The Millennial Predicament
I resent being a millennial. I know that I can’t be held responsible for when I was born, but I can sense the disapproving gaze...
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If Reality TV Represented Real Life
There’s something magical and irresistible about the world of reality television. These individuals live their lives with such drama and intensity that they draw me...
The United States vs. the Candy Corn States
Dear Oregon, Wyoming, Tennessee, Texas, and South Carolina, It’s us, the other forty-five states. We know what you did. We saw the map. You picked...
A Leaf Peeper’s Guide to Peeping
As a lifetime resident of New England, I can attest to the fact that the fall foliage here is beautiful. I can also attest to...
The Right Way to Answer Those Unwanted Questions
It can be a real treat to hang out with your extended family. They’ve known you for so long, after all. And isn’t it so...
Double Trouble
Even though high school biology teaches us that there are billions of possible gene combinations and therefore a lot of possible physical appearances, there are also...
Lights. Camera. Picture Day!
Picture day: perhaps one of the most anticipated days of the entire school year (except for the first day, obviously).
On-Screen, Off-Screen: Movie Couples That Date in Real Life
Earlier this month, the tabloids announced that the beloved Hollywood lovebirds Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield were taking a break. But now this break seems...
The Art of Laptop Stickers
When I arrived at college this fall, the front of my laptop was an empty canvas, just waiting to be filled. “But with what shall...
Child Prodigy Wannabe
I would say that I had a pretty average childhood. I could read and write and tie my shoes at respectable ages, and I sometimes...