If you venture into the fetid lands of Internet marketing, be forewarned. Nothing is as it seems. — Chris Waller’s handsome 20-year-old smiling, mugging face is all over YouTube promising to make you rich just like him. His final video, on November 22, 2019, before his death 53 days later on January 14 at the age of 20 was called “Facebook Targeting for 5 Trending Products (EASY).” “In…

The 19-year-old never planned on writing a masterpiece. — As the terrifying dark rains thundered down on the mansion where Mary Shelley stayed in Switzerland in 1816 during the cholera pandemic, one of her traveling companions gave her a challenge that would change her life. For most of the ill-conceived vacation, Shelley had simply been listening to her traveling…

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And a group of Japanese students figured out a way to do exactly that. — One of the most inspiring facets of the human spirit is the will to survive and innovate in times of crisis. Look no further than a group of Japanese students who refused to let their graduation ceremony be canceled due to coronavirus quarantine. Don’t worry. They’re still practicing safe social…

She was fearless, maddening and — in the ultimate feminist act — uncontrollable. — Elizabeth Wurtzel was always a woman destined for punishment. The second quote in this story’s headline is from a female-penned think-piece in response to Wurtzel’s unflinching (and incredibly generous to anyone who struggles with mental health) assessment of her “one-night stand of a life” in 2013. The first is from…

I learned the hard way: There are better morning routines than Googling people you envy and hating yourself as a result — I. On Jealousy “So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.” ―William Shakespeare, Hamlet “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story There’s a story I like to tell about the moment my life hit a major…