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A TV writer who bravely shared a photo of “vegan brisket” on Twitter has been getting absolutely roasted by meat-eating BBQ aficionados slamming his mutant creation.

Kevin Biegel, who has written for Scrubs and Cougartown, shared the sponge-like image of his vegan dish, which he revealed was a mix of “jackfruit, seitan, miso, beer, Franklin BBQ sauce made w extra sugar so it carmelized to a crust.”

But Twitter’s BBQ boosters couldn’t resist brutally clapping back at Biegel’s attempt at recreating the smokehouse staple:

Fox News has more details:

Biegel, a father of two whose IMDB credits include writing for shows including “Scrubs” and “Cougar Town,” later explained in the responses that he himself isn’t vegan, but began experimenting with alternatives after a recent heart attack.

“I eat [meat] in moderation. I make it for people. But I’m gonna stick with my heart doctors and the experts when it comes to my health, thanks,” Biegel added.

On the flip side, Biegel also got plenty of responses from followers asking for the recipe, and commending him on trying to change his diet, even though some suggested that his ingredients — namely the BBQ sauce — were a little high in sugar.

But on Monday Biegel renamed his dish “Vrisket” so as not to incur the wrath of real brisket lovers, and declared that he makes and enjoys the real stuff, too.

Would you ever eat “vrisket” or is enjoying real meat worth the health risk? 

In the wake of Hurricane Florence and its destruction, thousands of people remain evacuated from their homes and seeking shelter away from the storm. 

While most of those evacuees are probably (and rightfully) worried and not feeling their best, others are making the best of the situation and trying their luck on Tinder…and it’s totally working.

Claire Tran, a 21-year old woman who lives in Washington, DC, tweeted:

Apparently, the bios of those escaping Florence were exactly as you’d expect them to be. In an interview with INSIDER, Tran said they mostly read things like: “Hurricane evacuee,” “Visiting from NC, hurricane season,” and “Got evacuated from SC so let’s hurricane and chill?”

Hurricane and chill. The whirlwind date you’d never expect to go on, but Mother Nature made it happen.

Obviously, when something like that pops up on your Tinder feed, you need to swipe right, as Tran did. Interestingly, she says her matches have all been extremely chill about the whole hurricane situation and leaving their homes.

“I asked this guy about the process of evacuating, and he was like, ‘It was scary lol. Yeah, my school finna be wreckeedddddd,’ He just seemed bored and didn’t know what to do with his time in DC. Then I asked this other guy how long he was here and he was like, ‘Not a damn clue, my home is getting destroyed.'”

Wow. If only we could be as unbothered as this guy. And he’s getting matches on Tinder!

Tran added: “I’m from Sacramento, California, and never really had to evacuate for anything, so I was kind of just amazed at how nonchalant they were. I feel like if I were escaping a life-threatening hurricane that could destroy my house I wouldn’t even be changing my bio and trying swiping on Tinder.”

Same.

Tran isn’t the only one seeing these blasé Tinder users during the storm. A 24-year old nurse, Mackenzie Leone, from Greenville, North Carolina, says her Tinder match invited her to something they called a “hurricane party.”

“People here are literally celebrating a huge storm about to happen and it’s hilarious to me! I’ve had one person ask me to be his ‘hurricane buddy’ and another guy even offered to come pick me up and take me back to his place to hang out before conditions get too bad to make sure I’m ok since I’m here all by myself. Maybe my soul mate is out there in the storm somewhere.”

The best part of all this is that this “Hurricane Tinder” is actually working. Desperate times, right? 

Evacuees aren’t the only ones on the dating app, though. Florence herself is out there looking for love too.

Well, that’s one way to make a devastating storm a little more cheerful.

H/T: INSIDER

A green tide of legal cannabis is rolling in, and Coca-Cola might be ready to finally ride the wave.

CNN reported Monday that Coca-Cola has issued a statement indicating it is monitoring the popularity of CBD. That’s the chemical element in cannabis that doesn’t get you high, but may well have positive effects on pain and inflammation.

Bloomberg first took note of Coke’s move and quoted spokesman Kent Landers, who said Coke is “closely watching the growth of non-psychoactive CBD as an ingredient in functional wellness beverages around the world.” 

Landers also said that the “space is evolving quickly. No decisions have been made at this time.” 

Even though the soft drink giant is only studying CBD, it’s connecting with Aurora Cannabis, a Canadian weed distributor. And Bloomberg reports the news of Coke’s interest spiked Aurora’s stock shares in big way.

Coca-Cola is far from the only corporation with eyes on the rapidly expanding marijuana industry, according to Bloomberg:

Coke’s possible foray into the marijuana sector comes as beverage makers are trying to add cannabis as a trendy ingredient while their traditional businesses slow. Last month, Corona beer brewer Constellation Brands Inc. announced it will spend $3.8 billion to increase its stake in Canopy Growth Corp., the Canadian marijuana producer with a value that exceeds C$13 billion ($10 billion).

Molson Coors Brewing Co. is starting a joint venture with Quebec’s Hexo’s Corp., formerly known as Hydropothecary Corp., to develop cannabis drinks in Canada. Diageo PLC, maker of Guinness beer, is holding discussions with at least three Canadian cannabis producers about a possible deal, BNN Bloomberg reported last month. Heineken NV’s Lagunitas craft-brewing label has launched a brand specializing in non-alcoholic drinks infused with THC, marijuana’s active ingredient.

Cannabis is still illegal at the federal level and while it’s been legalized in many states for medical use, recreational weed laws don’t move that fast as local legislatures and individual townships will often pass their own anti-weed statutes regardless of voter approval. 

Still, as more major corporations take notice and it becomes obvious that cannabis is an extremely profitable business, these joint ventures will likely become pretty commonplace. Hopefully.

Machine Gun Kelly says Eminem totally whiffed his “Killshot.” 

The Cleveland-repping rapper responded to Em’s recently released diss track with a double-barreled blast of two boisterous statements shared on social media. 

On Instagram, MGK donned a shirt embroidered with “Killshot” album art and flipped the bird while standing in front of the crowd at a Fall Out Boy stadium show. 

Kelly captioned the photo “he missed” along with the goat, devil and knife emojis on Twitter.

He also mocked Eminem’s 11-day turnaround of “Killshot” by creating a meme posted to Twitter. The words “2 weeks and 3 interviews later” appear beneath a photo of TV talent show judges holding three “6” score cards. 

The tweet references Eminem’s four-part Kamikaze interview with Sway Calloway. In the second segment, Em revealed why he originally burned Kelly on the Kamikaze track “Not Alike,” which spawned Kelly’s response diss “Rap Devil.” 

“The reason that I dissed him is because he got on—first what he said ‘I’m the greatest rapper alive since my favorite rapper banned me from Shade 45’ or whatever he said, right? Like I’m trying to hinder his career,” Eminem said. 

“I don’t give a fuck about your career. You think I actually fucking think about you? You know how many fucking rappers are better than you? You’re not even in the fucking conversation.”

In the last segment, released Friday, Eminem revealed that Drake was NOT one of the rival rappers he targeted on his latest album despite lyrics that many interpreted as an insult directed at the Canadian hip hop act. 

Here’s the line in question from “Lucky You.” 

“I got a couple of mansions/Still I don’t have any manners/You got a couple of ghost writers/But to these kids it don’t actually matter/They’re askin’ me, ‘What the fuck happened to hip-hop?”/I said, ‘I don’t have any answers.’”

“Drake is going to always be in my good graces,” Eminem told Calloway. “He did something for one of my daughters that I will never forget and he will always be in my graces for that.” 

“And I like Drake, ” he continued. “What I’m telling you with these lines is, I don’t know what’s real and what’s not, at this point. 

“Because you hear shit about this rapper, that rapper, whatever. I’m telling you that I don’t do it. Never have and never will. If I ever need a ghostwriter, I need to just fucking put the mic down.”

“[Drake] makes great music,” he added. It’s not really anything you can say about it”.

As for his beef with MGK, Em probably might decide not to give him any more free press. He even says “I’m only doing this once” in the intro to “Killshot.”

Many have already crowned Eminem the victor. What do you think? 

Meredith Bodgas has built her career on walking women through every major life stage and milestone. She’s been an editor at some of the most prestigious websites and magazines like The Knot, Glamour.com, WhattoExpect.com, Babytalk, WomansDay.com, Parenting and Ladies’ Home Journal to name but a few off her resume.

As a married mom of two, Meredith’s job and life goals aligned in real time when she became editor-in-chief of Working Mother. She’s as real as can be with readers, opening up about touchy subjects like ‘working mom purgatory’ (“When you’re too tired to function, not tired enough to use a precious sick day“) and “When you leave your child crying and feel like a crappy mom for working” and tackling them head-on from a totally personal yet universal point-of-view.

When it comes to advocacy, Meredith takes her platform seriously. She’s made it a priority to show way more diversity among the mothers she profiles and, when she realized Working Mother‘s leave policy didn’t hold a candle to some of the companies they were applauding in print, she prepped a presentation for the company’s leadership and negotiated a better deal for her colleagues…all while out on maternity leave.

True to form, and right in time for American Business Women’s Day, this Power Figure found an hour in the middle of the night while nursing her son to one-handedly tap out her replies to Bare Necessities.

Q: How did you get into journalism?
A: I’m a native New Yorker who has always loved writing. When I was in high school, the now-defunct Teen People gave college scholarships to public school students in each of New York City’s boroughs. I won for my hometown of Staten Island. Following my freshman year at Brandeis University, I was offered an internship there and fell hard for magazines. I interned at a different publication every summer I was home from college and got my first full-time gig a few months after graduating.

Q: How did you get to where you are now? What’s it like to be The Boss with the final say at the end of the day?
A: I changed jobs about every year in the first five years. Usually, it was my choice! Even after that, I’d look for signs that there was no more growth or learning and seek other opportunities. When I hung up with the HR rep who offered me the editor-in-chief job, I cried and danced around my house. Even though we’re not the biggest magazine around, this is a brand with which I’m obsessed, and to get to lead the magazine and website is an honor I don’t take for granted.

I’ve learned that everyone has a boss. I report to a president who reports to a CEO who reports to a chairperson. I’m learning more about the business side. And for everything I write—my editor’s letter, cover story celebrity interviews—I ask my talented deputy editor to edit me. Everyone needs an editor!

“We’ve given women in unfair situations the tools they need to get the pay they deserve”

Q: What is your mission at Working Mother? What drives you?
A: To change culture. I applied for my job the night Donald Trump won the election while working somewhere that brought joy to older women’s lives through dog videos and heartwarming stories. That’s lovely, but it was time for life-changing. The work we’ve done at Working Mother has gotten organizations to rethink policies that directly impact their parent employees. We’ve given women in unfair situations the tools they need to get the pay they deserve. We’ve shown moms what they stand to lose by leaving the workforce, and how to get back in. That’s what makes me excited to go to my job every day (or at least on days my kids have allowed me to get some sleep).

I’m also motivated by the naysayers I’ve encountered throughout my life. A high school English teacher allegedly encouraged my parents to discourage me from being a writer. So, uh, bite me, Mr. Warren.

Q: What about the subject resonates with you so deeply?
A: I’m a working mom, my mother was a working mom and my grandmothers were working moms. It gets easier each generation, but it’s still not easy. I’ve faced judgment for sending my kids to daycare, keeping my last name after I got married and even switching jobs as often as I did. I know I’m not alone, and I want the millions of working moms out there to know our choices are legitimate—and for those who have no choice but to work, to get the ideas and support they need to make this dance more manageable.

Q: What’s changing for working mothers? How does being a mother inform how you work?
A: Technology is changing working moms’ lives for better and worse. It means that we can get our jobs done from wherever we are. While I miss reading chick lit on my commute, as I did before having children, I love that I can answer emails, look for story ideas and write and edit articles from the train, which helps me leave on time. But it also means that I’m theoretically reachable 24/7. On vacation, I get multiple emails that start with “I’m sorry to bother you, but…” and I don’t feel I can ignore those.

Being a mom makes me so much more efficient and a better prioritizer. I have kids to whom I want to get home, so I make sure I focus my time at work on what’s most important on any given day and delegate or skip what I’m not best at or obligated to address. And whenever I struggle with an issue, be it postpartum depression, a biting toddler or a baby with separation anxiety, I write about it to remind other moms in my situations that they’re not alone.

Q: How do you juggle competing priorities? Is there such a thing as work-life balance or having it all?
A: I’m very honest about not being close to perfect, that something has to drop for my work, marriage and children to be well. So my house is usually a mess and most of our meals are microwaveable. And even with my job, my husband and my kids, they’re not equal priorities every day. Whatever needs my attention most, like a sick son, a stressed spouse or a major deadline, is my priority at that moment. I don’t think work and life are ever 50/50 but I feel satisfied with both overall, so I don’t think one is overwhelming the other.

Q: How do you de-stress?
A: I sing, much to my 4-year-old’s chagrin. Or if the kids are relatively quiet, I’ll call my mom. Just her voice reminds me everything is going to be okay. I also like to do pointless creative activities, like think of ridiculous band names, which my sister and I have been texting to each other for years now.

Q: What’s a typical day like?
A: I wake up whenever my baby does, anytime between 5 and 6:30 AM, feed him, get him ready and, depending how much my 4-year-old needs me, I get myself ready to varying degrees—I definitely don’t get to shower every morning. Then, my husband and I drop the kids at daycare and head to our jobs by train. I usually get in between 9 and 9:30. I try to work on workingmother.com in the morning and Working Mother magazine in the afternoon, but they often bleed into each other. And I pump three times a day and attend a couple hours’ worth of meetings and calls. I almost always leave at 5, meet my husband on the train and pick up our kids by 6:30. Then it’s a mad dash to get dinner on the table, the kids bathed—which also doesn’t happen every day—and in bed. Their sleep is unpredictable, so I try to go to bed by 9:30 to get close to enough rest.

“Don’t let anyone make you think you can’t achieve something, but don’t expect anyone to hand you what you want; you have to ask”

Q: What would you tell someone who wants to follow in your career footsteps? What do you wish you could tell all women making their way in the working world?
A: There’s no one path to getting where you want to go, and a setback or two isn’t going to doom you. Don’t specialize in one narrow thing; specialize in a few so there are more opportunities to which to jump. And don’t be afraid to leave a job or use a better offer to get a raise at your current gig—it might be the only way to get more money—but you have to be prepared to walk away if they don’t try to keep you.

For all women, don’t let anyone make you think you can’t achieve something, but don’t expect anyone to hand you what you want; you have to ask. Get constant, specific feedback from managers and other people you admire. Ask “What should I do to be considered for a promotion?” and when you do those things, follow up. Avoid looking at other women as competition. Figure out ways to build each other up.

Q: What does empowerment mean to you? How about perfection? Support?
A: Empowerment is endowing others—or yourself!—with the confidence and knowledge needed to do great things. Perfection is a unicorn flying backwards while doing the Macarena…it doesn’t exist. Happiness is more important than perfection, and happiness to me is good health, family snuggles, yummy food and having written something personal that resonates with women. Support is backing others up or filling in gaps so they can achieve. No mom can get where she wants to go without others watching her kids and reminding her that her feelings, experiences and parenting choices are valid and normal.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MEREDITH
Wardrobe staple: Knee-length, tummy-forgiving dresses.
Best bra: Soft, molded T-shirt bras thick enough to prevent milk from leaking through my shirt.
Greatest extravagance: Sleeping until 11 on weekends when my mom or mother-in-law is helping with our kids.
Secret to living a great life: Spending time only with those you support and who support you.
Biggest mistake: Accepting a job reporting to a workaholic.
Personal hero: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Next big thing you want to accomplish: Win a National Magazine Award.
Happy place: A private karaoke room.
Favorite emoji: never stops being funny to me.
Personal mantra: If it doesn’t move the needle, it’s not worth doing.
Perfect day must contain: Chocolate.
In a word: Candid.

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Never have I ever met a more reliable, low-maintenance, and comfortable outfit than this one—and it all revolves around one unexpected hero item: a long-sleeve maxi dress.

This Celine number caught my eye when I spotted it on the clearance sale rack at Barneys last spring. I didn’t even bother looking at the price tag, assuming it would be well out of my budget, but I tried it on for fun anyway because I loved the graphic yellow stripe. Normally, I would have steered clear of a long-sleeve maxi dress. I’m relatively short, so they tend to swallow me up, especially if they aren’t fitted. Still, despite the fact that it looked pretty drab slouching on the hanger, I was curious to see what it looked like on. Something about the exaggerated collar and yellow detail told me this one was special.

Exploring my mind palace a bit more, I also realized I’d seen it online while doing image research for a story and remembered loving the way that Yoyo Cao styled it. In person, the material hinted at its versatility, too. Which is important, because I had no business shopping for a special-occasion dress when the day-to-day grind is much worthier of an investment.

Since I don’t have an especially linear body type, and given my history with maxi dresses, I was expecting it to look even worse on. Much to surprise, I instantly fell in love with itI—so I hesitated to look at the price tag, afraid of what I’d find. The even bigger surprise was that the dress had gone from being close $2500 to under $500. I knew I was in the midst of a miracle of biblical proportions right there in the fitting room, and to pass that up would be sartorial sacrilege. Plus, I hadn’t treated myself to any clothes for the entire year, so I decided to use pretty much all my extra spending money on this fine, fine dress.

Still, it was a final-sale item, so I was nervous to make the splurge—and six months later, I can say that I have zero regrets. I’ve styled it so many different ways, and somehow it strikes the perfect balance between flattering and modest, bold and understated, which means I can wear it to work and when I go out. To the office, I wear it with sneakers or flat mules for a 100% comfortable yet chic ensemble. As you can see below, I wore it to a special steak dinner date at the famous Hollywood joint Musso and Franks, too. Naturally, I accessorized it with a classy toothpick to fit the occasion.

What I’m trying to get it is this: If you’re going to buy one dress this season, a long-sleeve maxi should be it. So to spread the love and easy dressing, I found five more long-sleeve maxi dresses for work and beyond to wear this fall, plus different ways to style them. Scroll through to get the details.

When it comes to looking for a wedding dress, there are several things to consider, like your venue, your budget, your style, and your body type. Today’s focus is on the latter: specifically, height. While ultimately you should go with whatever dress style you fall in love with and makes you feel your absolute best, there are few tips to keep in mind when searching for the best wedding dress style for short girls.

To ensure you’re set with a solid idea on the dress silhouette that will look best on your petite frame, we tapped the designer behind the fashion-favorite brand Stone Cold Fox, Cydney Morris, for her expert advice. “For shorter women, a wedding gown with an empire waist will subtly add a few inches to your height. Pick one with a skirt that is slightly flared or flow,” she shared with us.

The beauty of a higher waistline will provide the illusion of a longer silhouette (and as a short girl myself, I’m never mad at the idea of faking a few inches with my figure) as you walk down the aisle to say “I do.” Whether you’re looking for a specific style or new designer to check out on your hunt for the perfect wedding dress, try starting with the beautiful gowns below.

This post originally appeared on MyDomaine.com.

So, NYFW has come to an end, and while we still have the rest of London, Milan, and Paris to look forward to, it’s never too early to start test driving the street style trends we’ve already seen. Especially because, while there have been no shortage of designer It-items and out-there moments snapped this year, there has also been a refreshing amount of accessible inspiration, both in terms of cost and wearability.  

To prove it, today we’ve rounded up seven of the coolest and most wide-spread street style trends from NYFW that you can actually buy from our very own Who What Wear collection for Target, which means they’re not just available in a range of sizes, but affordable too—we’re talking under-$45-level-affordable.  To see the looks for yourself then shop each one, simply continue on below.

Up next? 19 under-$50 dresses to wear with ankle boots this fall.

Zara’s fall shopping is so good right now, our editor Lauren only has one word for their brand-new pieces: “lit”. It’s true that Zara’s shopping is always pretty lit, no matter what time of year, but this fall there must be something in the air because it seems that their selection of the best fall trends is next-level. As for where to even start when shopping the brand? One scroll through Instagram will confirm which Zara pieces absolutely need to make their way into your shopping cart.

Instagram’s coolest It girls have a serious thing for Zara, too, and lately they’ve been showing off their latest finds all over the ‘gram. So not only are do following 11 pieces hit on some of the biggest fall trends (hello snakeskin and zebra print), they also happen to look extra good IRL. To shop our Instagram-approved edit of the best Zara fall shopping now, scroll down to see and then shop each piece.