Having grown up and graduated from college on the East Coast, many of my close friends are dispersed somewhere between Washington, D.C. and New York City. So, naturally, I find myself traveling up and down the eastern seaboard pretty frequently. This past weekend, while in New York City visiting friends,...

College graduation season is here again meaning few, if any, employment prospects for the record number of American grads facing unprecedented joblessness and underemployment.

Texas governor-turned-education-reformer Rick Perry thinks this disconnect between education and employability is cause for a fundamental overhaul...

Last weekend, I went to visit my Grandma for the Easter holiday. In those two days together, Grandma dispensed everything from baked goods to old photos to sage advice.

"Whatever you do, dear," she trilled, while patting my arm and placing a mound of apple pie in front of me,...

The other day, a soon-to-be college graduate, facing commencement and the real world in a matter of three months, emailed me looking for help.

I'm writing because I've been having such a hard time recently: I applied to a few law schools, and so far it's looking like I'm going...

In 2011, I graduated from college and joined the ranks of working adulthood. What most struck me in my move from the academic to professional world was the shift in vernacular used by a wide variety of professionals. After nearly two years in the work world, I still feel like...

The other day, I went over to my boss' desk to find her and my other boss hunkered over the computer, scrolling through some young woman's Facebook profile. Yes, everyone is guilty of checking Facebook while at work, but... really?

Well, actually, Facebook stalking fits the job description for all...

Event Coordinator: At least 2-5 years experience building relationships with businesses and community members.

Advocacy Associate: A minimum of five years of advocacy experience.

Above are the "experience criteria" for entry- to mid-level jobs listed in the Craigslist...

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article lauding online dating as an emerging norm, claiming that, in a culture that has normalized casual hookups, online dating is doing wonders for monogamy. Since then, online dating outlets such as Grouper and Tinder...

During Tuesday night's State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama called for a variety of big government initiatives to boost the middle class. One such initiative that took many politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle by surprise was Obama's insistence that working families ought...

Last Wednesday, I canceled long-standing dinner plans with a friend mere moments before said dinner by sending a text. We rescheduled for Friday, but I got held up at work last minute, so I had to cancel again, this time via Gchat. I'm a flake and, if you're...

Dan Slater's piece in The Atlantic's first issue of 2013, "A Million First Dates: How Online Dating is Threatening Monogamy," explores the phenomenon of online dating and the threat it poses to monogamy. Slater claims that such a robust online dating scene has made people acutely aware of...

This Friday, President Obama delivered a statement on the fiscal cliff, urging policymakers to compromise, admitting idealistic optimism that Congress can come to an agreement within the next ten days. Then he wished "every American a Merry Christmas." The Christians, the Jews, the Muslims, the Atheists, the Buddhists,...

Being a young 20-something is really hard. I know, I know, everyone over the age of 30 just rolled their eyes, but hear me out.

Sure, young 20-somethings (YTS) don't have wrinkles and crushing responsibilities like a mortgage, kids or elderly parents living in the spare bedroom. Know what...

Dating is really difficult. In the "traditional" sense, at least. Traditionally, dating requires, first and foremost, getting to know someone and, eventually, making the conscious decision that you are going to invest your time, energy and feelings in this other human being. In order to do that, you actually have...

Blurring professional and personal lines is always risky. What to do with that friend request from your boss on Facebook? Do you accept, immediately blocking them from all of your red-Solo-cup-era photos? Or do you just pretend it never happened, hoping the "decline" is never mentioned? And what...

In The Atlantic's powerhouse September issue, Hannah Rosin explores the recent phenomenon of "Boys on the Side" -- the hookup culture that has largely replaced dating on college campuses, crudely claiming that "feminist progress right now largely depends on the existence of the hookup culture." Wrong....

During my first foray into journalism, a veteran reporter cautioned, "Never read your old stuff." I soon understood why:

1. Your style will mature and old voices will likely sound elementary and unsophisticated to you.
2. You've already read and written on the subject. Learn something new.
3....

This week in the Huffington Post, J.D. Halperin and Daniel Portoraro debated, "Is the modern woman too picky?"

Halperin advocates yes, and Portoraro no. Halperin blames movies, the Internet and the "wide range of other frauds, charlatans, and advertisers" for promoting unattainable standards of perfection. Love and relationships...

Anxiety is on track to becoming the industrialized world's leading mental health pandemic. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorder is the most common mental illness in the United States, plaguing an estimated 40 million adults.

Whether a mood or a disorder, one thing...

So, according to Facebook, everyone and their mother has seen this New York Times editorial, The Busy Trap, by Tim Kreider. Never has an article so polluted my newsfeed, prefaced with user statements like, "So true," "Gotta get here," or a simple thumbs-up 'like'.

Of course everyone is...