ashleyreese
Ashley Reese
ashleyreese
Jezebel staff writer and famed mint chocolate hater dedicated to the intersection of politics, pop culture, and weird internet shit.

What’s the male version of what we call “pick me” girls? Because this is absolutely a pick me guy if I’ve ever seen one.

Listen, of course it is courteous to have items like this available if guests need it. I don’t even use my guest bath but I make sure there is a little box of commonly needed items under the sink, Read more

My husband and his roommate used to do this in college. It was 100% a “way to get girls” by showing how thoughtful the guys could be.  (I was one of those girls.)  Read more

This. If a guy has a box of a couple items under his sink, I’d think that would be a nice courtesy. If I walked in the bathroom and saw a full period palace, I’d be like, “Chris, when is your girlfriend getting home?” Read more

As someone who goes a bit beyond when it comes to keeping my guest room stocked (I load up the local travel guides, stationary, snacks, toiletries, bedside carafes, coffee and tea selections, and even have a guest-room coffee pot and container of spa slippers), I understand this guy’s urge to be like... everyone who Read more

Its a good move to have that for guests. Its a bad move to post so much about it and make it a whole thing. just chill dude.  Read more

Would you recommend blurting it out before the server brings the drinks, or do you let it work itself organically into the flow of the conversation? Read more

When I started dating my husband, he had a couple of roommates and the one he shared a bathroom with was a woman and I definitely ended up having to steal one of her tampons once, so I can see the point of keeping a multipack around so your uterus-having friends are taken care of in an emergency. But having the whole Read more

Ehh, good on him, though it does come across as braggadocio. Certainly when I was 25, I wasn’t this thoughtful. It took a gf asking if she could leave tampons and other supplies at my place to even give it a thought. Then it was like “Oh shit! Of course!” So if he’s bringing some awareness to da bros, that’s something. Read more

I’d feel better about it if he actually had thought about the business. “I’m starting this pillow company to help you sleep better at night.” Rather than, “I’m a job creator! I help people!” which is starting to smell like Capitalista propaganda. And the paying bills and therapy part sounds defensive rather than Read more

I thought this article struck a nice balance and I think it’s a question worth looking at. The Parkland survivors became public figures in part because their experiences and their activism in response became representative of the experiences, fears, and hopes of their generation. What they do next with those profiles Read more

yeah, I agree the vehement anti-capitalist reaction was almost just as cringe Read more

Yeahhhh. Of course he’s 20 and in college so we knew he’d get some kind of employment eventually but it’s the “These pillows will change the world” thing that has people skeptical. If you want to be an entrepreneur sure, I guess, but he is specifically trying to make his business also activism, instead of being an Read more

It’s fine that he’s starting a company but it’s the fact that he’s using his status as a shooting survivor to gain publicity for his new venture that I find really tacky and vulgar. But unsurprising given how easily and naturally he took to public life and being in the spotlight. He clearly looooooves that shit. Read more

Yeah, this is the part that I’m having a hard time with. While you could argue that Hogg is keeping his gun-control activism separate from his pillow business, he has been presenting his business as if it is some sort of righteous cause, which is what is bothering a lot people, I think. Mike Lindell has become a Read more

Agreed. If he wants to start a pillow company, fine, but presenting it as though he’s doing something righteous is cringe. Mike Lindell sucks, but he doesn’t have a monopoly on pillows. There are already countless other pillow options and Lindell is a joke even to Republicans at this point. I don’t see what this is Read more

exactly, and the fact that he’s engaging with the mypillow creep (I resent knowing his name) is the problem itself. hogg is directly responding to lindell’s evil bullshit with ‘action’ that doesn’t even make sense... it looks so petty. Read more

I’ve read the other comments and I appreciate the nuances of what people here are saying, but I have to point out that choosing to start a business for the purpose of trolling someone else is not a terribly sound business strategy especially if you’re a first timer. Read more