Latest Quotes

“When you back young women into a corner, making it clear that men can harass, assault, and rape them with little to no consequence, it’s incredibly naive to expect them to remain silent.”

— Jessica Valenti, Fed-Up Teens Are Outing Their Rapists on TikTok

“I could be anybody I want online.”

— Deanna Thompson, Cat and Mouse

“Only one jelly bean avatar can seize the crown and win the game.”

— Polygon Staff, The 50 best games of 2020

“Imagine that. Feel it. It’s nice to make frustrating older people happy for a second. Let’s hope everyone still thinks so when we’re old and frustrating.”

— Heather Havrilesky, ‘Do I Have to Thank My Weird Aunt for Her Terrible Gifts?’

“Not to be the killjoy grandpa in the room, but why do food trends even exist?”

— Rax King, The Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Taste Test Is a Baptism by Fire

“I’m lonely. I’m unlovable. What if I’m alone forever?”

— Jenna Klorfein, The Pandemic Arrived. His Text Back Did Not.

“Escapism comes in many forms right now.”

— Aliza Abarbanel, I’m Not Living My Best Life, But These Snails Are

“The photographer who got sick after shooting the COVID-positive groom said her experiences throughout the pandemic have left her a little depressed.”

— Emily McCullar, Texas Wedding Photographers Have Seen Some Shit

“Enter Esther Perel, an author and psychotherapist with the power to help mend relationships. 'We have a screaming match,' she says, 'but we have a foundation underneath that.'”

— Kara Swisher, New York Times, Opinion | Post-Election Therapy With Esther Perel

“If I can't relate to you anymore then who am I related to?”

— Taylor Swift, coney island

“One could go so far as to say that 2020 was a terrible, horrible, very bad, no good year.”

— Brian Boone, The 10 Best Comedy Books of 2020

“People thinking I'm crazy is one of my biggest fears.”

— Flora Birnbaum, Alan Zaveri, Charlie Barnett, Reflection

“For my birthday, tell me if I'm a bad person. Okay, cool.”

— Jocelyn Bioh, Nadia Vulvokov, Natasha Lyonne, Superiority Complex

“Let's fuck this party on the mouth.”

— Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Nadia Vulvokov, Natasha Lyonne, The Great Escape

“Me and cocaine are like oil and vinegar.”

— Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Nadia Vulvokov, Natasha Lyonne, Nothing in This World Is Easy

“His narrator has left us a way out that can be reclaimed by anyone venturesome enough to try it: He patiently attends to his own motorcycle, submits to its quirky mechanical needs and learns to understand it. His way of living with machines doesn’t rely on the seductions of effortless convenience; i…”

— Matthew B. Crawford, Why Robert Pirsig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' Still Resonates Today

“Let's make some choices.”

— Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Nadia Vulvokov, Natasha Lyonne, Nothing in This World Is Easy

“Fun is for suckers.”

— Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Nadia Vulvokov, Natasha Lyonne, Nothing in This World Is Easy

“Anorexics starve ourselves to kill our own desires. Desire is the enemy: desire for food, desire for sex. We prefer to want nothing.”

— Anna Dorn, Starving Myself Straight

“Porn industry expert Amberly Rothfield, who regularly publishes advice and guidance for sex workers, tells me her greatest fear is that these changes will have a trickle-down effect. If payment processors pull their services from any company that’s remotely horny on main (despite frequent, similar c…”

— Jake Hall, What Pornhub Regulations Mean for Sex Work And Your Porn Viewing