It probably started with Lip Smackers. I grew up right in the middle of the Limited Too revolution, an awkward girly girl beneath her zip-up hoodie and long cami from Aeropostale who couldn’t wait to blow babysitting money on purple and blue creamy eyeshadow from Claire’s regardless of the fact that something very similarly sketchy […]
the taylor swift of it all
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post has been updated to reflect “evermore,” “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” (!!!) and “Red (Taylor’s Version)” (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). It had to happen eventually. We had to talk about Taylor Swift. If you had asked me 10 years ago if I was a Taylor Swift fan, I would have said “enh.” If you asked me […]
you probably think this poem is about you
In ninth grade, I wrote a poem called “Rhymes with Witch.” I don’t remember the assignment, but I feel like, generally, when we studied poetry in high school it was like: here’s a poem, read it, think about what it means, don’t you dare use this new thing called Wikipedia, then write a poem of […]
hi, i’m holly. 