Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Winona Dimeo-Ediger

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Winona Dimeo-Ediger is a blogger, author, and banjo enthusiast based in Nashville, Tennessee. Follow her on Instagram @winonarose.

Winona Dimeo-Ediger Articles

This is a beginner’s guide to mansplaining on Facebook (image credit: Tim Gouw via Unsplash)

A Beginner’s Guide To Mansplaining On Facebook

Right now, on Facebook and Twitter and other social media platforms, thousands of women are freely sharing knowledge, opinions, and personal experiences. Chilling, isn’t it? If you’re a man on the internet, your duty is to swiftly and decisively correct them. This is a beginner’s guide to mansplaining on Facebook.

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5 Literal & Metaphorical Life Lessons I Learned While Crocheting My First Blanket

3. When you can’t see the end point, just keep going. About halfway into my blanket, I fell into this weird crocheting vortex where no matter how many new stitches I made, my blanket always looked exactly the same size. It felt like I was crocheting into a void. I got super frustrated and almost gave up multiple times, but instead, I just kept stitching.

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Inner Monologue: Should I Buy These Ugly-Cute Shoes?

Oh my god check out those shoes. Those are uuuuugly! They look like a lizard swallowed a horse hoof and then molted. Not cute

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How “A Little Better” Saved Me From Perfectionism

A couple years ago, I started down a path of living a more natural, eco-friendly lifestyle.

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Off The Cuff: How Do I Even "Dress My Age"?

Dressing your age is much more complicated and personal than it might seem. Only you can decide if that “awkward” feeling about your revealing outfit came from a place within yourself or from outer pressure to look or dress a certain way.

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20 Things You Should Never Apologize For (And 10 You Totally Should)

A New York Times editorial about women’s proclivity for apologizing for things that aren’t their fault has been making the rounds on social media this week. For many of us, the article hit home in a pretty profound way, especially the scene where the author, Sloane Crosley, described saying “sorry” multiple times for a restaurant messing up her order, something over which she had absolutely no control and in fact should have been receiving apologies for.

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The Question That Can Spark A Fashion Revolution: Who Made My Clothes?

Two years ago today, the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed

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goat hair brooch. Image: Nordstrom.com

20 Genuine Questions I Have About This Goat Hair Brooch From Nordstrom

12. Was someone just like, “I have a great idea: let’s shave part of a goat and then kind of ball up the hair and glue a pin on the back and call it a goat hair brooch”?

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Gift-buying nightmare.

8 Annoying Holiday Errands, Ranked

As much as I love the holidays, there are a lot of chores and errands this time of year requires that are, let’s say, less than fun.

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A Love Letter To My Curvy Dance Instructor

When I felt a familiar wave of insecurity creeping up and threatening to mute my movements, I looked to you for inspiration, and I danced even bigger.

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