Some of the feedback I get online is that I’m “too angry.” When people tell me I’m “too angry” in my writing, my immediate thought is somewhere along the lines of “HA HA HA HA HA HA YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA.” That’s because I know what “too angry” actually looks and feels like. When […]
It’s been a few years since I’ve seen a therapist, but with the new year comes new self-discovery. Just last week, I bit my ring fingernail down to a three-centimeter stub and decided it would probably be in my best interest (and my fingernails’ best interest) to tackle some of the anxiety I’ve been having […]
Wedding season is kind of the best. I gladly welcome any excuse to put on a fancy dress, throw on some lipstick and toast the merry union of two souls, united in common interests, rooted in love. Weddings exist on a plane where everything is heightened, cast in a rosy glow fueled by champagne and cake […]
I was halfway through my third fried fish taco at Highland Café in northeast Los Angeles before I realized what I’d done. “Oh, crap,” I said aloud. A passing waiter looked at me curiously. “Is everything alright?” he asked kindly. They’re always kind to me at Highland Café, probably because my laptop and I basically […]
More often than I’d like to admit, I lose myself in the mire of an ex-boyfriend’s Twitter timeline. It’s not because I want him back, or because I spend nights thinking about what it would’ve been like had we continued our dalliance. It’s because his Twitter timeline is a heady mix of painfully earnest tweets, […]
We don’t know about you, but the dawn of the new year always makes us feel all introspective and excited to make life changes that are a bit deeper and more complex than starting a juice cleanse. This is a great time to look inward and make a commitment to bringing out your best qualities […]
When I was pregnant, everyone warned me not to judge myself against other women either positively or negatively. They told me not to compare myself to the Super Moms, the Momzillas or even the Deadbeat Moms. People warned me that once I was a mother there would be some things I would do effortlessly, and others […]
A while back, we did a post about rising signs, also called the “ascendant” in astrology. Like many of our Astrology 101 articles, it was a basic overview of a pretty complex topic, focusing on your sun sign on how your rising sign relates to it. All of this still hold true, but since then […]
“It’s not you, it’s me.” How many times have you heard that? How many times have you comforted a heartbroken friend by telling them that there’s nothing wrong with them, they just happen to have picked a poor partner? How many times have you thought that for yourself? Here’s a hard truth to learn: Sometimes […]
