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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,…

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…

We Don’t Have To Be Perfect Today

Life is really long. Nobody is asking you to be perfect today. Or tomorrow. Or…

Keep It Real: Long-Distance Relationship 101

It was about a year and a half ago now that my ex-roommate and I…

The Dark Side of Living Abroad

** trigger warning for sexual assault** “I lived in Italy for three years” is a…

“L” is for the Way I Look at You

At 20 years old, love is still a four-letter word I cannot explain. To put…

My Life with Pokémon

I recently had the pleasure of battling my younger cousin. No, I don’t mean we…

On Kindness And Libraries

“Without libraries, what have we? We have no past and no future.” —Ray Bradbury It…

My Summer as an Old People Wrangler

At first I did not realize what I had signed up for when I responded…

Unschooling the Educational System

        Please, watch this video. Has this become the way of the…

I’m Black, He’s White – Who Cares?

By Jazmine Hughes I have been thinking a lot about my children lately, and not…

Darling, I’ve got a crush on you

I don’t know about you, but there will always be this one guy who will…

The Way I Love You

You are obsessive, just like me. But you obsess over things that matter, like retirement…

CAUTION: Virgin Approaching a Sex Toy Store…with her Mom

On Friday I found myself in a toy store, only this one wasn’t filled with…

To Sext or Not to Sext…

Thanks to the Weinergate scandal, the ever-popular topic of sexting has once again come to…

Darlings, It’s Time to Let Go of the Past

As I wave goodbye to another summer, I cannot help but find myself thinking about…

A Reality Change: How a curmudgeon like me started volunteering

“So if the resources were here, you’re saying these kids wouldn’t choose gangs?”  “Nahhhh man,…

I’ve Got a Big Butt and I Cannot Lie

 By Jazmine Hughes “You’ve put on some weight!” I am in a hospital in Midwood,…

The Best Things About Being 24

I was at the grocery store the other day, making the usual rounds and trying…