Where The Tote Bag Gay Stereotype Came From
Someone at a wedding, three drinks in, leaned over and told me, “just switch to a crossbody, that’s what did it for my sister.” That’s it. That was the whole…
Whether A Tote Bag Can Cause Scoliosis Got Debated In My Group Chat
“Your spine doesn’t care what your bag looks like, it cares what’s INSIDE it,” Danielle typed, which is the kind of sentence that ends a normal conversation and starts a…
Whether Straight Guys Wear Cardigans Got Debated At A Barbecue
I have a specific memory of buying my dad a cardigan for Christmas, watching him wear it approximately four times, and thinking absolutely nothing of it, because why would I.…
Whether Straight Men Wear Crop Tops Themselves Is A Different Question To Whether They Like Them
The question “do straight men wear crop tops” is doing something sneaky before you even get to the answer. It’s smuggling in an assumption that a garment carries a sexuality,…
What Carrying A Crossbody Bag Apparently Says About Me
“You look like you’re about to catch a flight you’re already late for.” That was Renata, a coworker who sits two desks down from me and apparently spends her lunch…
Why Everyone Seems To Own The Same New Yorker Tote Bag
Six. That’s how many times I have refreshed a resale listing for a bag that costs eighteen dollars retail. Not a Birkin. Not even a designer diffusion line. The New…
Why Every Therapist Ive Ever Had Owns The Same Cardigan
People get weirdly heated about the therapist cardigan. I’ve seen it argued about in a group chat for forty five minutes, real venom, someone’s aunt is apparently a therapist and…
Why A Plain Canvas Tote Bag Can Cost More Than Youd Expect
Okay so the exact moment this stops being a fun little internet debate is when you’re standing at a tiny indie shop, there’s a canvas tote sitting by the register…
According to TikTok, We’re All Wearing Jeans Wrong
I knew I was officially old when a 22-year-old intern tsk-tsked me for how I wore jeans. It wasn’t when I noticed my first gray hair (hey Steve, I see…
Why “Jeans and a Nice Top” Is Having Its Best Fashion Moment in Years
“Jeans and a nice top.” I’ve texted those exact words back and forth, usually prefaced with “what are you wearing,” about three hundred times in my life. I reserve that…