Her Story: He was energetic and fun and hilarious and wrote absurd stories about Britney Spears’ mental breakdown, inspired by Perez Hilton, a precursor to Hipster Runoff for him. When he moved to my town in grade 10, we quickly became best friends. Alan and I sat beside each other in the computer lab and … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Crush Week
A Brief History of Crushing
Crank the Teddy Geiger and the Dashboard Confessional, cause you’ve got it bad. Crushing, like fangirling, takes a lot of commitment as well as a good deal self-deception. I think I used to be one of those people who thought that I “needed” to have a crush on someone and continually convinced myself of my … Continue reading »
Food Crushes 101
But Crush Week is supposed to be just about people, right? Wrong! My longest-standing crushes to date are on foods. Crushes on adorable plaid-wearing coffee shop boys may come and go with time, and my girl-crush on Molls may make me feel like a failure of a writer, but food will never fail me. It’s … Continue reading »
Man-Crushes: Respect, Inspiration, Dedication, and Jealousy
Hi guys, it’s Mike. Pat and I had a discussion about “man-crushes” and decided you’re awesome. Or at least, a lot of you are. There’s so much in you that makes us feel a really intense combination of respect, inspiration, dedication, and jealousy. You all draw your inspiration from different places, but we’d like to … Continue reading »
A Beginner’s Guide to Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson is my future husband. I understand that some people think I’m kidding or that I’m being hyperbolic for the sake of the internet’s sense of humor. Those people are wrong. Okay, we are betrothed. It’s going to happen. Like with all great romances, RPattz and I have our obstacles. There’s KStew, for one. … Continue reading »
My Girl Crushes: The Non-Exhaustive List of Girls and Women I Admire
1. Jennifer Lawrence. I am convinced that she is actually a lion. But like a really adorable one. If you’ve ever seen an interview with her and you also have a tumblr, you will most likely come to believe that she is a kindred spirit to us all. To all of us who love to talk … Continue reading »
Kellie’s Girl Crushes
Happy Crush Week!
DEAR CRUSH, I LIKE LIKE YOU. XOXO, GOSSIP GIRL Continue reading »
Girl Crush: Part Two, The Conversation
Gabby: WELCOME to the ~Official~ Inconnu Symposium on Girl Crushes Kellie: Hey y’all let’s have some fun this beat is sick (lol nope. how should we start this ting.) Gabby: literally I was just dancing to that song five minutes ago Kellie: “Webster’s dictionary defines a girl crush as a woman-on-woman admiration of a quality, … Continue reading »
Girl Crush: Part One, The Defense
Recently I read a fabulous article on Vulture about Mindy Kaling, who is one of my idols, and, more importantly, one of my girl crushes. When she’s not talking about being a grown-ass woman who happens to like pop culture, she mentions a few of her strongly held, somewhat controversial opinions. Yes, her dislike of … Continue reading »