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This Week in Awkward: September 20

It’s been a pretty big week at LD—one of our articles was picked up on…

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Has College Broken Its Contract?

Last week I found myself giving advice to an undergrad about a problem in which,…

Dear Mrs. Hall: In Defense of Teenage Girls

Dear Mrs. Hall, Do you remember what it feels like to be a teenage girl?…

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My Summers On The Underground Railroad

My first existential crisis happened when I was in the sixth grade and my brother…

My Super Sweet (Dry) 21st

There’s always an awkwardness when you refuse a beer. It’s college. This is the point…

So You Want To Be An Artist? An Interview With A Jewelry-Crafter

As someone who could scour Etsy all day, and has collected/created more art than I…

What We Wished We’d Known About College

In some respects, half of your twenties is devoted exclusively to college. You start your…

Are We Any Smarter?

I posted this article a couple of weeks ago as a little reminder that we’re…

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An Intervention For Your 20s

By Meg There’s a certain beauty we see in being messy. It feels like you’re…

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The Lost Art of ‘Ladylike’

I recently read an article on “TFM” that made me feel quite nauseous. It’s a manifesto for…

My First 24 Hours in London

It’s cold. That was my first thought after stepping off the plane. Then it was,…

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This Week in Awkward: September 13

One day we hope that we’ll learn to be a little less socially awkward, a…

Always A Frenchie, Never A Sandy: Unrequited Love In Popular Films

Any professional or even casual rom-com watcher will note that there is a clear winner…

To Be Or Not To Be: Friends With Benefits

No strings attached: Does it really work? Can it actually exist and/or function? After all,…

Who We Want To Be When We Grow Up

We here at Literally, Darling have high aspirations for our futures. We want to be…

Why New York Fashion Week Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

By Simone As New York Fashion Week comes to a close, I can’t help but…

We Are The 9/11 Generation

If you want to understand millennials, don’t look at our reliance on technology, our narcissistic…

Where Were You On September 11?

Some of us were 8. Some of us were 18. It was the most beautiful…

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Freedom and Coffee: 10 Reasons This Brit Wishes She Were American

This article began as a response to last week’s “10 Things You Should Never Say…

5 Tips for Communicating Like an Adult Human Being

As one of the most socially awkward people on the planet, the Internet was a…