favorite places
Some of these places don't exist for me any more, some do, some I'll probably never be able to visit again, some hopefully I will be able to.
spice girls
ZIG A ZIG AH, YOU GUYS!
barrettes
Because nothing goes with plastic shoes like streamer barrettes. There's a lot of pictures in this one.
closets
I understand why you should give clothes away. I mean, I understand the logical reasoning behind it.
chloe
Despite my interest in style and beauty, perfume has never really been my game. Like, just make me smell nice, you know?
letters
Letters make me feel like I am whispering to a friend on the riverbank on a hot summer day, the air alive with the smell of bay laurel and the water so still that it looks like glass.
80s
1990: I start using hair gel, still trying to perfect my irritatingly soft curls, an impossible task in the year-round humidity of South Florida. I favor a brand called Stiff Stuff. My resulting hair crunches like dry leaves.
cartoons
I apologize in advance for this.
nostalgia
xoJane editors share their prom photos and stories.
kate winslet
"Titanic" is as much about 1997 as 1912 as a touchstone of the hubris and optimism of an age; forgive me for saying so, but I believe it is much more difficult to make an earnest, naïve love story like this today.
childhood
I showed up to the dinner table in my ninja suit and pulling out a large butterfly knife to cut my meat. We were having Vaca Frita (Cuban Fried Beef) and my butter knife just wasn’t sharp enough.
book clubs
In this semi-regular series, we’ll talk about our favorite books related to somewhat specific topics and themes. It’s like a cross between the New York Review of Books and a book club, minus any pretense or guilt.
80s
Goldblum and Lauper as psychic treasure hunters? Look, it was a different time.
dating
There is no shame, friendos, in being in your 20s, 30s or 90s and loving puppets.
90210
Just hearing her voice on TV the other night froze me in my tracks and caused me to start thumping the ground with my hind leg.
nickelodeon
Was this the strangest show ... IN THE WORLD? (Probably.)
adolescence
Sorry girls, xoJane.com isn’t for you.
books
The weirdest thing about reading these books as an adult is that I am acutely aware they are written by middle-aged men, one of whom I would like to have a drink with at a bar and one who I would not.
childhood
With proof, from my 5th grade diary.
nostalgia
Pick the first installment of our new "Nostalgia Reality Check" series.
clothes
Yes, it's still a pillowcase. But a cute one!