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For the past 15 years or so, there has been a desire for a muscular/athletic figure. For women, this means having a very low body fat percentage (women naturally have a higher body fat percentage than men, for biological...

I'm writing this because someone close to me, my brother, died because he was driving and a careless driver (who was texting while driving) crashed into him. We have all seen the commercials. The driver takes his/hers...

The Issues With Feminism: Breaking Down the Myths If I were to say simply ‘this Take is about feminism’, a few preconceived ideas may come to mind. But before you continue reading, I ask that you to put these ideas to the...

Hello all! I wanted to address a recent poll I posted anonymously, which dealt with the controversial battle of personality versus appearance. I provided two girls, one (Girl A) with a thin "perfect" body with few...

No this wasn't me trying to commit suicide or anything, it was an accident. The incident happened around 4-3 years ago and it was at night. The medication that I had overdosed on was my adhd pills called, "vyvanse." At...

Here are reasons why you should have kids. Yeah, you'll probably find your own justifications for not having kids, but I'm still putting this out there to counter all the arguments for childlessness/child-free. 1. Babies...

The news has been everywhere about Ed Sheeran's supposed plagiarism of the lesser known Matt Cardle's song "Amazing", who won the X-Factor in 2010. Listening to the songs below, there are incredible similarities which are...

I noticed lately that this site has been plagued with several body image articles. I, myself, wrote a couple, but many of these articles seem very negative and judgmental. So I figured I’d post something a bit more...

I am going to try extremely hard not to come across as arrogant, conceited or vain in this Take. I am none of these things, and while I have a relatively positive outlook on my body, I do not place myself above/or compare...