‘To Be Honest’ Review: Body Positivity, Mother-Daughter Relationships, and High School Drama

Savannah’s life has slowly changed into one she doesn’t even recognize, one with her sister going off to college and her mother losing weight and starring on the television show Shake the Weight. To Be Honest is a romantic, complicated, and important story that captures the angst of teen life, the complications of family life, […]

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Overcoming Self-Consciousness

The latest pink lip shade has your heart doing some excited flips, and you can’t wait to have it. You’ve put together your pennies, and just as you’re proceeding toward the checkout, your thought bubble expands with all the negative thoughts crowding it. You start wondering if your friends will really like it and if they […]

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The Key to Positivity

Something you probably hear a lot of is people talking about “being positive,” and more than likely it’s easily dismissed. Believe it or not, however, there is actually something behind all that “happiness” talk. I know, I know: Constant positivity gets annoying, and people who always have smiling faces get judged, but happiness plays (or […]

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