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  • The Different Types of Drunk You Can Be

    The Different Types of Drunk You Can Be

    There are several gradients of drunk that are possible. Numerous individuals will enter and continue their adult lives acquainted with only one item on the following list, and will report said item occurs predictably on every occasion on which they drink. The experience of other individuals will be generally comprised of two or more, but…

  • A Love Letter To A Friend

    A Love Letter To A Friend

    I was sitting in a cafe today and was about to order a coffee, and I saw these two girls a few tables over, laughing and smiling and touching each other’s shoulders when they said something particularly witty. I thought of you, and I ordered a tea instead.

  • 5 Things People Like To Do When They’re Angry

    5 Things People Like To Do When They’re Angry

    A lot of anger is unexplainable, a lot of is irrational, and a lot of it feels just plain silly. So you cry when you have nowhere else to go with it. “I don’t know what to do so I’m going to just cry tears of rage. I’m going to cry for everything bad that…

  • Top 10 Bruce Willis Movie Quotes

    Top 10 Bruce Willis Movie Quotes

    Once I wrote this list I realized I’d missed a lot of amazing Bruce movies—Twelve Monkeys, Mercury Rising, The Jackal, Hudson Hawk, Blind Date, Striking Distance, The Whole Nine Yards—and I almost hate myself a little bit for not being more discriminating with my choices. But then I asked myself, WWBD?

  • A Guide to Dressing Like A (Southern) Liberal Arts Student

    A Guide to Dressing Like A (Southern) Liberal Arts Student

    For men, the goal is to look like you’re a 45 year old corporate executive on the weekend. Wear collared shirts at all times, either polo or button up (sleeves rolled up, of course, and never unbutton more than the first button). Wear khakis—rarely jeans, never cargo pants.

  • 5 Things You Can Do To Make A Quiet Person Feel Bad

    5 Things You Can Do To Make A Quiet Person Feel Bad

    By introducing a quiet person to a group as a “quiet person,” the quiet person is instantly a) categorized without having input, perhaps ruining any chance of making their own first impression and b) denied the option of being seen as a normal social individual, in the case that today is one of the days…

  • Notes On Living With My Ex-Boyfriend For Eight Months

    Notes On Living With My Ex-Boyfriend For Eight Months

    This was not how it was supposed to work. I never set out to be half of that couple you hear about. The ones that because of high rents or long leases or the great dysfunction are forced to live with each other long after their relationship has expired. Yet here I am. Freshly twenty-seven…

  • The Human Papillomavirus

    The Human Papillomavirus

    When I finally broke, it was very difficult to un-break. I cried a lot. I didn’t understand why this was happening to me. I’d only had a handful of sexual partners and the only unprotected sex I’d had was with boyfriends who had been checked for STDs. I was immunised against HPV when I was…

  • 10 Books For Depressed People

    10 Books For Depressed People

    And it’s not just that the characters find themselves in depressing situation after depressing situation (well, they kind of do), it’s the fact that the scope of the novel makes every depressing instance so much more tragic because you’re highly familiar with what lead each character to the sad place they’re in currently.

  • The Curious Case Of Amanda Bynes’ Twitter

    The Curious Case Of Amanda Bynes’ Twitter

    If a celebrity’s Twitter is entertaining enough, it can make them relevant again. It’s possibly one of the most powerful tools in the industry today. If you’re not starring in any noteworthy movies and your agent is screening your calls, just make Twitter your new job.

  • That Awkward Moment When You Realize It’s Been 2 Years And You’re Still Not Completely Over Your Ex

    That Awkward Moment When You Realize It’s Been 2 Years And You’re Still Not Completely Over Your Ex

    When I got home I threw myself across my bed, pizza still in hand. I continued to cry, louder now, and reveled momentarily in my hideous self-indulgence. I fell asleep to the sound of my own sniveling. In my wrought sleep I dreamed vividly of a man I used to love. I dreamed of him…

  • 10 Terrible Songs That I Love

    10 Terrible Songs That I Love

    I have really good taste in book and movies, and then when it comes to music, I just sort of give up. When I start making a mix CD for a friend, I start off with a couple of good tracks by, say, The New Pornographers or someone — and then I start feeling an…

  • An Open Letter To Pimples

    An Open Letter To Pimples

    So here I am, an almost-26-year-old-woman sitting alone in half darkness, writing this to you with Colgate Total all over my face. I’ve been Googling and self-diagnosing, and the internet seems to think that toothpaste will help resolve our issues. But I don’t know Pimples, I really don’t. The second I think I’m free of…

  • 10 Things You Should Never Do In Front Of Your Lover While Naked

    10 Things You Should Never Do In Front Of Your Lover While Naked

    There’s nothing worse than wearing pants—nudity is a wonderful thing. But you’re at your most vulnerable when you’re naked, at the mercy of emotions and the elements, which are both liable to kick your bare ass at any moment. Here’s a guide I prepared (based on my own experience) to help you navigate the minefield…

  • Ten Reasons Why Someone Should Have Sex With You

    Ten Reasons Why Someone Should Have Sex With You

    You’re so bored. It’s six p.m. and there is nothing good on T.V. so you want to have sex with someone. Depending on your situation, you will either have to seek it out like a hunter.  You will go to the bars and zero in on your prey, or you will have sex with someone…

  • 5 Things That Will Make You Miss Your Ex

    5 Things That Will Make You Miss Your Ex

    Thanks to the internet, there are a myriad of different ways you can miss your ex. You can go on Facebook and lurk their life without you. Oh look, there’s a picture of them at a party looking completely normal and happy. And oh my god, they’re writing cute and clever things on someone else’s…

  • The Unspoken Rules Of Drinking After College

    The Unspoken Rules Of Drinking After College

    After college, you’re thrusted into the real world to Find A Job and Be Self Sufficient, and in turn, you become aware that the people in this world think binge drinking after college actually = alcoholism and a potential sign that one doesn’t have her shit together.

  • The Different Types Of Bitches

    The Different Types Of Bitches

    Bitches always think they’re so funny. Whenever they say something that was kind of screwed up, they’ll quickly be like, “That wasn’t bitchy. I was just making a joke!” Well, guess what? Your joke wasn’t funny. It was just bitchy, and bitchy does not always translate to hilarity!