Winona Dimeo-Ediger

5. You start feeling insecure about the distinct lack of rappers in your social circle.

There’s something that happens on social media every time a celebrity dies. After the initial shock and questions of “is it a hoax?” have abated, people start telling stories.

"I’ve been on three rollercoasters in my life. I hated every second of all of them."

I call this happiness by proxy

Basically, if you took a map of the world and put red pushpins wherever something terrible was happening, you’d find a millennial directly in the center, snapchatting.

As much as I love the holidays, there are a lot of chores and errands this time of year requires that are, let’s say, less than fun.

I'm all about body positivity practices that require self reflection a

You’re washing dishes or sorting laundry or grocery shopping, half-listening to a random Pandora station when it happens: Your favorite song from 7th grade starts playing.

You don’t have to compromise on music or air conditioning temperature or snack break times. It’s just you, your car, and the open road. Ah, freedom!

When you’re helping people zip up dresses and watching their reactions to certain items of clothing, you start noticing patterns. Here are four of the phrases I hear most often in the dressing room, and how I wish — oh, how I wish! — I could respond.