• On Making Up and Moving On [Dear DBN]

    On Making Up and Moving On [Dear DBN]

    Mistakes and mishaps riddle our lives and their ability to haunt us is only amplified by our own inability to forgive them. You can grieve being made a fool, or you can accept it and get on with your life. This week, when to forgo the pity-party and move on.

  • The Importance of Forgiveness [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    The Importance of Forgiveness [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    Everyone has been hurt by someone. Everyone has been betrayed or back-stabbed. Everyone has been talked about negatively, treated badly, or been cheated on. Every one of us can relate to the feeling of being turned on or done wrong by someone who we trusted and cared about.

  • Why NOT To Get Back With Your Ex

    Why NOT To Get Back With Your Ex

    Man, where do you even start with this? I mean, he’s that guy who was there with you for a really crucial time in your life, you know?

  • SNL Uses Controversy to Boost Ratings

    SNL Uses Controversy to Boost Ratings

    Chris Brown went from cute teen pop star to even cuter boyfriend of Barbadian goddess Rihanna, and ended up becoming the bad-boy of R&B. Or, more accurately, the guy who makes the music that we all feel guilty listening to because of the infamous incident.

  • Why Aren’t Jews Eating This Weekend?

    Why Aren’t Jews Eating This Weekend?

    Chag Samach everyone! And no, that’s not a typo or a drunken slur. It’s how we Jews say “happy holiday” to each other during the high holidays. It’s right up there with our favorite sayings and is only beat out by “daaaddddyyyy” and “what was your Bat Mitzah party favor?”

  • Blackout Mistakes: Should They be Forgiven?

    Blackout Mistakes: Should They be Forgiven?

    “What happened last night?” Ahh, the blackout. These words have become oh-so-familiar over the past two years I’ve spent at this fine university. Sunday mornings – Gatorade and a McDonald’s breakfast sandwich in hand – I sit in my living room with my roommates, attempting to piece together the events from the night before.

  • Cosmo Says the Darndest Things: July Edition

    Cosmo Says the Darndest Things: July Edition

    This month’s Cosmo was full of summer fun ideas and beat-the-heat ideas that sound like they might actually work. But July’s issue had it all: A woman with a PHD who analyzes Speidi PDA! Un-cheesy 4th of July looks! A new advice column by Chelsea Handler!(!!) And, of course, some semi-misguided advice…