By "casually dated," I mostly mean "made out with strangers and had sex with some of them."
casual sex
music
I remember the crinkle of the plastic wrap on the very first cassette that belonged solely to me, instead of being something I'd "borrowed" from my parents.
feminism
"Why are men such girls?" my friends who are looking for a certain kind of dude might ask -- and it makes me throw up in my mouth a little every single time.
mermaids
How can I, an adult in a business casual environment, live any sort of mermaid life?
manicures
Because I'll be damned if the French are going to have a nail polish look that I can't dupe at home.
friends don't tell friends they're too fat
I am going to take a controversial stance here: Friends are actually supportive of one another, not name-calling, terrible people.
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Issues,
friends don't tell friends they're too fat,
wedding drama,
wedding,
being fat in the world,
fatness
Apr 23, 2013 at 11:30am | 375 comments
gateway sexual activity
Republicans in Ohio want you to know that touching a butt is pretty much the same thing as having premarital sex.
knitting
So, I went to a knitting convention this weekend. It was pretty awesome.
email
New, unread messages? ZERO.
mariannicures
I love kits and complicated stuff. But chalkboard nails do not even need any of that.
racism
I am seriously regretting that I didn't at least tell these folks to lower their voices. Their sizeist, racist, classist, awful people voices.
stripes
I love wearing stripes in every direction. Here's how you can, too.
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Clothes,
stripes,
FATshion,
how to wear,
how do I own this many striped things anyway,
getting dressed,
putting on clothes
Apr 3, 2013 at 12:00pm | 92 comments
glitter nail polish
Lately, all I want is glitter. Everywhere, really, but especially on my fingernails.
enough
You can never be too rich or too thin. You can never have too many friends (especially on Facebook). America, as a nation, functions as though the growth curve is infinite, as though the bubble will never burst.
gym
I've taken up hot yoga. SWEAT EVERYWHERE.
follow through
I hate saying no to commitments but then come the consequences of saying yes. And I don't want to be a flake.
shoes
I have a photo inventory of my shoe collection. And I'm not trying to be ashamed of that.
Marianne in
Clothes,
shoes,
fluevogs,
dr martens,
shoe collection,
self-expression,
self-presentation,
femme presentation,
being a femme is hard effing work
Mar 13, 2013 at 2:00pm | 196 comments
girls
"She should have just said no," people say, placing the responsibility firmly on the woman involved -- but why? Why is the responsibility on her to say no instead of on the initiating partner to secure a yes?
being fat all over the internet
Fat people have sex. Here's how not to fuck it up.
fat kids
Sending a letter home with a kid who isn't actually fat seems cruel to most people because fat is still positioned as something that it is bad to be. But those letters aren't helping fat kids -- or underweight kids -- either.
how not to be a dick
Come on, it wouldn't be xoJane if someone didn't write this one up.
mariannicures
My glitter nail polish life has been changed.
feminism
#TellAFeministThankYou is trending on Twitter. But is it a big deal to thank people who don't identify as feminists?
nerds
A geek girl took a photo. It became a meme. It's not like this is ever a happy story, you know?
Marianne in
Issues,
nerds,
nerds aren't always awesome,
fake geek girl,
geekery,
geeky pursuits,
public versus private,
living in public,
living in the futorz
Feb 12, 2013 at 6:00pm | 168 comments
