Miscellaneous Category

Posted On January 13, 2014By StaffIn Advice For Women, Girlzone, Miscellaneous

Finding Happiness

The search for happiness: a highly sought-after feeling. A common goal for millions of people spanning across every culture, gender, religion, age, and tax bracket. Aside from those who spend a lifetime attaining power, money and fame, what most people want most in life is to be HAPPY. Many of us see a therapist to fulfill that need, some of us may even take a pill to drown out the bad feelings and replace them with what we assume is “happiness.” I’m never too proud to admit that I’ve experiencedRead More

Posted On January 13, 2014By Brandi BravoIn Miscellaneous, Rants

Stop Hating on the Selfie

Ah…the selfie.  The selfie’s gotten a ton of grief ever since the good ol’ Myspace days.  As social media sites like Instagram continue to grow in popularity, the selfie is more commonplace than ever before—and yet, the subject of much hate and controversy. Well, I’m fed up with all this selfie hate and it turns out that I’ve got a few choice words for all you selfie-bashers out there. We live in a world that’s constantly trying to convince us that we’re ugly just so it can sell us shit. Read More

Posted On January 4, 2014By John O'NeillIn Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, Rants

Love yourself, and Take a Picture

This is a poem I wrote about selfies:   Think twice Smile nice Or pay the price Of your ugly selfie vice   We live in the ultimate culture of narcissism. Us twenty-somethings love ourselves more than any generation before. Ever since the first smartphone maker manufactured the first reversible camera, we’ve been obsessed with ourselves: seeking self-validated self-esteem gained from a self-taken picture of oneself has manifested in the onslaught of obnoxious selfies and selfie behavior. Surely, you’ve seen it. The airport is one popular spot. Right in frontRead More

Posted On January 1, 2014By John O'NeillIn Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, Rants

Go Naked on Your Next Vacation

This isn’t a sensual, romantic or happy post whatsoever. You probably opened it because it said “naked,” in the title, and that part I meant. Hey, it got you to open the article, didn’t it? Don’t worry, I included a picture of a half-naked girl, which has made your time thus far totally worth it. Anyway, this is a rant – a rant about how awful it has become to travel with bags on an airline. Recently, I flew to Santa Barbara. I had an awesome time. On the flightRead More

Posted On December 31, 2013By John O'NeillIn Lifestyle, Miscellaneous

9 Books and Their Great Beginnings

You’ve got something great to tell the world. A novel, a poem, a short story. The words will be worth millions. There will be readership, a New York Times bestseller. Then a movie, and then viewership,and theme parks at Disney World. You sit down to smack some keys. Your mind goes blank. You don’t know where to begin. You get up. You decide to make dinner instead.   Every great story must have a great beginning. I sat down to a couple of national and international classics to see howRead More

Posted On December 31, 2013By Ascher RobbinsIn Miscellaneous

Welcome.

Welcome to Writtalin, and thank you for taking the time to check us out. If you’re here for the first time, you might be wondering who we are and what we are about. Well, allow me to answer those questions for you. I’m Ascher, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Writtalin. Yeah, that sounds fancy, but I’m not some big-time corporate hotshot. I’m just a twenty-three year old college graduate with a vision: to be a source of intellectual, entertaining, and thought-provoking diversions for my generation. The A.D.D. generation, if youRead More