Tag: SelfHelp
A Girl’s guide to the Etiquette of Hooking up.
Public fascination with the so-called modern “hookup culture” is endless. It seems every few months someone is publishing another book either extolling the greatness of its freedoms or damning it for being harmful to women or other such nonsense....
Reassessing Self-Worth Via Comparative Discount Shopping:
There has been no assuaging my pain these past eight days. Few of my "friends" have tried offering my broken heart condolences, but mostly, they've not cared to hear me whine and complain which I totally understand, and therefore,...
Now that you’re Unemployed what are You Going to do with Yourself?
It’s true being bereft of employment and income can be a very painful experience. What you haven’t considered paradoxically is how liberating the whole thing can be as well.
According to common dogma (isn’t that an amazing word?) we’re all...
Love is a Toxic Event. A 7 step guide to Valentine’s Day .
First of all, the day doesn’t hold much significance. Well, it does and it doesn’t. It does because of the jerky couples making out everywhere, and their fake happiness can serve as a painful reminder that today especially, you...
Why are you still Single? A Smug Married girl’s guide to getting Hitched
You’re conflicted:
And like dogs, they just know. Your post-feminist need for self-power is all tangled up with your pre-war sentiment for being taken care of. Maybe your motivation to be independent is mangled with your fear of...
The Culture of Self Help.
What is self-help? Does it work? And why do we buy it? We here at Scallywag and Vagabond get a kick out of self-exploration so we sat down with the effervescent Ariane de Bonvoisin, change guru and author of “The First 30 Days”,...
