Valley Girl With a Brain

Questioning, like, everything

by Jen Kim

10 Cheap Ways to Get Inspired (Now)

Quick creative fixes for brain farts and boredom Read More

How to Quit Facebook

A safe and effective 12-step plan to permanently deleting your Facebook. *Try this at home. Read More

The Nice Girl's Guide to Asking a Guy Out

What all the so-called experts think about whether or not women should ask men out on dates. Read More

The Perils of Being Too Nice

"Nice" is boring, not a personality trait. Read More

How Insomnia Is Created by Fear of Insomnia

Insomnia can kill you and other reasons you can't sleep. Valley Girl explores what is keeping her up at night. Read More

E-books Score a Victory over Printed Books, but Who Cares?

Can trees can relax for now? Are e-books just as good (and maybe better) than paper books? Read More

6 Signs He's Just Not That Into You

Do you want to know if he's into you or stringing you along? These 6 behaviors will give you a clue. Read More

Where to Get the Best (Free) Unlicensed Therapy

Mike Develin isn’t your typical therapist. Mostly, because he isn’t one. Read More

Does Facebook Make Us Attention Hogs?

How to deal with those annoying, braggy status updates that you just don't care about: Get used to it. Read More

Be the Best Gold Digger You Can Be

There was a time when being a gold digger was a stigma, something to be ashamed of. "She/he is a gold digger," you would warn your pal. Nowadays, it seems dating or marrying for money is not only out in the open, but also touted as something to be proud of. Read More

A Lesson on Being Poor in the 21st Century

How being broke has helped me to become an adult, kinda. Read More

The Myth of "The One"

When you think in single absolutes, you screw yourself over in multiple ways. Read More

How to Want to Get Over a Breakup

The definitive guide on how to get over a breakup. (How do I know? Because it worked.) Read More

The Four Types of Female Friends to Avoid

Not all friendships are meant to last a lifetime. Avoid these toxic female friends, who may do more harm than good. Read More

WTH? Change is possible?

How do you get over your addiction to unavailable men? First step: Want to get over it. Read More

Diet Tips from a Non-Dieter

How a non-dieter loses weight: Simple tips that will actually help you to eat less and exercise more. Read More

I Am (Juror) Number Four

Crime and punishment from the jury box and other observations. Despite being an avid fan of Law & Order: SVU for the last three seasons, I never experienced firsthand what the American legal process was like, until my first and (I pray, last) jury duty experience. Read More

That's what she did...

Northwestern professor John Bailey teaches sex education with an actual sex demonstration. Everyone goes crazy. Media circus ensues. What's the big deal if it was consensual? Read More

Still waiting to learn how to wait

How do you teach a generation of technology-minded, instant gratification seekers about patience? Read More

Mom and Dad, I want to be a man

Star of her one-woman show and documentary titled, "Macho Like Me," author and my personal hero, Helie Lee discusses how a non-cookie-cutter upbringing, a string of failed relationships and a need to escape reality led to the social experiment of a lifetime: living as a man for six months. Read More

Writing habits of the the best writers

Literary greats share their tips on how to be great writers Read More

Lions, Tigers, and Overbearing Mothers, Oh My!

A 20-something perspective on growing up with an Americanized Tiger Mother.

Is the new horoscope a hoax? Researchers from the Minnesota Planetarium Society challenge traditional astrology and make us see stars in a whole new way.