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I write this blog for the modern, resourceful, self-defined girl with a flair for the classical and the unconventional. I’m friend to the obsessive planners, the corny joke-makers, and the real girls making ways for themselves in the world.
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niceness.
When I tweeted this on Friday, I was sitting at the bar in an airport restaurant waiting for my flight home to Georgia. There was a long wait for tables and people had started ordering drinks from the bar to … Continue reading
meditation
I went to a guided meditation at my yoga studio last night. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but my experience definitely exceeded it. We dedicated the session to the goddess Dhumavati, a widow who manifests herself during “‘The Void’ … Continue reading
marriage
The famous opening line from Anna Karenina is truer than anyone would care to admit; the frequency with which it is quoted and cherished speaks to its universality. Whether a marriage falls apart or a child is lost to an untimely death … Continue reading
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Tagged anna karenina, Divorce, families, leo tolstoy, Marriage, weddings
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success and struggle
Like I mentioned the other day, I hang out with a group of extremely hard-working ladies — we’re actually thinking of starting a group blog to chronicle our neuroses. Just another occupation to add to our plates. On Monday, I went … Continue reading
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Tagged brittany robertson, college, dana balch, joanna sullivan, recipe for press, struggle, success
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Guest Post: Overworked
One of my favorite things to do these days is sit around with Miss Dana and talk about how crazy the job search is for us. We (and our little group of friends) are all a bunch of workaholics with … Continue reading
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Tagged athens street style, college, dana balch, internships, job search, prssa, UGA, university of georgia, work-life balance, workoholism
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on the UMD sorority scandal
Sororities were originally founded on college campuses so that co-eds could make on-campus connections in discriminatory collegiate environments. Men’s fraternities that already existed provided male students with social and professional networks from which women were explicitly excluded. Believe it or … Continue reading
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Tagged delta gamma, fraternities, greek life, rebecca martinson, sororities, umd, university of maryland
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what women’s media needs
The cool thing about being a year from graduation is that I have time to analyze the media industry at a critical distance. Yeah, that’s probably the only cool thing (I have about 20 pages in term papers to write … Continue reading
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Tagged blogosphere, blogs, commentary, fashion, feminism, lifestyle, magazines, online, Women, women's media
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political differences
During my freshman year, I first experienced my feminist awakening (yeah, that’s a thing). I felt as if I’d just shown up to this great party where everyone gets it, and I never had to leave the party ever. That … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, commentary, discourse, feminism, gay rights, politics, prop 8, scotus, women's studies
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getting what you want
If you want something done right you have to do it yourself. That’s what they say, but I think there’s more to it than that. What happens when you need something done that is out of your power or skill … Continue reading
feminist taylor swift
Have you heard of Feminist Taylor Swift yet? The account, which makes feminist jokes out of Taylor Swift lyrics, published its first tweet on Wednesday and since then its following has skyrocketed. You all know I love Taylor, but I’ve … Continue reading →