College is a time where life can get so busy that you cannot even keep up with what you ate for breakfast, let alone what is going on in the world around you. Have you ever wanted a way to keep up with the news that does not involve reading the entire New York Times or having CNN Alerts blow up your phone every five minutes? Your answer is TheSkimm: a witty, brief, and informative overview of the news that will arrive to your email inbox every morning. In about half of the time that it takes for your snooze alarm to go off, you could know almost everything going on in the world around you. Feel free to sign up here if you've already been convinced that you need to Skimm every day. If you are not yet convinced that this newsletter is a saving grace, I have composed TheSkimm of TheSkimm, in the format of the daily email itself.
Skimm’d while avoiding eye contact with a freshman year hookup.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s like I know everything that is going on in the world without even leaving my bed in the morning!” —every Skimm reader ever. TheSkimm is a great addition to your morning routine that actually gives you an excuse to stay in bed for an extra five minutes, and to be productive in the process. You’ll love it.
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WHAT EVEN IS THESKIMM?
THE STORY.
TheSkimm is an enjoyable and informative newsletter that arrives straight to your email inbox with the latest world happenings at 6 a.m. each weekday.
WAIT… WHAT?
TheSkimm is a saving grace for all of the people who want to know what is going on in the world but do not want or have time to read the entire contents of the New York Times every morning. Their headquarters reads the news, condenses it into brief summaries, and compiles those summaries into an entertaining and easy-to-read format. Then, the next morning, you will wake up with this compilation delivered right to your email inbox. Pretty sweet deal, isn’t it?
theSKIMM
There is no reason why you should not wake up with TheSkimm in your inbox every morning and incorporate it into your routine. Whether you wake up at 5 a.m. and Skimm on the train during your morning commute or wake up at 10 a.m. and use it as a pseudo snooze button, everybody could benefit from scrolling through a little bit of news, wit, and humor to start their day.
REPEAT AFTER ME…
WHAT TO SAY WHEN A COLLEGE STUDENT SAYS, “I DON’T HAVE TIME TO READ THAT.”
TheSkimm takes less than five minutes of your morning to read. Anyway, I could place a hearty bet that the first thing you do in the morning is reach for your phone. Instead of taking that initial scroll through your Instagram feed, save the medley of filtered pictures for later in the day and read the news instead. It is better to be well versed in news events than well versed in The Infatuation’s foodstagrams (although it's best to be up-to-date on both).
WHAT TO SAY TO YOUR FRIEND THE WHO IS OBSESSED WITH BETCHESLOVETHIS.
TheSkimm was written for people like you: those who think the regular news sources are long and boring and that a bunch of pretentious 20-somethings that refer to themselves as “Betches” are goddesses. You’ll love it. Seriously. Skimm’s writers are as witty and sarcastic as The Betches are, and TheSkimm does all of the work for you so that you can adhere to Betches’ love of not doing work. It allows you to continue being lazy without being outright ignorant.
THING TO KNOW.
TheSkimm is the best way for a college student to get their daily dose of what is happening in the large world around us. Whether a person receives CNN Alerts to their phone or thinks that BuzzFeed is a primary news source (newsflash: it's not), they can gain more knowledge by taking five minutes out of their day to Skimm.
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SKIMM GIFT
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SKIMM BIRTHDAYS
*indicates wannabe Skimmbassador. Live every day like it's your birthday.
*writer Alyssa Hartstein’s half birthday (Newark, DE); Your Birthday Could Be Next (Anywhere)
