📸 Who needs New York Fashion Week or the Met Gala when you have the WNBA tunnel? Yeah, we said it. 🙃 Just in case you weren’t feeling old as f*ck: Forever 21 is supposedly being called “vintage.” Plus, RIP to prom dresses — which are apparently “just dresses” now. 📎 Since there aren’t enough toxic dating trends, here’s another: “paperclipping.” Yes, it’s inspired by Microsoft’s Clippy. No, it’s not nearly as cute. ⛵️ The humble boat shoe has gotten a rebrand — enter “the yacht shoe.” Might we suggest pairing it with what’s looking like the summer’s hottest bag. |
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In this week’s edition of Man Offers Offensive Take No One Asked For, Harrison Butker earns top billing. On the off chance your social algorithm sent you to someplace happier (lucky you), the Kansas City Chiefs kicker delivered the commencement speech at Benedictine College last weekend. Instead of praising graduates for reaching this academic milestone, Butker used the opportunity to remind female grads that their most important achievement was yet to come: becoming a “homemaker.” He didn’t stop there. In his 20-minute monologue, he also denounced abortion, IVF, Pride Month, and quoted Taylor Swift…after referring to her as his “teammate’s girlfriend.” Of course, Butker isn’t the first man to assert that women belong in the home (though, he’s probably made an exception for his own mother, a successful medical physicist). He may, however, be the first person to get roasted by Swifties, the LA Chargers, and basically every woman on the internet (as one Instagram commenter pointed out, “A BEAR WOULD NEVER SAY THIS”) all in the same week. Even the NFL publicly asked to be excluded from this narrative. It’s also not lost on us (or the internet) that Butker’s team, the Chiefs — not to mention, the entire National Football League — made who knows how much this past year thanks to an unmarried, child-free, 34-year-old female billionaire. We doubt the irony was lost on some of the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, a founding sponsor of Benedictine College, who said the speech didn’t represent the college’s values. Don’t worry Butker, theSkimm’s co-founders delivered the commencement speech students deserved to hear. |
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Dearest readers, the “Ton” is again abuzz: “Bridgerton,” the sort-of-Regency-era romance we all appreciate for its…orchestral covers, has returned to Netflix. This time, the focus is on Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), who’s still on the outs with her former best friend Eloise (Claudia Jessie) and is suddenly serious about finding a husband (cue “the Bridgerton glow-up”). That’s when, would you believe it, the third-eldest Bridgerton boy and Penelope’s longtime friend Colin (Luke Newton) returns from his travels, looking more dapper than ever (again, that glow-up). You can probably guess what comes next, but expect over-the-top gowns, even more over-the-top balls, high-society scandal, and yes, plenty of steamy sex — which is apparently just as Coughlan wanted: “When I’m 80, I want to look back on this and remember how f*cking hot I looked!” Can’t argue with that. |
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Imagine achieving the greatest win of your athletic career — even, of all time — and coming back to a room that looks like, well, this. That’ll be the case for some of the Olympians competing in Paris and living in the Olympic Village, where they’ll have thepleasure of staying in rooms so minimally furnished that they make the average dorm look like a Ritz-Carlton. Among the few amenities in what’s been accurately described as “the least sexy room in Paris”: Dinky pedestal fans (who needs air conditioning?), dinkier side tables, and, most notably, the infamous, twin-size “anti-sex” beds, which previously appeared at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and are made of cardboard (hence the nickname). Though, they’re apparently sturdier than you’d think — as some athletes discovered when they put them to the test during the last go-round. |
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Dash Mini Waffle Maker Normally, we wouldn’t recommend buying a highly specific, single-use kitchen appliance, but we’re willing to make an exception for this palm-size waffle maker. Because (a) it’s small, (b) it’s under $10, and (c) you can actually use it to make more than your basic buttermilks — something we discovered after going down the waffle-loving corner of the internet. Turns out, you can use it to make cinnamon rolls, grilled cheese, hash browns, egg-and-cheese “chaffles,” and so much more. No wonder our commerce team named it one of the best small appliances of the year: “It’s compact, heats up fast, is easy to use, and works efficiently. Plus, it’d be fun to use with kids.” Sounds pretty sweet. |
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Apologies to Sage, but this is our best in show. |
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Skimm’d by: Taylor Trudon, Alex Carr, Melissa Goldberg, and Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Photos by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Contributor via Getty Images, Chris Unger/Stringer via Getty Images, Liam Daniel/Netflix, Aurelien Meunier/Stringer via Getty Images, Dash, Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images Design by theSkimm *PS: This is a sponsored post. |
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