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Being a girl in the summertime can be kind of a drag. And by kind of a drag, we mean totally and completely awful. I mean, first off, there’s the heat… …which we just love. Not. Your hair gets plastered to your face,   and then your makeup starts to drip, which leads to you looking like a hot mess, and you always end up wondering why you even bothered to get ready this morning. Really, how’s anyone supposed to look cute like that? Unless you’re Beyonce… …which you aren’t. So, there's nothing you can do about it. And then there’s the bikini situation.
Most current collegiettes grew up with an endless stream of Disney princess movies, dolls, picture books, and more. What would our lives be like without them? Well, we’d probably have more realistic expectations for our hair. Regardless, it looks like Disney hasn’t given up on its cartoon role models just yet, thanks to Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, and, most recently, Anna, the heroine of Disney’s upcoming animated film, Frozen, a story loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. Although rumors about Frozen have been swirling around for a while, Disney just released their first...
It’s easy to feel trapped during the summer; most of us spend the majority of those three months sitting behind desks at internships, living at our parents’ houses, or shut up in collegiette budget-friendly apartments that would work really well... as walk-in closets. If you and your friends are feeling stifled and need to fly the coop – but don’t have the funds for a pricey plane ticket – plan a road trip! After all, is there any better way to get in the summer spirit than by hitting the highway, blasting Sheryl Crow’s “Everyday Is a Winding Road,” and exploring the country? We spoke with...
Another week, another slew of questions: who’s here for the right reasons? When will Des feel that real connection? Where in the world did the casting directors find these guys? Last night marked the fourth week of Des and her remaining bachelors’ dogged quest for love a sense of worth and, as things grow intense, each bachelor’s earnestness—and sanity—gets called more into question. One-on-One Date Number 1: After flying the bros out to Atlantic City, Brad the Dad and Des hit the boardwalk on the first one-on-one date of the night. Things started off well enough, with some wholesome carousel...
Vice has stirred up a LOT of controversy with their recent Women in Fiction issue, but not for any of the written short stories or interviews that were published as part of the series. Rather, the outrage has been directed towards a fashion spread that features famous women writers who committed suicide. The spread, named “Last Words” by the Vice staff, shows models posing as the writers at their time of death. Those featured include a model wading into water as Virginia Woolf, who drowned herself, and another solemnly kneeling in front of an open oven, paying a tasteless homage to Sylvia...