If you never go east of the 405 you know you got westside pride! As a life-long resident of the greater Los Angeles westside, THEPOPFIX’s Kristin Mineo’s talking Santa Monica stereotypes on this week’s SOAPBOX. It’s a must-see for anyone who’s into juicing, yoga pants, and/or never going to the beach even though you live within walking distance.

Self-help has gone too far. It’s aggressive. The internet is inundated, drowning in self-help articles and they’re starting to sound a lot like the covers of magazines like Self or Cosmo. Don’t get us wrong, we’re all for self-improvement, but it’s getting to the point where the self-industry is just over-played, cheesy, and driving us crazy. We need a pause from self-help, and that’s why Kristin Mineo’s on her SOAPBOX sharing about why she’s so over self-help.

“Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!” The Tim Burton classic turns 26 this week and the ghost with the most has appeared in the news a lot over the last six months as original cast and crew have been discussing the possibility of returning for a sequel, and this is why our own Clarke Wolfe thinks it’s a terrible idea. See the video, here!

If history has proven anything it’s that there’s something slightly sexy about a tousled and untamed mane. But just when I was on the brink of being charmed by the devil-may-care attitude of the careless-looking dudes who roam the streets of Echo Park sporting their disheveled ‘dos, I turned on the TV – One Direction? Who are these guys, and more importantly, where is their stylist?

Did you hit up a club on this three day weekend? Then we know you saw them: Slutty T-Rexes! The girls in a cluster, like little predators hunting for their prey. If the man is moving, drinking alcohol, warm-blooded and is somewhat good-looking, game over for that dude. Kristin Mineo explains on this week’s Soapbox!

Do you all have the internet or television? Probably the internet, since you’re reading this article. If that is indeed the case, you are probably familiar with Kanye West, or as I like to call him, “The gift that keeps on giving.” I’m actually a big fan of Kanye’s. When I first moved to LA, 808’s and Heartbreak was my JAM album. I sang back up on “Gold Digger” karaoke just last week. But Houston, we have a problem…

It’s a polarizing topic that’s troubled many a holiday season enthusiast. How soon is too soon when it comes to listening to Christmas music? In this episode of SOAPBOX, Erin Darling shares her thoughts on why Christmas cheer – spread by the glory of fa-la-la-la-la’s and caroling – shouldn’t be limited to the month of December.

Halloween came and went recently and as some of you may or may not know, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I’m a horror nerd so any excuse for scary movies, costumes and candy is OK by me. I am also a twenty-something year-old young lady so Halloween often comes with an expectation that I know you all are familiar with. Slutty Halloween costumes. We’ve seen slutty Sesame Street characters, and slutty Ninja Turtles in the past, but this year brought things to a new level of insanity with the introduction of a slutty Rick Grimes Walking Dead costume as well as a sexy pizza slice costume. A sexy pizza slice? What. Is. Happening?