Moxy Magazine

When Rachel Bertsche first moved to Chicago, she was thrilled to finally share a zip code (let alone an apartment) with her boyfriend. But shortly after getting married, Bertsche realized that her new life is missing one thing: friends.
Sure, she has plenty of BFFs—in New York and San Francisco and Boston and Washington, D.C. But in her adopted hometown, there’s no one to call at the last minute for girl talk over brunch or a reality-TV marathon over a bottle of wine. Taking matters into her own hands, Bertsche developed a plan: She’d go on fifty-two friend-dates, one per week for a year, in hopes of meeting her new Best Friend Forever.

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Mainstream media portrays Gen Y men as drunkards and hooligans. Is this picture accurate?

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No matter how cute your haircut, how stylish your outfit or how perfectly your lipstick shade complements your skin tone—nothing is sexier than a healthy amount of self-confidence. A self-confident woman is completely comfortable in her own skin. She embodies well balanced amounts of sass, charm, attitude and class. And most importantly, she’s got moxie!

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The one thing that every woman past puberty has in common is the brassiere–commonly called a bra. Brassiere comes from the French word “brazier,” which means “arm protector.” While women’s undergarments have almost always been a grand affair, the modern version of the bra is a 1913 creation of Mary Phelps Jacob. Cup sizes didn’t enter the picture until 1916 when manufacturers began making bras to accommodate women with different sized breasts. By 1932, bras started coming in the A, B, C, D etc cup sizes we’re used to seeing on the racks today. From Victoria’s Secret to Hanes Her Way, it’s a multi-billion dollar industry that puts about six bras in the home of a woman each year.

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