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A 225+ Song 90s Alternative Playlist
I got emotional compiling this week’s playlist (I know, right? Me, emotional? What are the odds?)
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A Short, Non-Comprehensive List of #BisexualAdvantages
Struggling with same sex attraction sucked. Coming out probably sucked. But now this is your advantage: you are strong and you know you are strong.
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Why Porn Sucks (Pun Intended)
But like I said before: who cares about the story or the “reality” of the story? It’s about the sex, right? But here’s where I say that’s it’s not about the sex, really, at all.
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10 Ways To Be Less Awkward
An awkward person with a cell phone in a social environment is the equivalent to MacGyver having a Swiss Army knife while in a bind.
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A Foreigner’s Guide To Living In China
Also, there are thousands of different dishes to try, and eating out is exponentially cheaper than trying to cook at home (if your apartment even had a kitchen, which it doesn’t).
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12 Lessons You Need To Learn Before Settling Down
I know we all want to skip to the ending — the parts where you host game nights together and do the Sunday crossword in bed — but don’t forget to just enjoy the ride, even if that means you aren’t “Facebook official” yet.
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Party Girl’s Guide To Being Sober
Sometimes you just need to get completely obliterated, but that’s not the real, inherent motive behind drinking. It’s the possibility of meeting someone new, doing something crazy, and letting loose. We all like acting like idiots and making regrettable decisions; who’s to say being sober has to keep us from doing that?
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What It’s Like To Be Manic
The thing no one wants you to know is that mania is fun. It’s great. It’s how a lot of us function. It’s how a lot of us succeed.
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Growing Apart From Your Best Friend
They live in a different state and aren’t involved in the day-to-day of your life which makes things difficult. You begin to dread these catch up sessions because not only do they take forever but there’s this underlying tension you are both trying so hard to avoid. The more you try to pretend the friendship…
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What You Deserve
You deserve to look for love, if that’s what you want, and be ready to accept it when it comes your way.
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A Letter To Your Ex
When I say that I want you to be happy, I mean it. We’re used to thinking that no one can just move on from a lost love and genuinely want the other person to find happiness somewhere else in life, but I do.
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The Modern Dating Struggle
As embarrassing and preposterous as this is, people consider Facebook’s ‘In a relationship’ label to be the equivalent of an online wedding band.
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Ways You Should Expect To Be Treated In A Relationship
Expect trust. Without trust, you have nothing. Your partner should trust you completely until you give them a reason otherwise. If they don’t trust you, if they’re already paranoid in the beginning and try to control you, the relationship is doomed. Because it’s not about you. IT’S NEVER ABOUT YOU.
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A 175+ Song Dance Party Playlist For The Weekend
Specifically, it contains a ton of 80s new wave and that 90s dance music we interchangeably refer to as trance, techno, club, and house because it seems impossible to discern what the difference between them is.
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8 Mistakes People Make When They Fall In Love
Love can be a giant short bus, y’all! It can cause otherwise smart, capable people to become deaf and blind to any and flaws. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen intelligent strong people be reduced to a 60 IQ just because they’re on that falling in love tip.
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Kate Upton Is “Fat”: Why I’m Tired Of Competing With Other Women
I know that, personally speaking, I am guilty on countless occasions of passing judgment about another woman’s looks, of putting her into a category of some kind or making assumptions about her habits, lifestyle, or even the kind of person she is.
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11 Books You Should Read If You’re A Woman In Your 20s
According to Love Twenty, women in their twenties are supposed to read diet books and novels about shopping. I disagree. Here are my suggestions for novels you should read if you’re a woman in your twenties.