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Archive for August, 2011

Ask A Dude: Should I Dump Him Or Keep Trying?
I’ve been hanging out with a guy for a little over three months. We were inseparable almost from the start. When we weren’t at each others’ apartments, we were texting so a day never went by without us communicating in some way. HOWEVER, we were not dating because he “doesn’t date.”
Smartphone Face Off: Blackberry vs. iPhone
There’s no accessory more essential for a college girl than a cell. It is THE major form of communication in college and there’s really no better way to make plans, organize parties and stay in touch with friends on the go. Oh and how else would you be able to send casual 2 am texts to the person you like? “Oh hey, what are you up to? Yeah, let’s definitely watch a movie right now. At 2 am. Your roommates aren’t home, right?”

In Our Makeup Bag: Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda Concealer Palette
Sonia Kashuk is a world-renowned makeup artist who deals a line through Target. The price point is lower than high-end brands, but Kashuk puts out quite a few gems, including the Hidden Agenda Concealer Palette.
Candy Dish: Hump Day
• First dates do’s and don’ts
• the 10 craziest vagina accidents
• What your sex life can tell you about your health
• Here’s your offensive study of the week
• Finally! A cure for masturbation
• How to take hot summer sex into fall
• Things our parents told us about sex
This Post Grad Life: The Truth About Doing What Makes You Happy
My lovely and selfish decision to do something that makes me happy has been…drum roll…SUCH a relief. I was so afraid before I jumped the gun on getting my life moving the way I wanted to. But being afraid isn’t going to rob your happiness once it’s over. It’s going to water it. Water it like a bed of flowers. And you will bloom.
College Students Blame These 8 Things On The Alcohol
A presentation by the American Psychological Association on college drinking recently released some statistics that may make you spit our your beer: 1. College students intend to drink to get drunk, and 2. College students use alcohol as an excuse for hooking up. Yeah. When I said you were going to spit out your beer, I meant because you’d be laughing with me.
Celebrity Chic on the Cheap: Eva Longoria is Wonderous in White
I’ve been obsessed Eva Longoria ever since the very first episode of Desperate Housewives. In addition to her beauty, her comedic timing is impeccable, and she’s always seemed really down to earth and like a total delight to be around (my friends who have run into her in Texas have confirmed this!). She has a low-key style that is sophisticated and chic, with subtle trendy elements popping up occasionally.

Our Favorite Redheads
Redheads get a bad rap. Perhaps Carrot Top made one too many of those 1-800 Collect commercials when we were younger (oh, the mental scarring!) and caused an entire society to rebel against their strawberry haired brethren, I’m really not sure. But life as a redhead ain’t easy, people.
Candy Dish: Mommy Knows Best
•Betty Draper is as scary as she seems
•Best. Craigslist Ad. Ever.
•Well that’s unusual: W Magazine ages model 120 years
•The Olsen Twins finally making a clothing line we can afford
•Is this Taylor Swift topless photo real?
•Jada Pinkett Smith sounds off on these divorcing rumors/truths
•We had it so easy in elementary school
Web Spy: My Body Gallery
My Body Gallery aims to change women’s perceptions of their bodies by showing what real women of all shapes and sizes look like. The site is a searchable gallery of pictures of real women, along with their heights, weights and clothing sizes. As the site says, “In a world full of images of how we ‘should’ look it can get difficult to tell how we DO look.”
Join the Ultimate College Fashion Experience
Can we all agree that America’s Next Top Model and Tyra Banks are so mid ’00s. Like enough with the tears and the runway and the catty judges. It’s time for a new generation of models to step up. Real women modeling real clothes that you could wear in the real world. What are we talking about? The ULTIMATE COLLEGE FASHION EXPERIENCE.
Ditch the Stage Five Clinger for Good
Though we now know what to call these super clingy folks, and typically know what signs to look out for when entering a relationship, sometimes they manage to latch themselves to us anyway. F*****ck!! So when you’ve got some “Well, I thought he was cute at the time…” guy blowing your phone up and wanting to see you all. the. time., what’s a girl to do?
Candy Dish: Coming to America
•Get excited, Prince Harry is moving stateside
•How to get rid of a stage-five clinger
•Why are TV seasons getting shorter and shorter?
•Would you wear chain strap flats
•I wish I was creative enough to do these cool nail art ideas
•Hollywood’s richest couples
•This outfit is just…atrocious
Aussie Music + Free Gift = Amazingness
There’s not really anything more magical in the world than an Aussie band who offers up free gifts just for listening to their music. (Well maybe an Aussie Band who offers up free gifts that happened to be baby koalas, but let’s not be unrealistic.) And that’s why we were so excited when we heard what the up-and-coming Australian band Strange Talk was doing this week.
8 Under $20: Back-to-School
Even if you’re not a first year, there’s a lot to buy: notebooks, highlighters and pens, textbooks, dorm essentials and so much more. But the good thing is, not all of it has to cost a lot! In fact, you can get tons of your back-to-school essentials for just $20 or less! Just take a look…
Sex in the News: Abortion Goes Sin-Free for Six Days
The Catholic Church has a longstanding reputation of opposing homosexuality, contraception and abortion. Though Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his views that condoms are making the spread of AIDS worse, during his visit to Madrid, he gave priests permission to lift excommunication for women who confess to having an abortion.