Sorry God, It's Not You It's Me
I have been wanting to write this post for quite a few months now, and every time I went to start writing it I would realize that I was...
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Christy Alfaro
- Mar 10, 2021
- 5 min
The Dangers of Toxic Positivity on Social Media
Toxic Positivity (n): The overgeneralization of a happy, optimistic state that results in the denial, minimization and invalidation of...
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Christy Alfaro
- Feb 10, 2021
- 7 min
I'm Sorry Britney Spears, Tackling My Internalized Misogyny
I watched Eliza McLamb's Tik Tok last week and her words spoke to me so deeply that I saved it and have been revisiting it everyday,...
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Christy Alfaro
- Feb 3, 2021
- 4 min
Let's Stop Using the Term "Guilty Pleasure"
This is my call to action: Let's stop calling things a guilty pleasure! Let's express our joy without restraints!
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Christy Alfaro
- Jan 27, 2021
- 5 min
Almost An Addict - Navigating Life When Addiction Runs In Your Family
**Trigger Warning: Addiction, Rape** It's interesting growing up knowing that there are a lot of health things that you have to worry...
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Christy Alfaro
- Jan 6, 2021
- 5 min
Fighting the January Blues
I've been starting at this screen for the last couple hours, on the screen next to me is CNN showing live footage of a coup attempt. When...
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Christy Alfaro
- Dec 23, 2020
- 4 min
Planning Your New Year's Resolutions
Content Warning: I drop a couple curse words in this blog post. You've been warned. Shyma Perera once said, "I like beginnings because...
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Christy Alfaro
- Nov 18, 2020
- 5 min
Prepping for the Holidays - Living Unapologetically with IBS
Living with IBS is horrible. Navigating the holidays, especially Thanksgiving, with IBS is worse. I've learned how to live unapologetically.
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Christy Alfaro
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
New and Improved Christy Is Whelmed
I want to welcome you to my blog, Christy Is Whelmed. Like so many people I've spent this quarantine doing a lot of self reflection and...
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Christy Alfaro
- Aug 20, 2020
- 7 min
Disney Villains Deserve Love Too
I visited one of my favorite places last month: The Ripped Bodice! I went with two of my friends and one of them was looking for a...
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