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“Women and gay men” Stares in gay woman ?

A lot of people tend to lash out at the people they’re closest to when they’re in high-stress situations because there’s a subconscious feeling of safety there. When you’re freaking out because you’re trying to coordinate a $10k event, it’s hard not to snip at someone, and if they’re… Read More

As someone who was a bridesmaid at a wedding where the brides were together while getting ready, I gotta say that there’s a very very very good reason the “don’t see the bride before the wedding” tradition is in place. It’s an incredibly high-stress day and everyone’s nerves are on… Read More

When I was in 4th grade, a girl in my Girl Scout troop told me that pregnancy was caused by a man peeing on a woman’s belly button, and I believed her until sometime in middle school. To be fair, she was right about bodily fluids going into an orifice—she was just wrong about which… Read More

“You have to love yourself first before you can love someone else.” Complete and utter bullshit, and very damaging to a young, mentally ill me. My depression, anxiety, and eating disorder made it so I absolutely hated myself. This saying made me feel like I was incapable of and underserving… Read More

Water shoes are also a must. Flip flops are okay in a pinch, but you want as little of your feet exposed to the nasty dorm shower floor as possible. Plus, your flip flops will squeak like dying geese when you're walking down the hall back to your room and it's annoying. Water shoes… Read More

Use cardboard boxes to pack--those plastic storage bins will just end up taking up valuable real estate in your already tiny dorm room once you've unpacked everything and put it away. Cardboard boxes can be broken down, folded flat, and stored behind or under your furniture, taking… Read More

I lost both of my parents by the time I was in middle school. On Mother's Day and Father's Day I always send gifts to all of the mother and father figures in my life--aunts, uncles, grandparents, family friends--along with notes thanking them for being there for me. It helps me remember… Read More

Ayyy my great-grandmother's name is in here! I feel like Dutch names never get any love (and to be fair, a lot of them sound kind of weird in English), so it's really cool to see this. Gonna go consider naming a future daughter Trintje after her.

Make yourself a scrub out of coconut oil and sugar. It lets you gently exfoliate to get rid of all that rough, dead skin, and it's incredibly moisturizing. It seriously leaves your skin feeling baby-soft. I use it 2-3 times a week and my skin's in the best shape it's ever been in.… Read More