Editorials

We live in an age of sharing. Not the kind of sharing we learn in preschool though, where I give you something and you give it back; this kind of sharing really has nothing to do with conventional interpersonal communication. We live in an age of social sharing. This kind of [...] Read More....

If you’re a blogger or writer, most likely one of your goals is to get published on Huffington Post, am I right? While you do not get paid to contribute as a blogger, there are so many benefits that I will go over and then share how I started blogging [...] Read More....

Let me ask you a question: Are you a feminist? (Shake your head yes or no.) Okay, so when you heard the word feminist, what did you think of? Angry lesbians who don’t wear bras? Spiteful women who hate men? Crazy females who believe women are superior to men and [...] Read More....

Before I started blogging, I never realized that Facebook is a secret mastermind, using thousands of factors to formulate their (semi) secret algorithm that determines what users see on their news feeds. How annoying would it be if your feed included every post from all of your “friends” and pages you’ve liked? Super [...] Read More....

If you have a Facebook business account or page for your blog, it can be useful to see who actually likes your page. I don’t know why this was so perplexing to me at first, but for months, I tried searching with no success. In order to run contests or just know more about [...] Read More....

Millions of people watched Scandal’s “Baby It’s Cold Outside” episode last Thursday and for better or worse, had a strong reaction to it. Now fondly referred to as the abortion episode, the main character, the strong, powerful, driven Olivia Pope, had an abortion that came out of the blue. The [...] Read More....

In our ever growing technological age, I understand the value of keeping up with technology and know its invaluable place in education. As a high school teacher, I enjoy using tablets and cell phones in the classroom for engaging, interactive learning, and I appreciate learning about new applications from research and from [...] Read More....

Ask dinner party guests the biggest cliche of topics to steer clear of, and of course they will answer religion, politics, or money. Ask teachers why they shy away from controversial topics in the class, and they’ll answer that conversations can get too heated, unpredictable, and uncontrollable. Some bloggers and [...] Read More....

Do you like: Starbucks? Pumpkin? Pumpkin spice? Pumpkin spice Starbucks? Uggs? Leggings? Leggings and Uggs? iPhones? Forever 21? Instagramming food? Buzzfeed? Greek yogurt? Brunch? Yoga or barre? Lauren Conrad (and you loved her since she was LC)? Rooftop get togethers? Ryan Gosling? A good top knot or messy bun? If [...] Read More....

Guest post written by the talented and inspiring Jackie Loupakos, student at Columbia College in Chicago. We live in a world that is rather demanding. I’ve noticed that a demand in any industry gets worse with the help of technology and all of its advances. Every little thing changes in [...] Read More....