28 Feb 2013
TransSupport-Feature
Photo: (Youtube)

Photo: (Youtube)

If the first thing you do when you hear the words “frat house” is roll your eyes, you might want to reconsider. Members of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity at Emerson College in Boston raised money to help their transgender frat brother, Donnie Collins, with his FTM (female-to-male) top surgery.

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Photo: (Getty)

This week is National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)'s annual awareness week, “the largest education and outreach effort on eating disorders in the United States.” The theme of this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness week is “Everybody Knows Somebody.” The campaign's theme resonated deeply with me, because I know somebody: my best friend from high school.

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27 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Getty, MTV Act)

Life can be $$$$, especially when you’re first setting out on your own or paying for college. That’s why DoSomething.org launched a new campaign today, The Craziest Thing I Did To Save Money.

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26 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Disney, Getty)

As a kid who grew up watching Mr. Feeny, Cory and Topanga, I’m always ecstatic to catch “Boy Meets World” reruns on TV. So when I heard we were finally going to see what happens to our favorite characters thanks to a new show, “Girls Meets World,” my 90's-show-loving heart almost exploded.

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19 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Moses Lee)

If you’re a recent college graduate or a college student planning to graduate in the next year or two, you’ve probably got one thing on your mind: FINDING A JOB! And we know a site that can seriously help you!

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15 Feb 2013
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Remember when “The Notebook” came out and everyone was all “if you’re a bird, I’m a bird”? Well, Nicholas Sparks’ latest movie adaptation hits theaters this Valentine’s Day, which means we have a new relationship to swoon over. Or do we?

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14 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Getty)

It’s the day Vinny Guadagnino, Kelly Rowland, countless other celebs, MTV (and 13,000 organizations worldwide) and the women (and men!) of the world have been waiting for: today One Billion Rising wants us all to join together and make violence against women a thing of the past.

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12 Feb 2013
Rihanna-Stay

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Music videos usually do one of two things with bath time: they either make it look super sexy or super depressing. Rihanna’s brand new “Stay” video does exactly the latter.

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8 Feb 2013
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When you put that sleeve of Thin Mints in your freezer, do you know that you’re also helping support the largest girl-run enterprise in the world? Or that when you hoard Samoas in your desk drawer at work you’re actually helping teach Girl Scouts five essential life skills? Ah, the joys of eating amazing cookies while giving back…

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25 Jan 2013
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Photo: (YouTube/One Billion Rising)

Carrie Ann Inaba recently Tweeted about One Billion Rising, a campaign to stop violence against women. But it’s not just women getting involved -- it’s key that guys represent for the campaign, and One Billion Rising shows this with their new video, “Man Prayer.”

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