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Lip-Smackeringly Good: Why Women Crave Junk Food Beauty Products
From Jolly Rancher nail polish to Burger King perfume, fast food cosmetics have been around for decades, but today they reveal our true hunger for simpler times—and the comfort of a cheap sugar high.
Bloody Relief: The Evolution of Period Pain Cures
From sticking weed in your vagina to steaming open your cervix, the annals of menstrual relief medicine is long and bleeding complicated.
License to Kale: A Concentrated History of Juice Crazes
From Biblical remedies to Jack LaLanne, Welch's Grape to Blake Lively, humans have always loved juice. But has juice ever loved us?
The Long, Blazing History of the Fight to Legalize Weed
In honor of 4/20, we look back at the decades-long struggle to decriminalize marijuana.
Why Famous Women Marry Gay Men
From Judy Garland to Liza Minelli to Carrie Fisher, many Hollywood stars have found themselves in holy matrimony with gay men. Although it's often devastating—and humiliating—for the women involved, these relationships develop for reasons.
Cellulite Used to Be Chill
Basically everyone has cellulite—how did it become an object of obsessive media scrutiny?
Pretty in Pink: How a Color Came to Represent a Gender
From Homer's rosy fingered dawn, to Elsa Schiaparelli's shocking pink, to the "pinkification" of girlhood, the hue has a long and surprisingly subversive history.
Hard to Stomach: The Uncomfortable History of Diet Fads
From Lord Byron's "vinegar diet" to the waist trainers popularized by the Kardashian family, people have long tried to lose weight in bizarre—and often totally ineffective—ways.
How Teen Girls' Hysteria for Boy Bands Became an Unstoppable Force
From the Beatles to One Direction, all-singing and all-dancing pop groups have claimed the hearts of many teenage girls.
The Rise of Stilettos as Murder Weapons
Ever since their invention in the 50s, stiletto high heels have been used on and offscreen as tools to aid and abet murder. We look at the highs and lows of stiletto-based violence over the decades.
Jumping Through Hoops: The History of Women Hitting (and Hating) the Gym
From Plato's view that the mind and body are inextricably linked, to Jane Fonda's best-selling videos, to today's innumerable ways to pay to sweat it out, exercise has elicited enthusiasm and dread for thousands of years.
'Your Momma's So Ugly, Her Portraits Hang Themselves': The History of Mom Jokes
From Ancient Babylonian riddles to prison fight talk, men have been talking smack about moms since 1500 BC.