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Top 20 Songs Of 2015: A Year Of Post-Irony And Nostalgia
2015 made for an intriguing year in music and culture. From the drab mystery that is Trump to Oxford’s word of the year, the line between the joke and the…
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I Did A Three Day Juice Cleanse And Here’s What Honestly Happened
For the past few months, I’ve felt like a potato. Kind of sad, unmoving, semi-mashed. I was doing a successful job of ignoring my health and pulling the “I’ll deal…
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Tick Tock: It’s Time To Stop Bullying 30-Something Women About Their Biological Clocks
My 35th birthday looms ahead, taunting me with the promise of missed opportunities and lifelong regrets if I don’t spread my legs and invite some sperm in stat.
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15 Struggles Only People Who Look Ridiculously Young For Their Age Can Relate To
You have to literally prove your age to some especially annoying nonbelievers.
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This Is What We Fail To Understand About Effort In Relationships
Feeling is why we do EVERYTHING in our lives. We spend our days striving to feel a certain way. We want to feel the satisfaction of sex, love, attention, admiration,…
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A High School Friend Is Being Charged With Attempted Murder And, As A Medium, I’m Going To Use My Gifts To Help Her (Part Five)
Can you imagine? Can you imagine being on a plane one moment…just having landed from a vacation and the next moment, you are being hauled off in a pair of…
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22 Tiny Things You Should Do For Yourself Every Single Day
Remind yourself that your body is not something for you or others to judge – it’s a vessel that allows you to explore the world, communicate with others, try new…
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17 Things To Do If You Feel Like Relapsing
Feel your muscles lengthening from your fingertips down to your shoulders. Bend your knees and straighten them. Carefully move your body into slow and gentle stretches, knowing you are honoring…
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16 Ways To Unleash Your Inner Child That Are Somewhat Acceptable In Adulthood
It’s weird that a Spongebob laptop case is harmless, but if you buy a Spongebob bedspread you’re instantly judged. It’s not a crime that the characters who made us happy…
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50 Simple, Positive Things You Need To Do For Yourself After A Breakup
1. Get a haircut. A wow-you-look-amazing haircut to chop off the dead ends and start completely fresh.
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10 Things That Happen When You Joined A Sorority In College But Are The Opposite Of A Sorority Girl
When you go to reunions with other alumni and everyone sings sorority songs at the top of their lungs you silently move your lips hoping to fool everyone that you…
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9 Confessions From A Skinny Girl With An Eating Disorder
The difference between being thin and being skinny is that when you’re skinny, everyone is constantly trying to get you to eat. As if you are deliberately starving yourself.
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8 Reasons People Who Travel Make The Best Employees
The place to find the perfect out-of-the-box thinkers, problem solvers, and movers and shakers is the arrivals hall at an international airport.
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A History Of Trying To Be Cool
It’s such a terrible feeling to want to reject who you are. The reality is that I was not built to be an Olsen twin. I was not built to…
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Listening To Hollaback Girl And Trying To Not Text You (Because I’m Not A Hollaback Girl)
I don’t know how I’m supposed to pretend you don’t turn my stomach into a butterfly mortuary, that they flew around so fast and frantic, all of them died. I’m…
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I Could Taste Her Broken Heart
She tasted like the wine I swam in when I was freshly broken, and like the confusion I once called my best friend. She reminded me of the huckleberries we’d…
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The Difference Between Dating A Boy And Dating A Man
A boy underestimates you. A man is not afraid to challenge you, because he knows what you’re capable of.
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17 Heart-Punching Quotes That Will Make You Fall In Love With Poetry (Part Two)
“How reckless, the way that I love like the first chapter of a ghost story. Like the gentlest hand reaching out of a grave.”
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They Are Never Worth The Chase
Thinking back on it, all of my life so far, I have let boys set my self-esteem and self-worth for me. And for what? For miserable nights picking out every…
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Cheating Really Means, ‘I Never Loved You.’
If you cheat, what you’ve really done is said, “I don’t love you. I never loved you. I never respected you. I never cared for you. All of this was…
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21 Ways To Stop Regretting The Past And Finally Move On
Stop treating yourself inhumanely. You’ve punished yourself way beyond what is just for any perceived or real crimes you may have committed by forever berating yourself.
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A Pep Talk For When You’re Afraid You’ve Succumbed To A Life Of Mediocrity
Regardless of what mediocrity means to you, the common denominator is about being comfortable. Too comfortable to try, too comfortable to take a risk, too comfortable to disrupt what you’ve…
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This Is What Is Left When You Lose Someone You Love
I don’t know, exactly, what it is I want to hear. But I know I like the sound of your voice, the way you grab my chin, and pull my…
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Hiding Out In An Abandoned Cabin Was One Of The Worst Mistakes I Ever Made
“I saw you on the news. That guy got shot at your house and now they are looking for you, but can’t find you. A lot of people think you…
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Quiz: What Kind Of Trip Should You Take This Year?
From backwoods to beaches, what should you do to destress this year?
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It’s Not Just The Wind: 12 Times A Pet Sensed A Paranormal Presence Before Its Owner Did
“At that moment, a little girl’s voice came from the vent in the floor next to me. Haywood came and sat beside me as though he was protecting me, growling…
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Guys Are Weird: 24 Women On What They’ll Never Understand About Men
“Why do you guys have to constantly touch your junk???”
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12 Legit Reasons You’ll Actually Miss Your Sh*tty College Apartment
It was the epitome of your pre-adulting phase.
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Do Yourself A Lifechanging Favor: Forget Your Past And Move On With Your Life
Memories never forget. Memories make up who you are. But you can’t let your past seep into your future and ruin any prospect of happiness that you have.
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9 ‘Friends’ You Need To Eliminate Right Now If You Want A Stress-Free Life
The high maintenance, never satisfied friend that makes you feel eternal guilty.
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10 Reasons I’m Glad I Grew Up With Divorced Parents
I don’t have these ridiculously high expectations for marriage. I’ll never go into it thinking, “I’m NEVER getting divorced. That’s not an option!” I know it’s a reality, and that…
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This Is What A Con Artist Can Teach You About Communication Skills
Ironically, when you become more interested in others, you become more interesting to others.
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9 Things Men Do That Instantly Turn Off A Woman
They quote their mom. I might like her, but the second you start a sentence with “My mom said…” as any kind of authoritative statement, my lady parts wilt like…
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6 Ways To Convince Your Ex It’s Worth It To Rekindle The Flame
After a breakup, it’s common to look back over what happened and wonder how to get your ex to forgive you.
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In Loving Memory: 18 Profound Alan Rickman Quotes That Challenge Us To Be Better Creators (And People)
Talent is an accident of genes – and a responsibility.
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14 Successful Women In Male-Dominated Fields Reveal Their Approach To Killing It At ‘A Man’s Job’
Kill them with competence.
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How To Appreciate What You Have Before It’s Gone
Progress is not possible without change and change is inexorable. You can’t stay in college forever. You can’t expect your friends not to leave. You have to accept their decisions…
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10 Resolutions Every Single Girl Should Be Living This Year
It’s time to see if something is still there or if you can get him out of your system, once and for all. You might not realize it, but your…
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11 Reasons You’re Actually Super Lucky To Have A Little Brother
You learned to be responsible, loyal, considerate, kind, loving and more. And we all know whoever he ends up with will thank you fervently for helping to teach him how to be the…
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There Is A Troll Account Going Around The Internet Telling Annoying Customers EXACTLY What We’ve Always Wanted To
For those of us who have worked service jobs, there have been MANY times where we just wanted to tell an annoying customer EXACTLY where to shove their bullshit. Now…
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15 Movies To Look Forward To In 2016
“A dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland and set in a community of cannibals.” WAIT WHAT YES.
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You Owe It To Yourself To Stop Lying About Your Feelings
It’s a charade, an act that can go on and on for days, weeks, months, and years. And all you’re left with is all of these emotions that weigh in…
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This Is How To Have A Legitimate Dating Life As A Single Mother (From A Single Mom Who Has Been There)
She is busy. She spends her entire day ensuring her child is healthy, happy and loved. She gives baths on demand, prepares meals everyday, reads goodnight books, works full-time and…
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30 Things You Need to Know Before You Turn Thirty
Never say “I love you” unless you mean it …
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9 Sperm Donors Whose Kids Could Populate A Small Town
“Egg donors get treated like saints, sperm donors get treated like back alley, smutty boys.”
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An Open Letter To People Who Ghost
I think the most difficult part of ghosting is that there is no closure.
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10 Healthy Reasons Lots Of Sex Improves The Quality Of Your Relationship
Some women think that if you have sex less, you and your partner will want it more, but it’s actually the opposite.
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I Truly Love Him, So I Let Him Go
I didn’t care about the fact that maybe he wanted to be free, to live life without me, or maybe he wanted to love someone else other than me. I…
