Psychology

Written by: Elise Ghitman Our world has us constantly looking outside. For validation, attention, for cues on how to be. By the same token, we look outside to see how other people respond to us — [...]

Dear Gabrielle, I am you in 7 years time. I hope you are well. I know you are hungry to dress in a label, eager to find understanding, and anxious to redefine sex with your own two hands. I know [...]

Walking over the Williamsburg bridge I stare down the city and feel triumphant. The pink paint peels in uneven patterns along her mammoth structure. A year into living here, and the paint [...]

After my freshman year of college at a fratty, rapey liberal arts college with a drinking problem, attending a Women’s College felt like the solution to what can at it’s worst be described as a [...]

I have been very hesitant to know what to say or write to people who come to me for guidance, stress relief, wisdom, and to vent. How can I sum up how I feel about the election outcomes, and [...]

I graduated a prestigious women’s college in Northampton in May before moving to New York, New York for six weeks to complete a publishing program at NYU. When I the program ended mid-July I [...]

Women who have had some serious trauma in their past come to me tired of feeling like the victim.  They don’t know whether to forgive, how to move forward, which way to begin again. Below [...]

If you ask any college student what they miss most about home their answer will usually be either food or a pet. For me it’s my dog, Tilda. I Skype her when I’m sad, my mom sends me pictures of [...]

Often we’re told being selfish is bad. It’s disrespectful, shameful, and wrong. But we are all selfish. Every one of us. We act to serve ourselves. We eat what tastes good to us, befriend [...]

I grew up with my identical twin, who was an incredibly loving brother. Now, one thing about being a twin is that it makes you an expert at spotting favoritism. If his cookie was even slightly [...]