Mary Rooke here! This week, Brittany Hugoboom, founder and editor-in-chief of Evie Magazine, guest-wrote the Good Life newsletter. Evie is a publication that aims to break from the often misguided advice women get from traditional magazines, and opts instead (brilliantly) to celebrate femininity, joy, and beauty. Join me in keeping up with Brittany and Evie Magazine by visiting their site and subscribing to their Substack. Enjoy the piece!

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Back in July, the now-infamous Tea app had surpassed ChatGPT in downloads.

What is the Tea app? “Tea is a women-only app where users anonymously share info and warnings about men to spot red flags and get feedback.” If you’ve ever scrolled through the Facebook group “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” this is that, but entirely anonymous.

“Why aren’t men approaching women anymore?”

If you ask any young guy this question, he will look you in the face and ask, “Are you dumb?”

Anyone who’s paid even half attention to the dating scene for twenty-somethings knows it’s a wasteland. “All girls are hoes,” a 21-year-old boy tells me, blankly. Meanwhile, stunning 23-year-old women have never once been … asked to dinner?

What happened?

I’m a millennial born in the ‘90s. Aka, the last century. Back then, the message was clear: “Girls rule, boys drool.” Girl power reigned supreme. From Powerpuff Girls to She’s the Man, we were spoon-fed the narrative that girls were better.

Stronger. Smarter. In every way. The fact that our national women’s soccer team once........

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