Matt Powers
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Matt Powers
5 Ways People Try To Rain On Your Parade—And How To Avoid It
When people feel threatened by your confidence, they’ll do anything and everything to knock you down a peg. This was never clearer to me than it was last weekend, when my former best friend Kevin threw his 26th birthday party….
I’m A Mexican Millennial And I’m Voting For Trump
My grandpa and his 10 siblings are first-generation Americans who grew up dirt-poor on a farm in Torrance, California. His parents came from Mexico legally.
New York State Psychiatry and Canon Inc. Caught in Disturbing Malpractice Suit
This was hardly an isolated incident; thousands of young men and women have taken to the streets – cameras in hand – to protest against the New York State Psychiatry Association.
5 Things That Should’ve Improved By The 21st Century
Voice mail: why are we still doing this? You can bet your sweet ass I’m not listening to it. In fact, I almost don’t even want to call you back.
5 Reasons Summer Is The Best Season
Your boss gives everyone the day off, runs shirtless through the sprinklers, gets fired, and you get promoted.
I Found Out My Girlfriend Was Sleeping With My Best Friend: This Is What I Learned
I needed to see their pain and sorrow, feel them clutching to their humanity so I could forgive them, but — unfortunately — I never gave myself that chance.
The 4 Stages Of Love And Loss In Poems
I smoke to put my mind into stasis
I need to erase us
I need to wash my sheets of your traces until your memory is faceless
3 Indirect Ways Guys Tell You They’re Not Interested
2. Don’t let her establish an inside joke.
Feminists, You Have The Power To Stop ISIS
Why do I call on Feminists? Because according to a loophole, ISIS believes if a woman kills them, they wont go to heaven and receive 72 virgins, but rather will burn in hell for eternity.
3 Reasons I Stopped Taking Antidepressants
Do antidepressants really work? The jury is still out on this.
8 Imaginary Guys Talk About What Really Turns Them On
What really turns guys on? I didn’t ask eight guys for the answer. Here’s what they didn’t really say.
I Remember You Like Yesterday
Part of me thinks I’ll never love someone as much as I loved you, because I didn’t know what I was doing, I’d never felt it before so I dove in. I never told you, though. I never said, “I love you,” because I wasn’t sure if you loved me back until you told me with tears in your eyes that you didn’t, and you were sorry.