Month: March 2025

The cutout dress is getting a 2025 makeover, and we’re here for it. Though cutouts have been everywhere these past few seasons, they’re getting more inventive and unique by the day. Stars like Lady Gaga, Ashanti, and Kelsea Ballerini donned alluring ensembles with cutouts at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, further cementing the trend (wearing Stella McCartney, Balmain, and Alexandre Vauthier, respectively). Cutout dresses now come with accents across the stomach, collarbone, chest, shoulders — you name it. If you’ve been seeing the viral fashion trend all over TikTok and in red-carpet photos and want to try it on for size, here are 15 sexy styles that are worth scooping up. read more

When I was going to Penn State for my bachelor’s in nutritional sciences, I was the only Latina. I remember there being one Black girl and a few Asians. We were the outliers. My senior year was 2009–2010, peak Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign time. The fight against “obesity” was going strong, and as future dietitians, my classmates and I were in it. We were going to save everyone—at least that’s what I believed. Now, there is nothing wrong with the ideas in the campaign: healthier school meals, more physical activity, healthier families, better access to affordable and healthy food, public–private partnerships promoting healthful behaviors, and childcare improvements—those are all great things to strive for. The issue with this and many similar campaigns is that the people on the ground, the ones who really need it, don’t get the benefits. These ideas are too broad to actually fix the systemic issues, and unfortunately, diet culture ends up taking those healthy behaviors to the extreme. read more

New York City used to house the best model off-duty style. Now, if you ask me, Los Angeles does. These days, whether they live in LA or are just visiting, models have a tendency to mellow out in the California hub, leading to laid-back street style that’s easier to copy and more indicative of their genuine tastes. In New York, it’s all special runway looks or rare, archival pieces, which, don’t get me wrong, I appreciate as much as the next fashion person. But it’s not really what I think of as off-duty style. read more

Was there an expectation for you to attend higher education? Did you participate in any form of higher education? If yes, how did you pay for it?
Yes, as second generation immigrants, the expectation was that all children would obtain a bachelor’s degree at minimum and only from the top schools in the country. The provincial government makes it very easy to obtain educational loans (almost everyone wanting to pursue higher education is approved) and interest does not start calculating until six months after graduation. I lived close to campus and was able to live at home for free and save any earnings I made. I worked throughout the school year and full-time hours during the summer months. My annual tuition was fairly low (average is $6,000 based on program) and I was able to earn enough to pay for all school related costs throughout the year and made a lump sum loan payment on graduation date, thereby paying $0 in interest. If I could do it again, I would have invested the savings and made the lump sum payment just before the six-month grace period ended, but the feeling of being debt free felt as good as the graduation. read more