Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. As an elder millennial, the last six months or so have felt like a flashback ...

This has been a big year for me. I turned 50, and I started eating candy. Both were inescapable. Candy, by which I do not mean chocolate, is everywhere. The chewier/crunchier and more intensely ...