A Feminist Review of “Star Wars”
I like Star Wars. I’ve marathoned all six movies and considered dressing up as Leia for Halloween before I realized I couldn’t figure out how...
The 7 People You’ll Meet at Zumba
All Zumba classes are equal parts spandex and Pitbull; by design, it is meant to be ridiculous. Even the best dancers look foolish dancing Zumba,...
My Favorite Flirting
I don’t miss much about being single. I love my partner – we’ve been going strong for a while now. But let me tell you,...
The Best Kind of Spring Cleaning
To quote Disclosure, “when a fire starts to burn, (right), and it starts to spread she gonna bring that attitude home don’t wanna do nothing,...
Debating the Juice Cleanse
The Non-Juicer: I’m not sure when juice cleanses became so ubiquitous. A quick Google search led me to an article in the New York Times discussing...
The Acknowledgements That Didn’t Make It Into My History Honors Thesis
A question straight out of Hamlet, yet modified for overcommitted and neurotic Ivy League students in the 21st century: To write a thesis, or not...
The Yogurt Analogy
My good friend Wendy bestowed this wisdom upon me a couple of years ago and it blew my mind. This will forever change the way...
I wanna date you, Hollywood-style
Girl, I’m tired of fooling around. I’m done with Tinder and Grouper and Grinder. I’m looking for the real thing: flowers, fireworks and a...
Do Girls Really…?
Five minutes before my friend broke up with her boyfriend, she sharted*. Walking down the stairs of her house to open the front door, she...