Everyone wants to be “the cool girl,” right? Growing up, that’s all I ever wanted to be. And I don’t mean “cool” as synonymous with “popular.” I didn’t care about that. To me, being the cool girl meant that you were easygoing and just one of the boys. Cool girls liked sports and didn’t bother…
Category: Gender Equality
To My #1 Valentine
I wrote this awhile ago, but with Valentine’s Day, it’s always a good reminder of how important this relationship is. Annie+Annie=4eva This post is partially inspired by this TED Talk by Tracy McMillan: I’ve heard the saying that you should date yourself before you can date other people. And I guess I’ve taken that into…
Losing Weight and Being Feminist
The past four years of my life, I have been a size 4-12 and everything in between. It has been something that has been constantly on my mind and something that I was unaccustomed to, being rail thin throughout high school. Four years ago, I don’t think I genuinely believed that my worth as a…
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