My Tiaras and Me
For a long while now I have loved tiaras. Maybe I watched too many Disney movies as a kid, but for me, wearing a tiara made me feel like the most special girl in the world. Now I know what you’re thinking—pageant girl alert. But […]
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Naughty Princesses
Thoughts on Modesty
Okay, so don’t freak out. I know all of you are thinking: ‘what? I thought this was a fun blog and now Merskank is going all preachy on us…’ But, please, hang with me for a second. So, yeah ‘modesty’ is a slightly loaded word—I […]
Writing Brings Us Together
A couple of weeks ago I had a teacher panic moment. It had been a rough week with my students; they just didn’t seem motivated, and all the lesson plans I had thought would work so well crashed and burned. I found myself wondering, “Am […]
Entitled
I can’t remember who I was talking to. Maybe she was talking about her lazy son or he was talking about his useless niece, but either way, I listened as she said how ungrateful and incapable the current 30-something generation is. I heard that they […]
I’m Too Old For This
I loved college. It was a wonderful part of my life. I have so many great memories of doing crazy spontaneous things, having house parties, and going to all night diners. And while I was never one to get krunk at bars and start doing […]
Augustine & Academics
I have been reading ‘the Confessions’ by Saint Augustine lately. If you haven’t read it you probably should: Augustine is the best. Not only is he is crazy-wicked smart (ever want to have your mind bent inside out?– try book xi of the Confessions ‘On […]
A Twenty-Somethingth Twin Tribute
The 7th of November is a special day to the Naughty Princesses, because both Sleeping Booty and I were born on this day, twenty-something years ago! We discovered our shared birthday early on in our friendship, and that, along with a few other similarities, spawned […]
Condition of the Month
It’s finally here! November! The best month of the year! Anything can happen! The day when we can all come together and make a difference in our world. Yes, of course, it is time for our first ever Condition of the Month! From here on […]
False Advertising
So I’m tall. Five ten and three-quarter inches tall to be exact. Which, accounting for the usual inflation, lands me somewhere over the six-foot mark. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve flared my nostrils over the head of a guy who swears he […]
If You’ve Got It, Cover It
We all know that after the glass slipper fits and the evil step-sisters are vanquished, Cinderella marries the handsome prince and rides off into the sunset to her happily ever after. But things went a little differently for Cinderslut. The untold epilogue of Cinderslut’s story […]
Lady Mareena: Chapter Two
Now, I think I mentioned a few days ago there might be another chapter of Lady’s Mareena and Her Torrid Troubles on the way. However, although you all have been undoubtedly on the edge of your seat waiting, I wasn’t at first planning to write […]