Fragrant and colorful, flowers have always been given as a gesture of kindness and love. The demand for beautiful and exotic flowers has increased is so high that today the flower industry is an $8 bi...

Fragrant and colorful, flowers have always been given as a gesture of kindness and love. The demand for beautiful and ex...

Tired of being a caffeine addict? We are too.   In a world dominated by Starbucks and sleep deprivation, it might slip your mind that caffeine is not our only source of energy. There are ...

Tired of being a caffeine addict? We are too.   In a world dominated by Starbucks and sleep deprivation, it...

So you're graduated and this thing called “adulting” is starting to feel too real and maybe too unfamiliar. But Distraction has got your back. We've come up with some helpful hints you can use in ...

So you're graduated and this thing called “adulting” is starting to feel too real and maybe too unfamiliar. But Dist...

Lexi Williams: Executive Editor, 2014-2016 Assistant Editor, WineSpectator.com I spent my 22nd birthday in the Distraction office, sitting on the floor, eating takeout and editing pages until the we...

Lexi Williams: Executive Editor, 2014-2016 Assistant Editor, WineSpectator.com I spent my 22nd birthday in the Distrac...

Hilary Saunders: Editor-in-Chief, 2009-2010 Managing Editor, No Depression I’ve wanted to be a music journalist since I was a teenager, and I just started a new job as the managing editor of a qua...

Hilary Saunders: Editor-in-Chief, 2009-2010 Managing Editor, No Depression I’ve wanted to be a music journalist sinc...

Danielle McNally: Founder & Editor-in-Chief, 2007-2008 I have always loved magazines. When I was in middle school and high school, teen magazines were in their heyday. Seventeen, Teen, YM—I rea...

Danielle McNally: Founder & Editor-in-Chief, 2007-2008 I have always loved magazines. When I was in middle school a...

As soon as you walk into a room, you perform a subconscious assessment of every other person there. You look left and right, and you ask yourself: how do I measure up in this setting? Am I the thinnes...

As soon as you walk into a room, you perform a subconscious assessment of every other person there. You look left and ri...

Distraction Magazine recently sat down with singers Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky, known as Jack & Jack, backstage ...

He pushes his way through the crowd, brushing sweat-coated arms with everyone he passes and dodging drinks as they spill out of the red cups that seem to have overtaken the dim-lit 10x10 room. The sti...

He pushes his way through the crowd, brushing sweat-coated arms with everyone he passes and dodging drinks as they spill...

My name is Maya Lubarsky and I am a senior at the University of Miami, but I am also a 2014 alum of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. High school isn’t easy for anyone. It is a time when your bo...

My name is Maya Lubarsky and I am a senior at the University of Miami, but I am also a 2014 alum of Marjory Stoneman Dou...