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28 Facts About Me on My 28th Birthday

Today’s my birthday. YAYYYY!!! And in honor of me turning 28, I’ve decided to write 28 facts about me. Some of these are known. Others might be new. 1. My name does really mean Love. 2. Red is my favorite color (I know. You couldn’t tell before). 3. I don’t …

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Why My Site Was in Internet Purgatory for the Last 24 Hours

Lemme tell y’all what happened. These past couple of months, I’ve been breaking my own traffic records. In fact, since July, my site traffic has doubled. I’ve been getting ALLA THE PAGEVIEWS! And I realized that I needed to upgrade my hosting account. I got the BRIGHT (read: really dumb) …

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Ratchet and the Geek’s All Scandal Everything Episode

You might know that I just kicked off a podcast with my friend Scott Hanselman in October. It’s called Ratchet & The Geek and we talk about all things pop culture, social media and technology. And we also talk about Scandal, because we’re both stans of the show. We decided …

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Why I’m No Longer About That Black Friday Life

Black Friday is upon us, and I am spending it on my couch. The only thing that might make me leave the house today is because I feel like going to IHOP for their incredible caramel hot chocolate. Besides that, catch me in my pajamas. I am over Black Friday …

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The Women’s Media Award Was One of the Most Epic Nights Ever!

I’m still trying to process the award I just got from the Women’s Media Center. This Social Media Award means the world because the organization that gave it to me is changing the face of media, therefore the world. When Beyonce said “Who runs the world?” she should have meant …

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Robin Morgan’s Introduction and My Remarks at the Women’s Media Awards

I won the Women’s Media Center 2012 Social Media Award, based on my work on AwesomelyLuvvie.com and with The Red Pump Project. Read my recap of the entire evening HERE. Robin Morgan, co-founder of the Women’s Media Center (and epic superwoman) presented me with the award at the Women’s Media …

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THANK YOU! I Won the Women’s Media Center Social Media Award. Because of YOU.

I started this post last night at 3:57am. I wanted to be asleep but I wasn’t making any efforts to get to sleep. My eyes were burning because it was 3:57am but I wanted to write. Yesterday was one of those days that was BEYOND my wildest dreams. In a …

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Dear Diary, It’s Been 30 Days of Writing…

On October 1, I decided to join my gal Nicole Blades in the 30 Day Writing Challenge but I figured I’d quit by October 10. It’s October 31 and I’ve blogged everyday for 30 days straight, something I’ve never done before. EVER! In my 9 years of blogging, I’ve never …

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The Quarterlife Crisis is So Real Out Here

A year ago, I wrote a piece for Clutch Magazine called The Quarterlife Crisis is Real because it is outchea. And I wanted to revisit it. A year later, I’m still like “SOMEONE GIVE ME A MAP!” Anywho, it’s reposted here with their permission and with edits of foolishment. We’ve …

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UPS Sucks! They Have the Worst Service and Employees!

I’m angry. UPS is the worst and their customer service is atrocious. I am BEYOND livid and have been for the past 2 hours. So lemme explain why. First of all, two weeks ago, I was expecting a package and realized I should have gotten it. I go check the …

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