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I studied abroad in college and haven’t been able to stop talking about it since, so I guess you could say I’m That Bitch™.

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Congratulations to skinny boys and men who are generally accepted as attractive!

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“Falling for the line ‘you can be whatever you want to be.’”

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Nothing makes me happier than a group of nuns just rockin’ out.

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I am still questioning myself here. I am still questioning if I am on the right path, or living in the right city. And it’s okay.

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Why? Why do so many of us wait for “our turn,” for someone to come to us and sweep us off our feet?

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Although the stigma of mental health has decreased, the romanticization and stereotypes of mentally ill people – especially those with depression – seem to remain the same.

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“Ate spam and eggs out of a Frisbee because I ran out of paper plates.”

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I work hard, so hard, to raise my children absent the straightjacket of gender stereotypes, but there will inevitably be manifestations of them along the road. And that’s fine. The goal is not to remove gender from the equation altogether, it is to deny it such an overriding role.

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When you travel, don’t be an American. Be a world citizen. Be a curious mind.