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via Jezebel I planned to write a whole post today about how disappointed, disillusioned and confused I am by our government. I was going to explain how infuriating it is to seek out honest answers about what’s going in Washington from multiple sources and still have no sense of the truth. I try to keep politics off this blog, but I am so sad and …
Have you seen this clip of Julie Chen from The Talk? It’s all over the Internet thanks to Upworthy. I’d watch it for the full effect, but here’s a synopsis. News anchor Julie Chen had plastic surgery very early on in her career because she was told by agents that widening her eyes was necessary to advance her career. In her words: “This big time …
I’ve been binge-watching episodes of The Wonders Years because A. it’s an amazing show B. it’s on Netflix Instant and C. I’m working on a project that involves voice over. Yesterday I made it to the episode where Kevin “falls in love” with Lisa-something and makes the massive mistake of telling Paul. Paul suggests he find out if Lisa likes Kevin back by asking Lisa’s …
If you have an extra 15 minutes this weekend between eating brunch and watching football, I implore you to watch Tavi Gevinson‘s TEDxTeen Talk “Still Figuring It Out” embedded below. If you don’t know who Tavin Gevinson is, I implore you to spend an extra 5 minutes figuring that out. Unfortunately that will probably turn into an hour and a half reading her blog The …
People have been talking about these things “infographics” for awhile now, so I thought I’d get into the game with one on the 7 Types of Millennials from Mint.com. I like it because it’s really colorful in a vintage, east-side Los Angeles way and therefore looks like something I’d hang on the wall of my eventual office. I don’t like it because when I embed …
I can’t believe I’ve gone 6+ years without ever bringing up the topic of therapy. Sorry about that guys. Do I believe that “everyone should be in therapy” – no. I’m not that Woody Allen about it. But do I believe that therapy can help absolutely anyone – absolutely. I’ve “seen someone” (that’s what we say when we’re embarrassed to say, “been in therapy”) for …
–> After 829 posts (to date) and six years of writing on the topic of how to be a 20-something, I feel like I should use this last day of my own 20’s to provide some form of getting-by guide. You should know that this started as a list of thirty five items, but the more I read them over the more I realized it …
We’ve covered hooking up, dating, and body image in these last posts before the very end. Now here is everything else that I have to say about essentially everything else that matters – emphasis on “essentially.” The five items every woman should have in her closet are: a perfect black blazer, a hot red dress, jeans that still feel great after a giant meal, an …
I celebrated four Marathon Mondays in my four years at Boston College, and they were among the four greatest days of my entire college life. It’s not just the celebration of such impressive athleticism from so many diverse people. It’s not all the good spirit resulting from the thousands of causes those thousands of runners support. It’s not just the sound of deafening cheering from …
I can’t believe I just typed those words, and now I can’t believe I’m going to defend them… In case you missed it: Princeton Mom Susan A. Patton (one of the “200 pioneer women” to graduate from the Ivy League school) wrote a piece for The Daily Princetonian imploring its female undergrads to find a husband in college. Patton’s message was crystal clear: “Forget about …