Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

You probably know the name Jim Crow from your high school history books, and from public discourse on race relations, as they continue to be an issue that plagues Americans hoping for a different sort of society. Jim Crow references the laws that were prevalent across the American South into the 1960s, but get this –...

It’s weird to think about, but public restrooms have been in the news an awful lots these past several years. People feel the need to debate who can use a certain bathroom in regards to the rights of trans people, Europeans are into unisex bathrooms, and honestly, this American just wishes we could keep ours...

If you’ve enjoyed a pretzel or pretzel bites or cheese (yum!) from Auntie Anne’s, whether at a mall or an airport, or somewhere else, chances are you haven’t thought much beyond how delicious a snack you’ve procured. If you had, well…you probably would have been shocked by how Auntie got her start. Auntie Anne’s actual...

It might surprise you, actually how many singers are also songwriters, and that sometimes, they don’t keep their music and lyrics to themselves. They share the love, or they’re not making an album currently, or what they’ve written doesn’t vibe with their style – or, you know, someone paid them a lot of money for...

McDonald’s, of course, only serves Happy Meals – little boxes of so-called meat, buns, sauce, so-called apple slices, and the best fries around – to kids all over the world. We grew up on them, and we feed them to our kids far more often that we would like to admit. What if there was...

There are plenty of items in our lives that we toss as soon as they’re technically broken – pretty much all technology falls into this category – because we’re not naturally thrifty or good at fixing things the way our grandparents’ generation was. Now, if this recession continues, we may have to remedy that! For...

There’s a saying out there that cursing shows a lack of imagination and vocabulary, and while I don’t really ascribe to it – sometimes a curse word is the best and only word that will do – there are, apparently, beautifully polite and savage ways to tell someone to go f%ck themselves. These 11 examples from history...

It can sometimes seem that the men and women of yore were more couth and classy, less abrasive and loud, than humans today. If you’re seen Hamilton (you’ve seen Hamilton, right?), then you know that’s not true. They definitely told each other to f%ck off, they just did it with classier words most of the time. Here are 12...

If you’re someone who enjoys history, then you know that, pretty much since the beginning of time, people haven’t really changed all that much. Historical folks are just as big of smarta$ses as we are today, and whoo boy, there have been some totally classy, but totally harsh, middle fingers thrown threw the ages. Here...

If you’re a fellow member of Generation X, you’re probably used to (and fine with) being forgotten and ignored. It’s kind of our thing, and we’re cool with it because it lets us live our lives without being bothered. And that’s just ONE reason. There’s a whole slew of reasons I could get into, but...

Generation X is often forgotten, like there are no  people in the world between Boomers and Millennials…maybe because we don’t react at all as they claw at each other above our heads. We can’t be bothered to get into other people’s problems, you see, because we’re busy minding our business and taking care of our...

Millennials, Boomers, and Generation Z get most of the attention when it comes to social media, the regular media, and memes everywhere. Generation X – the smallest of the three, but I think, the coolest – is often overlooked. Which is kind of funny, since taking care of ourselves and going unnoticed has always kind...

People love Photoshop. It’s addictive, to think we could create the perfect image, could scrub anything out or in that would make us or the image as a whole look better. We should have learned by now, though, that any such requests given to Photoshop master Jamie Fridman would be met with extremely literal responses...

There aren’t enough free things in this world, if you ask me, so if you find a cool thing on the internet that helps you in one way or another, sharing is caring, don’t you think? These 11 Redditors have some thoughts on what you might be missing out on for free online! 11. For...

Everyone has to have their “thing,” and in the world today, finding a way to stand out definitely isn’t easy. And while some people choose to do that by being the very best at their chosen hobby or profession, others like this guy who is a Photoshop master, decide to go a bit of a...