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Table of Contents
December 5, 2012
Survival by way of plane and Beyoncé.December 12, 2012
Sometimes life hands you lemons with no ade.December 19, 2012
Everyone needs a break.Wonder Year
Do you miss Minna's Wednesday diaries as much as we do? She kindly gave us these pages from her 2012 journal to feed our craving.December 26, 2012
It's open season on lips and hearts.
Miss You Most of All
A photo tribute to the ultimate comfort.Destiny Unknown
Just something pretty for you to look at and maybe decide your own fate with.Wake the Town
An NYC photo diary.City of Angels
They walk among us.Idle Worship
All the pretty images from this month's backgrounds.
My Own Personal Jesus
What was the son of God like back in middle school? His BFF Mary Magdalene has the scoop.
Sunday Video: Tarot 101
Not just a party trick.Hot Chocolate Reviews
Everything here is worth getting cocoa-belly for.DIY: Celebratory Tassel Garland
Who decided that cheerful décor is reserved for one month a year?!Eight Ways to Wrap a Gift
One of them you probably already know, but the rest are pretty darn clever.Sunday Video: Voodoo S'mores With Amy Sedaris
Marshmallows + chocolate + graham crackers + Amy = WARM FEELINGSLiterally the Best Thing Ever: Christmas Wrapping
An LTBTE by a cat.Sunday Comic: Rodarte's Favorite Things
Besides raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
Giving Me Something I Can Believe In
My faith used to be a perpetual whirlwind of soul-deep confusion.Lost and Found
I was pretty sure that The Lord of the Rings was going to bore me to death. Instead, it ended up saving my life.On Being a Late Bloomer
Success doesn't happen overnight.Crisis of Faith
Sometimes I question whether writing is what I'm meant to do.Bad Company
How to identify a toxic community—before it's too late.Beyond Belief
A conversation about atheism, by atheists.Literally the Best Thing Ever: God
The most worshipful LTBTE ever.Make Believe
My path to Wicca.Literally the Best Thing Ever: Church Camp
When I tell people I willingly went to a Christian all-girls camp, their first question is usually WHY???Take a Break (Stop Breaking Down)
Bravery means asking for help.Hero Takes a Fall
The hidden dangers of idol worship.
Literally the Best Thing Ever: Animated Holiday Specials
They melt my grinch-y heart.Seeing Is Believing
Movies and TV shows about keeping and losing faith.
Literally the Best Thing Ever: Kate Bush
I'd waited my whole life to discover her.Friday Playlist: Hanging Out With Juliet Capulet
Songs for a hopeless romantic.Theme Song: Kate Nash
December 2012: "Faith"From the Soul
Recommended music about holidays, or whatever you believe in.Friday Playlist: Gray Winter Days
For when the world is too much with you.Friday Playlist: Celtic Winter
Songs for when your preferred mode is calm and cozy.Christmas Playlist: Grinch the Night Away
For when holiday cheer eludes you.Friday Playlist: Don't Stop Believing
Songs about faith and doubt, compiled by all of us.
Staying Close While Far Apart
How to handle a long-distance relationship.Mad Love
Rethinking the appeal of tortured romance.
How to Be Golden
A makeup tutorial for holiday angels/devils.Flowery and Frida-esque
She was an artist, an intellectual, a revolutionary...and a style icon of the highest order.Learning the Face-ics, Lesson Two: Lips
Professor Amy Rose attacks your mouth.DIY Snowflake Manicure
A winter wonderland on your nails.
Ask a Grown Man: Alex Karpovsky
"Definitely deny the fact that there's a nanny-cam inside the teddy bear" and other words to live by.Just Wondering
Wherein we try to untangle some of your most perplexing quandaries. (Ours: how did French Montana come up in TWO consecutive answers this month?)Damn Girl Ya Look Good
Curly bangs, flat butts, and maybe the ugliest boots ever.
How to Make a Tin-Can Lantern
Lighten up.With You and Without You
A reader's remembrance.Days of Our Lives
Pages you sent us from your beautiful private journals.I Want to Believe
I have three main beliefs: science, feminism, and Allah. I still haven't reconciled them.Friend Crush
December 2012: Rae and Sylvia
Saturday Links: The Sims As Art Edition
Games go to the museum.Editor's Letter
December 2012: FaithRitual Importance
Some habits are worth keeping.A Helpful Holiday Gift Guide
Try not to keep all this stuff for yourself.Thrift Your Gift
Help with your holiday shopping, part two.Saturday Links: Back to McKinley Edition
Sam Weir got so buff.Literally the Best Thing Ever: Frida Kahlo
She transcended everything.A Holy Alliance
Faith and feminism.Sick Day
Whether you've got a cold or a flu or any kind of blah, here's how to make the most of your next one.Saturday Links: Our Hearts Go Out to Newtown Edition
Sending love to anyone who has ever been hurt by gun violence.Anatomy of an Altar
A dissection of my sacred space.Why Can't I Be You: Sister Simone Campbell
The Pope called her a "radical feminist" (he didn't mean it as a compliment). We call her a hero.It's Not the End of the World
And now we know it.Saturday Links: Punk Goddess Edition
Her closet: all black everything.Stars Forever
My favorite posthumously famous artists.Saturday Links: Year's Best Edition
We got lists.
