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I Still Think I’m Right About Taylor Swift & Calvin Harris (UPDATE! Clues! I need to get out more!)

by Hattie

So listen, a few of you indulged me a few months back and read my wildly lengthy blog post about how I thought Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris might still be together even amidst her Hiddleston stuff. I stand here today, nearly two months later, standing by my claim. I’m gona keep this one short and sweet, but here we go: Yesterday, September 6th,...

September 7, 2016

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10 Ways to Calm Your Internal Mama Bear

by Hattie

The other night I got mad. Real mad. I came across something online, something someone said about a person I know, and the mama bear in me raged. I wanted to act. I wanted to chase someone up a tree. I had my response and was ready to throw it like a pine cone. Anger is an emotion we all have and we constantly...

August 26, 2016

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Living with Anxiety

You’re Not Alone if You Feel Nervous About Dating

Something really cool has happened over the past few years. I started this blog in 2013. It began as...

by Hattie

I Hung Out With a Friend While He Tried to Work Up Courage to Tell a Girl She Was...

We hovered around him like buzzards surrounding a fresh carcass. “Just get in and get out,” Friend 1 shouted...

by Hattie

Collecting Those Relationship Blueprints

It would be so nice if in third grade we all sat down, opened our Relationship Textbooks, and started...

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Discussing Mental Health on a First Date

The New York Times recently shared a question that was sent to their “ethicist.” The reader is back on the...

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Social Media Sometimes Makes Me Feel Miserable, So I Took a Break

Back in June I started to notice something every time I logged onto Twitter: it made me feel terrible....

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Why You Should Meet that Online Crush in Person Sooner Rather than Later

I was supposed to be working on my writing exercise. After telling myself I was going to attend a...

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Interview with Comedian Samantha Ruddy

If you haven’t heard of Samantha Ruddy yet you will soon enough. She is one of the funniest women...

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Rebuilding that Confidence like an OG

As I sat and read through more and more of my statuses from 4, 5, 6 years back I...

by Hattie