Dunkin’ Bat Cup Sleeve is free today if you move fast

Dunkin’ is giving away a free limited edition Bat Cup Sleeve today, Friday, Oct. 16, to anyone who buys a Berry Battie Daydream Refresher of any size at participating locations nationwide. It’s one sleeve per order, and only while supplies last. That last phrase is doing heavy lifting. A Halloween cup accessory has folks acting…

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Celebs

SZA made one hater’s dare backfire in the best way

SZA bought a balloon sculpture from Montreal artist Adam Nassih after spotting another artist trashing his work online. She shared the purchase in an Instagram carousel Today, Oct. 15. The troll had called Nassih’s art garbage in the comments and dared anyone who bought a piece to let him match it. SZA asked Nassih for…

ByGesi Lloyd1 day ago0Comments

Friendship

The quiet reason adult friendships keep falling apart

Friendships rarely end with an argument. More often they fade so slowly that the first real sign is finding out about a wedding, a move or a new baby through a screen instead of a phone call, and realizing months or years have passed since you were actually close. That exact moment happened to one…

ByGesi LloydAugust 26, 20260Comments

Mind

Parents get real tools for teen mental health

A psychologist shares seven ways parents can support tweens and teens through the unstructured stretch of summer. Summer brings freedom, but for parents of tweens, teens and young adults, that extra unstructured time can also bring extra worry. Psychologist Rochelle R. Robinson says the season is a meaningful window for parents to check…

ByGesi LloydJuly 17, 20260Comments

Parenthood

The screen time rule for kids just changed

For more than two decades, parents were told to keep kids recreational screen time under two hours a day. That guidance is now officially gone. In January 2026, the American Academy of Pediatrics retired its longstanding hourly framework in favor of a more nuanced policy that asks families to weigh online activity within the broader…

ByDorcas OnasaJuly 17, 20260Comments

Business

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos For AI

A new default setting means your public photos can fuel AI images made by total strangers, and you won't even be told. Meta rolled out its first AI image generator this week, and the launch came with a detail that's already drawing criticism. The tool, called Muse Image, was built by Meta Superintelligence Labs to…

ByGesi LloydJuly 9, 20260Comments

Parenthood

The essential guide to 15 Gen Alpha words confusing parents

If you have ever caught yourself whispering a phrase your child just used into a search bar at 11 p.m., you are in very good company. Google has confirmed that searches tied to kids language think why do kids say sigma or what does gyat mean spiked considerably during 2025. And in 2026, newer terms…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 29, 20260Comments

Entertainment

Neurodivergent creators are gaining visibility on TikTok but losing in the process

Words like 'stimming' and 'hyperfixation' began in specific communities and have since entered casual online conversation, raising questions about visibility, appropriation and what gets lost in translation. Terms like 'stimming' and 'hyperfixation' did not originate on TikTok. They came from clinical and community contexts, used primarily by neurodivergent people and those with ADHD to…

ByGesi LloydApril 25, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

The viral trend turning vision boards into actions

A growing wave of creators is documenting the moment their long-deferred goals became real, and the videos are resonating far beyond the people in them. Most people have a version of the list. Learn a language. Take the trip. Sign up for the class. Try the hobby. The items accumulate on vision boards and…

ByGesi LloydApril 25, 20260Comments

Hair

Coco Gauff responds to criticism of her natural hair in ad

Italian luxury house Miu Miu tapped Gauff to front the campaign for its new Vivant leather bag, a reimagined bowler-style carryall from the brand's Spring/Summer 2026 collection. The shoot took place on her family's backyard tennis court and presented Gauff in a preppy red polo, a dark navy technical skirt, minimal makeup and her hair…

ByGesi LloydApril 11, 20260Comments

5 ways to help relieve persistent dry skin

Women’s libido: What changes after 30?

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