Confessions of a Burned Out Writer
Here’s what I know. My confidence is the lowest it has ever been.
Read MoreAuthor: Ella Dawson
Ella Dawson is a sex and culture critic and a digital strategist. She drinks too much Diet Coke.
Elizabeth Warren Asks the Most Important Question of 2020
Who could you be if you weren’t afraid? Who could you be if you could focus on what matters to you?
Read More14 of the Best Books I Read in 2019
It’s an impossible task to boil down the best books out of everything I read this year, and I know better than to try. That said, here are some highlights!
Read MoreWhat Your Junior Staffers Wish You Knew About Management
Who can teach you more about strong leadership than those with the least power in the office?
Read MoreThere Is No Cure For Burnout
I’m afraid that there is no cure for burnout. After all, you can’t untoast toast.
Read MoreThe Dollhouse Obituary
“There is a beautiful, even respectful, relief in honoring people for who they really were.”
Read MoreWhat I Wish I’d Known About Hookup Culture Before Going to College
You are not weak for having feelings. Getting pieces of yourself tangled up with someone else is part of the deal of sex sometimes. It’s not a crime to care.
Read MoreYou Deserve a Partner Who Texts You Back
Maybe not immediately, maybe not every single time, but reliably and honestly and with care.
Read MoreFive Years Later, Wesleyan Is Still The Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
I love Wesleyan. I love it more tonight than I ever have because I see it for its faults and scars.
Read MoreI Am Not a Hugger
When someone I don’t want to hug walks toward me with their arms outstretched, I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin.
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