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Let’s get this straight. I am a feminist. I believe that women should be valued first and foremost for their character and intelligence, and that a woman’s looks or sexuality are not the sum of her worth to society. Why the disclaimer? Because some people think that, as a girl who had plastic surgery, I would only resort to such “extreme” measures if I was insecure or thought that, as a woman, my job is to be hot first and foremost. These people are under the impression that women shouldn’t wear makeup because they shouldn’t have to in order to be valued in society. This is half true. No one...
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My life as a free-spirited and careless college freshman ended before it even started. I had graduated high school with the notion that I would attend a school far away from home and begin the next chapter of my life. Little did I know at the time that what I thought was a small decision I had made almost 4 years ago, would end up being life-altering. Sometimes it really is the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.
I had been dating my boyfriend Paul* for nearly two years since my junior year of high school. My parents weren’t so keen on the idea of me leaving home right after...
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Dieting never works. Dieting always fails. Yada yada yada.
I know we’ve all heard it. I sure did. But in college, there was one thing I knew to be true, even if I blocked out all the buzz about trendy dieting. The truth was, I needed to lose weight.
It wasn’t a vanity thing (well, not entirely), but I was primarily concerned with how my health would progress, especially post-graduation. After all, obesity is on the rise in America and with obesity comes illness, disease, and even death.
Death. That jumbo-sized fast food combo I was so accustomed to ordering in college with everyone else could...
