If there is anything to know about me it is that I am an absolute sucker for coffee. Coffee shops, coffee mugs, coffee machines, coffee aromas– you name it, I’ll love it. So much that I even studied it for a quarter my first year of college. My first distinct memory of drinking coffee wasContinue reading “Coffee Shop Chronicles”
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Clothes Are Meant to Fit You, You Are Not Meant to Fit Clothes
A misconception that I and many others are guilty of is the idea that if we are unable to fit into the clothes we see our favorite influencers in, there must be something wrong with us. Our shape must be wrong, our hips must be too big or too skinny, our shoulders too broad, orContinue reading “Clothes Are Meant to Fit You, You Are Not Meant to Fit Clothes”
Letting Go
More often than not, I have heard people debate and question their inability to let go of something that’s hurting them. No matter how big, or how small, there is always that question that sticks in the back of almost everyone’s mind; “why?”
A Remixed Love Story
I have not met a single person in my life that has not questioned at least a single ounce of their worth. Or their endless capabilities to overcome the stormiest days of their lives. It is as though it is our inherent nature to doubt the extraordinary in us, no matter how far we’ve comeContinue reading “A Remixed Love Story”
#SayTheirNames
In the light of the late George Floyd, there are many thoughts and feelings that I am unable to comprehend nor express following his murder. It is dehumanizing to witness the atrocities that police brutality continues to enact at the cost of lives. These atrocities are being smeared by words like, “mistake”, “misunderstanding”, and “accident”,Continue reading “#SayTheirNames”
My Name is Mel, and it Gets Worse for Girls like Me in College
tw: sexual assault
How Gaining my Parents’ Acceptance Took 19 Years
When I see couples out in the world, loving each other freely without restriction, the knots in my heart begin to tighten knowing that love for me doesn’t come as easily. I’m not talking about finding love, but rather embracing it. I started dating when I was fairly young, stringing along long-term boyfriends that I was tooContinue reading “How Gaining my Parents’ Acceptance Took 19 Years”
Don’t Stop Supporting Your Artist Friends
Everyone’s got a “fan base” when it comes to the anticipation of a project. You’ve got people rooting for their artist friends when their creativity has only gone as far as an idea in the moment. It seems as though those friends that claim to be your #1 fans fade away when you make yourContinue reading “Don’t Stop Supporting Your Artist Friends”
Hate Has No Place in Public Service
Ever since we were little kids, some of us had these big dreams to help, serve, and protect those around us. Whether we put on white jackets and played doctor, or put on our parent’s heavy boots to put out fires like firefighters, our ultimate purpose was to help save someone. Playing these games as kids, ourContinue reading “Hate Has No Place in Public Service”
Acne: Embrace, Don’t Erase.
The big, scary “A” word. With the strong influence of social media and the demanding inclination to rack up the photoshop, skin smoothing, and bump-reducing apps, we lose sight of what’s real and raw, and what’s fake. We fear breakouts so much that we drown our bodies with water, scrub our skin with expensive (andContinue reading “Acne: Embrace, Don’t Erase.”
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