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By Lisa Chau, 21, reporting from Ann Arbor, Michigan, on her all-time favorite sneakers
I'm a sucker for shoes. You can find me every other week sprawled in the aisle of DSW, surrounded by boxes and boxes of size sixes with a pained, indecisive look on my face. Oh, the choices!
I love all types of shoes — flats, sandals, flip-flops, ...
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By Charlotte Steinway, 21, reporting from Boston on her newfound kid-chic style
As a college senior only weeks away from graduation, I've spent much of the last month stressing about the dissipation of my youth and my all too imminent (and all too unknown) entry into the "real world." How have I decided to deal with the stress, ...
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By Zoe Mendelson, 19, reporting from Chicago, on her favorite fungi
I get a huge range of reactions when I offer mushroom samples to people at the farmer's market. Admittedly, my mushrooms don't look or smell like the cute white buttons you'll typically see on grocery store shelves. For someone who's new to fungi, they can be ...
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By Zulay Regalado, 21, reporting from Miami, FL, on shoes that look great and give back
Please, make yourself comfortable. Take off your shoes. This is definitely the day to do so -- and for a bigger purpose, even, than making sure your toes touch spring. Today's the first-ever One Day Without Shoes, launched by Toms Shoes, a cool company ...
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By Zulay Regalado, 21, reporting from Miami, FL, on a soulful, new(ish) voice in singing-songwriting
Laura Marling's sophomore album, I Speak Because I Can is now available on Itunes
As a true music advocate, I am constantly searching for fresh, soulful voices to listen to while reading, stuck in traffic or simply taking a walk around my ...
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By Jordyn Turney, 20, reporting from Alpine, CA, on a suspenseful new novel that busts stereotypes—and cheating high school boys.
In my very first RED Hearts post, I talked about the incredible Agent 99 from "Get Smart." Now, I revisit the topic of kick-butt female spies with an amazing debut novel by Suzanne Young. The novel, The ...
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By Saskia Boggs, 20, reporting from Kalmazoo, Michigan, on the perfect bright spot (and inexpensive gift) for the dark days.
Before my birthday package arrived this month at school—bursts of surprise always extra welcome in Michigan February—my mom told me that she’d included something from my favorite kitschy little store back home. Fully ...
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By Sam Lewin, 20, reporting from New York City, on how to celebrate being newly single online.
"No longer listed as in a relationship" lingers on my Facebook profile. It reminds me of my new single status, sure, but also the one thing my broken heart can do about it—celebrate.
Alone this Valentines Day? Who cares? Evidently not you. ...
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Annie Littlewood, 21, reporting from Overland Park, Kansas, on the dog who's here to sit and stay.
I always had a dog during childhood. Our last dog, a German shepherd named Buddy Love, had to be put to sleep a couple of months after I graduated from high school.
It took four years for me to finally decide it was time for a new ...
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By Meike Schleiff, 22, reporting from Renick, West Virginia, on the kind of place every teen girl should have.
There are so many things a girl has to find in the world these days—friends, love, peace with parents, a bearable job, her keys, her cellphone, her happiness, her look, her way. So finding a mentor might not be on the top of your list ...