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...
Mike’s bike from Stranger Things and Schwinn is only the best gift ever.
While we eagerly await the third season of Stranger Things, there are a few things we can do to ease our separation anxiety from the show. We can dress like Dustin. We can bake Christmas lights cupcakes. And now, we can even buy our very own limited-edition Stranger...
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...
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...
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...
A list of excellent articles + analyses to help parents discuss “This is America” with our kids.
On Saturday night, I saw messages from friends, including our own editors and contributors, pop up on my computer. They all were versions of, “Whoa. WATCH THIS,” with a link to the new Childish Gambino video, “This is America.” After watching...
15 seriously funny Mother’s Day cards for moms who can appreciate a good laugh
Every year, we search far and wide (well, spend a lot of time on the internet) to find you the funniest Mother’s Day cards. Because some moms just appreciate a little sarcasm and wit over a flowery, sentimental message (But hey, that doesn’t let you off the hook for...
4 cool DIY Star Wars slime recipes to keep little Padawans busy: May the Fourth be with us all.
Not that we ever need an excuse to find our kids some cool DIY Star Wars themed slime recipes. But considering Star Wars lovers everywhere — locally and in galaxies far, far away — are celebrating May the Fourth today, well, it seemed particularly appropriate. As you...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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