Wearing a hair net and blue latex gloves, Cece Uribe peels back her client’s thick red hair and begins combing out dead lice. After three years in the nitpicking business, she’s seen it all—an infestation so bad the hair was sticky with nits, a patient who had a year-long case that no pharmacy shampoo could […]
Protesters Picket Equinox’s West Hollywood Gym Over Its Trump Connection
Earlier this week, news broke that the owner of Equinox and SoulCycle, Stephen Ross, would be hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump, and Angelenos were quick to respond by canceling their memberships. Some even took the streets. On Friday afternoon, a group of protesters gathered outside the gym’s West Hollywood location, rainbow flags in hand. […]
Drunk Yoga Is Here to Combine Our Two Favorite Hobbies
They said we could have it all, just not at the same time. They were wrong. Drunk Yoga is here to show us that, in this modern world, we can do a workout with a glass of wine in hand. Launched in New York, the Original Drunk Yoga is popping up in Los Angeles for […]
A Variety Show Is Demystifying the Female Experience One Story at a Time
Women’s bodies have always been political objects, as headlines have reminded us all too often lately. But what can get lost in the stories of society’s roll-back of reproductive rights, refusal to punish those who commit abuse, and shaming and harassment of women who speak out, is the intimate experience of actually living in a […]
You’ve Seen Them on the Road, but What the Hell is Ambulnz?
They began popping up in L.A. three years ago—cheery blue rigs marked Ambulnz. “What the hell is Ambulanz [sic]?” asked a Reddit commenter in New York two years later as the company expanded its reach eastward, echoing the general confusion about the oddly shaped vehicles. “My partner said they’re like an Uber, but with EMTs.” […]