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Let’s rejoice! Cringe culture is dead
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When I was in high school, I was aware of (on a subconscious level) what made someone cool. At the time, it meant being “on trend” with fashion trends (anything from the Bethany Mota Aeropostale line), taking a photo of your pumpkin spice latte for Instagram and blasting Taylor Swift’s 1989 while applying her signature red…
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Signing off Tumblr for the final time
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A little over a year and a half ago, I signed off of Tumblr and never signed back on. I wasn’t Tumblr famous or anything, but I did have several posts with thousands of reblogs. Deactivating my account was hard, but it was worth it for my mental health. This sounds pretty counterintuitive on…
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#BellLetsTalk about how it’s okay to not be okay
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Today is Bell Let’s Talk day and I want to talk about something very important: you don’t always have to be positive and grateful. The mentality that we have to find the silver lining can be extremely harmful, especially to those of us with mental illnesses. More often than not, there are fluff articles explaining…
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Politicians that stood effortlessly at the intersection of fashion and politics
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Social Media Coordinator Brittany Ditizio weighs in on politicians past and the impacts of their fashion choices Behind the intelligence and leadership qualities of influential politicians is a closet, open to populations on a global scale. It is often these leaders that become noted in history as being ones able to balance both a country and its challenges, along…
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