It’s a slippery slope when it comes to your friends and what you believe in. It’s a slippery slope when it comes to anything that you put yourself into, (whether it’s poetry, art, etc.) and it’s a slippery slippery slope when you fall in love with someone/something. I know that I have obviously made mistakes, […]

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Check out this great podcast interview with me and Maegan Mac Rae, from Girlistic magazine, talking about Girl HeadQuarters and ‘tween and teen girls’ influence on politics!

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I truly don’t understand it. So, so many people devote their lives to hurting others. In school last week, there was a current event about the tragedy at Virginia Tech. There are always questions that you have an option to answer and speak your own opinion. One of the questions was, “Do you think that […]

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Technology, especially that involving computers, is not exactly my cup of tea. I’m the only person I’ve ever heard of who has spent multiple frustrating hours trying to format a Microsoft Word document (I wish I was kidding.) So you can imagine my displeasure when I found out that this year a large majority […]

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I love politics. I love everything about it. I think politics is so exciting: when I think of the political process, I think of people buzzing around in Washington, D.C. and phones flying off the hooks in the Senate offices (and interns running around with trays of Starbucks). Plus, I think being […]

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I constantly have at least one song stuck in my head. The other day that song was the 90’s hit “The Freshmen” by The Verve Pipe (not to be confused with The Verve of “Bittersweet Symphony” fame.) Everyone who recognized […]

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Yesterday my roommate and I were feeling silly and we watched the movie “Sleepover” together on TV (remember Sleepover? That movie with Alexa Vega from 2004?)
So in the movie, there are four best friends who want to go to a high school dance, and Alexa Vega has a crush on this cute boy and blah […]

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I have been a Shins fan for a long time, I’m pretty sure even before they became mega-famous (compared to what they were before,) due to Garden State. (I have nothing against Garden State–it is one of my favorite movies,) but, many long-time Shins fans will wince when you speak the words, “Oh yea! I […]

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I’m a real bookworm. You name the book, I probably have read it, and loved it. Which is why I was so excited to read in a recent article that teens are buying more books and reading more than ever in previous decades.
You hear so many people talking about how un-cultured our generation is, […]

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You Can Because You Think You Can
I was in history class one day, a few months ago, and very often we gravitate off of our prime subject- (whether it is ancient Egyptian civilization or current events, and go to more modern-day, important political discussions.) Either there was a current event about Nancy Pelosi being elected, […]

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