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Meet Amelia Earhart. She’s an adventurous, pioneering female pilot whose fearless determination made her an icon. Personally, I find flying absolutely terrifying, but I think that’s what makes me admire her more. In the days when …
As a half Middle-Eastern woman, you’d think Cleopatra would have been a go-to costume most of my life. But the reality is that I’ve never dressed as her until this very moment. Somehow this costume finally …
Frida Kahlo was a resilient and inspiring lady, and when deciding which icon I wanted to understand and resemble this year, it wasn’t hard to pick her. I’ve spent the last year working on myself – …
It feels like yesterday. I was a skinny, awkward kid, floating in my uncle’s pool in August, and there was nothing else on my mind but Halloween. All summer, my sisters and I would daydream and …
You know those weekends when you plan on being super productive and set out to accomplish a zillion things, and then the weekend happens, and you just want to sit around and do nothing? Yeah, that …
Annabelle sat in the dark room. The orange light of a flickering candle licked the edges of the dreary walls when she heard the sound. It could have been a creak in the wood or a …
As an absolute candy lover growing up (I’ve got the dentist bills to prove it), I can undoubtedly say all candy is not created equal. Some sweets are better than others, and while we all have …
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t scare easy. I jump when my husband creeps behind me in the mirror while I’m blow-drying my hair – the sonic noise ringing in my ear, too loud …
“I used to want to save the world. This beautiful place. But I knew so little then. It is a land of beauty and wonder, worth cherishing in every way. But the closer you get, the …
Each Halloween, I resist growing up and go back to my favorite spine-tingling films of youth. I remember watching movie marathons on Halloween Night, reruns of Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Edward Scissor Hands …