It’s My Birthday And I’ll Cry If I Want To
The very idea of turning 20 makes me more anxious than a kitten being threatened with a water gun. By now I should be mature, charming and dashingly good looking, but instead I’m a neurotic puddle who...
View ArticleThe Smart Way to Win Arguments
I tend to avoid conflict like a lactose intolerant person avoids milk. When coerced into a debate, my face goes red and my nostrils flare to a disproportionate size. I try to exude wisdom and composure...
View Article10 Sizzling Sex Tips For Mind-Blowing Misandry
Ever wanted to make your sex life a little more misandrist? Of course you have! Here we have the top ten tips and tricks for sexy, mind-blowing misandry, from our friend Kitty at the Misandrist Sex...
View Article12 Great Gifts for the Cat Lady in Your Life
Here at Feminspire, it’s no secret that we love our cats: the majority of our staff are self-proclaimed cat ladies, and I’m no exception. I love and spoil my dear Maven so much he has his own page on...
View ArticleFeminspire Staff Reveals Embarrassing Sex Confessions
So, a lot of sex talk goes on at Feminspire headquarters. One day we got to talking about our sex confessions and awkward moments à la the teen magazines of our youth, and we found we had a lot of...
View ArticleYour Guide to Curing a Hangover
It is Sunday morning. You wake up at 5 A.M, dying of thirst. Drink an entire glass of water. Your stomach feels a little queasy, but you eventually get back to sleep. You wake up at 7 A.M with a...
View ArticleSex and the Sarah: Signs of a Bad Texter
There are a lot of things that can kill a flirtation buzz for me — an unfortunate haircut; a homophobic sentiment; a lack of appropriate Leslie Knope worship — but nothing does it quite like bad...
View ArticleHow to Mend a Broken Heart
You’ve swapped your lacy knickers for ones big enough to encompass the pain in your heart. You’ve made three drunk calls in the space of an hour. You’ve exhausted both your friends and your eyeballs...
View ArticleJello Shots and Jameson: A Girl’s Best “Friends”
Tick, tick, tick. It’s Friday, 5:58pm. Two minutes until blissful, pleasure-seeking, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off-level freedom. Her feet are swollen from a weeks worth of pounding pavement, smiling...
View Article“I’m Not One of ‘Those’ Girls,” and Other Misguided Ways We Validate Ourselves
I watched a fair amount of TV growing up—much more than I do even now (I also played outside more than I do now and read more than I do now, so I assume there were simply more hours in the day back...
View ArticleOn Coming Out of the (Feminist) Closet
How old were you when you knew? Did you feel different from other kids? Did you try and keep it a secret? Did you tell some friends but not others? Did you tell your parents? What about your office?...
View ArticleUnpopular Opinion: There’s Something Missing From Key & Peele’s “Negrotown”
I have loved Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele since their MadTV days, and I am an avid watcher of their Comedy Central special. If you were ever to ask my friends about it, they would tell you...
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