“Gays exposed to the word ‘girlfriend’ to describe an innocent friendship often experience paranoia, heart palpitations, dizziness, an inadvertent rolling back of the eyes, and mental exhaustion related to figuring…
Join us as we celebrate Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli, Hannah Hart and Ingrid Nilsen and a host of other women who the press believe to be verrrry good friends.
You think someone is cute, and they think you’re cute, and you want to make them happy but preferably without being an awkward overeager weirdo. I feel you.
There’s nothing worse than a girlfriend who expects you to jet-set all the time! Scowling in the Hamptons, pouting in Saint Tropez, glowering in Aspen – it’s just exhausting.
We’ve got Gal Pal crop-tops back in stock, Gal Pal track tees for you and your pals, scissoring totes, scissoring boxer-briefs and so many other fun things coming your way…
It’s lovely and strange how a song can cast light on memories of people you haven’t thought about in years, can press urgently on that soft sad spot we carry…
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