Earlier his week, BuzzFeed published a list of 100 things straight white dudes love. It was a good list. I got 70 out of 100.
Luckily, I am completely prepared to offer the opposite. Because for the past 18 months, I’ve been in a GroupMe thread with ten of my best friends called “White Girls Love” (okay, it’s called “Bitches Love”). We’ve been listing all the stuff straight white girls love. And here they are:
- Greek Yogurt
- Talking about their feelings
- Oatmeal
- Christmas
- Wooden boxes
- Anthropologie
- Beards
- Farmers’ Markets
- Talking about helping the poor
- Teaching
- Renewable Energy
- Froyo
- Pretending to be interested in sports
- Getting UTIs
- Boots
- Early-morning, weekend yoga classes
- Their space
- Chardonnay
- Nutella
- Breast cancer awareness
- Going to the bathroom as a group
- Bravo
- Cake
- Weird, fuzzy socks
- Reading celebrity magazines during Sunday football games
- Other people’s baby photos
- Cheese boards
- Texting
- Ellipticals
- Christmas movies
- Homemade jam
- Risotto
- Crepes
- Brunch
- Ryan Gosling
- Titanic
- Stating the obvious
- Toms
- Cider
- Pumpkin-flavored beer
- Kale
- Rom-coms
- Puppies
- Wine bars
- Pictures
- Moscow Mules
- Complaining about cold weather
- Mittens
- Hooking up with multiple dudes in same group of Bros
- Sweet potato fries
- Reusable grocery bags
- Dressing on the side
- Financial stability
- Obeying traffic laws
- Human rights
- Throw pillows
- The worst-case scenario
- Not being able to sleep at night
- Credit-card debt
- Occasionally smoking pot
- Mosaic tile
- Complaining about headaches
- Umbrellas
- Diet Coke
- Sending other girls pictures of dresses they are thinking about buying
- Cake pops
- Hefeweisens
- Refilling the ice tray
- Stemless wine glasses
- Cleaning up during parties
- Prosecco
- Not taking public transportation
- Being sick
- Claiming they aren’t into sexting
- The idea of having a fireplace
- Funfetti
- Organizing shit
- Spring
- Venting
- Their birthday
- Group photos
- Pic stitch apps
- Posting pictures to Facebook of the DC monuments that are on their jogging routes
- Starting a new chapter in their life
- Charity events
- Beyonce
- Trying new recipes
- Tapas
- Planning to do stuff outside
- Changing out of their heels and into flip-flops at weddings
- Wineries
- Kate Spade sales
- Throwback Thursday
- Koozies
- Seeing deer
- Food blogs
- Half marathons
- Maxi dresses
- Peonies
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