Victoria Ilyinsky
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This Word is Killing Me, Literally
EDITOR'S NOTE APPENDED You can’t help but notice that the new “like” is the word “literally.” Bothering parents and professors
“Love to Hatred Turned?”
“Going out?” That’s out of touch. “Getting wasted?” Waste of breath. If it’s Friday night (or Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday for
No Boys Allowed
Single sex schools have always made me nervous and I’m historically not a fan of female-only anything. Women slap, we
Sex, Swing, and Stereotypes
I don’t like to grind. Neither do I really enjoy “bumping” with boys on the dance-floor. Of course there have
21st Century Dating? Byte Me
The women in my family dispense advice faster than I can nick a pair of pointy black heels. Ironically, these
Bad Boys, Bad Boys
We all know opposites attract, and for good girls everywhere this spells trouble. As a stranger to suspensions and the
The Games We Play, Literally
Editors' note appended. Please see below. Crack, flop, hit, nuts, pot-committed. Limp, leak, house, draw, gun-shot straight. It’s not spoken
Now Comes the Bride
I’ll be a 21-year-old bridesmaid next summer. Twice. And not for an older sister, thrice divorced aunt, or former babysitter