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Late obsession post: Friday Night Lights
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Hello all! Hope that everyone is having a good week so far (if not, it’s not too late to turn it around). I have been meaning to post about “Friday Night Lights” since I finished the show, but my heart hurt too much to comprehend the phenomenal (and super underrated) TV series. The show has develope …
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The Spectacular Now: A Spectacular Read
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Little known fact – I’m a huge YA fan. I love well written adolescent literature, like really love it, but the problem is, there’s not a lot of YA lit that lives up to my high standards. That’s why when I find something that is, I want to shout it to the heavens. I tend to prefer the YA classics to …
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‘Game of Thrones’ Slays ‘Mad Men’ Season Premiere
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Mad Men’s season 7 premiere on Sunday night didn’t quite live up to expectations, and Game of Thrones could be to blame. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Game of Thrones’ second episode of its fourth season garnered an impressive 6.3 million viewers, while only 2.3 million people tuned in for th …
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Stroke of Luck
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My dad had a stroke the first week of October. It was the best worst thing that ever happened to our family. Before the stroke, my father was an abusive, nasty alcoholic. He drank warm vodka every day, smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and berated my mother, my sister and me every day. He was jus …
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Did I Trade An Eating Disorder For Alcoholism?
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Photo: Courtesy of Jenny Kraemer. Kelsey Osgood’s first book, How To Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia, changes the conversation when it comes to eating disorders. She explores the glamorous appeal that cautionary tales and rock-bottom stories have for aspiring anorexics, and distills why tre …
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