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By Zulay Regalado, 24, reporting from Miami, FL, on why finally being won over to yoga is a happy stretch
Sometimes summer vacation just doesn’t feel like summer vacation. In fact, the older I get, the more it’s turned into the busiest, most stressful time of the year, balancing a loaded work (and in my case, school) schedule, with the added ...
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By Jessica Goodman, 23, reporting from Los Angeles on why Mahone may be the next Bieber
When it comes to the next big thing, I tend to be more than a little behind on the trends. I didn’t start watching Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives until they were off the air. Music is a similar story. I didn’t start listening to some artists until ...
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By Carey Dunne, 23, reporting from New York, NY, on the power of the proper write, stamp and mail message
When was the last time you got a piece of real, non-e, snail-type personal mail? A picture postcard, or a letter on a live-forever sheet of stationery that you actually unfold? The sight of an old friend’s handwriting is something special. ...
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By Zoe Mendelson, 22, reporting from New York, NY, on amazing, long-form storytelling (Lolita! Beyoncé!) via emoji
Texting is an unfortunately flat method of communication; it fails at transmitting tone. This is why emoticons are important. “Let me now what you're up to tonight.” and “Let me know what you're up to tonight :P” are ...
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By Zulay Regalado, 24, reporting from Miami on the first at-home hair coloring kit to rock her locks
I’ve always admired anyone who has braved the world of at-home hair coloring and lived to tell the tale. Unfortunately, I lack in the “visionary” aspect of this art. I usually fork over the $100+ to treat my hair with professional hands (and I ...
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By Camila Henao, 19, reporting from Chicago on the secret to perfect polish—for weeks
My nail polish collection is more extensive than I’d like to admit. Sometimes I think I must have the full spectrum from OPI, Essie, butter London and Sally Hansen, and I’ve picked up plenty of random and valued polishes at the dollar store. I love painting my ...
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By Jordyn Turney, 23, reporting from San Diego on Kacey Musgraves, a singer-songwriter she loves
When country singer Kacey Musgraves’ debut single “Merry Go ‘Round” came out last fall, I was immediately floored. The clever, charming first-person tale of small-town ennui was full of the resignation and desperation that these places where a lot ...
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By Charlotte Steinway, 24, reporting from New York City on the romance and heartbreak of a new dating app
Only a few months ago, it was Snapchat that all my friends were abuzz about. Now, the app embraced by that most fickle college and post-graduate world is Tinder. But where Snapchat was presumably made for digital use among real-world people ...
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By Carey Dunne, 23, reporting from New York City on her volumes of affection for cool rooms full of books for borrowing
Libraries get a bad rap. They're dismissed as fusty nerd havens or avoided in post-traumatic student disorder as exam study hellholes.
Unfortunately, it is not well known that they are actually fun, and also, cool.
I ...
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By Zoe Mendelson, 22, reporting from New York City on easy, organic remedies to get you through the sick season
I am not the kind of person who refuses to take an aspirin for a headache. "No, no, I don't like taking drugs…" I'm all for organic and and the politics of food, including working to launch this journal. But ...