Nostalgia - xoJane

Spice Up Your Spice Life With Spice Girls Nostalgia Viva Forever

Lesley — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0400

ZIG A ZIG AH, YOU GUYS!

HOW TO: Make Those Streamer Barrettes From Your 70s Or 80s Childhood

Marianne — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:30:00 -0500

Because nothing goes with plastic shoes like streamer barrettes. There's a lot of pictures in this one.

I Went Home for Thanksgiving and My Mom Made Me Clean Out My Closet

Michelle King — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0500

I understand why you should give clothes away. I mean, I understand the logical reasoning behind it.

Perfumes Are Making Me Feel Weird

Michelle King — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Despite my interest in style and beauty, perfume has never really been my game. Like, just make me smell nice, you know?

I've Started Writing Letters Again, and It's Awesome

s.e. smith — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:30:20 -0400

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.

A Brief History of Curl-Defining Substances I Have Put In My Hair

Lesley — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:23 -0400

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.

The Most Infectious Cartoon Theme Songs From That Narrow Sliver of My Early Teens In Which I Pretended Not To Watch Cartoons Anymore

Lesley — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:30:19 -0400

I apologize in advance for this.

So Apparently It's Prom Week?

Emily — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:00:40 -0400

xoJane editors share their prom photos and stories.

"Titanic 3D" is Just Sorta Sad Now (And Not Why You Think)

Meghan — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:00:27 -0400

"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.

Cuban Fried Beef & My Failed Ninja Dreams

Violet Séverine Blanchard — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:00:19 -0500

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.

Reading Books About: Home

Brittany — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:20 -0500

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.

Great Moments in Badass Rock History: Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum Star in "VIBES"

David — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:00:27 -0500

Goldblum and Lauper as psychic treasure hunters? Look, it was a different time.

My eHarmony Date Shot Me Down Over "The Muppets" Movie

Meghan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:00:11 -0500

There is no shame, friendos, in being in your 20s, 30s or 90s and loving puppets.

Shannen Doherty is Back, And I'm Thrilled and Afraid

Emily V Gordon — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:06:23 -0500

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.

Kids Today Deserve Their Own "Pete and Pete"

Emily V Gordon — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:00:06 -0400

Was this the strangest show ... IN THE WORLD? (Probably.)

An Open Letter to "Teenage Girls"

Lesley — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:30:12 -0400

Sorry girls, xoJane.com isn’t for you.

Nostalgia Reality Check: Re-Reading R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike

Jessica — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:02:13 -0400

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.

I Was The Nerdiest Child Who Has Ever Existed

Emily — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:02:11 -0400

With proof, from my 5th grade diary.

Which One of These Childhood Favorites Should I Watch First?

Emily — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:57:10 -0400

Pick the first installment of our new "Nostalgia Reality Check" series.

Making the Sassy Pillowcase Dress: 20 Years Later

Mena — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:02:28 -0400

Yes, it's still a pillowcase. But a cute one!