Use Stitch to help find lost socks!
Offbeat Homie Lenna Ani had the cutest greatest idea for your laundry: Use everyones favorite lost monster to keep track of your lost socks! Or, as she put it on her Instagrams… “All the mismatched socks want their family too, just like Stitch.”
5 things you can do to join the Death Positivity movement and value life more
Dying is a fundamental part of life, if not the defining element of being alive. However, we live in a culture of extreme death denial. Despite this, there is a growing Death Positivity movement. Death Positivity is about coming to terms with death as a part of life, and creating an encouraging space for dialogue and exchange about mortality. Below are five things you can do to help cultivate Death Positivity. It can help with some of the heebeejeebees about death, and might just help you live a richer life…
Where can a disillusioned teacher start looking for something else?
I have been teaching for almost 10 years. I’ve taught in three countries, and in several counties in my home state. Though I love working with kids, I find the teaching profession itself has changed and twisted so much over the past few decades that I no longer have the drive and interest to work within the system. Does anyone have any suggestions for where a disillusioned teacher can start looking for something else?
Makeup basics from a makeup artist: 7 tips for acne prone skin
Whether you are suffering from teenage acne or if you are like me, and you are having “adult” acne, it sucks. That said, with proper care, product and makeup technique you really can lessen the impact of acne. Here then are some tips on skincare and makeup for breakout prone skin.
Put the fun back in funeral: I threw a surprise birthday funeral for my metamour
Kitty is my metamour — Chris’s other partner — and a passionate devotee to all things dark, grotesque, and twisted. As her birthday falls on New Year’s Eve, so she very rarely has a birthday party of her own. I decided to remedy this with a surprise birthday party (no, a surprise birthday funeral!) two weeks before her birthday to really catch her off-guard. Here’s how we pulled it off…
You are NEVER EVER too old to make the leap: How to get out of retail jobs
I went from retail to an entry level office job to a full-blown social worker, but it took time. However, take it from me, you are NEVER EVER too old to make the leap! One of my favourite sayings is “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” Here’s what you can do to get the ball rolling…
How I deal with online hate (as someone with 20k+ followers)
I get a lot of messages of support and kindness every day from people, both men and women, who say that seeing me, a fat babe, being so confident and at home in my skin is inspiring to them. I also get a lot of hate messages every day from trolls who tell me to kill myself, send death threats, and tell me I’m ugly using every kind of language imaginable. So, how did I get over it? How do I not let the hate get to me…
What were/are your favorite GOOD books for middle schoolers?
I have a brilliant child who enjoys reading, and I love finding her books that are rich and wonderful. My problem is when she goes to school she brings home these terrible junky books with terrible junky writing. If I give my child a reading list she can usually find the book in the schools library, but I am running out of ideas for her age group. Does any one have a favorite book from middle school that I can recommend for her literary treasure hunt?