PRETTY
All my life, this six letter word has carried so much weight and up until this very minute, it's an ideal that completely eludes me and my self-perception. But I'll start at the beginning.
Read MoreI've always been late for the social media train because I could never quite decide if I wanted to board or not. I was always one of those people who was leery of sharing too much with people I didn't really know and the idea of exposing myself on all these platforms seemed...excessive and redundant. I was proud to
Read MoreI have to admit, there is something incredibly satisfying about getting ready for date night and walking out of the room to Julien's mouth half-open and him stuttering "I can't believe you're my girlfriend!". Yes, it's sweet but before you start 'awww-ing' this is the same man who has asked me, "Why do you look so dusty?".
Read MoreOver the course of the last few months I've made a potentially life altering decision. Recently, I've found that I've been waking up in the middle of the night with pangs of fear and anxiety, wondering if I've made a terrible mistake.
Read MoreI thought this post would be fitting in light of the #nomakeupmovement being spearheaded by Alicia Keys in an attempt to encourage women to embrace their natural beauty. In an age where societal pressures have never been more high and where women are expected to look like they just walked off the cover of a magazine, I definitely feel like our perception of beauty is seriously warped. I think that the problem is two-fold: a) The external pressure for women to...
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