Can we talk about girl power for a second? I know you all know the usual spiel, and I’m going to be using the female …
The Truth About Graduating College
As time has passed, it has started to hit me that my time at my undergraduate college is over. It seems like yesterday I was …
Epic Friendships by Martha Cabral
“Epic Friendships” is one of the March Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. You recommend the books you like. …
Go the Distance
“The distance is nothing when one has a motive.” —Jane Austen We are supposed to stay connected. We create meaningful relationships with people from far away, …
On Being Alone
This is a response to Leena Normington’s recent YouTube video called “Spinster Girl.” Do yourself a serious favor and check it out. What does it …
Some Surprising (and Obvious) Health Benefits of Social Connections
For some of us, being social seems like a lot of effort, especially with outside priorities like school, work, sports, or health. As BeWell@Stanford sums …
The Importance of Boy “Friends”
I’ve been single for a few years now, and — I have to say — I love it. After having been unhappy for so many …
A Lesson in Friendship
“You can’t keep cutting people off at the knees, or you’ll end up with midgets.” As weird as the above line sounds, it does have …
When We Were Us by Lydia Suffield
It ends here, in a parking lot with neon streetlights painting our skin, and her hands twisted in my jacket, and her breath ragged as …