10 Romantic Things Girls (Actually) Want To Hear
When Harry Met Sally 1. I love you. You’re my best friend and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. [Insert name here] will you grow fat and old with me? Because food is awesome and unrealistic...
View ArticleLearning To Trust Yourself Is More Important Than Trusting Others
Like Crazy We all have, or have had, people in our lives we think we know. People that we trust, that we put our faith in. People we’ve invested time and emotion into, who make us feel safe and...
View Article10 Signs You’re Pretty Comfortable With Who You Are
The Mindy Project 1. I used to think I was pretty confident in myself because I wore basically varying ensembles of the same three things every day. In reality I lacked the self-confidence and bravery...
View ArticleA Survival Guide For Women Who Want To Work In Technical Fields
Shutterstock I’ve been working in and around government testing for the last six years. Six years which have solidified three things: I am, without a shadow of a doubt, a feminist and the only one I...
View Article21 Star Wars Facts In Honor Of ‘May The Fourth Be With You’
For those of you who don’t know — probably because you’re a semi-normal and well-adjusted human being who has better things to do than track unofficial holidays for cult classic sci-fi films — it is...
View Article5 Ways I Plan To Teach My Daughter About Her Body
Flickr, Danielle Moler Listen, we’re all insecure in some way or another, and I’m definitely no exception. The moment we sashay out of our mother’s wombs in a shower of glitter and rainbows (that’s how...
View ArticleFalling In Love With A Spark And A Promise
Derek Key It begins with a spark. A scattered glimpse like the brief recollection of a hazy dream. It’s a world comprised of flashing headlights on the walls of your room as the world slides past in a...
View ArticleRape Doesn’t Make Female Characters More Interesting, Game Of Thrones
After a long love affair with the infamously incomplete series by George R.R. Martin, I was thrilled when HBO made their adaptation. I was also pleasantly surprised by how well they managed to portray...
View ArticleWhat Love Isn’t
Frances Ha Love isn’t the answer. It isn’t going to barrel into your life carrying the antidote to all your past fuckups and lingering insecurities, like a balm to all your wounds. It’s not going to...
View Article15 Things Chronic Procrastinators Will Understand
Spongebob Squarepants 1. You start writing a piece about procrastination and then sit on it for about a month without a shred of conscious irony. (What? Just me?) 2. You manage to accomplish eight...
View ArticleLet’s Stop Romanticizing Jerks
Transformer18 We live in a society that continuously romanticizes the idea of a brooding asshole who secretly possesses an inner kindness or a hidden heart of gold. Like under that gross attitude and...
View Article10 Things You Get Weirdly Excited About Buying As An Adult
1. Towels. Dudes, there is nothing like a matching set of overpriced fluffy as hell towels that you personally, intentionally, fold and hang artfully in your bathroom. Sometimes I stare at my bathroom...
View Article10 Tips For Keeping A Meaningful Journal (And Why You Should Start One Now)
rawpixel / Unsplash Every life is a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. It is often a story written and developed by others, drawn out by hands that are not our own with very little input...
View ArticleA Rallying Cry To Awkward Introverts In This Polarizing Time
I’m a self-possessed (self-centered, more like) creature. I saw an article recently titled “Why You Can’t Stop Looking at Other People’s Screens,” and I tried to think of an instance when I could...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Struggle Of Authenticity
What would be the story of you? What would be the linear and clear timeline that somehow shapes us all, but tells us so very, very little about anything at all. Oh, I know the stories I tell to mold...
View ArticleLearning To Trust Yourself Is More Important Than Trusting Others
Like Crazy We all have, or have had, people in our lives we think we know. People that we trust, that we put our faith in. People we’ve invested time and emotion into, who make us feel safe and...
View Article10 Signs You’re Pretty Comfortable With Who You Are
The Mindy Project 1. I used to think I was pretty confident in myself because I wore basically varying ensembles of the same three things every day. In reality I lacked the self-confidence and bravery...
View Article21 Star Wars Facts In Honor Of ‘May The Fourth Be With You’
For those of you who don’t know — probably because you’re a semi-normal and well-adjusted human being who has better things to do than track unofficial holidays for cult classic sci-fi films — it is...
View Article10 Romantic Things Girls (Actually) Want To Hear
When Harry Met Sally 1. I love you. You’re my best friend and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. [Insert name here] will you grow fat and old with me? Because food is awesome and unrealistic...
View Article12 Things That Happen When You Suck At Drinking
Shutterstock 1. I realize I’ve only had a glass and a half of wine so far but yes, I am already half drunk. No, really, please don’t make me drink that…you’re not going to go away until I drink that,...
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