If this past year has taught me anything, it’s that life-changing moments can happen in the blink of an eye.It was the beginning of 2016, and I was three years post-grad. I hadn’t even turned 25 but already had obtained a well-paying career and was sharing a great apartment with my wonderful

Twelve years old, awkward and overweight, I marveled when AOL dial-up arrived on our family PC. That first afternoon when the irresistible, and not yet cliched, announcement “You've got mail!” occurred, I wandered into a teen message board where I chatted with, allegedly, twin 14-year-old girls

Let’s talk about girl crushes. I totally have one on Jessamyn Stanley, whose class I had the pleasure of taking at The Yoga Collective in New York City. A certified yoga instructor in Durham, North Carolina, this 29-year-old is simply awesome—not just because of her friendly spirit (she gave me a

Ever since I was in elementary school, I've been aware of how much society placed importance on a girl's hair was, that many women are defined by it. Media imagery, in everything from TV to movies to pop music, influenced me to believe that the prettiest girls had long, voluminous ...Continue

I was listening to a podcast when I first heard the words "rejection therapy."It was an episode of NPR's Invisibilia, and the host was interviewing this guy, Jason Comely, who was having trouble meeting women after his ex-wife left him for someone else. Realizing his fear of rejection was crippling