Molly Burford
Writer. Editor. Hufflepuff. Dog person.
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Date Someone Who Turns The Mundane Into Magic
When we think about what we associate with love, we tend to think of it in a macro sense. The big, spectacular moments we consider milestones, the signs the relationship is going to last and that it’s real. We imagine the adrenaline rush of walking into the bar for the first date. The spectacular nervousness…
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How Andrew Garfield’s ‘Chicken Shop Date’ Made The Internet Believe In Love Again
Could...love...still...exist...in...2024?
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Powerful Lines From Literature That Will Really Make You Think
The half-life of love is forever. Junot Diaz, This Is How You Lose Her All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing. Emma Donoghue, Room I took a deep breath and listened to the old…
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If You’re Going To Soft Ghost, Do Her A Favor And Just Leave Instead
Soft ghosting is when someone you’re dating or talking to begins to slowly fade out of your life. While they may still be responding to your texts, their replies become shorter and more distant as time goes on. There is an energy shift, one you don’t recognize until it’s impossible to ignore. When someone is…
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Questions To Ask Yourself When You’re In Need Of A Huge Change
“I feel like I need a HUGE change,” one of my best friends texted me on a Sunday night. Interestingly, she messaged me while I was in the midst of my own existential meltdown. Mid-sob, I replied to her that I was feeling the same way. I know I’m not living in the way that…
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I’m Slowly Learning The Right People Always Stay
I’m slowly learning the right people always stay. They don’t leave when things get tough, making up excuse after excuse until they gradually fade away from my life. Rather, they hold space for me. They choose me. They show up. They support me in whatever way they can, even if sometimes that’s a simple text to…
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4 Amazing Examples Of Color Psychology In Movies
Color can be used as a powerful tool in filmmaking, conveying meaning and mood to enhance a movie's storytelling.
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Incredibly Specific Struggles Only Elder Emos Will Understand
If you’re an elder emo, you’re wistful and nostalgic and most likely mentally ill now. Thankfully, you’re not alone. We elder emos need to stick together. And how do we do that better than by sharing in our misery business? As such, here are some incredibly specific struggles only elder emos can relate to. Being…
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Read This When Your Best Friend Walks Away Without Saying Goodbye
I recently had a dream about a former best friend. It’s been years since I’ve seen her and, to be honest, I haven’t thought of her much lately. But still, every now and then, she comes to mind. In the dream, she walked by me at Barnes & Noble. I did a double-take but didn’t…
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15 Movies So Disturbing You Won’t Be Able To Forget Them, According To Reddit
"'Mother!' That movie is such a fever dream."
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Feelings Aren’t Facts: Reminders For People With Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is an emotional regulation disorder that is estimated to affect 1.4 percent of the U.S. population. BPD is marked by various symptoms including frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment, unstable interpersonal relationships, distorted self-image, suicidal behavior, and more. BPD can be a difficult mental health condition to live with…
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Lessons ‘Someone Great’ Taught Us About Friendship, Self-Love, And Letting Go
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the 2019 Netflix movie Someone Great. Someone can be a wonderful person and still not the right person for you. Nate and Jenny dated for nine years before Nate breaks up with Jenny around a week before her move to San Francisco from New York City. Jenny is…
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Some Better Things To Do Besides Texting Your Ex
Dance to Rihanna in the kitchen. Call your mom just to say you love her. Rearrange your room. Choose yourself. Swipe on Hinge. Pretend you never met them, even if it’s just for a night. Understand that sometimes faking it until you make it actually works. Put away your phone. Put on an outfit that…
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Reasons He Keeps Watching Your Instagram Stories After You Breakup
It’s Saturday morning and you open up Instagram to rewatch your own Story (we all do it, no shame) after you posted a few fun pictures and videos after a night out with your girlfriends. You check to see who viewed the documentation of your shenanigans when you realize your ex is one of them.Your…
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This Is What Healthy Love Actually Looks Like
I give a lot of unsolicited advice. It’s one of my many demented ways of showing love and support and, to be quite honest, the framework for most of my writing. I’ve pretty much always been this way. I share my thoughts no one asked for on various life dilemmas hoping something I say might…
