Results for: Feel good
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Curls That Dance Under Any Light: Rediscovering My Queer Hair in India
I’m not sure I am any of the things that the aunties here tell me I am: Good. Hindu. Girl. I’m not sure about a lot of things these days. But I’ve found a way to care for myself that keeps me alive.
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How To Grow Up Without Being Invited
The problem with birthdays, and graduations, is that endings and beginnings are so often the same thing. What we’re really celebrating is the motion, the opposite of stagnating, the skill of turning your head and blinking your eyes to see things in a new light, even if your feet and heart feel heavy and the landscape hasn’t changed.
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Desert Heartbreaker
“I always went the extra mile for you and did so gladly because I loved being around you. You never returned these more concrete gestures, which should’ve been the first sign that things were not reciprocal between us, but I was oblivious and idealistic. I genuinely believed I had found love.”
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9 Tips for Surviving Grad School With Mind and Body Intact
It’s easy to get caught up in how difficult grad school is, and to use that difficulty as an excuse to slack off on taking care of yourself, but the skills you build now will follow you into your career. It’s more important than ever to really make time and space for YOU, and I don’t just mean bubble baths.
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Y’All Need Help #25: Spring Cleaning Part 4
Did someone say they needed me to answer 19 questions in one post?? No, they did not, but I did it anyway!!
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All of the Ultimate Back-To-School Advice for College-Bound Queers
There is literally no incorrect way to do college and Autostraddle staff are the proof.
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Playlist: Songs I Used to Play at Parties in College
Maybe I’m romaticizing, maybe I’m nostalgic, maybe I’m drunk. But all I know is, I used to ride around with the windows down singing Nicki Minaj and everything was perfect and nothing hurt.
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Completing Your Motherf*ckin’ Dissertation In A Week: The Kit
THINK OF HOW GOOD IT’LL FEEL TO RETURN ALL THE LIBRARY BOOKS.
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Beyond Ramen: Yummy Foods You Can Make in your Dorm Room
Cooking with only a microwave and some random dishes you stole from your parent’s kitchen isn’t easy, but here are some foods you can make with no equipment or money to speak of.
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Michigan Affirmative Action Ban Upheld, Sotomayor Smacks It Down In 58 pages
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld a Michigan state ban on the use of race as a factor in admissions to state universities, allowing voters to decide the matter on a state-by-state level.
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10 Things I Learned At My First Big Queer Conference
Ever wonder what happens when you put a bunch of queer folks in a room and tell them to get shit done? Here’s my recap of the IvyQ 2014 Conference and a few things I learned along the way.
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Lily’s College Lesbianage #15: Post Grad Limbo Is Where I Wanna Be
“It is still quite strange to not be in school anymore and I do have to keep reminding myself that it is OK to take some time off. That I do not have to start my “career” right this second. That as long as I am lucky enough to provide food, water, and shelter for myself, I will be ok.”
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Teach Me Your Ways: The Teachers Who Helped Make Us Queer
Many of us were lucky enough to have teachers who didn’t make us queer as such, but they did help make it a little easier on us, sometimes even before we knew it about ourselves. Here’s to them.
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7 Graduation Happenings That Are Surprisingly Relevant To Your Queer Culture
We’re going meta and talking about what everyone’s talking about at commencement ceremonies.
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Sunny’s College Lesbianage: Ithaca Is Gorges
It’s the whole experience that makes it so beautiful: driving through the hills to get to the trail, trekking through the woods with your friends and slowly hearing the sound of the waters as you get closer.
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Kate’s College Lesbianage: School’s (Not) Out For Summer!
It might be June, but Kate’s still in school – in England! She’s spending her rainy summer days memorizing Shakespeare and sorting through ancient books.
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Claire’s College Lesbianage: This Place Is Not For Me
“At Wellesley, I was never homesick. Not even in the dead of winter, when Boston was buried in snow and Phoenix was at its most palatable, did I miss home.”
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Nita’s College Lesbianage: Nothing Special
“I’m Nita, and I don’t know what I’m doing with my life”
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Kelsey’s College Lesbianage: Queer Talk On Being Straight At Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr’s pocket of queer sunshine doesn’t rain on anybody’s hetero parade.
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College Lesbianage Class of 2016: Out Like a Lion
The lesbianagettes have made it to Spring break and are finally in the home stretch. Let’s check in to see how they handled exams and what they’re doing to relax.