This post is adapted from a blog entry Lindsay Simone wrote and published on her blog,The Quote I Wrote, in May 2012.

This past week has been an interesting one. If you don't know this about me already, then let me tell you that after two years at...

To the woman sitting at the table next to me:

I know you're bulimic.

I know you're currently hoarding food so that, in a minute, you can politely excuse yourself and go throw it up in the bathroom.

I know that, while you're in the bathroom, you're going...

We say it to little kids all the time: "don't judge a book by its cover!" In other words, just because a book is shiny and new doesn't mean it's a great read. The same holds true for a plain-covered book -- just because it's ordinary in appearance, doesn't mean...

Ask me what my favorite clothing item in my closet is, and no doubt I'll respond by telling you all about this deliciously over-the-top pair of yellow leopard-print cigarette pants that I randomly picked up discount shopping way back when. I love them and pretty much wear them everywhere --...

This week is supposed to be a time for patriotic celebration; a time for fireworks, barbecues, and unfortunate flag-like fashion choices. That said, for me, this week marks more than our country's 236th birthday. Allow me to explain.

On July 6, 2007, I was raped. I was pushed into the...