that girl
So here is a thing. I am a modern young woman. I think. I am practical. I pick most of my clothes based on how easily I can move in them, which has gradually devolved into never wearing pants. (Ever....
View Articleleggings
Today, I had a mission. That mission was “Go to town, purchase two pairs of black leggings.” As a teenager, fitting rooms were an intensely stressful experience for me. Things that were not...
View Articlethe interrupted text
I was reading Captain Awkward a couple of days ago, and nodding along sympathetically with this post and 500+ comments relating similar stories. While many of the situations sounded familiar, I...
View Articlethe eternal intern
Unpaid Interships Don’t Always Deliver, says shocking NY Times article! When I read this article for the first time, I was just finishing up an internship with a prestigious Chicago theatre. It had...
View Articlethe sex education I wish I’d had
So I have had almost zero formal sex education. When I was ten, our teacher held the girls back at break time and solemnly informed us that we were due to start bleeding out of our vaginas any day now....
View Articlemeet my belly
I wrote this post as part of The Frenemy’s #ProjectBrave – this month’s challenge is to showcase the part of your body you are most self-conscious about. I cannot remember a time when I didn’t have my...
View Articlethe vagina post
It is the one-year anniversary of this post, which originally ran on my old blog and brought me much Tumblr-based fame and fortune. Fellow vagina-bearers. Too long have our vaginas been living in the...
View Articlelink farm #5: street art, cats and crazy
I have not been blogging much recently because I have been living in the small but comfortable hell that is trying to finish up my MA before I move to Geneva IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS HOLY SHIT DON’T...
View Articlenew year’s non-resolutions
Happy 2015, readers! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? “Why has Massive Hassle stopped updating?” you were undoubtedly asking your family over Christmas dinner, shedding distressed tears into your second...
View ArticleI, Millennial
Street art in Greece “I feel empty of hope and completely powerless to do anything about it” These are the words my friend Elaine typed to me during an otherwise mundane catch-up chat. She was...
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