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10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America
This is how I lovingly describe my current relationship with the United States. The United States is my alcoholic brother. And although I will always love him, I don’t want…
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10 Of The Most Unhealthy Relationship Practices
Young love is just so new and exciting and compelling and you just can’t spend a minute without that person… and it all comes back to bite you in the…
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7 Things Girls Talk About Over Drinks
We give men a lot of shit for how much they focus on sex, and that undoubtedly has more than a few grains of truth to it, but it’s time…
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The 5 Strangest Disappearing Acts In ‘Boy Meets World’
In early seasons, Eric Matthews was a goofy, wannabe weatherman who accidentally courted crazy girls with a penchant for songwriting.
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The Perfect Heartbreak Playlist
“Love is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah.” Need I say more?
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22 Signs You’ve Been Single Too Long
If you really thought about it, you wouldn’t want to date someone who had been single as long as you, because it would seem kind of weird.
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A Warning To The Girls Who Will Idolize Daisy Buchanan
In Daisy, you will find your new heroine, the socialite, the rock star’s wife back when rock stars were simply men with a whole lot of money, the girl that…
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9 Great Lifehacks For A Productive Morning After A Night Of Heavy Drinking
My roommate and I recently came to the conclusion that drinking a lot of alcohol, from the first vestige of pregame to the final stage of hangover, is about on…
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47 Quotes That Inspire You To BE YOURSELF
“I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” Coco Chanel.
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How To Tell If You Are Ugly
We know that looks aren’t important, but we still dress a certain way for a job interview or a date. It isn’t important, but it is.
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How To Deal With The Burden Of Being A Pretty Girl
When it comes to your guy friends, there’s not much you can do about their desire to sleep with you. That’s not going anywhere.
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7 Go-To Plays For The Awkward Daters
When you meet, will there be a handshake or a hug? If it’s a hug, will it be like a full on bring it in chest smush, or a side…
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6 Things Girls Need To Stop Obsessing Over
What we are in comparison to another woman in our office — just because she is a woman — is far less important than where we all are as a…
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My Home Is Your Body
I would lay down in the crook of your arm and feel like I was finally somewhere that wanted to have me. I never felt more beautiful, more desired, more…
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13 Ways to Deal With Graduating College
You’re FREAKING out — or maybe you’re not because you are off to some grad/law/certificate/school and if so, you’re not freaking out yet.
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Stop Telling Me To Travel In My 20s
People compile sky-high lists about the benefits of travelling, and many of them are true. New experiences. Different perspectives. You should GET OUT WHILE YOU’RE YOUNG, they’ll tell you. GO…
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7 Flaws I Like In A Woman
I feel more and more that our culture is conditioning us to expect, no — demand a perfect romantic or sexual partner for ourselves. It’s easy to forget that finding…
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7 Creepy Things That Everybody Does
Oh, yeah, of course I know that you were at that party I wasn’t invited to last weekend… I spent a full 45 minutes looking at the pictures one by…
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The Most Underrated Movies Of The Last 10 Years
‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ arrived like a breath of fresh air, radiating wit and charm.
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I Hate Being A Pretty Girl
I can, and have literally gone around a bar taking drinks from guys: paying with nothing but an enchanting smile — because I can.
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22 Reasons He Wasn’t The Right Guy For You
7. He told you that he was looking for someone who would stay at home and ensure that dinner was made at 7:22 P.M on the dot every day. You…
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You Are Perfect To Someone
And even more tragically, all of the things that we are able to appreciate about the lives of others, because we might not have them ourselves, are the things that…
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The 9 Completely Nonsensical Things I Will Do If I Really Like You
This one goes out to all of the boys who have ever called me, or any other girl they’ve chased, crazy.
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Texts I’d Send Boys If I Was Always An Honest Person
Why do you ask me questions that you could ask Google?
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9 Reasons You Don’t Want A Relationship Right Now
3. You simply just hate everyone.
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Crushes Are Fun
When they’re around, you feel butterflies, and somehow you manage to keep your eyes on them without ever quite being able to look at them straight in the eye.
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The 10 Different Kinds Of Kisses There Are
There’s the kind that’ll leave you wanting.
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A Guide To Surviving Your Best Friend’s Death
Don’t believe it. Your stubborn rejection of reality will give your body enough time to adjust accordingly.
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How To Not Let Anger Ruin A Perfectly Good Day
1. Try to ignore the tiny panic attack that’s telling you the rest of your day is deemed ruined and unproductive.
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The Third Wheel Is The Best Wheel
“What?” you say. “But I desperately wanted to pay for this extremely expensive meal rather than buy groceries for a month!”
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My 20s In Sentence Fragments
Running from cement factory security dogs. Abandoning people when things get messy. Being a murky dude. Friendly gay bars. Writing real life fan-fiction. Filming real life fan-fiction. The heaviness of…
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These 34 Chris Traeger-isms Are Literally The Greatest Quotes Of All Time
“I promised myself I was not going to cry tonight, and I’ve already broken that promise five times. But I will not break it a sixth.”
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Live Out Your Truth
The truth inside you will win out eventually. Or it will drive you mad. Your truth isn’t a passing thought or feeling that will just dissipate one day. You won’t…
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Good Cookies Vs. Bad Cookies: A Photo Guide
If Jesus and Debbi Fields had a prodigy baker child, it would be responsible for creating these heavenly (get it?) morsels.
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16 “Silly” Pop Songs I Love
It’s about finding that perfect pop song to put your top down to in the summer and sing-a-long with.
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5 Things You Should Never Do To Your Crush
Understanding the art of self-disclosure will get you far with your crush. Trust me. Whenever you’re worried that you’ve said too much, chances are you probably have, so zip it!…
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8 Photos You Don’t See on Instagram (But Probably Should)
We’ve all seen Lying on the Beach Selfie, Sexy Pouty Face Selfie and I’m Still in Bed But Somehow I Look Pretty Selfie, but what about the other moments you…
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Why Is Every Woman You Date Crazy?
When men suppress their emotions and shun intimacy, the only women whose emotions are intense enough to break through are women who are emotionally unstable.
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When He Left Me
My apartment had never seemed more cold. It had never felt less like the place I actually lived, or more like a vague insult to my current state of aloneness.
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10 Books You WILL Read This Summer
From Julio Cortázar to Virginia Woolf to Luna Miguel and Andy Warhol, these are authors and books I love.
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Good Sex And Erotic Power: Why We Need To Lose Virginity And De-Center Marriage
Too many religious communities, the one in which I grew up included, prize–more than service to and advocacy for the oppressed–pre-marital virginity. To “lose your virginity” before your wedding day…
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7 Ways To Stop Being In Your Imaginary Relationship
Any time you catch yourself day-dreaming about what it would be like to be with them, give yourself a slap in the face. I’m not kidding. Nothing is realer than…
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Women, By Hotness
Olenna Redwyne, Mirri Maz Duur, Quaithe, Catelyn Stark, Jhiqui…
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18 Ways To Be A Better Best Friend
3. Be there. Friends can get really good at disappearing on each other, as we learn to take peoples’ presence for granted.
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How To Tell When Someone Is Bad For You
I think that people start caring about us when we stop caring about them, as sick as it is. We move up and down in these odd games of power,…