Tag: features
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4.17 It’s not that deep
When I was in college, I had what I always refer to internally as a “crisis of depth of character.” What did that look like for me? Well, for example, I was friends with some folks who liked to listen to obscure acoustic artists I’d never heard of. Folks who played instruments. Folks who read,…
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4.8 ‘Count to ten, take it in’ (the post-birthday post)
And when you’re fifteen feeling like there’s nothing to figure out / Count to ten, take it in, this is life before you know who you’re gonna be / At fifteen. Taylor Swift, “Fearless” God, do you guys remember T-Swift’s “Fearless” era? When pretty much every song on that album was a banger?! I’m being…
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3.13 Main Character Energy: A Dose of Reality
And I’ve been waiting for this time to come around…but, baby, running after you is like chasing the clouds… One Direction, “Story of My Life” Once upon a time, a spunky young college graduate named Emma June spent a weekend visiting her cousin in New York. The whole trip was like a movie: two young…
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3.12 THAT’S a Stretch
I got to spend a little time with my family during Christmas, and I had an interesting exchange with my little brother. He goes to a military academy, and he’s working on getting…what’s the word he used? Oh, right: “swole.” He’s trying to pack on some muscles, and one day when he was prancing around…
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3.11 Box Checks, Faux-Concern and (gasp!) Normal Bodies
But I won’t let them break me down to dust / I know that there’s a place for us / for we are glorious. Keala Settle, “The Greatest Showman” (an awesome movie, do yourself a favor and watch it) Imagine that you’re me. You’re scrolling through Instagram on your lunch break. You follow the tag…
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3.10 Goliath-gate: A Giant Problem
Now I’m Goliath / I’m standing on the head of a giant / And I won’t be silent / until you hear me. Smith & Thell, “Goliath” I’m going to start this blog post with a lovely story. A real tugger on the ole heartstrings, so buckle up. Once upon a time, a girl named…
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3.9 Let’s Talk Loaf
If you want my views of history, then there’s something you should know: the three men I admire most are Curly, Larry, Moe. Michael Lee Aday (Meat Loaf), “Everything Louder than Everything Else” Everyone has skeletons in their closets. Some people eat their boogers. Some people close the elevator door on other people. Some people…
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3.8 Come On, Vogue
In my last post (20-some days ago), I pretended to be a food blogger. It was cute right? Tell me it was cute. In the time since, I’ve decided I’m going to try my hand at a fashion blog post. That was the whole deal when I started this blog; I can’t just write about…
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3.3 A Well-Documented Quarantine Situation
I haven’t been as inspired lately (as you can obviously tell, based on my over-a-month-long radio silence), but we’re all in a weird place, right? It feels like one minute, we were all out and about, kibitzing with our friends over coffee, meeting up with our sub-par Tinder dates for sushi with a side of…
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3.2 Keep It Together, Emma June
I wanted to write a post that would be silly and make you giggle and maybe forget about the whole COVID-19 situation for a couple of minutes. That’s sort of my niche, and writing about serious stuff doesn’t always come naturally to me, but I have been thinking for a while about what I could…
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