Tess Holliday (formerly known as Tess Munster), creator of the viral hashtag-turned-movement #effyourbeautystandards, just got signed to a major modeling agency—and she's the first of her size and height to do so. Holliday was "discovered" on Instagram by MiLk Model Management, where she has 332k followers. It's more than most models have, but then, she's not your average model: promoting a powerful, frequently quoted message of self-love, Holliday has become an inspiration for women everywhere. 

Like most women who don't fit into conventional beauty standards, Holliday spent most of her life being put down. For previous agencies, she wasn't tall or thin enough, and as reported by the Daily Mail, she said that despite her success, "I'm always still that 13-year-old girl in Mississippi who people told I wasn't good enough. I never could have imagined that I could be here." As for where here is? Aside from her new contract, she's already been featured in Vogue Italia as well as hundreds of other online magazines. 

Holliday's success is an important moment for the beauty industry. Though she's an exception (the agency reports that she's the largest model in their plus-sized division) her supportive, highly vocal fan-base proves that our culture is more than ready for models who break the mold. Eff your beauty standards, indeed. (Buzzfeed)

By now you've heard the news: A bizzard of biblical proportions is beating the Northeast coast back into the ice age. Major cities like New York and Boston are preparing to go into full shutdown mode. Everything everywhere tomorrow will be closed. That means you're stuck at home with nothing but some canned food, fresh veggies if you thought ahead, and your Netflix account. But forget putting a dent in your "To Watch List." These are desperate times, and desperate times call for appropriately selective Netflix choices. Luckily, we're here to help. Below, a list of movies that will help you er, weather the storm. 

image via mirimax pictures

Paris Is Burning
Despite its title, this is not a movie about the opposite of what's happening in NYC (ie: the entire city of Paris going down in flames). This is actually a documentary about a bygone New York City subculture that was straight fire. The ball culture in NYC that ran from the mid to late '80s was a haven for African American, Latino, gay and transgender communities to express themselves in world that had largely cast them out. To this day, it remains vital viewing, rain, shine, or ungodly amounts of snow. 

image via opus pictures

Snowpiercer
After an environmental experiment goes awry, what's left of society circles the globe on a non-stop train in a glacial, post-apocalyptic landscape. Poor people in the back, rich people up front. Chris Evans leads a ragtag crew of rebels in a cart-by-cart revolution. Besides the obvious everything-is-frozen tie in, this movie, directed by Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, is what most Hollywood blockbusters aspire to but can never quite reach: an action-packed thrillride with an actual message.

image via Paramount Pictures

Crossroads
Any excuse to revisit this classic of the road trip genre is fine by us. Consider the blizzard that excuse.  

image via Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

The Day After Tomorrow
The only movie in history that stars someone (Dennis Quaid) who's a paleoclimatologist. We don't know what that is, but it sounds weather related. Quaid must trek across the country to save his son (Jake Gyllenhaal) as a gigantic storm sends the entire planet into a second ice age. The message here is clear: calm down, because things could be much, much worse.  

image via Quat'sous Films

Blue Is the Warmest Color
This is not a call to temporarily paint your apartment blue. It is however, a hypnotizing romance about the agony and the ecstacy of young love. The story of two girls who fall in deep is based on a graphic novel and won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It will break your heart. It's also three hours long, but the good news is you have nothing but time. 

image via Muse Productions

Spring Breakers
Come for the bikinis, sand, and sun. Stay for the shotguns, balaclavas, and cornrows.

image via Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Cast Away
There's nowhere you'd rather be than on a tropical island, right? Tell that to Tom Hanks, whose character would probably give anything to be in your position after his plane crashlands in the South Pacific and he washes up on an uninhabited island. This movie, which has all but reached modern-classic status, shows you that living so close to the equator isn't all it's cracked up to be. 

image via Relativity Media

Oculus 
This talked about horror movie from last year features an antique mirror that brings all sorts of pain to its owners. It is all kinds of frightening, and will make you feel grateful that all those inanimate objects in your apartment aren't, you know, trying to murder you. 

image via BBC Worldwide

The Honorable Woman
This eight episode miniseries won raves when it premiered last year, but the Sundance Channel, where it aired, has yet to come into its own as a network, and most people missed the show. Well, it just came on Netflix, so that, combined with the whole you-have-nowhere-to-go thing, leaves you no excuse to binge watch this spy thriller about a business woman (played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who won a Golden Globe for the role) who gets involved in the nefarious and dangerous world of Middle East politics. 

Today is...
National Chocolate Cake Day. For those of you who never knew this was a thing—you're welcome.

News of the Day:
+ Prince has a new single called "This Could Be Us" (and all of a sudden we're taken back to Purple Rain.)
+ Emma Stone reacts to Naomi Watts tripping at the SAG Awards and reminds us celebrities are people, too.
+ Sam Smith is to pay Tom Petty 12.5% of his royalties from mega-hit "Stay With Me" in response to claims that the songs similarity is uncanny.
+ Katy Perry leaks preview of her 12-minute SuperBowl performance and we might be a lil' excited.
+ Kim Kardashian and Cara Delevingne team up for LOVE magazine reigniting the "wet look" from seasons' past.

Deal of the Day:
The Editorialist just posted sale info on 3.1 Phillip Lim, Tabitha Simmons, and Valentino. Up to 70% off!

Advice of the Day:
“You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now?” - Mindy Kaling

GIF of the Day:

Baby, it's cold outside! No, like, really cold. 

If you're a resident of the Tri-state area (or anyone with basic cable, really), you're well aware that a real life Day After Tomorrow esque storm is upon us. The blizzard was projected to make history as one of the worst winter disasters the Northeast has ever seen. And, while it might not exactly have lived up to that prediction, it's pretty terrible out, and the lucky ones among us on the couch, in our pajamas, are "working from home." Wink. 

So, if you're looking for something to do today while you're stuck inside your apartment, allow us to suggest some pampering. Make some hot chocolate, turn on Netflix, and call your friends—because what better time than now to #treatyoskin? And, even if you don't have any of these products laying around, let this serve as some online shopping inspiration. 

Click through the slideshow to see our picks for a Juno-themed beauty staycation.

If there's one thing we can always expect from Super Bowl commercials (besides the requisite beer and boobs), it's Celebrities Asking Us to Do Things. In a new ad for T-Mobile, Kim Kardashian has become the latest celeb to shed light on a cause—though the "cause" in point may not be so charitable after all.

The reality star uses her status as a "famous person" to bring attention to T-Mobile's Data Stash campaign in a PSA-styled commercial, telling the world about the tragic loss of data most cellphone users experience each month. T-Mobile's campaign gives back users their paid-for yet unused data which they can then use for a number of important tasks—like looking at truly important things: all of Kim's selfies, outfits, and more. It's obvious that this is a cause very near and dear to her.

With a book of selfies on the way and a minor tendency to break the internet, Kim Kardashian is unquestionably the queen of capitalizing onher appearance, and we can't help but respect her unabashed dedication to the upkeep of her selfie-obsessed reputation. We're happy to see that the 34-year-old has no problem laughing at herself, and this Super Bowl ad definitely shows a refreshing side of her.

One question though: Will Data Stash help me become an A-list celeb in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood?

Despite what you think about Fifty Shades Of Grey's missing iconic scene, R-rating, or general premise, there is one fact about the film that remains undesputable: It has a killer soundtrack. And the film's latest song release by Sia is seriously sending shivers down our spine.

With a slower tempo than tracks like "Elastic Heart" and "Chandelier," Sia's latest shows off her versatility. While the song has the steamy feel that we expected from the film, it also exudes a touch of a romantic vibe. Let's just say that the background harp may have our hearts fluttering just a bit. 

The song may not have a place in any of the most intense moments of the film with its mellow, mysterious vibe, but the haunting melody most definitely rounds out some of the soundtrack's sexier songs like Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" and Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" remix. After all, Fifty Shades is technically a romance novel. There's no harm in spicing things up emotionally as well as physically. Just leave it to Sia to get us feeling all starry-eyed and lovesick.

Our editor-in-chief Michelle Lee was recently tapped by Pinterest to curate her very own street-style board on NYLON's Pinterest for their fashion newsletter coming out early February. And it's no surprise that our leading lady has a sharp eye for trends. See her favorite looks (and more) from the models, fashion editors, and stylists we love.

Don't forget to sign up to the Pinterest email list and check out our board, below.

It takes a certain type of person to master the 140-word art form that is Twitter: You have to be witty, personable, and, most of all, engaging. Luckily for those who are drowning in the social media platform's limitations (a.k.a. people like me), Twitter just launched two new features that are pretty hard to mess up, especially seeing as they integrate the same practices as other popular apps.

The first, a private group chat feature that hosts up to 20 users, is kind of a no-brainer for the company. It's a way to not only continue conversations started via public tweets, but also a new form of Direct Messaging. Under the company's current DM guidelines, users can only interact with each other privately if both are following each other. With this new feature, a user can personally chat with any of its followers regardless of whether they are following them back. We'll have to wait and see whether this concept will work as well as, say, GroupMe, iMessage, or other similar existing functions, or whether it will prevent Twitter's most entertaining element (watching your favorite celebrities interact with each other).

The second, a video tool that rolls out tomorrow, allows users to capture, edit, and share videos. If you have used Vine or Instagram video, this concept should be more than familiar to you. If not, here's how it works: Users can shoot one continuous scene, or multiple vignettes to clip together in any order, and send out a video that's a maximum of 30 seconds long to your followers.

So it seems like with these new additions, Twitter is about to get a lot more culturally relevant. Our only concern: If this brings more active Twitter users, will more terms like "on fleek" and "smh" pop up? All signs point to yes. Sigh.  

Combine a deep-voiced narrator, intense character vignettes, sweeping panoramas, and a soundtrack perfectly suited for an emotional breakdown. Mix well, and you're basically guaranteed to come up with a movie trailer that's universally appealing. After a bit of a flubbed film in 2005, Marvel is revisiting the Fantastic Four with Kara Mara, Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, and a teaser-trailer that points to the perfect mix of sci-fi and superheroes. 

Playing Dr. Franklin Storm, Reg E. Cathey narrates the broody trailer as the scene is set on dirt roads and spaceships. He begins, "Human beings have an immeasurable desire to discover, to invent, to build." The effect is goosebump-inspiring: Here we see four normal people, going about their normal lives, completely unaware of the duties about to befall them. It's the classic superhero narrative, and this time director Josh Trank has updated it to fit our modern fascination with the deep, the dark, and the scientific. Think Marvel meets Interstellar or Gravity.

While a trailer may not be the sole indicator of whether a movie will be any good or not, we're holding out hope that the new Fantastic Four film saves the story from its 2005 flop. We need some heroes—preferably some who are perfectly franchise-worthy.

Fantastic Four comes to theaters August 7. 

Before you continue reading this, stop what you're doing and go follow @toastmeetsworld on Instagram.

Toast is the Internet's favorite Cavalier King Charles Spaniel for so many reasons. She's toothless (yet hygenic), a Madonna fan, a francophone, and more. But as the new face of Karen Walker's SS15 campaign, we can now add fashion star to that list. Toast was photographed by Tom Schirmacher in the eyewear brand's five newest shades for summer, and truly brings these accessories to life in a way no other pup could.

“We were after a model for this campaign who could fit with our caramel-y color palette and also someone whose hair would work with our three wind machines hitting her from every angle to create a slightly ’70s vibe,” Walker said, as reported by Style.com. “Toast ticked every one of those boxes.”

It's always a treat seeing fashion brands getting creative, and what better way to do so than tapping one of Instagram's most familiar faces? Bravo, Toast—tickin' boxes and takin' names. 

(via Style.com)

Snapchat's newest feature, Discover, is here, and it's poised to change how millennials consume media. At least, that's the goal. 

Discover is essentially a partnership between Snapchat and media companies who have the opportunity to release curated content every 24 hours. There's a unique interface to showcase the different media channels, and you use simple swipes to access each one. Within the channels lives editor-selected content from that media company. In short, Snapchat is entering the digital media space. 

"This is not social media," the Snapchat team writes in the announcement of Discover, asserting that while social media suggests content based on popularity, Snapchat is going to have the editors of the content decide what is worth looking at. For writers, that's a dream come true. There's nothing like pouring your heart and soul into an original story only to have it generate a teeny tiny fraction of the traffic from, say, a news post about a Jenner (cough). Whether or not people will want to read those passion projects once they're showcased on Discover remains to be seen: Ignoring what's popular on social media in favor of editor's picks may very well be akin to disregarding what readers want entirely. 

It's also a bold move to ask editors to update their Discover page only once every 24 hours. Most successful digital media companies update constantly throughout the course of 24 hours, so in order to compete in the news space, they're going to have to feature some truly compelling content. If the goal is to get readers off of Snapchat and onto the home pages of these media partners, though, it might be a good move. Tantalizing Snapchatters with the best of the best content might lure them onto the actual news sites, converting them into loyal readers. Hey, an editor can dream.

So, Discover might just be the bridge between old and new media. Consider us intrigued. 

For most young upstarts out there, the question of moving to L.A. or New York is a tough one. In Petra Collins' debut film, Drive Time, the director takes audiences for a ride through the West coast's art scene to help you figure it out. The result? A California dream—just what we would expect from the young, cool-girl indie photographer. 

Swedish retailer COS commissioned the new director (alongside Aaron Rose's take on New York) to shed light on the art world of the City of Angels. "I think L.A.’s artists tend to be influenced by the colors of California, and New York’s artists have a gray grittiness to their work," Rose told Style.com. It's true: In the behind-the-scenes look below, Collins documents a series of West Coast creatives using an all-girl cast that consists of Clementine Creevy, Arrow de Wilde, Asma Maroof, and more with rawness and intimacy (and a few palm trees).

A favorite takeaway from the trailer: "I love Los Angeles because of its weirndess and its beauty, the flowers mixed with the city, all the weird people on Hollywood Boulevard," says Rookie mag contributor, Arrow de Wilde.

Check it out below and see why it's an awesome time to be a female artist in one of the world's most eclectic cities.

Disney Princesses seem to have it made—not only do they escape their destined Grimm brothers fates, but they also are blessed with perfect hair and makeup, cutesy wardrobes, so-deemed "perfect" figures, sweet singing voices, and eyelashes that flutter like daisy petals on a breezy day. But what happens when you make these classic cartoons a little more human? 

Emmy Award-winning illustrator Loryn Brantz reimagined eight princesses with real-life tresses. Her drawings, for Buzzfeed, show Ariel with wet hair, Belle with wind-swept wisps, Cinderella with knotty waves, Snow White with frizzy hair, Mulan with static strands, Elsa with dark roots, Jasmine with flat hair, and Pocahontas with an unruly mane. Not only is it comical, but it also helps serve as an important reminder: No one, we repeat: no one, is immune to bed head.

Head over to Buzzfeed to see the entire series.

Slut: Just a word, right? Well... not really. As an insult, it's a way to shame women for their sexuality—but it's also a word that's used to justify rape. Slut, a play recently published by The Feminist Press, explores those questions and more. It was created by The Arts Effect in collaboration with NYC high school students, and uses their experiences with sexual harassment and slut-shaming to shed light on the fact that girls and women live with an ever-present double standard and a constant threat of violence. The play makes for a riveting read, and in this edition, is alongside essays by noteworthy feminists like Carol Gilligan and Jennifer Baumgardner. 

Read on for an exclusive excerpt from Slut: A Play and Guidebook for Combating Sexism and Sexual Violence about being called a THOT, and let us know if you can relate. We sure can.  

You a tHot Anyways . . . krystal, 17

That Ho Over There

THOT. The first time I heard this word I never thought it’d be as popular as it is now—because of how stupid it is. Amazingly enough, this word has taken over with crazy force. Middle schoolers and forty-three-year-old women know what it means and many of them use it in their daily conversations.

Recently, my mom sent me to pick up my brother in my old neighborhood. I took the bus uptown to the Bronx and this older guy sat next to me. I try to do homework and I can feel him staring at me, but we don’t talk. Everything’s good. Then, as I was about to get off, he asks, “Can I get your number, sexy?” I simply said, “No.” It’s my number and I’m seventeen, and I don’t want to give my info out to some thirty-five-year-old on the uptown bus. “You aTHOT anyways,” he shouted at me, nice and loud— with this fuck-you-bitch sound to his voice. I caught his eye—shot him a look, but didn’t have time to respond, so I just brushed it off and went my way.

Then it hit me. I was just called a THOT by a thirty-five-year-old guy who doesn’t even know who the hell I am. To him, because I rejected him, I was one of “These Hos Out There.” I’m a piece of shit, a slut, trash because I didn’t want to give a stranger my phone number. He spit degrading words at me to make himself feel like a man again. And it made me want to punch a wall because it never ends.

Truth is, this is what we hear everyday. Girls are shamed and humiliated daily by men like that in public places because they don’t smile or strut or look in their direction or give out phone numbers. Most of us girls in the Bronx are known as THOTs or hos to the badass, gang-banger niggas on our streets. Just because we’re female. Female = THOT.

I have a friend named Anna who lost her virginity at a young age. The guy she lost her virginity to immediately went around telling everyone that he got into her pants. The next week her picture was plastered all over Facebook with the caption: “You’re not from the Bronx if you don’t know this THOT.” It broke my heart. But it’s typical. Anna likes guys, so Anna had sex...once. Expressing your feeling toward a guy (whether it’s “I’m into you” or “I’m not into you”) doesn’t make you a THOT. Nothing that you ever do makes you a THOT.

That day, I flagged and reported the picture— because that was my friend up there. We’ve all got to start saying enough is enough.

Slut: A Play and Guidebook for Combating Sexism and Sexual Violence, edited by Katie Cappiello & Meg McInerney and published by the Feminist Press, $15.16. 

After tons of speculation and anticipation, the film reboot we've been asking for has found its hilarious, talented, soon-to-become-iconic lady cast. The Hollywood Reporter announced that the four-woman cast of the upcoming Ghostbusters remake will most likely be comprised of all our favorites: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon. Can this movie come out fast enough?

While negotiations are still going on, the group is expected to start shooting the film, directed by Bridesmaids producer Paul Feig, in the summer. Until then, the quartet is guaranteed to be busy as ever: Jones and McKinnon remain season players on Saturday Night Live, and while they now focus on films after their breakout roles in Bridesmaids, McCarthy and Wiig also still make appearances on the sketch comedy show. This reboot is basically the SNL reunion of our dreams. And with all their writing experience, we're hoping that these funny ladies also get involved in putting together the script.

It's about time that Hollywood sets out to make another strong female-ensemble-based comedy (Bridesmaids came out in 2011, after all). While Ghostbusters is a classic boys' club film comprised of the best men in comedy in the '80s, the reboot will be another opportunity for these women to show off their hilarious acting chops—hopefully proving once and for all that women are just as funny as (read: funnier than) men.

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

If there was ever a model for the most idyllic brother-sister relationship, it would look a lot like Angus and Julia Stone. At the onset of their careers, the singing-songwriting duo would support one another by singing backup for each other's shows before deciding to perform under one moniker. "Most of our early shows were in London," says Julia. "We would catch the red bus with our gear and play open mic nights around the place." You could safely call it a true paradigm of an most organic (and successful) music partnership ever: One that has continued over ten years, throughout multiple solo excursions and international tours, and has defined the folk pop-fusion genre. 

"I think the more honesty we have in the group, the more we can explore musically and creatively," says Julia. "I guess that goes for everything.... except politics. You think you’re being totally real about something and then another veil is pulled away. I like that about being in a band. We keep learning new things about each other."

Last August, the group recently released their third studio album, the self-titled Angus & Julia Stone. With it, they debuted a fresh new sound, due in part to super-producer Rick Rubin, and perspective—lyrics like "I met your parents / They were lying about falling in love" setting them far from their previous records—making them more relatable and band crush-worthy than ever. But, after months of promotional appearances and a transcontinental tour, the Aussies aren't rushing to create another super-successful album. "We have March off to write and hang out so I guess we’ll just hang out on Angus’s farm," says Julia. "He’s got a good little set up... we’ll play some music and see what happens." It goes alongside the band's laid-back sound and mindset—one that is free of all music industry ugliness, like gluttony and greed. But what's perhaps most refreshing about Angus & Julia is their individuality. When asked whose career they'd like to emulate, Julia comes back with the ultimate A&J response: "Not sure about that. I guess i’m just happy to take it as it comes."  

Watch footage of the band on tour in Brussels and Amsterdam below, and be sure to catch the band at Coachella and Governor's Ball. 

When people wear ponytails on the red carpet, they tend to be sleek. Super sleek, if you will, in order to be elegant enough to counteract the inherent sportiness of this 'do. Sarah Silverman's ponytail, though, is an entirely different story. 

We've seen her rock some seriously tall beehives, so it's no secret that Silverman knows her way around a healthy amount of volume. With this ponytail, revealed at Sundance, she's solidifying herself as the reigning queen of tall hair. Teased so intensely that it takes on a life of its own, this pony is a whole new way of interpreting red-carpet hair. We especially love how messy it is. There's no smoothed-out top layer; it's just a glorious, elegantly messy nest.

Also, A+ for the decision to pair this messy pony with a blazer. At once glamorous and rebellious, it's definitely something we'll be copying—with maybe just a few inches less up top. 

Yes, Sundance's main M.O. is celebrating the next big thing—or even the next small thing—and the creative minds who work so hard to tell original, wonderful stories. Also, it is a great excuse to have a really awesome party. Seeing as independent thinkers and really great soirees are two of our favorite things, we had a celebration in Park City with some of indie film's finest young stars. The apres ski-themed event, which was in partnership with The Dream Hotel, didn't kick off in prime partytime, which made it such a treat. (Hey, everyone can still get in, get their dance on to DJ Mel DeBarge, and make it in time for their director's dinner that evening.) Cuz that's how we roll in Park City.