Archie Andrews and his gang of besties have quickly become some of my favorite people on TV, but as an obsessive type, I spend a lot of time wondering what ficitional characters—or, rather, those who portray them—are like in real life. So when I was talking with Marisol Nichols about Riverdale, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to ask about her castmates. Who are the best off-screen friends? Who's most likely to break in a scene? And who's the mom of the group? 

Her answers might surprise you. May I present Marisol's Riverdale superlatives.

Iskra Lawrence is a British model who prides herself in using unretouched photos in her shoots. As American Eagle's #AerieREAL Role Model, she speaks to audiences around the United States and the world about body positivty and diversity. So, when an online shopper saw HEAVILY Photoshopped images of the model on Amazon, everyone was extremely confused. When Iskra heard about this, she claimed that she had no knowledge of these photos, and said that the company stole and distorted the images all on their own.

The model posted an Instagram story where she shared the stolen images saying, "Thank you @janicetx for telling me that a lingerie company has used my images and retouched them like CRAZY to put their bras on me! NOT OK, if u see this online do not trust or buy anything!" Iska blurred out the name of the brand selling the bras, however, according to Cosmopolitan, the vendor is a retailer called Holly O.

The photos are so edited that even the sticky boobs on Iskra look fake, not worth the $16-$30 in my opinion! Besides, I think we can all agree Iskra's body doesn't need the touch-up, nor does any body ever TBH.

Actress Mayim Bialik is known for her role as Sheldon’s nerdy girlfriend Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, but before she became Sheldon’s better half, Mayim earned a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, proving that she definitely deserves a spot in The Big Bang Theory’s gang of scientists! With her new book, Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular, Mayim is filling us in about what it means to be a girl, from a scientific and neuropsychological perspective.

We had the chance to talk with Mayim about why this perspective matters, what her website has taught her and what she would say to girls in the STEM field today.

Your book Girling Up tackles what it means to be a growing girl, but from a scientific and neuropsychological perspective. Can you explain what that viewpoint entails and what inspired you to write this book?

Mayim Bialik: I was actually approached by an editor at Penguin, Jill Santopolo. She had seen an article that I wrote for Grok Nation, which is my website about what it’s like being a late bloomer and playing one on TV. So I had written an article about the episode where Sheldon and Amy have coitus for the first time. The reason she reached out to me—she said, “You know, there’s not a lot of people who talk about that sort of shyness and finding value in being a late bloomer.” She said, “You’re not coming from a religious perspective or a political one, that’s just who you are!” And she said, “How would you like to write a book and use that sort of voice?” I sort of took it one step further and said, “Well, what if I did an entire book about being female?” And that’s what she let me do. I wrote this book about everything from puberty to dating to nutrition to learning to dealing with physical things and how we make an impact on the world as females.

Because I’m trained as a neuroscientist, obviously I always find the science in everything, and I really felt like a true understanding for all females, of our experiences as females, should involve a basic understanding of the science and the hormones that go into what makes us who we are and how our experiences actually impact us psychologically and biologically. For each of the chapters—obviously somewhere it lends itself more, like in the chapter on sex and dating and puberty—but in general I try to present sort of an academic perspective on being female, including more of an anthropological perspective on the way that we see our bodies isn’t the way that every culture sees women’s bodies. A lot of that stuff about what’s beautiful and what’s attractive and what we find attractive is culturally determined.

What part of the book are you proudest of, and why?

MB: Gosh, let’s see! I mean, I’m proudest that I was able to write a chapter on sex and dating, even though I was really shy about it, I guess! I think I’m proudest of the conclusion, which I literally wrote last, which really was the final revelation of why I wrote this book and why, even though it sounds overambitious, it actually felt really right. As I wrote the conclusion, that’s sort of what I realized—that this book is about everything because females are about everything. We’re not just one book on the shelf. You shouldn’t have to pick up eight different books to understand who you are and how your body works, so I really tried to put it all in one.

Why do you think readers will benefit from this factual-but-fun look at growing up?

MB: I’m hearing from a lot of people that they wish they had this book when they were young, and there have been books that I had as a kid—you know, Our Bodies Ourselves—that really did seek to educate women, that really made tremendous strides, but the challenges to females now are different. I haven’t seen a book that deals with issues of sexting and online dating and body image issues and mental health struggles and notions of what is gender and what does that mean. Those kind of aspects for 21st century females, we really do need to address, so that girls have a place to use it as a reference in case they aren’t getting that information elsewhere.

Do you think there has previously been a taboo about girls discussing these kind of subjects with each other?

I don’t know if it’s taboo, but I think a lot of people [would say], “When are you going to write a book about boys?” Well, most books are written by men for boys for all of human history! I do think there are a lot of aspects to the female body that we are squeamish about as a culture, even [with] the notion of thinking about different sizes and shapes and types of breasts. I included a diagram in the book showing a variety of different breasts, saying, “All of these are normal! Here’s what a menstrual cycle looks like often, and if yours is different, that doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you.” [There’s] sort of a sense of empowerment about knowing all these differences that I think is very important, and I think that also things like menstrual cycles and birth control, those are things that in general get talked about in political terms or in hushed tones in doctors’ offices. I feel that one of the first steps toward empowering young women is to give them the knowledge about their bodies or basic biological perspective so that they can know what’s normal and what’s not.

You run a website called Grok Nation, which covers parenting, faith, current events and more. How did your work on the website inspire aspects of your book?

MB: Honestly, starting this website was sort of my first foray into seeing if people, and women in particular, were interested in thinking about some of these things on a deeper level. It’s not a typical celebrity site, it’s not a lifestyle site, you don’t get to find out what my favorite jewelry is—and it’s not important, I don’t really wear jewelry! So the website was really my first experience also experimenting with this voice of writing to a younger audience and not sounding like a boring mom because that’s really what I don’t want this book to sound like. You know, I don’t know it to sound like, “Don’t have sex until you’re married,” because that’s not going to resonate with a lot of people. So I definitely think Grok Nation prepared me for that in helping me learn the best way to present the information I want to present to the most people, even if they don’t agree with it. And we really tried to present all perspectives in this book, meaning if you’re a late bloomer, there’s nothing wrong with that, [and] if you’re not a late bloomer, there’s nothing wrong with that. I think honing a non-judgmental tone is what Grok Nation helped me do as I prepared for this book.

You have a PhD in neuroscience, but you’ve said in the past that you initially struggled with science in college compared to your peers. What advice would you give to girls who may also feel passionate about something but still find themselves struggling to keep up?

MB: Yeah, I came very late to the world of science. I got interested when I was 15 years old from a biology tutor that I had…I’ll be honest and I talk about this in the book—I wanted to go to medical school and I did not have the grades. And I don’t know if there was any amount of tutoring and extra help that could have helped me get to medical school, but what I will say is that I took advantage of all the resources that were available at my university. I went to all the office hours, I went to the school counselor, I went to the departmental counselor to see if there were other things I could do. I really turned as much of my life over as I could while still trying to maintain a social life to some extent, but I think knowing one’s limits is also really important. I was never going to get into medical school, but I found other options for what I could do to be a science communicator and do research and teach.

What advice would you give to girls specifically pursuing a STEM field today?

MB: I happen to think that that line of study, no matter what you end up doing with it, is an incredible way to receive training as you enter the world of adulthood. There are a lot of different ways to be a scientist and, as I said, one of my strengths is a science communicator, but it is not easy. It’s not easy being a minority, it’s not easy being a woman in a field where women have traditionally been underrepresented; so it’s not always easy. I heard astounding, disturbing things from men and women…about how women should behave, how they should dress, how they act. That stuff is going to exist—you’ll get a real, strong lesson in the roles of women in the world when you pursue a career in STEM, and you get to find your own way! You absolutely do.

You recently released a video called “‘Girl’ vs. ‘Woman’: Why Language Matters” about how grown women are often still referred to as girls while men are never called boys. Why do you think it’s important to be vocal about issues like this that often go overlooked?

MB: I don’t know if I have like a grand thesis—this is something I’ve been angry and ranting about since I was about 14 years old. So the decision to put some of these thoughtful rants of mine into a YouTube space is a new one; it’s really something I’ve only been doing in the last year, and we have a lot more. My video on science and religion and how I don’t feel a conflict between those went viral after the women and girls one did, but in particular with ["Girl" vs. "Woman"], it’s so interesting. A lot of women responded, “Gosh, don’t you have anything better to think about? I love being called a girl,” and that’s totally fine! People are going to have different experiences, but I think what’s important to realize is we do live in a world governed by science, and the way that we talk about people absolutely has an impact on how we treat each other and how our brains formulate the way we see women. Many people may choose not to engage in it, but it’s sort of what I’m doing with all these YouTube videos I’m trying to put out…The more serious ones are trying to make people think differently about things.

The Big Bang Theory has at least two more seasons in its future. What do you hope to see your character Amy experience in that time?

MB: Gosh, I don’t know! I view playing Amy a lot like I do life—you don’t always know what’s going to happen. I think sometimes things happen that are out of your control. The episode that aired [on May 4] has Amy being sent away far from Sheldon, and [in] the season finale our writers took a very big risk. I honestly have no idea. We don’t find out what happens until the night before we get a script…I really think that this show and my relationship with Sheldon, I really think it could go any number of ways, and I think that’s the fun of our show and the fun of playing this character in particular.

Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular is available now!

I love makeup swatches. Shape it like a heart, draw it in a line, or just let me see what the colors look like on different skin tones, I could watch makeup artists swatch all day long.

One trend we've been seeing is artists drawing eyes and creating eye makeup looks on their arms and legs, but Lana, an Australian MUA, took this practice to a whole new level. She literally drew faces with only makeup, which is totally insane. Here's Manny MUA:

Talk about the coolest way to swatch makeup! You definitely need to subscribe to Lana's YouTube channel and follow her on Instagram ASAP.

How do you find the perfect shade of lipstick? Do you swatch on your arm or try on every single one and go through a whole pack of makeup wipes? Whatever you do, now you have a better method to throw in the mix.

Take a peak a little further South than your lips and beneath your shirt to your nipples! That is the perfect color for you! Surprised? I was too. Let me explain.

On the TV show The Doctors, we all found out that nature really does know best! PopSugar explains that your nipple color is actually the same color as your top lip. Learning new things everyday, right? Now women everywhere are looking to their own bodies to find their perfect shade.

However, are be that it doesn’t work for everybody. Makeup artist Elisa Flowers told Refinery29 that if your skin is very fair or if it’s very dark, this trick may not work for you. If you use this method, the color could potentially make you look washed out. The best way to find out is to try, I guess!

Happy nip slipping and lipstick swatching!

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This is a good week. On Tuesday, Harry Styles performed on Today wearing the most glorious pink suit you ever saw, which made Twitter very, very happy. I'm happy too, but will you just look at these people whose weeks were made by this one outfit? Bless 'em.

Hey, @ harry, are you taking wardrobe suggestions? LMK, because...

To be completely honest, IKEA for me has always just been the place to get delicious cinnamon buns (I'm only half-kidding). Apparently, though people love their Frakta bags more than I love Kanelbullar. This, for the uninitiated, is the famous IKEA Frakta bag:

Shoppers have developed a cult-like reverence for this ultra-versatile blue bag, even taking it on their vacations as a beach tote. As with everything on the Internet though, when a lot of people really love something, a few take it upon themselves to take it a thousand notches too far. Even the innocent Frakta bag isn't immune. Enter, the Frakta thong. Yes, you read that right. THONG.

Thank you, Signe Ralkov, for giving us exactly what we didn't ask for. In all seriousness though, she crafted this little number as a response to Balenciaga's insanely expensive copy-cat bag, which retails for $2,145. So no, this is not something meant to be worn, thank goodness. And hey, if you're still looking for inspiration on what to do with your Frakta bag, check out these creations you can actually wear without regretting your life choices:

What a time to be alive.

For many people, college is the time when you meet the people who are going to be your best friends forever. The type of people that you can call any time of day and they will always pick up. The kind of people that will be there on your best days and your worst. But what happens if that isn’t how your experience at college is turning out? For some people, college may not be the best four years of your (social) life and that is totally okay. There are actually benefits of not having a best friend in college. Here are just a few.

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1. You learn more about yourself

When you get to college, there is this belief that you will meet your best friend for life within the first few weeks. For some that is true, but for others it just doesn’t work out that way. But not having a single best friend to always hang out with does give you some room to jump around and see what type of people you want to surround yourself with. Many times when you stick to a single person, you only show them one side of you, but if you explore your interests, you may find out some surprising things about yourself.

Jenny, a junior at Florida State University, found herself jumping around a lot trying to find the people she really enjoyed. “Because I didn’t have any super close best friends I was able to try new clubs and go to events without anything holding me back," she says. "Doing this helped me realize that I am not a fan of the people who like to party all the time.” She realized that she outgrew that scene when she was in high school. Jenny also said that being independent was not easy. “It took a lot of courage to go to events and school functions by myself,” she says, especially because of how big her school is.

2. You’re forced to face your fears and step out of your comfort zone

Learning more about yourself also really forces you to step out of your comfort zone. If there’s a party going on and you really want to go, what do you do if you don’t have a wingwoman? You show up alone. This can be completely terrifying and exhilarating at the same time for someone who is used to constantly having someone to attend events with. When you don’t have a best friend, you really have to push yourself to do things that would typically be seen as pair activities—like going to dinner alone, for instance.

Dr. Brad Landsman, a psychologist that specializes in adolescent counseling in upstate New York, says that going out alone to a restaurant can actually make you easier to get along with. “When you eat by yourself, you spend a lot of time watching the people around you and observing their actions,” he says. This helps widen your perspective of the world and the people you interact with. So besides the fact that being alone can make you stronger and braver, it can also make you a better person. You would be surprised by how many people actually come up to you when you are sitting at a table alone, too! It can oftentimes be a great way to meet new people and do something that you love without distractions. 

Related:What to Do if You’re Feeling Lonely in College

3. You learn how to think on your feet

As with anything in life, there are ups and downs in college. There are some really amazing experiences and some, to be frank, really crappy days, too. Emily, a senior at the City College of New York, had one particular experience that made her grateful she didn’t have a best friend to rely on. “I remember there was one night I was walking home from a show I went to alone and I noticed there was a young guy passed out on the sidewalk. If this had happened to me freshman year when I had a super close friend, I would have had help trying to figure out what exactly to do first, like call 911 or deal with it together. But because I was alone, I really had to think for myself on what to do in that moment.”

Although Emily’s experience is one of the extremes, there is an important message there. When you have a best friend that you spend most of your time with, you start to depend on him or her for a lot of things and when a situation arises that you need to deal with, it can be difficult to figure it out alone. Dr. Landsman says that this phenomenon is because of “Generation X’s issue with being dependent. Because of technology, everyone born after 1994 is always connected, always talking, always depending on each other.” When you take that dependence away, there is so much that we can learn.

4. You re-evaluate your interests

Are you academically focused or more career focused? These are the kinds of questions that you ask yourself when you are learning to build new relationships. Not having a best friend allows you to really think about things like how you are spending your Saturday. If you only went to brunch because your high school best friend wanted to, but now that you don’t have a go-to person, you rarely go, this shows you a bit about what you actually like. When you are the one creating your schedule and don’t have to worry about accommodating anyone else’s needs, you get to look deep within yourself and examine where you want your future to go and how you want to spend your time.

Karen, a senior at the University of Alabama, agrees. She says that when she was in high school her best friend “hated, I mean absolutely hated going to comedy shows even though my town had so many. So when I got to college I went to my first comedy show without her and I absolutely loved it. I realized that I had wasted so much of my high school career missing out on something that was a passion of mine just because my best friend didn’t want to go and I didn’t want to go alone.” When Karen got to college, she was able to experience things without anyone holding her back and it changed her as a person. Now she is graduating from UA with a degree in creative writing with a focus on comedy. All of this happened because she didn’t have a best friend to steer her interests. 

Related: 6 Reasons It’s Okay to Have a Small Group of Friends

5. You have plenty of time to build new relationships

When Lucy, a sophomore at Barnard, got to college, she found it very difficult to build close relationships. She found acquaintances that she enjoyed spending time with but there wasn’t that single person for her. Although it was difficult at times for her to get through the first two years without that person, she believes that it has made her experience better. “Not having my person, you know, the Meredith to my Cristina, has made me realize how many just regular friends I have made. Instead of spending all of my time with one person, I am able to bounce around and have certain friends for certain things.” For example, Lucy has a friend just for when she wants a relaxing night of staying in and watching Netflix and another friend who also loves coffee shops as much as she does!

Allia, a graduating senior from Vanderbilt University, says that it is important to understand that college is only four years of your life, not forever. “Having best friends throughout college does not make or break your experience," she says. "College is about growing and learning about who YOU are as a person, not spending all your time on other people.” The point that Allia makes is extremely important in understanding how your college experience is going to impact the rest of your life. The only person that will be a constant for most people is yourself, and if that relationship is not great then you won’t have a solid foundation for building other relationships.

Overall, college is a time to learn about yourself. If that means finding people like a best friend to do that with you, then great. But for many people, that just doesn’t happen and that is okay. Your college experience is not hindered because you don’t constantly have plans every Friday night or you aren’t texting someone 24/7. Every person has a different college experience and as long as you are learning something from that, then that is fantastic. Don’t think that just because your experience is different than someone else’s that there is something wrong with you or your college because at the end of the day, the university experience is about leaving those four years having learned something important about yourself.  

This article has been syndicated to Her Campus from Audrey Madison Stowe, an InfluenceHer Collective member. Read the full post here.

My mom is my absolute best friend. She has been there for my whole entire life and is honestly the person I’ve learned all of my beauty and fashion tips from. Growing up, I always wanted to play in my mom's bathroom and closet. She had a whole skincare regimen and a closet full of shoes and bags. I thought it was fascinating. Over the years as I started to wash my face on my own, do my hair, pick out my outfits, and wear makeup, my mom has taught me everything I know (well, with the help of YouTube).

Today I wanted to share the four most important tips I’ve learned from my mom with you all. These four tips are more than just beauty tips to know, they’re life lessons that I think everyone should use in their daily life.

1. Care for your jewelry, hand bags, and more.

No matter if they’re designer or from Forever 21, take care of your pieces. They will not only last longer, but look prettier in the long run as well. I’m totally guilty of just throwing my handbags on a shelf in my closet but taking the time to place jewelry, hand bags, etc. in their rightful places and cleaning them will lead to them lasting longer.

2. Throw out beauty products after they’ve expired or if you haven’t used them in three months.

Specifically talking to all of you beauty gurus out there. Hoarding makeup is so much fun—LOL. I used to do it and while I would love to still have a drawer full of 25 foundations, it’s just not practical. They will sit there and accumulate bacteria and expire. Go through your items, see if you’ve used it in the last three months and toss it if not. This also goes for skincare. I love face wash and moisturizers, but those also have a shelf life. See if you’ve used it recently and if not, toss.

3. Wash your face every night—don’t skip.

Being in college, it is so easy to fall asleep in your makeup after a busy day or night. Washing your face each night not only leads to better-looking skin, but you will feel so much better in the morning waking up. There’s nothing like a freshly washed faced and a little skincare regimen to end your night and to wake up feeling like a million bucks the next day.

Read the full post here.

For all of the petty fights that have taken over Twitter lately, it’s refreshing to see celebrities supporting each other against a common enemy: in this case, the paparazzi. According to Refinery29, Modern Family costars and on-screen sisters Sarah Hyland and Ariel Winter did just that.

While Ariel is used to defending herself, this time Sarah refused to sit back and let the paparazzi goad her into a feud with her TV sis. On Tuesday, Hyland tweeted, "Paps at the airport trying to get me to talk shit about my girl @arielwinter1. Y'all digging for something you're never gonna get." 

Ariel acknowledged the favor with a quick "love you" response. Aww! 

So what’s the lesson here? Stand up for your girls no matter what goes down. It might be tempting to jump on the gossip train, but if we're not there for one another, who will be?  

If you're totally obsessed with HGTV (like me!), then you're familiar with House Hunters. While you're following a couple and debating whether or not they should get the house with the Spanish-style exterior, you always hear a soothing, calming voice narrating the show. 

Now we're finally getting to meet the woman behind that voice: Andromeda Dunker! 

In an interview with BuzzFeed, Andromeda explains that her voiceover gig almost didn't happen.

When Andromeda realized she wanted to go into the entertainment industry, she headed to Washington, D.C. There, a casting director told her she needed to pursue a career in voiceover work, which was shocking to her because she was never a fan of her own voice.

“In my head, growing up, my voice sounded annoying and nasally,” she said. “The first time I heard it in a microphone I was like, Oh, wow. That sounds kind of nice!”

In 2009 her agent called her to do a cold reading for a new reality show called House Hunters, and the rest is history. Andromeda is only the third narrator in the show’s 18-year run.

“Part of my job is to be in the background,” Dunker said. “I’m not really with you, but I am leading you through this journey as a narrator. That’s kind of how I see it. If I were to come out more as a personality of my own, then it kind of breaks it. I’m not sure it would work as well.”

Now I'm in the mood for HGTV!

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According to CNN, Scott Harrison began his charity, charity: water, after he “donated his birthday” by asking his friends to give $20 to help a refugee camp in Uganda instead of getting him the traditional birthday gift. Since then, Harrison’s organization’s concept of donating a birthday has gained significant popularity, with his organization raising approximately $9 million to provide clean water for those in need—just through people's birthdays.

But now the concept has caught on with Facebook, and you can now donate your birthday on the social media site.

Using Facebook’s fundraising tool, you can now donate your birthday to a non-profit charity on the website. In order to donate your birthday, simply click on the fundraising tab on your News Feed. From there, you can select what charity you want to give to and set your fundraising goal as well as your fundraiser’s end date. You can invite your friends directly to the fundraiser, so they'll feel personally compelled to donate.

Some Facebook users have donated their birthdays to organizations such as Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Monterey Bay Aquarium (in Monterey, California) and Autism Speaks.

"People will do stuff for you birthday they wouldn't normally do other times," Harrison told CNN.

Facebook does, however, take a five percent fee from donations. So while it's a fun program and makes it easy to set up your fundraiser, you might be happier donating more directly to an organization.

According to CNN, some were concerned that once the idea of donating your birthday becomes too widespread, people might not be as receptive to donating. However, with approximately 19 million birthdays being celebrated around the world each day, there are a lot of chances to do some good in this world.

Nick Viall has done two seasons of The Bachelorette, a season as the Bachelor, a stint on Bachelor in Paradise and a season of Dancing With the Stars. He should've had his fill of reality TV at this point, right? To hear Nick tell it, he *is* done with reality shows…about his love life. 

Following his DWTS elimination, Nick told Entertainment Weekly, “I can strongly say with conviction that as far as being on a TV show that documents my love life of any kind, I’m done with. Nick is retired, but I’m also very thankful.” Well, everyone thought that was a given since you're engaged, but…

I guess we shouldn't rule out any other type of reality show. Ugh, just when we thought it was over.

One month ago, 16-year-old Carter Wilkerson had only 138 Twitter followers. Now, the high schooler has taken over Ellen DeGeneres' coveted spot as the person behind the most retweeted tweet in history, according to PEOPLE.

Ellen's famous tweet, a selfie with a ton of celebrities at the 2014 Oscars, has now been bumped to second place by Wilkerson, who got a whopping 3.42 million retweets.

But how did he do it?

Well, he sent a simple tweet to Wendy's asking how many retweets it would take to be given a year's worth of chicken nuggets. The company's response? 18 million. But that number didn't scare Wilkerson, who quickly started his quest for the retweets.

Although the 3.42 million retweets has left Wilkerson about 15 million away from the goal Wendy's set, the fast food company decided to give Wilkerson the year of free nuggets. TBH, for beating Ellen DeGeneres' retweet record he deserves it. Plus, Wendy's decided they would also make a $100,000 donation to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in Wilkerson's name.

Wilkerson has now been dubbed "Nugget Boy" by the internet and has over 100,000 Twitter followers. He'll continue raising money for the foundation by selling t-shirts on nuggsforcarter.com.

And the David Thomas Foundation, grateful for the donation, was quick to thank Wilkerson and his love for chicken nuggets.

He even got to appear on Ellen, who playfully warned him not to keep breaking her records, offering him a TV and a year of Ellen underwear to back off. Now, the question is who can beat Wilkerson's record!

Next time you go to change the time limit on your Snap, look out for what some are calling Snapchat's biggest change yet. The company, which became so well known for being a platform where users could send disappearing photos that could only be seen for a max of 10 seconds, now has "limitless snaps,"BuzzFeed News reports. This means you can change that timer setting to let whoever opens your photo look at it for an infinite amount of time until they click out.

In a statement about the new feature, Snap says it will stop the "frustration of not being able to fully enjoy a snap." It's true, sometimes 10 seconds just isn't enough!

Their second new feature? The ability to draw with emojis. This one works just like their original doodling feature, but now instead of selecting a color, you can draw words and images using your favorite emojis.

Here's an example of what those two features look like:

The third new feature Snap added is the "Magic Eraser" which basically lets you take a pic then "erase" part of it. One Buzzfeed writer tried it out here:

And lastly, the new Loop feature. This one lets you record a short video and loop it, pretty much making it a gif, so that the receiver can watch it a few times to really get it.

Is Snapchat really enhancing user's experiences with these new features, or is it just becoming too obvious that they're trying to stay competitive with Instagram and Facebook after losing over $2 billion last quarter?

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth cannot get any cuter, y’all. Miley just dropped her new single, “Malibu,” and the song's cover art not only shows off her gorgeous engagement ring, but the photo was also taken by none other than her total hunk of a fiancé, Liam Hemsworth. Now that’s ~adorable~.

The choice of photographer makes total sense since the song is about Miley's future hubby and named after the town they live in. Cyrus recently told Billboard why she dedicated the tune to Hemsworth. “They’re going to talk about me if I come out of a restaurant with Liam. So why not put the power back in my relationship and say, ‘This is how I feel?’” How precious is that?

With the release of "Malibu" also came a music video, showing Miley smiling and running on the beach, by a waterfall and in open fields of grass. It's nice to see Miley so happy.

Though Miley and Liam took a break and called off their wedding in 2013, it sounds like they’re doing better than ever now. “I needed to change so much,” Miley said. “And changing with someone else not changing like that is too hard. Suddenly you’re like, ‘I don’t recognize you anymore.’ We had to refall for each other.”

Well, thank God they did because my heart shattered the day they broke up. So happy for these lovebirds and Miley's new song.  

Washington, D.C. is still reeling from this week’s news that FBI Director James Comey was fired—and piecing together the events that led to his abrupt ousting by President Donald Trump. The announcement came during a contentious time, as Comey was leading an investigation into Trump’s ties with Russia during the 2016 election.

But why is Comey’s firing today’s biggest headline? There’s a few important reasons:

1. Comey had angered President Trump over the investigation into Trump’s ties with Russia. 

According to The New York Times, Comey had asked for more resources to run the investigation, including additional prosecutors. Trump turned down Comey’s request days before his firing, suggesting that the investigation may have been accelerating too quickly for Trump’s liking.

In his opening remarks for a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, Senator Mark Warner said that “it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the President’s decision to remove Director Comey was related to this investigation,” NBC News reports. Was Comey on the path to proving that Trump had illegal contact with Russia? A tally of lawmakers' responses to Comey's firing, gathered by The New York Times, suggests that many Democrats (and a few Republicans) think so. 

2. The timing is suspicious.

Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week regarding Hillary Clinton’s private email server—and, according to The Hill, he didn’t grant Trump’s request to preview his remarks beforehand. Additionally, CNN reports that Comey is the third person to be fired while investigating Trump. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said recently that Comey’s firing is part of a “deeply troubling pattern from the Trump administration” where officials are removed from their posts simply for doing their jobs.

2. The White House can’t get their story straight.

Different accounts of why exactly Trump fired Comey surfaced today. The Times reported that, in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt today, Trump said that he “was going to fire [Comey] regardless of recommendation.” However, CNN added that Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that a memo from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein determined Trump’s decision. White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee tried to fuse these statements by saying that Rosenstein’s memo was “the final straw” in firing Comey—but didn’t explain why the President and Vice President’s accounts differed.

While various members of Trump’s administration can’t agree on what, exactly, happened, it’s harder to distinguish real facts from the alternative ones.

4. Some pundits say that Trump could be impeached if further investigation reveals that Comey’s firing was indeed a cover-up.

In an interview with Vox, Harvard Law School Professor Mark Tushnet argued that it’s “absolutely fair” to put impeachment on the table for potential interference in the FBI’s investigation—if evidence of obstruction of justice surfaces. Firing Comey wasn’t breaking the law, but hiring a replacement with strong partisan affiliations or refusing to hire an independent prosecutor for the case would be an overreach of the president’s power. And if the president violates the law, it’s constitutional for impeachment to follow.

So, could Comey’s firing lead to what some are calling Trump’s “Watergate” moment? We’ll have to wait and see.

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If you buy Starbucks using your phone, you could be the next victim of a series of account takeovers—which is just a fancy way of saying people have found yet another way to steal money from your credit card.

A BuzzFeed reporter shared the story of how someone loaded $100 onto her Starbucks app using her saved credit card information, and then emptied it at a San Diego Starbucks. These account takeovers can happen in large amounts, or even small amounts over time. If you don't check the app regularly, you may not even notice the fake receipts. The last time a wave like this happened, Starbucks released this statement:

"We have a team of engineers dedicated to advancing our security and fraud prevention capabilities."

That was two years ago. The app is still the same: a username and password with no extra security features, such as two-factor authentication. This would ask you for an additional code whenever someone logs onto the Starbucks app from a new device. 

This time, they're saying coffee-lovers should just make a better password, and that they "see only a tiny fraction of one percent of our account holders impacted." Not that comforting for those of us who want to easily rack up stars for free drinks, but also don't want our money stolen.

For now, you'll have to change your password from the one you've been using since middle school, or wait until Starbucks ups their security. But don't worry, you can still use your physical credit card safely in person at the stores.

Ah, Paris Hilton—the poster woman of the '00s. She pretty much single-handedly pioneered every trend we know and love today. Before tracksuits were considered couture, before having a personal brand was normal, heck, before the selfie was a worldwide phenomenon, Paris was doing it. It wouldn't be wrong to even say she crafted the millennial persona with her penchant for partying and defying traditional norms.

Taking a break from her busy schedule (did you know she DJs in Ibiza every year?), Paris sat down with W Magazine to discuss some of her favorite trends from way back when. Of course, there's the Millenial Pink that she used to wear like, every day. Also, graphic tees. "T-shirts are the best to tell the world your most profound thoughts," Paris told them jokingly, then added, "No crop top is too cropped." I have to disagree with you there, Paris. Have you SEEN that monstrosity from Urban Outfitters?

When asked what she thought about other A-listers copying her style, she said, "To now see things on the runway and to see girls wearing things that I used to wear is really cool because nobody really dressed like me back in the day. Young people now see what people wore before and want to bring it back." She even said that she felt "complimented" when Kendall Jenner drew inspiration from Paris's 21st birthday ensemble while celebrating her own birthday last November.

Well, it looks like Paris's overarching influence isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Time to break out the Juicy Tube I still have from middle school.

Ramen noodles have a special place in every college student’s heart. Whether it’s your go-to drunk food or cheapest meal of the week, ramen has surely proven its importance to you at one time or another. This salty dish definitely isn’t the most nutritious — and after a while it can taste pretty bland — but that’s why we’re excited to share some easy ways to spice up your meal!

1. Add lime, garlic powder & sour cream

This may seem like an odd suggestion, but Chelsea Jackson, a junior at Iowa State University says it’s a must. “I am obsessed with adding lime, garlic powder and sour cream to my chicken flavored ramen,” she says. “Granted, I also add lime to pretty much everything. But I feel like adding sour cream to any chicken-flavored soup makes it very filling and comforting.” Comfort and flavor all in one? Yes, please.

2. Toss in some vegetables

Why not add a touch of health to your noodles? Make it stir fry style without the broth or add pre-cooked veggies directly into your soup dish. Some common additions are kale, cabbage, scallions, snow peas or even chopped peppers! Here’s a recipe for inspiration.

Related: 25 Nostalgic Foods from Childhood That You Didn’t Even Realize You Missed

3. Add buffalo sauce

Ashley Brooks, a senior at Emmanuel College, says this is a great idea for spicy food lovers. “At first I was told to put buffalo sauce in my ramen when I was sick to help clear up my sinuses,” she says. “I ended up enjoying it so much though that I still add it casually and highly recommend it. You can also use sriracha or tabasco sauce!”

4. Add bacon and eggs

Who doesn’t love breakfast food? Add cooked bacon and hard-boiled eggs to your ramen to make it suitable for any meal. Check out this recipe!

5. Make your own broth

“I revamp my ramen by only using the noodles and then making my own broth,” says Holly Zeppieri, a student at Lesley University. “My favorite type of dish includes sesame oil, soy sauce, chicken broth, garlic and onions, mushrooms, and I always top it off with a hard-boiled egg!” There are endless types of broth to make in substitution for the flavor packet provided. Here’s one recipe that does just that!

6. Sprinkle some cheese on it

The heat of the ramen will almost instantly melt the cheese, giving it a creamy flavor once you mix it in. This is definitely an easy way to add flavor, especially if you try out different types to find your favorite. Plus, who doesn’t love cheese? Try this easy recipe!

7. Add peanut butter

A spoonful of peanut butter is an equally loved snack like ramen, so why not combine the two? The nutty flavor will feel like Asian cuisine, especially if you add sesame seeds as well. Try it out for yourself by following this recipe.

We hope you give these ramen hacks a try! Your friends will surely be asking you to cook dinner for them from now on if you do. Enjoy!