Lifestyle

What we talk about when we talk about female characters on TV

I grew up thinking Winnie Cooper was basically the coolest human to ever live. She…

Lifestyle

We need to stop calling each other ‘basic’

You probably remember Elle Woods. She’s a lawyer, former sorority girl, who loves hot pink,…

Money & Career

Those truly awkward moments of starting a new job

When I was 18 I quit my job at a bookstore and began working at…

Lifestyle

Not everyone is going to like you, and here’s why that’s OK

Lifestyle

I didn’t actually wake up like this (and other Instagram confessions)

Last week, I got my hair cut. In typical salon fashion, I brought a slew…

Love

10 Old-Timey Country Love Songs to Bring Out Your Feels

Nothing says heartache, longing, and regret like an old-timey country love song. Surprisingly, a lot…

Lifestyle

Why Do We Settle For Less?

For the last decade, I have hopped from city to city, tiny apartment to tiny…

Lifestyle

8 Pieces of Advice I’d Give 18-Year-Old Me

I remember riding the bus to work in the Pacific Northwest at 18 years old…

Money & Career

7 Signs You’re Definitely a Procrastinator

Before I was able to think of all the signs you are a procrastinator, I…

Love

5 Reasons To Celebrate Your Last Breakup

Breaking up does to a heart what no sunlight does to flowers. One of my…

Love

’90s Love Songs That Shaped Our Adolescence

At 13, I stood roughly five feet and six inches tall, wore JNCOs, and listened…

Fashion

7 Reasons Fall Is The Best Season Ever

Leaves falling. Rainy days. Socks. Halloween. The way your skin feels when the cool and…

Friends

5 Ways To Make Somebody You Love Feel Better

It is not always easy to hold the tender spots of someone who is feeling…

Lifestyle

5 Reasons We Should Slow Down in Life

I work at a grocery store three times a week. Working at a grocery store…

Food & Drink

6 Reasons to Love Camping (Even if You Hate the Outdoors)

While my fiancé is packing up our Subaru with tents, bear spray, and all sorts…

Lifestyle

6 Things to Remember When You’re Having Post-Grad Anxiety

YAY! You did it! You graduated! You have the degree! You can frame it and…

Fashion

4 Reasons I Refuse to Care About Having Cellulite

Every summer, I longingly admire girls wearing shorts. And despite being mobile and without any…

Love

7 Little Remedies For a Recently Broken Heart

Well that sucked.  Maybe not the whole thing, but the breakup part really sucked.  Ending…

Lifestyle

What Happens When You Start Saying ‘No’

I was on a date and it wasn’t going well. The guy, a self-proclaimed “revolutionary,” was rude…

Lifestyle

When the Internet Steals Your Words (and How to Get Them Back)

[Editor’s note: A few years back, we ran a “From Our Readers” post from a…