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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Was the Maid of Honor For The Girl I Bullied Mercilessly...
“Fatty, fatty, bom, bom!” I screamed, and the other twelve year-old girls around me laughed hysterically. We pointed, laughed some more, shouted out similar chants, as we ran around our school’s racing...
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The Food Story Of My Marriage
It is almost 10 years since I found Young — the man who is now my husband. We met in Edinburgh, the perfect backdrop for any love story. It’s a city of dark alleyways, cobbled streets, and cosy pubs...
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Do You Believe In Dream Interpretation? I Don't Think I Do
These jerks don't have nightmares.When I dream, most of the time I am in the same city. It is equal parts “generic American city,” Bangkok, and some weird historical place that I can’t peg to any...
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Yes, You Can Find Meaning In Life Without Having Kids
To the woman who wrote, "I think people without children have empty lives, and I’m not sorry about it” — there is so much I want to say to you. I want to point out the inherent irony of believing you...
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8 Tools I Use to Perform Wardrobe Experiments on the Actors I Dress
I've written somewhat extensively here about all the various useful wardrobe tools I use in my day job as a costume designer to keep my actor's looks together. (Wait, you didn't think those fools woke...
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6 of the Best Hair Products to Fix Chemically Damaged Curls
Visions of healthy hair dance in my head.I started off the New Year by stripping my hair of most of its melanin and, subsequently, all of its curl. I don’t hate my new look, but I do miss my curls and...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Got My Dream Job as a TV Journalist and Found Out How...
In the television news industry, you toil in small towns for your first few years on the job, making so little that most reporters I know also held side gigs waitressing or babysitting when first...
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Confessions of a 23-Year-Old Mistress
Inside infidelity: how a young woman fell into an adulterous affair with an older, married man.I was in his office, rug burn forming on my knees as he slid me back and forth on top of him. I could see...
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The Breakfast Club Is 30 Years Old, But Its Fashion Is Timeless
[Universal]I was two months shy of six years old when The Breakfast Club hit theaters in February of 1985 — obviously not the target demographic. I can remember seeing commercials for it and thinking,...
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Why "Game of Thrones" Is Awesome for Women
In case you missed it, the trailer for season five of Game of Thrones just leaked online, and the Internet, including me, is having a collective shit fit over it. We're talking scene-by-scene...
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Best-Selling Author Colleen McCullough Dies; Obit Calls Her Fat
Colleen McCullough died on January 29, 2015. A best-selling Australian author, she was primarily known for The Thorn Birds. But upon the occasion of her death, her obituary would have her known for...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Had a Summer Fling In Paris And Ended Up Pregnant
When I moved here, I’ll admit it was an unreasonable impulse. I woke up one day and simply made up my mind to live in Paris for a few months. I had put in eight years in LA, working 15-hour days, and...
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Why I Don't Pretend to Like Strip Clubs Anymore
I wanted to love strip clubs. Ever since I saw my first Mötley Crüe music video, I was enamored by the seemingly fun and sexy times to be had while sipping champagne and fanning yourself with dollar...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: My Husband Asked for a Divorce After Becoming a Doctor
My belly is full with greasy Chinese food. The sky is painted navy. I am driving across the Golden Gate Bridge. My husband is sitting next to me. The city where we met, lived and fell in love some 15...
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I Am a Crazy Grieving Cat Lady
I had to say goodbye to my beloved fur-baby (a term I’ve often snickered at, but now own without abandon) Daredevil a few weeks ago and I’m only now starting to come out of the fog.The grief I felt at...
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Battling Food Boredom and Trying Not to Mummify My Insides: What Eating...
Ever since I moved to Japan, a lot of great things have happened to me. I'm learning a new language, I'm learning about a new culture, and to be honest, I'm happier with my personal and professional...
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5 Impossible-to-Live-Without Products Beauty Badass Cat Marnell Turned Me Onto
Long, long ago (late 2011, to be exact) in a galaxy far, far, away (a.k.a. Los Angeles), I was once a bored young lady who couldn't fall asleep — and so it happened that I was absentmindedly surfing...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Dated a Teenage Boy Who Lied About His Age
Sitting on the subway headed to the Delancey nightclub, my guy friend promised me I would meet someone that night. “When we go out," he said, referring to his group of gay friends, "we always meet...
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LBD Fatigue? Here Are 4 Alternatives and Updates to the Little Black Dress
If there’s a single article of clothing that epitomizes stylishness, it’s the little black dress, or LBD. But believe it or not, everyone’s favorite night-out-on-the-town gear isn’t a modern...
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I'll Try Anything Once: Oreo Mascara
Kids. These. Days. They are creative, I will give them that. You guys know that I am all about Oreo innovation, but beauty vlogger Katherine of xxmakeupiscoolxx has really taken things to another level...
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