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Skims Faces Backlash For 8 Advent Calendar of Hair Ties, Other Small Accessories

Skims Faces Backlash For $148 Advent Calendar of Hair Ties, Other Small Accessories

Many shoppers who’ve purchased an advent calendar from Skims aren’t quite feeling the holiday spirit after seeing what’s inside. Social media users are slamming the popular shapewear brand founded by Kim Kardashian for its $148 advent calendar. The calendar, which contains items like hair ties and Skims-branded bobby pins, prompted many to label the product…

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Archive of Our Own Is Down For Up to a Month. Can Fandoms Survive?

Archive of Our Own Is Down For Up to a Month. Can Fandoms Survive?

There’s an often-memed joke in fandom and fan fiction spaces: β€œthe AO3 author curse.” The superstition is defined on Urban Dictionary as β€œan occurrence in which a fan fiction author (typically writing on archiveofourown.org) gets into an extremely sticky situation, but said author’s first priority is their fan fic.” This might look like new installments…

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