I was sitting around a folding table at my high school friends’ 7th annual Friendsgiving. I realized I could count on one hand the number of single people in the room – including myself. And there were about 30...
When I was younger, I felt like I was constantly being watched and critiqued. Despite seeing some good qualities in myself, I had this lingering feeling that I was missing something – I wasn’t pretty enough or skinny enough...
Romantic-comedies have long been known for giving us unrealistic relationship expectations. Lately, with the creation of every sort of dating app you could ever dream of, it seems like things have only gotten worse. Sure, there’s an app to...
Although it pains me to admit it, my college years are almost over. And even though the majority of the past three years have been filled with late-night study sessions and mid-day Netflix binges, I’d like to think I’ve learned...
Regardless of your relationship status, Valentine’s Day is more important than ever this year.
Words like “stressful” and “uncertain” don’t even begin to cover the current political state in our country. Turn on the news, open your twitter app, or...
On the first day of school this semester, my boyfriend dropped me off on campus just before my first class. A few days later, he boarded a flight headed for London from Houston, Texas, and he won’t return to...
Recently, a friend of mine went through a breakup. That isn’t unusual in this day and age, where ghosting and breakups playing out on social media are practically the norm. What is unusual is that she hasn’t said one...
At fourteen years old, dressed in an indistinct hoodie with new bangs covering my pimpled forehead, I met my first “creepy” guy. As I waited in a pizzeria for a pie to bring home to my grandma, the forty-year-old...
