Learning experience - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/learning-experience en Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:00:13 -0500 <![CDATA[I'm Tired of Apologizing for Liking Girl Stuff (i.e. FEMME SKILLS)]]>

Every time I post about my nail polish, I feel this frisson of "You are such a silly girl" - as though that's a bad thing to be, not what a "real writer" ought to be writing about. But that's just culturally-ingrained shame talking.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/why-i-talk-about-makeup http://www.xojane.com/issues/why-i-talk-about-makeup Issues Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:00:13 -0500 Marianne <![CDATA[Yes, I'm Going To Clown School]]>

There are no pictures of clowns in this article.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/fun/yes-im-going-clown-school http://www.xojane.com/fun/yes-im-going-clown-school Fun Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:00:23 -0500 Marianne <![CDATA[ How I Didn't Get My Way, Had a Minor Meltdown, Learned an Important Life Lesson and Walked a Goat on a Leash.]]>

Sometimes "sports" are less about athletics and more about how we should always try to be good ones. Even when you really don't wanna.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/sports/how-i-had-minor-meltdown-learned-important-life-lesson-and-walked-goat-leash http://www.xojane.com/sports/how-i-had-minor-meltdown-learned-important-life-lesson-and-walked-goat-leash Sports Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:02:11 -0400 Daisy