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Allie Marie Smith
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Please, Stay: A Poem For National Suicide Prevention Day
A poem for National Suicide Prevention Day
What I Wish More People Understood About Living Sober
It was in that moment I made a commitment…I would live sober.
Detoured. Again. What To Know When You Just Don’t Know
It is not a matter of if detours will come, but when.
Breaking Up With Your Ideal Self
Denmark is the happiest nation in the world—according to studies—and researchers attribute Danes’ happiness to having low expectations in life. In other words, Danes have a non-idealized way of looking…
Why the Homestead is Relevant to the Modern Woman
Technology has made our life easier in so many ways, but it’s important not to forget about traditional skills of the home.
Is Consuming Less the Answer to Creating More?
Like many of you, I have an Amazon Prime account. My heart seems to skip a beat when my doorbell rings, dropping off another brown box. I find satisfaction in…
What It Means to Self-Objectify and How We Can Stop Doing It
An obsession with the female form has existed for centuries across different cultures and geographic regions. An over-obsession with the female form without regard to personhood is self-objectification. Most of…
The Struggle with Struggling: Mental Health Awareness Month
Haunted and heartbroken, I cried for an hour after reading Kate Fagan’s article “Split Image,” which revisits the life and death of Madison Holleran, a nineteen-year-old collegiate athlete who committed…
When a Friendship Ends
We all know that romantic relationships can come to end, but what about friendships? As we grow older and more distant from friends we used to hold dear, is it…
