Being better at math increases income but also ties satisfaction more closely to money. Jonathan Kitchen/Digital Vision via Getty Images Your grade school math teacher probably told you that being ...

Unfortunately, there is a new phenomenon that has slipped into our lexicon: girl math. It has inundated TikTok feeds and memes. You can laugh it off as just goofy stuff, but I think we have to take a ...

Step aside, “girl dinner” — it’s time for “girl math.” Girl math revolves around justifying your spending habits in creative ways, like subscribing to the idea that if you buy clothes and later return ...

While I am financially savvy, I’m also into some lighthearted spending logic. And if your math brain works anything like mine, we might agree on some things: anything less than $5 is free; it’s smart ...

Maybe you missed grade school lessons in key math skills that come in handy managing money as an adult. Or you just don’t remember them. Either way, trouble calculating 40% off for shoes, the amount ...

Not only is it leaning into the harmful trope that women are irresponsible with money, but it also reveals that some young adults are experiencing financial arrested development. “Girl Math is just ...