Gina Vaynshteyn

Embroidery is not just for your grandma anymore. The Etsy universe has fully embraced the demure, twee art, and they're not letting go. And that's totally fine, because the design options are essentially infinite, and I am way into it. Before the…

My brother is eighteen years older than me, and the only time we ever lived under the same roof, I was too tiny and toothless to remember. When I was a baby, he was commuting to college, and by the time I was four, he moved out to attend med school.…

Before you tie yourself down to a serious relationship (no matter how truly wonderful and life-changing and perfect it is), you need to learn how to be single—really be single. Like, truly revel in your singleness and embrace it, and love it…

The 2015 Super Bowl is nearly upon us, and I can already sense a growing presence of sports-aggression in the air. Mega-fans are getting ready, their fists permanently clenched, tickets bought, and flat-screens updated. This video, which depicts an…

Sometimes, Twitter unites us in ways we didn't even think imaginable, fostering a community that allows us to positively and creatively express ourselves. Like giving us a five-word prompt and letting us run with it, which admittedly sounds like I'm…

Meet Jaxon, the two-year-old epically drumming "Pretender" by Foo Fighters. What can be cuter than a mini-human skillfully drumming along to music? "Nothing at all, seriously, nothing" is the only correct answer. Little Jaxon not only has a penchant…

I recently got a new purse for New Year’s Eve. When I did, I was tasked, for the first time in many months, with emptying out the bag I had been using daily before my new purchase. When I did, I saw all the things I had slowly accumulated—and it was…

Weird, bad, low-energy moods happen to everyone. Maybe you had a weird day at work, or got a salty text from your best friend; Maybe you watched Blue Valentine and are now convinced you will die alone (or at least without having married Ryan…

Last month, I got my nails done for Hanukkah/Christmas/New Year's Eve, because 'tis the season to be fancy. I asked for black gel polish with golden-glitter half moons, and I drooled over their shiny, perma-lacquered existence for about two and a…

There is a kid's music video going viral in Sweden, and I am balls-to-the-wall excited about it, no pun intended. JK, pun totally intended—did you really think I was going to write about a cartoon for kids featuring a singing penis and vagina and…

For the most part, hackers really scare me. Which makes sense, because hackers are smart, sometimes bearing malicious intentions, and utilize technology that I don't understand and therefore would be, even in theory, unable to stop. So they scare…

Today I learned that the parodied version of Matthew McConaughey is my favorite version of Matthew McConaughey. This video pokes fun at director Nicolas Winding Refn's recent Lincoln MKZ commercial, in which McConaughey is filmed sitting in a cafe,…

Pit bulls have a reputation for aggressive and violent behavior, but despite years of bad PR, that type of dangerous personality in this breed of dogs is definitely not the norm. Generally speaking, any dog's tendencies are almost solely based on…

Sloths! Our slow-paced, lazy Internet darlings. What's not to love? Sloths are goofy, always look like they're grinning, and are basically the friendliest-looking animals in the world. Plus, all they do is sleep and eat all day, and I can really…

I am moving to LA in precisely five days and I need to pare down my apartment at least by half because I am essentially moving into a really nice, spacious closet with zero storage. I have two closets, but one of them holds a massive furnace, and…

I was at a thrift store today, trying to get rid of a sizable chunk of my closet before I move out of my apartment. To my dismay, the place was packed. There was an actual line to drop your clothes off, and no one else was even shopping. "What…

I’m trying to cut back on how much I eat out and order for take-out. I’m essentially becoming my parents’ worst nightmare: a daughter who spends a quarter of her paycheck on meat and dough that has been deep fried. I can’t really help it though…