21 creative Father’s Day gifts for the man who has everything, including great taste | Father’s Day Gifts 2018
As much as we love finding fun, funny, sweet, and sentimental Father’s Day gifts for you each year, one thing we really love doing is helping our readers solve problems. Like, gift problems. Like, finding the perfect creative Father’s Day gift for the man...
Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy is coming. And Leia and Rey are just the beginning.
Today, Star Wars is breaking the nerd internet (of which I am a proud part) with the announcement about the upcoming Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy. Considering it’s authored by Amy Ratcliffe, the managing editor of Nerdist, a StarWars.com contributor and the...
What you should know about the thousands of missing, abused and exploited immigrant children in the USA, and what you can do about it.
Last night, I attended the Friday night sabbath services before my niece’s Bat Mitzvah. As the Rabbi asked us to quietly send a prayer or good wishes to anyone hurting or in pain right now, all I could think of was the incredibly difficult ACLU report about the...
10 of the most awesome RBG t-shirts to celebrate the force that is Justice Ginsburg.
This weekend, I had a lovely experience in my local Brooklyn coffee shop, bonding with two complete strangers over our matching RBG t-shirts. It’s not all that surprising — Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become quite the rock star and role model these days. And...
A wonderful picture book reminding us all that Love is Love.
I’ve always said that teaching children about love is the easiest thing in the entire world. So maybe the new picture book, Love Is Love, is more for some of the adults in our lives? Dr. Michael Genhart’s sweet and moving story, illustrated beautifully by...
9 of the best tweets from the Royal wedding that show it was more than just a Royal Wedding.
As I wrote on Facebook, there was something so restorative this morning, watching the Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It was all about love, inclusion, diversity, a brilliant 19-year-old cellist, a...
Honor the royal wedding of Ed Sheeran and Meghan Markle with this commemorative plate.
The whole world has gone Royal wedding crazy and I can’t say I entirely blame them. Unless of course, they’re snapping up royal wedding souvenirs so fast they didn’t catch that this Royal wedding commemorative plate actually features Meghan Markle...
CHNGE is more than hip organic streetwear, it could change business practice as we know it.
We’ve always talked about conscientious consumerism around here — buy fewer things, but love all of them — and wearing fashion from companies we feel amazing about supporting. The newest addition to our closets: CHNGE, a hip new streetwear brand...
Is Avengers Infinity War okay for kids? A no-spoiler perspective from one mom.
Should I see Avengers: Infinity War with kids? Is it okay for middle-schoolers? Will my third-grader freak out? Is there a ton of violence? Am I the best mommy in the world because I refuse to allow my children to be exposed to unnecessary violence, profanity, and...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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