Lesbians have better sex than straight girls. The screen caps in the viral tweet below exemplify the truth of the statement, though it is important to note it is actually one of scientific fact rather than opinion.
Consistently, women who sleep with women report higher levels of sexual satisfaction—regardless of age, race, geography—than do women who sleep with men. Consider these statistics: A 2014 study by the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that lesbians orgasmed 75% of the time during sex, compared with 61% for heterosexual women (the sexual orientation of men, unsurprisingly, had no effect on their orgasm rate.)
A significantly larger study of Americans conducted last year by the Kinsey Institute found the same trends, though with a more alarming disparity; Lesbians reported orgasming 86% of the time during sex, whereas that number was a low 65% for women (again, men, regardless of orientation, said they orgasmed 95% of the time.)
Is it harder for a woman to fake an orgasm when with another woman, than when with a man? Certainly. But lesbians also know what a clitoris is and how to work it—a statement that, depressingly, does not seem to always apply to their male counterparts.
Any woman on the internet knows the annoyance of a guy who just won’t leave her alone, whether on social media or in real life. And, of course, there are the worst guys—the ones who send unsolicited dick pics. It’s not cute, it’s harassment.
But, because not all guys are terrible, and allyship comes in all forms, one man made himself truly useful by tweeting what look like candid pics of himself, meant to be used to deflect unwanted male attention.
Trevor Norris (@trevor_norris0 on Twitter) included four pictures of himself in a tweet that read, “Saw there was an actual market of women that needed this… so here are some pictures y’all can use to send to guys that won’t leave you alone or keep sending you unsolicited pictures. Goodluck.”
Norris also pointed out that a woman who is being harassed on Instagram can contact the company.
If you foreal have a problem with being harassed and don’t know how get out of said situation or what to do about it go to IG. There is a real support system there forall the troubled people out there. Goodluck & be safe pic.twitter.com/W254XOlpbw
And the results were fantastic. Women were thrilled that they now had realistic-looking pictures they could send to anyone bothering them to send the message “I got a man.”
My friend doesn’t have twitter but I showed her ur thread and we literally just used one of ur pics to get rid of a guy tht has kept blowing her up and not taking the hint
One mom wrote to Norris to thank him and call him a genius.
As a mom, I personally don’t have need of your services, but I LOVE YOU—YOU ARE A GENIUS. Thank you so much for helping girls (maybe even some guys) protect themselves. It’s sad that it’s necessary. I’m sending this to my daughter and all her friends. ?
Picture it. You’re in a tiny boutique store or a quirky coffee shop that also has a merch stand. You’re idly browsing various tchotches and paper weights when you see them. A whole shelf of small, leather-bound notebooks. Your heart begins to beat a little faster as you pick one off the shelf. Oh man, it has one of those stretchy elastic bands that keeps it shut tight and a silk ribbon to use as a bookmark for when you fill it with so many sketches and ideas that you couldn’t possibly find the page your looking for without marking it. You flip it over. $9.95 US ($11.95 CAN). You’d be losing money if you didn’t buy it. After all, this is the notebook that’ll house the premise for your award-winning screenplay or that song you’ve been thinking of. Buy, buy, buy!
If what I described sounds a little too-familiar, then Twitter user @TraceOddity has an important and succinct message for you.
First off, I only have four blank notebooks sitting on my shelf right now. (A fifth one has about 9 pages scribbled in) Secondly, tweet this directly at me next time.
Naturally, hundreds of fellow aspirational notebook users from around the globe were suddenly filled with a range of emotions that they needed to get off their chests.
Also, sometimes it’s just a smart financial decision.
One day, when we complete the transition to a paperless society, Staples will sell its last notebook, and on that day, we who have routinely bought blank notebooks with no regard for our current stash will be sitting on RICHES.
Meet Ali Resuta. She’s a 21-year-old senior at Arizona State University who’s thinking about maybe trying to get into a career in YouTube. She’s not sure yet, but if her experience with the guy we’re about to write about is any indication, she might want to have a back-up plan.
Resuta posted what she called“a somewhat risqué picture” to her Instagram stories while on vacation in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago. A guy who she knew had a girlfriend reacted to the photo and she decided to post the exchange that followed between them to Twitter.
She tweeted a screengrab from Insta where she asks him, “Don’t ya have a gf?” and he responds, “Yes I do, Sorry I was going through my stories and accidentally hit the emojis.” Mm-hm. A likely story. In the tweet, she wrote, “Men ain’t sh*t.”
Patrick was one of the aforementioned randos and he distinguished himself by asking for her Venmo account. When she asked him why, he said it was because he’d just seen her vlog. As Resuta explained, “Men are weird and I’ve gotten a considerate amount of money from random dudes on the internet for no reason whatsoever. So, as you could see in the screenshot, I got pretty excited because I thought I was about to get some money.”
Patrick didn’t want her Venmo account to give her money, he wanted it so he could actually request payment from her. He actually requested $5 reimbursement for “3:44 of [his] time,” the exact length of her latest vlog.
All right, that’s pretty funny. And because she’s got a good sense of humor, Resuta took the burn gracefully. “I knew hewas just kidding and not actually trying to be mean,” she said.
And, because she’s obviously a screenshot pro, she took screenshots of her interaction with Patrick and put them on Twitter, writing, “This is the end of my YouTube career.”
That tweet went hugely viral, racking up over 230,000 likes and 33,000 retweets. As a result, Resuta did get more people jokingly asking her to pay them back for their time, but she also got one person who did send her $5 for 3:44 of his time, saying, “that guys [sic] dumb.” Sweet!
She told BuzzFeed News, “Thankfully the tweet has calmed down and the internet has gone back to ignoring me.”
And as forPatrick, A) no, she did not pay him (“I’m way too broke for that,” she explained) and B) they’re on good terms and definitely got a laugh out of the fact that the tweet blew up like it did.
Resuta said that she was inspired in her vlogging by celebrity YouTubers like David Dobrik and Cody Ko. She told BuzzFeed that her YouTube channel is “actually not serious at all.” For now, it’s just a way to vlog her experiences with her friends. She added, “But, I mean, who knows, maybe one day I’ll take it seriously.”
Pretty much anything Chrissy Teigen does is news because the woman is America’s sweetheart. Which is why, when the model/cookbook author bought a new hamster, Twitter immediately took an interest. And when she lost the little critter (named Peanut Butter) pretty much right away, she kept up a constant stream of tweets keeping her followers abreast of the situation.
Luna and I bought a hamster today. Her name is peanut butter. John is not thrilled, which makes me love her more.
John (Legend, Teigen’s husband) will probably learn to be thrilled because hamsters are ridiculously adorable (it is annoying how active they get at night, though).
Teigen shared some details about her new little family member.
They told us we can feed her anything. My mom said “rice?” And they go “no, not rice”
While it was clear that Teigen had the hamster’s best interests at heart, the cage wasn’t ideal.
Please don’t feel bad for her. We got her everything and more and a giant space to roam in. If I had a safe enclosure for a hamster farm, i would have that.
Twitter rallied around and gave her tips on how to catch Peanut Butter. Interestingly, one of them involves peanut butter!
we are doing your peanut butter on a plate trick to find peanut butter. I swear to god if other critters come out of the woodwork for it, john will vomit and die
Ariana Grande has stepped in to defend herself from criticism that she’s exploiting the LGBTQ community by headlining a big Pride festival.
For weeks there had been rumors that Ariana would head the bill at this year’s Manchester Pride. She hasn’t performed in Manchester in two years—the last show was the One Love concert, which she and her team put together in 2017 to aid the those who were affected when a bomb went off outside her Manchester concert, killing 22 people.
But when the official announcement was made, both the festival and Ariana herself came under fire from people who were upset about the choice of headliner, both because she’s not queer and because the tickets were suddenly very expensive. (BuzzFeed reports that a weekend ticket cost £28, but this year it’s shot up to £74.50.)
Ariana Grande headlining Manchester Pride and then Pride subsequently charging £75 a ticket is exactly why rainbow capitalism needs to go die in a ditch
People were also (understandably) upset that the Pride festival was now being treated more like a regular music festival, which is not what it was meant to be. Even homophobes were planning to attend.
And then there was the issue of the LGBTQ artists that could have been hired instead of a straight woman.
So let me get this straight… Manchester Pride made headlines for including the Black and brown stripes in the Pride flag, then upped their ticket prices to £70 thus making the event very inaccessible, then got Ariana, a CIS-Het white woman to headline? How revolutionary *yawn* pic.twitter.com/m7YaBBZuXU
One person made what they later called “a passing comment” that blew up huge on Twitter. They wrote, “idk …. ariana headlining pride when she’s straight (as far as we’re all aware) …. and doubling the price of tickets …. kinda smells like exploitation of the lgbt community to me …..”
They added a few follow-up tweets explaining that they had no problem with Ariana as a person, they just found it “weird/uncomfortable” that a straight woman would be the “‘face’ of the whole event.”
She responded to the tweet about exploitation, writing, “i saw many people discussing this so I wanted to chime in…. hope that’s okay.” She included a long note which read:
hi my love. i have nothing to do with ticket pricing — manchester pride sets those rates, and they’re mostly out of my control. the lgbtq community has been so special to me and supportive throughout my entire career. the relationships i have with my lgbtq fans, friends, and family make me so so happy. i want to celebrate and support this community, regardless of my identity or how people label me. and also i wanna visit a city that means so much to me. lgbtq representation is incredibly important, and i’m always proud to share the stage with lgbtq artist! over the years, pride events have been headlined by performers and artists of all sexual orientation and genders, including straight allies like cher and kylie minogue. i do think there’s room for us to talk about these issues without equating a performance *for*an lgbtq audience with exploitation of the lgbtq community. if you truly feel like i didn’t deserve to be offered this spot, i respect that. but i did accept it excitedly and gratefully. i’m not claiming to be the hero of the communityor the face of the lgbtq rights movement — i just wanna put on a show that makes my lgbtq fans feel special and celebrated and supported. that’s all i wanna do.
Many people responded well and many felt Ariana explained herself beautifully.
Most of us are so lucky that we’ll never know how hard it is to have to stand in the street and ask strangers for help. But there are so many people who have to do just that, for so many different reasons. They’ve fallen on hard times or lost their job or even their homes, and now they have to rely on the kindness of people they don’t even know.
Talia Schlanger, the host of “World Cafe” on NPR, shared a tweet about a man she’d see asking for help on the street who one day wasn’t at the spot where she usually saw him. She tweeted the circumstances: “For the past year, a very nice man has been standing on the bridge that’s on my way to work with a sign saying he was having a hard time and could use a hand. Today, this is what it read.” And she included a picture of a cardboard sign written in marker that said, “My last week out here I got a job thank you to everyone who has helped during this hard time.”
For the past year, a very nice man has been standing on the bridge that's on my way to work with a sign saying he was having a hard time and could use a hand. Today, this is what it read. pic.twitter.com/EIX6STCiDE
How nice is it that the man left a thank you note? The sign served not only as a way to show appreciation but also as an explanation to anyone who might have gotten used to seeing him and possibly chatting with him and would be worried that he just suddenly disappeared.
Schlanger followed up the tweet with more information. She wrote that he got hired by a man in New Jersey to build cabinets and was given a place to stay during the job by the same man.
He got hired to build cabinets by a man in Jersey who also has a place for him to live while he works. I congratulated him and he said “You have no idea how hard it is to get out of this situation once you’re in it”.
I don’t have any idea. But I’m very glad that there’s some sunshine for him on this rainy Philly day, and I’m thankful to him for creating the most beautiful moment of my year so far.
Kids dress up as all kinds of things—real people, superheroes, animals. And for some reason, people seem to think that there’s something wrong with allowing boys to dress like girls and vice versa. A boy dressing as Wonder Woman is no more likely to turn out gay than a kid pretending to be a dog is going to identify later as canine. There’s not a thing wrong with being gay either, it’s just that one has nothing to do with the other.
Instagram star and YouTuber mom Jessica Ballinger posts a lot about her kids online. And one thing she gets questions about is her 5-year-old son’s predilection for wearing dresses and tutus and bows in his hair.
The tweet said, simply, “Apparently this needs to be said again. Xoxo.” Along with a picture of her son Parker in a dress, Ballinger included a note that read:
“This is my son. He loves lots of things. He loves dressing up and dancing and science and gymnastics and his family and @itsjojosiwa and Mickey Mouse and makeup and Peter Pan and drawing and math and he currently plans to marry his best friend and loves to play family with her and laments that his body can’t carry babies, but he dresses up like he’s pregnant anyway.
I frequently see questions online asking if he’s gay or trans or why does he dress like a GIRL??? My answer is that he is five and he loves a lot of things. If you see a boy in a dress, or playing in a traditionally female role, ask yourself—”if the roles were reversed, would I question it?” When you see a little girl playing fireman/policeman/soldier/any previously male-only role or wearing pants or dressing like a favorite super hero or male celebrity, do you question it? Do you ask if she is gay or trans or imply that she is wrong for having the interests she has? NO, we rightfully celebrate their desire to be and do ANYTHING. We call girls strong and celebrate it. Why don’t we do that for boys?
We limit boys by only allowing them to love what we think boys should love. I do not know what the future holds for our child. I will love him however he identifies. But right now, he has heroes who are girls. I celebrate that. And I think it means a lot for women. We SHOULD be heroes to our little boys. By not allowing boys to dress like the women they admire, you are telling them that being a boy is BETTER. That it doesn’t matter if that girl is brilliant, fierce, and his hero—it will make him “less” to idolize her. It doesn’t make him less to admire women. It makes him MORE. More willing to express what he is passionate about, more respectful of the women in his life and more open to believing women can be heroes.”
She’s right—aside from stunting their own personal development, limiting what boys can wear and telling them they shouldn’t pretend to be girls or women really does give them the impression that women are not worth imitating.
People on Twitter agreed wholeheartedly, but many stated that they were sad Ballinger had to send this message again.
i’m sad that this has to be said not only once but AGAIN, but i’m happy that someone like you is speaking up about it. i really do want to be parker when i grow up
parker is the coolest kid.i love that he expresses himself through his fashion and his interests. i wish more people could understand that clothes are just clothes and interests are just interests and there doesn’t have to be a gender attached to them. you’re a wonderful mom ?
Here’s to fierce, beautiful boys who are brave enough to be totally themselves — and to the mamas and dads and families who support and celebrate them ?
And someone else claimed that Parker was braver than she was.
i love that you and christopher encourage parker to express himself how he chooses to, dress how he chooses and play how he chooses. Parker is an inspiration to me because i STILL don’t express myself how i want too because i’m scared of judgement. PARKER IS INCREDIBLE!!!
Lady Gaga is engaged to Christian Carino no more. A source told People, “It just didn’t work out. Relationships sometimes end.” The source added that the couple actually split “a bit ago,” and that “there is no dramatic story.”
The news isn’t exactly shocking to fans of Gaga’s, who noticed something was up when Gaga was spotted without her engagement ring at the 2019 Grammys on February 10. Gaga also neglected to thank Carino in her speech when she accepted the best pop duo or group performance award for her song “Shallow.”
And then, on Valentine’s Day, when Gaga didn’t post a pic of herself and Carino, but instead Instagrammed a shot of a new tattoo of a rose she’d gotten on her back, inspired by A Star Is Born.
So you know what that means, right? Now Lady Gaga is FREE TO DATE BRADLEY COOPER! And that’s just what the internet is thinking. As soon as the split was confirmed, people started to ship the two stars.
But let’s also spend a minute remembering Gaga’s relationship with Christian Carino. Hopefully the breakup isn’t too hard on either one of them, and they’ll move on amicably.
Couples fight about all kinds of things, but some couples are honestly just funnier than others, and so are their fights. Twitter Queen Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend are that kind of couple. They share so much of their life together online and just about everything they do is funny, so it makes sense that their arguments (well, some of them, at least) are light-hearted, too.
Teigen, who is not only hilarious on Twitter but who you also know from her cookbooks and her modeling and her gig on Lip Sync Battle) said she wasn’t going to tweet the story of the fight, but she did anyway, luckily for us, because it’s hilarious.
It seems that Teigen was having cravings for a childhood favorite: Totino’s. But there ended up being some confusion over whether she meant the pizza rolls for which they are totally famous, or just regular Totino’s pizza, which apparently exists, but I had no idea. And neither did John Legend, who accidentally ordered Tostino’s pizza rolls instead of pizza from Postmates. And he didn’t figure out the error, even while they were discussing the preparation of the food, which they were doing in advance, because Teigen was so excited about the pizza.
I told john I wouldn’t tweet this but I lied here goes
This is the part where the confusion starts to become evident.
For 30 minutes we have been discussing how to ensure crispness. I say it needs to be on the rack. He says no it has to go on a pan. The pizza is merely en route and I’m so madly excited about it that we are discussing how to handle its arrival
it’s pizza rolls. he has no idea totino’s makes pizza. but more importantly he thinks I am so stupid I would think tiny pizza rolls go directly onto the rack
I am blown away he indulged this conversation, thinking I was talking about rolls. it’s like when michael Scott was like wow Oscar thinks so little of me when he accepted his horrid gift
In a hilarious and utterly stupid video, Teigen pretends she thought they should make pizza rolls directly on the rack, as if she wouldn’t be aware that they’d just fall through.
People on Twitter said Tostino’s should turn the story into an ad, but Teigen countered by pointing out that they probably don’t want that kind of endorsement.
you guys gotta be crazy for thinking totinos would approve an ad saying “I don’t want good pizza, I want totinos”
In a final update, Teigen posted a picture of herself eating the Tostino’s pizza, with fresh tomato on top, just like she wanted. Craving met. Fight over? No idea.
