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What I Learned Working With Refugees

Last year I worked as an intern for the Refugee Council. During my internship I…

How I Found A Fresh Start After Battling Depression

On Jan. 1, 2015, after a few dark and gloomy months spent battling what I thought…

Don’t Beat Yourself Up If You Already Broke Your New Year’s Resolution

Can we all just admit that New Year’s resolutions are pretty much the worst, and…

What It’s Like Coming Across As The Crazy Bitch

I’ve probably pictured myself in love at least 20 different times. It always ends the same,…

Why I’m Grateful To Be Homesick For The Holidays

Familiarity is one of the greatest comforts that come with the holidays. The regularity of…

Why You Should Date Someone From A Different Culture

Whenever I tell people that my wife is Greek—and not the kind from Queens, the…

I’m Allowed to Grieve My Father During Your Holiday Cheer

“Let’s go somewhere and scream.” I was only 13, but I understood exactly why my…

Shit My Family (Unfortunately) Says

Ah the holidays, when forced family gatherings occur on an uncomfortable regularity and remind you…

Why I Should Have Dated My Best Friend

A cornerstone of romantic storytelling is the trope of “the girl who constantly overlooks her amazing…

Even My Conservative Texan Mother Wants Stricter Gun Control

“Oh wow, another shooting?” my best friend exclaims as she walks into my room and…

Dear Middle-Aged White Men: I Don’t Need Your Post-Grad Advice

As a post-grad, there is a phenomenon where everyone wants to tell you how to…

Coping with the Anxiety of Being A Have-It-All, Do-It-All Millennial

It seems that no matter how much change is begotten by the multiple feminist movements,…

You Call Me A Cat Lady Like It’s a Bad Thing

Originally, I wanted a black cat. I was used to black cats. I was good…

Acknowledge What Scares You, And Do It Anyway

By Andrea Aron-Schiavone The advice my mom gave to my sister and me when we…

Is 23 Too Early To Be Thinking Of Career Vs. Kids?

One night a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting around a cheese-laden table with…

Confessions Of My Insecurities In A New Love

I have a slight confession, something I’ve been meaning to tell you: Darling, I have…

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New York, I’m Just Not That Into You

There comes a time in a girl’s life in which she has to come to…

My Value Is Not Determined By My Body

By Adele Stewart When I was a little girl, maybe six years old, a boy…

An Undiagnosed Autoimmune Disease Caused My Miscarriage

I was overjoyed to get pregnant on my very first try in September 2012. I…

Rediscovering America After Five Years Abroad

“They don’t need you in America, Caitlin.” These were the last words my dissertation supervisor…