Winona Dimeo-Ediger

5. You start feeling insecure about the distinct lack of rappers in your social circle.

Maybe you want to downplay an area you’re feeling insecure about, maybe you’re not in the mood to wear eye-catching colors, but that doesn’t mean you have to buy clothes that effectively make you disappear completely.

It can be difficult to describe the pervasiveness of sexual harassment to people who don’t experience it firsthand.

The thing is, we soak in these body-judging lessons from a very young age, before we even know how damaging they are. Some of the messages are implicit, like when we see a fat girl getting made fun of on the playground (or, for many of us, when we are the fat girl getting made fun of on the playground) and learn that being fat is not just wrong, it’s a punishable offense.

In light of the news that the GOP’s Affordable Care Act replacement

Princess Awesome celebrates the wonderful weirdness of little girls. And we're celebrating that.

These things could never happen. But WHAT IF THEY DID?

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Like any red-blooded Benedict Cumberbatch fangirl, I’ve totally fantasized about cuddling with him, nibbling on his ear, or maybe breakin

Hopefully you say “I love you” to your partner as often as possible. But how often do you tell them you like them? Because as much as we might take loving each other for granted, liking each other isn’t always guaranteed, and it’s rarely vocalized.