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According to Merriam-Webster, a millennial is a person who was born in the '80s and '90s, also known as a member of Generation Y. According to us, it's the irritatingly overused descriptor that spawned a thousand trend pieces in 2013. Most of them are geared toward America's new favorite pastime: millennial-bashing. Apparently older people are very concerned that younger people will be responsible for the apocalypse, and they want everyone to know it. The Internet says that millennials are lazy, entitled, unrealistic, and doomed. But, the only thing lazier than a so-called millennial, are the editors and writers who feel comfortable stereotyping an entire generation of young people just to get some clicks.
If only there was some way we could avoid the word in the new year. Well, it turns out there is. Zeke Weeks has created a Google Chrome extension that changes all uses of the word “millennials” to the phrase “pesky whipper-snappers.” Because, why beat around the bush right? Install it here. We feel better already. (BuzzFeed)
Revelations about the notable men discovered to be using the cheater-enabling website Ashley Madison have been rolling out all week following the release of its email database by hackers, from Josh Duggar to White House employees. But it turns out that many women who never signed up for the site at all may have had their read
The App Store can feel like an overgrown jungle sometimes; every day, it seems like there are a hundred new apps to filter through. While you want to check them out, it's hard to know what's worth your while (and your precious home-screen space). Refinery29 is here to help. Each week, we're going to highlight the five best read
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