Sincerely, Jerk.

This all started in my yoga class this spring. Mid semester, my instructor collected our yoga journals and we talked about some of the entries. One said something about how difficult it is to smile on this campus between the weather and the overall language heard on the quad. That made me very aware of [...]

Dressing Room Horrors

Trying on swimsuits sucks. The bad lighting, the not-yet-ready-for-summer body, the pasty white skin; it’s enough to make a woman never want to step food into a dressing room ever again. But just in case you weren’t already convinced that trying on swimsuits is the worst, a recent study in the May issue of the [...]

Jerkin’ It In Istanbul – The Asian Side

On a day where the sun is shining and the ground is glistening with droplets of sweat, both tourists and locals make their way to the infamous park that hugs the Sea of Marmara. Just across the Bosphorus on the Asian side of Istanbul, where the streets are more crowded and less organized, if at [...]

5 Types of Guys You’ll Meet Online

  Mr. Bare Minimum “hey how r u?” Reasoning: Either he’s not quite sure if he’s into you, he’s into simplicity or he doesn’t want to over exert himself because he’s got a lot of women to message tonight. Why it Doesn’t Work: If you’re too lazy to even identify something on my profile that [...]

Put Your Yolo Where Your Mouth Is

“Now she want a photo You already know though You only live once, that’s the motto, ni–a Yolo We bout it every day, every day, every day” – This was the soundtrack to my Saturday night and, most likely, this sounds a lot like something you can’t go a day without hearing lately. YOLO – [...]

What’s on your playlist?

So we all get pretty pissed off while driving and the radio stations just don’t fit our needs. The same five songs are replayed every hour, there are way too many Christian rock stations, top 40 bands pretty much run the radio world, and there are not enough stations for alternative, indie, or folk type [...]

Starbuck’s Fresh Evolution

Many hail Starbucks as an evil corporation that exemplifies capitalism at its worst. Others see it just as another (extremely) successful business that has made a name for itself. News of its recent purchase of juice company Evolution Fresh for $30 million has sparked new controversy over Starbucks’ further expansion in the industry. In his TIME NewsFeed [...]

Scale of 1-to-5: Rate Me

Photoshop can be seen as either your best friend or your worst enemy, depending on whom you ask. Its use in the advertising and magazine industries, especially regarding fashion, has been heavily criticized on many occasions. Now, Dr. Hany Farid, a professor at Dartmouth College, and Eric Kee, a Ph.D. student at Dartmouth, “are proposing [...]

The Cost of Beauty

 Miami, Florida. Just the city’s name brings images of bikinis, sunshine, beaches and wild parties to mind. Nowadays, it also makes people think of plastic surgery. The number of people getting work done by surgeons has increased over the years despite its high cost. One Miami woman decided to sacrifice quality for cost when she [...]

Drawing The Lip Liner

I like nice things. Most people generally do. A line needs to be drawn somewhere though. That line, for me, includes spending more on lipstick than I do on my clothes. When lipstick, designer or not, begins to cost upwards of $30, there’s a problem. Hell, I’m pretty sure I whined about paying the $6.49 for [...]