The X-Files: Spicing Things Up
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Welcome to The X-Files
***Welcome to the X-Files, the Rib’s own ~loOooOve~ advice column. If you’d like Xtina to use her hefty wealth of knowledge to answer your real question, send...
Security Blankets
I’ve been in two long distance relationships. I’d like to say that this is sheer coincidence and not a product of my intimacy issues, but...
Killing the Mood
There are a number of phrases you can say in the bedroom to kill the mood. Most of them probably involve your parents. However, there...
If People Were Bad Metaphors, I Was a Drizzle and She Was a Tepid Puddle
Warning: minor spoilers for crappy rom-com books and movies. I’d like to start off by defining the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG). MPDGs, as...
Big Girl Bucks
This week, our writers had a baking and wine-drinking shindig. It’s the night before a bake sale, and we have shit to get done. We are divide-and-conquering...
Photoshop for Facebook: What, How, and Why
I recently did a class project on the popular iPhone mobile app, Facetune. For those unfamiliar, Facetune is an app that brings Photoshop practices to...
Stealing for a Cause
As I washed my hands in my parents’ bathroom sink, I realized something was out of the ordinary. Instead of the usual Walgreens hand soap,...
Tampon Talk
Apparently tampons have a long, rich history. According to tampon experts Tampax and Wikipedia, women fashioned early versions of the tampon out of wool, plants,...
My Own Personal Women’s History Lessons
March is Women’s History Month, and as it’s drawing to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the lessons I’ve learned from the heroines of the...