Reverse Mean Girl

Have you ever uttered the phrase, “She’s so pretty, I hate her.” If so, you might be a reverse mean girl. In my youth, and well into my twenties, I might have been viewed as the “pretty friend”. When out with a group of girls, I received the majority of male attention. I never thought … Continue reading →

Exercising Like A Typical American

No one wants to be typical and being stereotypical is a thirteen letter four letter word. Many Americans are shining examples of fitness and I applaud those individuals (while slightly despising them).Despite those worthy examples, America is known far and wide for cheeseburger and soda consumption. In fact, in Finnish schools there is a portion … Continue reading →

What do you like about yourself ?

We live in a world where we are bombarded with the ideal image of beauty. It is often coerced by means of near starvation and photo editing and while we are are (mostly) aware of these manipulations, we as a whole, as women, feel no less pressure to live up to the exaggerated examples of … Continue reading →