fun of their stereotypes like these 27 people did on Reddit! 27. The important ones, anyway. Except chocolate. Ohio, home...

The fact that we all live in a society with generally accepted rules and norms isn’t the thing that keeps most of us in line every day. We have our own moral compasses that are built in from birth, and we follow them because something inside us says it’s the “right thing” to do. It...