Untethered and Unbothered
As a child, I lived my life freely with childish spontaneity, untethered and unbothered by society’s expectations, which, in hindsight,...
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Confronting My Hometown: My Never Ending Identity Crisis
One of the first questions you always get when meeting new people in college is “Where are you from?” The communities in which we've been...
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You Should Date Yourself
Hey y’all! It’s me, your friendly neighborhood chronically single gal. For those of you who don’t know me, I have never had a boyfriend...
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To My Fellow Curly Girls
As soon as we're able to understand our curls, we are taught to hate them. Don’t let that be your narrative.
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The Path to Self Acceptance
As a child, people’s choices played a substantial role in how I dressed myself. Thus if someone told me that I looked unpleasant in an...
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I Am Not Ashamed to Love Myself
In today’s society, it is difficult to admit that you love yourself. It’s even more difficult to begin loving yourself in the first place...
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Growing Up as the ONLY Asian
Being the only Asian in school is a lot more difficult than people think. I grew up in the North Bay, Marin and Sonoma County to be...
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What Defines My Femininity?
Shaving your head is a big decision, but everyone should do it at least once in their life!
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Why it's Hard Not Being a People Person
I really hate talking to someone who is a people person sometimes. Not because they’re annoying, or narcissistic or anything. In fact, most...
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Affordable Self-Care: How to Maintain Your Sanity and Love Your Body
Our society makes self-care seem like this big thing where we must constantly post about how much we take care of ourselves like we have...
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Why I Refuse to Have a Nickname
If you go out of your way to pronounce names from a mediocre fantasy franchise, real people shouldn’t be a challenge.
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How My Girlfriend's Sorority Helped Me Embrace My Own Definition of Femininity
My experience with homophobia has usually been nothing extremely public and blatant. I’m blessed to have supportive parents and immediate...
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Why You Should Try Exposure Therapy for Body Positivity
Raise your hand if you have ever felt personally victimized by the statement, “You should love your body.” Mhm, that’s what I thought...
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Why the Word “Focus” is Misleading
Something that has really come to “irk” me in the past few years? When someone tells me to “focus”. But, I get excited when a new idea pops into my brain. When I get to learn. When I get to be a novice.
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Steps to Confidence
I know from personal experience that loving yourself is NOT an easy job. It is easy to look in the mirror and see all your flaws, it’s not easy however to look in the mirror and say, “Damn girl, you’re killin’ it!” So, here are 10 small steps to keep in mind when you are on your journey to self-love.
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Living Between Curls
Have you ever ironed your hair? Doesn't it suffocate you? I've always wanted to have hair like you. Doesn’t it get too tangled up? When you...
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Be True, Be What Makes You, YOU!
Being a woman in today’s society makes something like wholeheartedly loving yourself harder now than ever. We are constantly bombarded with...
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I Can't Admit It
I’m not supposed to care. I say it all the time. Nothing is supposed to bother me, nothing is supposed to make me lose focus or get in my...
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Perfection? Idk Her.
The start of every school year feels like a brand new beginning - new classes, new professors, new experiences. This is your chance to...
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The Year of You
As a senior in college, I feel as if I should have my life together. In the movies I grew up watching, the older students always hung out...
