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Describe Your Ideal Holiday Experience
Last weekend, when I was telling you about that (still completely amazing) heated mattress pad I gifted myself, Anna Vasquez described what has become a glorious Christmas fantasy: The idea that you...
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Holiday Gift Guide: Fashionable Bags and Cases for Your Mobile Tech
Women of style and substance should never have to settle for just any old bag when it comes to carrying their precious technology. Protecting your laptop, camera, smartphone, and tablet is important...
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Time For Your Super Sweet COTW Once Again
It's that time again because it's always that time again at this time on a Sunday afternoon. That's the beauty of a regular feature, right? Our first Comment of the Week is a cry for more information...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I'm A Maid Who Found A Dead Body...And Cleaned Up After...
Today I cleaned up after a dead man. It was my first body. But working in crummy places -- fleabag motels, skid row housing -- I knew it was only a matter of time until I turned a doorknob and walked...
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Stop Calling Us “Real Women” Just Because We’re Not Victoria’s Secret Models
When faced with the challenge of explaining non-Victoria’s Secret bodies to the world, brands rely on two words: “real women.” The problem with this vocabulary is that the idea that some women are...
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Ombré Isn't Over -- At Least Not For Me
A month ago, I was at a crossroads: What do I do with my post-summer ombré hair? I spent another week or two weighing my options (and finances), and I decided a cut and color was in order.But lucky me,...
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Even if the Salvation Army is Homophobic, Can We Please Leave the Bellringers...
Image credit: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvation_Army_red_kettle_at_supermarket_entrance_Ypsilanti_Michigan.JPG">Dwight Burdette</a>, licensed under <a...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: 3 Months After I Bought A House, I Came Home To Find...
It was a bright and sunny Saturday afternoon. My boyfriend and I had been away from our house about 45 minutes to an hour, tops. But as it turns out, that's more than enough time for someone to break...
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Three Reasons I Decided Being Friends with My Exes Is Overrated
Me and my best friend of 24 years.Being willing and able to maintain a friendship with someone you've actually loved in the past always seemed to me to be civilized and evolved, the height of maturity....
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Had To Disguise My Boyfriend To Get Him Into My House
At 16, I wasn’t what you’d call a great kid. I wasn’t a bad kid, but I smoked pot, supported anarchy, questioned authority, and kept a sloppy room. So my mom sent me to a shrink. After a few weeks, I...
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Public Relations Firm Strange Fruit Got Some Well-Deserved Twitter Outrage...
“Twitter Outrage.”I’ve written about it, I’ve participated in it, and yet I’m sick of seeing those two words side by side. However, there are times when that phrase is the most apt way to describe the...
View ArticleAre Corporations Stealing Our Votes? Why You Should Care About Election Fraud
Election fraud is making the news these days, mostly in the form of voter ID laws. Kansas’ Secretary of State, Kris Kobach estimates the problem in his own state at hundreds of fraudulent votes per...
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Selling Sex: A Look Inside the Business of High-End Prostitution
Kristin DavisI used to sell sex. I have been called a pimp numerous times, however the title of madam is the one that has stuck with me for the last part of my life. I know these titles elicit a wide...
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K-Beauty 101: How to Find the Perfect Korean Beauty Products for Your Skin
It's looking more and more like Korean beauty products are not just a passing fad, but possibly the standard and future of skin care and beauty. You may have found yourself wanting to jump onto the...
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STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS BEAUTY REVIEW: AHHHHHH! This $6 Sheet Mask Looks Like...
Consider this article to be like a live-tweeting session — I’m writing about my first experience wearing a sheet mask as it happens. My roommate (hi Nary!) is from South Korea, the country with an...
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5 Things I Wish I'd Done Differently When I Became a Single Mom
Almost 10 years ago, I became pregnant for the first time in my life. At 33, I was not a teen. College-educated with a good job that I'd held down for six years, I even owned my own home. But I was...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Am Allergic To Myself
I woke up one day about three years ago and found that my tongue had swollen to an uncomfortably large size, accompanied by a burning feeling in my mouth. I wondered if I had bitten it in my sleep, or...
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You Better Not Pout, You Better Not Cry, Because This Japanese Santa Ski Mask...
Have you ever burnt your knuckle?I burnt the shit out of mine this past weekend. Then I stabbed it. Then I fell. Happy Holidays! Let me explain. Every morning I boil a big kettle of water to make my...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: My Gastric Bypass Surgery Failed, And I'm Glad It Did
I was fat. Not full-figured, not curvy, not husky, not pleasantly plump. Fat. This is me at my highest weight, graduating from nursing school.I had been fat since grade school and heard about it from...
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This Multicultural Holiday Sweater Has Pissed a Bunch of People Off, But I...
So-called ugly Christmas sweaters have been a holiday mainstay, both unintentionally (I see you, Great Aunt Hyacinth), and ironically (I see you too, festive hipsters throwing your theme party in your...
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