Alexa Barrios
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Fifteen First Dates
What would the literary greats have had to say about the world of dating today? Would Jane Austen have made a Tinder? Would Robert Frost make midnight booty-calls? Would Oscar Wilde have casually dated four girls, then end up ghosting any who had the audacity to ask ‘what are we?’
By Alexa Barrios3 years ago in Humans
Songs That Are Actually Your Hype Women Squad
Valentine's Day: Another year, another bottle of wine and half eaten bag of shredded cheese as you morph into your sofa watching reruns of The Office while secretly hating on Jim and Pam. You debate texting your ex, or maybe opening Bumble for a couple of fresh swipes, cause maybe tonight you'll get lucky. Except that doesn't have to be the case this time around, and probably shouldn't...
By Alexa Barrios3 years ago in Beat
Read Me.
The chattering of my teeth drowned out my thoughts of self-hatred as I realized how wildly under-dressed I was to be outside. . .in Boston. . .in the middle of January. As I waited for the perpetually delayed B-line on Harvard Ave., I tugged my scarf up over my mouth and nose and attempted to nuzzle deeper into my coat as another gust of wind all but blew the skin clear off my bones. There was nothing I could do for my exposed thighs other than pray I fight off the frostbite. Misery.
By Alexa Barrios3 years ago in Humans