It was hard to hear anything over my crying. I could vaguely make out the sound of our therapist's words — are you OK? How does what Kurt just said make you feel? — but all I could do was sob. Kurt, my boyfriend, had just announced that despite…

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. When the fifth and final season of Jane the Virgin comes to its conclusion this spring, fans will look back on…

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. Political TV shows are typically one of two things: intense and melodramatic (Scandal, House of Cards) or…

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. Considering that a typical episode of Netflix's Stranger Things features monsters, psychokinesis, and alternate…

We may be barely four months into 2019, but already, some truly great new music has been released. From Ariana Grande's Thank U, Next to Solange's When I Get Home to Maren Morris' Girl to Jenny Lewis' On The Line, the list of the year's must-hear…

It's been a long time since the world got a new Sara Bareilles album. There was 2015's Waitress soundtrack, featuring songs written and sung by Bareilles, but that was for a Broadway musical, not herself. And yes, there was NBC's Jesus Christ…

Regardless of whether you like to spend Valentine's Day on a romantic date or hanging at home solo, chances are that you spend the day before, Feb. 13, surrounded by friends. After all, while Galentine's Day — the annual celebration of the bonds…

April 1 is coming up fast, and with the start of the new month comes plenty to get excited about: warmer weather, Cadbury chocolates, and, of course, a ton of great movies and TV shows. While it's definitely worth going to a theater this month to…

Congratulations: we finally made it out of winter. As of March 20, spring has officially begun, and even though the temperatures in many places aren't too warm just yet, the end of winter days are still a reason to celebrate. And what better way to…

It's (almost) the weekend! This has been a busy last few days, from The Bachelorette finale to the college admissions scandal to Beto O'Rourke's campaign announcement to the Avengers: Endgame trailer to — you get the point. We could all use a break…

Happy International Women's Day (IWD), ladies! On Friday, Mar. 8, women across the globe are celebrating their peers and spreading the message of gender equality however they can. There are so many different ways to support women on IWD, from…

When celebrities hang out in the Bustle office, we want to give them the chance to leave their mark. Literally. So we hand them a pen, a piece of paper, a few questions, and ask them to get creative. The rest is up to them. This time,…

On Friday, March 1, Jordyn Woods went on Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk to address the Tristan Thompson cheating scandal that's captivated the public for the last week. On the show, Woods — who was accused of hooking up with Thompson, the…

As hard as it might be to believe, February has already come to an end, with Friday marking the very first day of March. The year is seriously speeding by, and chances are that this next month, too, will be gone in the blink of an eye (but hey, at…

If "The Oscars" and "gender equality" don't typically go hand-in-hand in your mind, you're certainly not alone. Year after year, the Academy Awards has snubbed women, whether by honoring only male-driven Best Picture nominees, skipping over women in…

Well, this is a sentence you probably didn't expect to read. At the 2019 Oscars, Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke offered Khaleesi's dragons to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as a form of protection for the 85-year-old Supreme Court justice. Totally normal,…

Although the 2019 Academy Awards may have had no host, the show still opened with a bang. To start off the night, American Idol alum Adam Lambert took the stage for a musical performance alongside the beloved rock band Queen — aka the group featured…

Awards season is finally coming to an end, with the Oscars — the biggest and final show of the year — taking place on Sunday, Feb. 22. While it's not yet known, of course, who will take home trophies during the ceremony, it's bound to be an exciting…

In case you somehow missed the memo, Thursday, Feb. 14 is Valentine's Day. Everywhere you look, you're likely surrounded by a sea of pink and red (and, let's be real, you're probably stuffed to the gills with heart-shaped chocolate). The holiday can…