Helping You Help Yourself #10

Rachel —
Aug 10, 2015
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You spend so much time on your sofa! How to clean it, though? Can you just put the cushions in the washing machine? Finally, there are answers.

If you’re interested in leveling up your breakfast, here are some thoughts on making great French toast at home as well as amazing scrambled eggs.

How to hide photos on your iPhone.

A note on rugs around your toilet from Laneia: “Listen, I never thought I’d be the kind of person who put rugs down around their toilets, but then we stayed at [my wife’s family’s house] last weekend and they have toilet rugs and it was like being a movie star or a queen, so we stopped at target on the way home and picked one up just to see if it would be the same in our house and it is. You guys. When you pee it’s like you’re a benevolent queen of a small island and there are no troubles on that island, everyone is happy and they all love you.”

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Are you tired of constant anxiety about how much is in your account slash don’t trust financial apps? Then what you need is to balance your checkbook the old-fashioned way. Here’s how.

Here’s a KIT for making your own FORT. You’re welcome.

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Interested in perfume but feel intimidated when you think about where to start? That’s pretty understandable, given all the weird terminology and very expensive tiny glass bottles. Here’s some gentle suggestions about how to figure out what perfumes you like.

So you missed or were late on a credit card payment! Here’s what to do next to minimize any problems.

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By this point in the summer, many of us have gotten a sunburn of some sort. Here’s what the American Academy of Dermatology says about treating it. (Please disregard the reference to “your parents” if you are, you know, an adult.)

Did you know that we, on this very website, have created content that helps explain how you should care for piercings, starting all the way with how to choose a piercer? We have!

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Rachel is Autostraddle’s Managing Editor and the editor who presides over news & politics coverage. Originally from Boston, MA, Rachel now lives in the Midwest. Topics dear to her heart include bisexuality, The X-Files and tacos. Her favorite Ciara video is probably “Ride,” but if you’re only going to watch one, she recommends “Like A Boy.” You can follow her on twitter and instagram.

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