holiday

When you hold travel up on some kind of pedestal, you sound classist as hell. Image: Joshua Earle/Unsplash.

Your Obsession With Travel Sure Feels Classist To Me

I don’t get out much — and it’s not because I don’t have a sense of adventure or don’t care about learning about the larger world: It’s because I’m broke.

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Beyond Before & After: 5 Keys To Surviving (Even Enjoying?) The Holidays When Food Is EVERYWHERE

This week is baking week. No, not nationally or anything, but in my house, this week is the week all the things are made.

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Get the goods this year. (Image Credit: Thinkstock)

Holiday Gift Ideas For Pretty Much Everyone You've Ever Loved

We can never get enough handy gift guides, so we asked our lovely writer Aja what she has planned for her holiday shopping this year.

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I will admit that nude hot springs are often the domain of thin white people. Kori and I are both melanin-blessed 250+ pound femmes. Image: author.

Two Fat Babes At The Naked Hot Springs

It all started with a text from my roomie, Kori: "I am manifesting lying out, and getting some sun on my cooch."

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Tinsel Pig. Make your holiday dreams come true.

10 Ways Target Is Robbing You Like A European Pickpocket: Holiday Edition

6. Light-up crap: Illuminated pig? Obviously. For a mere $45 you can deck your lawn with this Tinsel Pig and a number of other forest/farm animals/snowmen/pretty much anything you can think of. First you shell out your hard earned dollars, then you try to find a place to store your pig/fox/snowman/Santa when it’s not December. Best wishes.

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self-care

4 Simple Yet Effective Holiday Self-Care Tips For Adult Children Of Abusive Parents

While we can't control the range of feelings we may have during this time, we can make sure that we show ourselves the kind of love and care that we deserve.

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self-care

4 Simple Yet Effective Holiday Self-Care Tips For Adult Children Of Abusive Parents

While we can't control the range of feelings we may have during this time, we can make sure that we show ourselves the kind of love and care that we deserve.

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That Time I Got Violently Ill On Christmas—And Learned Something I'll Never Forget

I got food poisoning the day of Christmas, at age 8.

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