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New York Observer

Kate Nash Talks Mental Health and the Power of Teenage Girls

Kate Nash just released her new album Yesterday Was Forever. Matt Cowan/Getty Images
Kate Nash just released her new album Yesterday Was Forever. Matt Cowan/Getty Images
Recording artist, actress and mental health advocate Kate Nash is known for her political protesting, glittering costumes and a recent foray into ladies wrestling. But before that, she was a London teen recording a sleeper hit in her bedroom. Back then, she was big on MySpace.
At the time, over a decade ago, a then 19-year-ol...

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New York Observer

Why Royals, Rappers and Justin Bieber Pay $25K For One Night at This Irish Estate

The K Club, 20 minutes outside of Dublin, is extremely popular with celebrities. Courtesy The K Club
The K Club, 20 minutes outside of Dublin, is extremely popular with celebrities. Courtesy The K Club
In the Irish countryside, only 20 minutes outside Dublin, there sits a house.
A house with a butler to cater to your every need. A house with a harpist to accompany your dinner. A house at which trained falcons and luxury helicopters both fly. A house where Gucci Mane once jogged shirtless thro...

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USA TODAY

Harlem EatUp! returns with a week of food, music and star chefs

Harlem's headline food festival, Harlem EatUp! returns for a third year next week with more celebrity chef dinners than ever, two days of grand tastings in picturesque Morningside Park, cooking demos, kids' activities and even a concert at The Apollo Theater.
“The Harlem EatUp! Festival is inspired by the vibrancy of the Harlem community and all that it encompasses: music, art, people and of course, food,” says Marcus Samuelsson, local chef, restaurateur and co-founder of the festival.
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SouthernLiving

8 Reasons Joining The Junior League is Exactly Like Rushing a Sorority

Whether you join The Junior League in New Orleans or New York, the experience is decidedly Southern, and suspiciously reminiscent of your first foray into Greek life many years ago (we won’t tell just how many).
From your provisional class feeling exactly like your pledge class, cliques and advisors included, to balls masquerading as date parties for adults with the prerequisite blowout and new dress, your provisional year is exactly like pledging, only without a big sister—unfortunately, the...

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Marie Claire

I Auditioned for This Season of 'The Bachelor' and It Was Truly Insane

ABC
Last year, I joined a sea of giddy women in flirty sundresses and auditioned for The Bachelor. And as I surveyed the room from the discomfort of my three-inch heels, I wondered how, exactly, I ended up there. And then, I thought of Peter.
If you’re one of the .001 percent of the population who’s never caught an episode of The Bachelor, Peter Kraus was a contestant on Rachel Lindsay’s groundbreaking season of The Bachelorette, the Bachelor spin-off in which 30 men compete for one woman, ta...

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Racked

Vera Bradley at Vogue: One Southerner Makes Peace with New York Style

Growing up thirty minutes from Palm Beach meant that I spent my misspent youth channeling Lilly Pulitzer in skorts covered in drawings of Worth Avenue and shift dresses with printed lions in......