Luna Luna Winter Skin

Luna Luna Winter Skin by lisamariebasile featuring a moisturizing face wash Boscia moisturizing face washsephora.com Fresh lip treatmentneimanmarcus.com Women’s Kiehl’s Since 1851 ‘Rosa Arctica’ Lightweight Creamnordstrom.com Continue reading →

Luna Luna Winter Skin

Luna Luna Winter Skin by lisamariebasile featuring a fresh lip treatment Boscia moisturizing face washsephora.com Fresh lip treatmentneimanmarcus.com Women’s Kiehl’s Since 1851 ‘Rosa Arctica’ Lightweight Creamnordstrom.com Continue reading →

Everything Lana Del Rey wants you to wear.

Everything Lana Del Rey wants you to wear. by lisamariebasile featuring beaded earrings Party clutchamazon.com 14th & Union beaded earringsnordstromrack.com Wildfox heart sunglassesrevolveclothing.com Yves Saint Laurent lips makeupnet-a-porter.com Nail treatmentetsy.com Continue reading →

It’s Not Dead Yet: Vintage Finds at AWP

A trip to Seattle yields some great vintage rewards! Continue reading →

Touch Me. Feel Me. Stories That Want Your Touch: An Interview With Joel Golombeck of Rocket Chair Media

When I met Joel Golombeck, of Rocket Chair Media, last year at a literary happy hour, I was intrigued to hear about his apps for the Ipad. Not only are they grounded in literature, but they are also grounded in the art of storytelling. I was wary at first, and here comes a confession – … Continue reading →

Being High In School, But Not As A Student

“Come on. We’ll split one. What’s the worst that can happen?” Most of us have uttered some iteration of this line over the years. On a tame day, we might have been speaking of a donut. A bolder evening might have found us thirteen and smiling over a small bottle of Grey Goose. A few … Continue reading →

Weekly Tarot With Tif: Connection Is Your Currency

Connection is your best currency this week. Your Weekly Tarot for 01/12/2014-01/18/2014. Continue reading →

[FILM] Miss Representation: How Women Are Constructed And Deconstructed By The Media

The 2011 documentary directed and co-written by Jennifer Siebel Newson reveals the alarming landscape of American media in which women are consistently dehumanized and rendered objects prized for their physicality and little more. In a reactionary time with women’s rights constantly under attack and underrepresentation in government positions, this film provides shocking statistics and evidence … Continue reading →

Like Grey Gardens But Not: Mothers And Daughters

Like Grey Gardens but Not: Mothers and Daughters I have been thinking a lot about mothers and daughters lately. I blame it on four things: 1. I keep seeing the commercial for Flowers in the Attic coming on Lifetime. (One of my favorite books as a teenager, and man, what a mean mother) 2. I’m … Continue reading →

“Thought Is More Important Than Art” – Looking Back On Amiri Baraka

“Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.” Continue reading →

Becoming A Caretaker: An Imperfect (But Not Entirely Terrible) Guide

Becoming a caretaker may not even involve your parents, you could find yourself caring for a friend, grandparent, or neighbor. You may be put into the role when you’re older, or you may find yourself in a situation similar to mine- unexpected and unprepared and relatively young. There are some valuable lessons to be learned through the experience, and a few key points to keep in mind. Continue reading →

Get Heated: Sex, Fantasy & Horror Reads

Now that the festivities have come to end and the year has just begun it’s time to get our reading caps on. Winter is a good time to build upon our literary arsenal. With the right books we can provide our own warmth and generate heat to move us forward, take us into new realms, … Continue reading →

Sex, Drugs, Parents & Teens: What Isn’t Being Said OR Done (Ways You Can Actually Help Your Teen)

By Anonymous ***The author of this post has asked to remain anonymous. While typically we publish anonymous posts in our Confessionals section, we respected the author’s wishes.*** When I was a kid, my mom, who was also my Girl Scout Troop leader, made sure I and my fellow scouts knew something about our developing bodies. … Continue reading →

Learning To Stand Up For Myself

Throughout my life I have been a somewhat passive person. I’m not usually the alpha or the leader in a group – often I take the role of second or third in command. I want to make people happy. I try to please people, and sometimes the end result is not pleasing anyone and then feeling terribly guilty. Continue reading →

7 Tips To Get Your Flirt On (And Still Feel Like A Feminist In The Morning)

If we could all walk into a party and  booty wave like Beyonce, working the room would be NBD. The key to being a good flirt, however, does not lie in your ass-ets, but in your sass-ets, also known as your sass factor. How can you up yours? Be unapologetic, effortless, and authentic (and if … Continue reading →