Taylor Trudon

Dear Taylor,

Remember when fellow Connecticutian John Mayer crooned, "'Welcome to the real world,' she said to me"? John's words were so deep back in seventh grade. Between unfortunate orthodontia and an equally unfortunate obsession with sparkly blue eyeshadow, middle school was rough. But as John wisely...

On Halloween, Kim Kardashian filed for divorce. But you already knew that.

Although I hate to admit it, I like Kim Kardashian. I love her family's reality show. I love that Kim is a businesswoman. She's a hustler. While a few years ago we could have easily...

A few days ago, I graduated from college. Standing among hundreds of my classmates, as I was about to ceremoniously move my tassel from right to left (or wait--was it supposed to be left to right?), I noticed that the gold plastic "2011" hanging from it had fallen off. I...

Dear Miley,

Let me preface this by saying that I normally don't write letters to celebrities. Except for that one time I wrote a letter to Madonna in the fourth grade asking to meet her (I was going through a big A League of Their Own phase)....

A few weeks ago, my dad oh-so-casually informed me that he made an account on Match.com.

Cringe.

At first, I wasn't sure if it was more mind-boggling that my newly single dad was actually taking a stab at the dating scene or the fact that he was using modern...

When people find out that I am a child of three divorces, the reaction is varied. Some are sympathetic, but most of the time, it's awkward. One of the most common responses I receive is a cheerful, "Oh, well, at least you'll know what not to do when you get...

For as long as there has been Disney, female antagonists and little children in need of a good bedtime story, there have been evil step-mothers. There's Cinderella. Hansel and Gretel. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Baroness Von Schrader in The Sound of Music (well, technically it didn't quite...

The other night, my friends and I were out celebrating the end of the semester and one of our friends, who is graduating early this December. Let's call him Matt. As we sat in Matt's dorm afterwards debating whether or not to order food (wings or pizza is always a...

There is never a good age for your parents to break the news that they're getting a divorce. At the ripe age of 21 and a senior in college, I have heard it three times (including this year) and if there's one thing I've learned (other than the difference between...