Hello! I’m Samantha Matt, founder of this website, and below is an excerpt from my new book, Average is the New Awesome: A Manifesto for the Rest of Us that was released on January 7th. Fun fact: The name of the intro is what the book was originally…

When MTV first came around it was strictly music videos and nothing else. There were countdowns, shows about music videos, VJs who talked about music videos, and other things having to do with — you guessed it — music videos. Years later, MTV started airing shows that didn’t…

1. Ex-boyfriends are off limits to friends. 2. If someone compliments you, don’t agree with them. 3. Butter is not a carb. 4. White people live in Africa too. 5. If someone tells you they love your skirt… or bracelet… or whatever, they…

After months of people telling me to watch The Handmaid’s Tale, I finally did. I watched and I watched and I watched and then all of a sudden I had watched more episodes than people who started watching at the beginning because I have a serious binge-watching problem…

About a year and a half ago, I caved and started watching The Bachelor. Perhaps adulthood is making me more basic as the years go on—or maybe I am actually turning into a cat (curiosity, need for water, manipulative tendencies)—but why miss out on something a bunch of…

Hi, my name is Sam, and I think 30 is too old to go on “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” if you’re looking for a serious long-lasting relationship. But before you try to Google my current location so you can find me and kick my ass, hear me out on why.…