I woke up last Thursday, checked my phone and there it was: a notification in my Twitter Mentions tab informing me that it was my 10 Year Twitter Anniversary, indicating that I had been a user of this insane app for a full decade of my life. Below a picture of the number 10, rendered in origami, was a blue button encouraging me to “Celebrate With a Tweet.”
Read MoreI miss “Sex and the City.” I miss watching Charlotte awkwardly describe to her girlfriends the encounter in which her date called her a “fucking bitch” and a “fucking whore” when he climaxed. I miss hearing Samantha complaining about the guy who told her to shave her pubic hair. And I miss Carrie’s wide-eyed reaction, over brunch, to Miranda’s harrowing story of getting her ass licked: “Are we talking tuchus lingus?” I mean, LOL forever.
Read MoreOver the past week, two massive American corporations found themselves ensnared in PR nightmares entirely of their own making. Instead of owning up to their mistakes and apologizing, their first instinct was to double down and blame the victim.
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