Self love

I grew up too close to the ocean learned that beautiful is a dangerous word — It fills mouths like saliva demanding to be devoured. The first time someone called me beautiful I kissed him [...]

“Your Body Is A War Zone” My mother always told me I hurt because there are worlds inside of me waging wars with each other. Make sure you’re the leader of your own body, she [...]

I’m in the throes of the most mundane decision masked as the biggest decision I’ll ever make. The emails in objection tell me they’d never let their daughters make the decision I’m tossing over [...]

I’ve lost old boyfriends to testosterone and dishonesty and incompatibility; we’re still too young to prioritize what feels right from what feels easy from hours of homework. We’re still too [...]

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 [...]

It’s 10am on a Sunday; I’m sitting crossed-legged in jogger-pants on a stained beige couch in Starbucks and eagerly fingering the pages of my recent Powell’s purchase. Today the black and red [...]

After a year of upcoming-deadlines, lunch on-the-go, and messy roommates, the spring semester finally came to a close. Those of us who didn’t graduate either brought soft-tissues to graduation [...]

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 [...]

My body has become a frenemy. Our relationship could be described as on again, off again. Sometimes I hate it, but other times, I, well, like it. It’s not surprising that my feelings are erratic [...]

We each have our own belief systems that help govern our lives. These belief systems – and the actions that support them – are often crafted in childhood. What starts as survival [...]