Situationships: You’re Single Until You’re Not

“Oh we together but we’re not together together.” “It’s complicated.” Is it though? Is it really that complicated? Sis, you deserve better and if you’re still tip toeing through the dreaded situationship, you’re single until you and the other person exchange some kind of labels. So many people claim that labels are terrible and that…

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The Handmaid’s Tale is a Womens’ Only Hunger Games

The Handmaid’s Tale is really not so far fetched. I read the book by Margaret Atwood and watched the Hulu series and it’s not so dystopian after all. Also, I’m like two episodes behind so there will be no spoilers in this post. In case you’ve never heard of the not so dystopian 1985 best-selling…

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The 100: There Are No Good Guys

*Spoiler alert ⚠ I give up. I can’t even call season 5 of The 100 intense anymore. We’re beyond that! I just finished episode 8 and my gosh! Who are these people? Talk about character development! Kudos to Bellamy for finally realizing his sister is indeed his problem when she became everyone else’s problem. I…

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Does it Matter Why He Ran?

Like many other cities in the United States, my city is divided. There are two sides to this divide. There are those who are outraged and then there are those who are outraged that people are outraged. In my heart, I know there’s no way to justify the latter. Pittsburgh has a right to be…

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Happy Mon(Daé) 22

It’s another Monday and as an optimist I’m out here trying to spread the good in the world any way that I can. I’m learning that I give excellent advice but I need to take said advice myself. Cheers to an awesome week and saying goodbye to June. Where is 2018 going? Mon(Daé) Motivation 412…

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Drake Just Won the Internet

Drake is notorious for slaughtering people when it comes to exchanging bars in a rap beef. That’s why when rapper Pusha T dropped the track “Infrared” coming for Drake everyone was excited to see how it would unfold. The rap game is still divided over who won the Drake and Meek Mill beef that seemed…

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The 2018 Hustle Her Way Summit Dropped Gems

The Hustle Her Way Summit can’t be labeled as conference. Conference is an understatement as at a conference you stay and listen and the information you’ve gathered from it probably never leaves that venue. This was an eye opening experience full of so many positive women making boss moves. Although it was only three days,…

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We Need to Talk About Salaries

In college I was a bit of a “trouble maker” but I was taught to question everything. Unhappy with the food options at my university I questioned why I was paying thousands of dollars for a meal plan that was mediocre at best. No one bothered giving me an acceptable answer and when I encouraged…

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412 Fresh-ish: 4 Things Pittsburgh Should Work On

Pittsburgh makes list after list and it’s awesome to see the city get so much shine. Pittsburgh is affordable, the food scene is enough to make my wallet cry, and for the most part the people are nice. With all great things though does come downfalls. Pittsburgh has some areas it can improve on. Pittsburgh’s…

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