Ancient Grains Archive
Introducing: “Fat, Frugal, and Stylish”
Ancient Grains, Fashion
Oct 24, 2013
Lindsay-King Miller most recently told us How Not to Walk Around Naked.
Hello and welcome, Toasties! I am a fashionable fat girl on a budget, and as such, my love/hate relationship with clothing is more fraught and all-consuming than any other contentious relationship in my life, including that one time I had
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Step Out Of The Car, Please: Allison’s Story
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Oct 24, 2013
Previous entries in the DUI series can be found here.
I grew up in a dry, Catholic family in a Midwestern state, and I was just barely beginning to secretly navigate the world of alcohol by the time I graduated high school. So I did what anyone in my position would do, and enrolled
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Life In a Theme Park
Ancient Grains, Artwork
Oct 24, 2013
Life in a theme park is full of questions and fluids.
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Sometimes, We’re Too Proud to Be Canadian
Ancient Grains, Business
Oct 24, 2013
Guys, this is ridiculous. Come on, now. Moreover, when I am given the reins to the nation, there will be one kind of pad and one kind of tampon and they will be handed out by the goverment like your I Voted! stickers.
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Types of Witches, In Order
Ancient Grains, Witches
Oct 23, 2013
Kitchen witches
"A "kitchen witch" may also refer to a human figurine placed in kitchens for good luck. These dolls are made from materials such as fabric, corn husks, and dried fruits and may be in the form of a witch riding a broom. Such dolls traditionally protect residents and visitors to the
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On Reading Fangirl and Being One
Ancient Grains, Beauty
Oct 23, 2013
I’ve gotten lost in books for as long as I can remember, from the shifting staircases in J.K. Rowling’s Hogwarts to the breathtaking scenery of Spain in Beth Kephart’s Small Damages. Hovering above these worlds like an addicted reality-show viewer, I was invested but always remained
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Your Feelings Are No Longer Considered Canon And Have Been Marked As Spam
Ancient Grains, Relationships
Oct 23, 2013
This is an auto-generated systems update to inform you that your feelings are no longer considered canon and have been flagged as spam. While we realize your feelings may be important to you, the volume and frequency have triggered an automatic alarm system in our servers. It is for the safety and
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My Ideal Body Type
Ancient Grains, Writing
Oct 23, 2013
Late-night shifts in a celestial graveyard – the gravestones are sunk into layers of star stuff. The wraiths drift along paths composed of nebulae, burning gas and color forced to consider order. Staff ask for cooperation when the supernova crypts threaten to redshift and take a galaxy of dead royalty with them.
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