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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

How can I minimize my pores? I’ve heard baking soda works, but I haven’t tried it

You can actually physically make your pores smaller– you can only temporarily minimize their appearance. You need them, you know, for sweating and stuff.

I like doing those pore strips because they feel cool. And washing my face with something with little scrubby dots in the morning because it also feels cool.

What I’m trying to say is there are probably some ways to minimize the appearance of your pores but most of what people do is just for routine/superstition. And I have huge pores but no one has ever said to me “You would be really pretty if it weren’t for those pores”

Ask Lizz about stuff or fashion or whatever

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the pen pal thing seems genius. I’m 17, and not out to my parents. Will there be anything regarding people who can’t be receiving rainbow envelopes in the mail?

i know i said don’t tell me all your secrets, but i totally think that’s a thing worth telling me in your email! there are enough of you that i think i can match you up with each other if you think that a mutually-beneficial secrecy pact between you and your pen pal is a thing you’re interested in.

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I have long suspected that I might bisexual for a while now but sometimes I can’t tell the difference between wanting to be WITH a girl or if I want to BE her. any advice?

i used to think i wanted to be a lot of girls. it made me really sad because it was exhausting trying to stretch myself in all these ways that i don’t bend. then i figured out that i just wanted to be me. oh, and then i was gay. and then i fell in love and then i got my heart broken and then i realized that i could love little parts of all those amazing girls and women and carry them around so that i could be a better version of me. and now i take that me and hang with ladeez.

but that’s just me. maybe if there’s a specific girl you should take her to get ice cream and see how it goes.

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Hola. I have been trying very hard to learn spanish and I wanted to know if you could give me some advice on the best way to do this? Currently, I am translating a spanish book and watching videos on bbc. Thank you!

Yes! I think the number one thing you need to do is speak it. This can mean volunteering somewhere, joining a meet-up group or working in a restaurant and talking to the cooks. Listening to music in Spanish is also helpful because you’ll find yourself singing along and wonder what you’re saying. Listening is good too, especially something unscripted like a podcast because then you’ll start to get used to the rhythm of how things are supposed to sound.

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So there’s this girl I talked yesterday, and I want to talk to her again today (and basically all the time). How long should I wait? Do rules matter? I don’t want to freak her out, basically. She’s super cute.

talk to her and gauge levels of freaked-out-ness. probably she won’t be. i’d put it at 85-15 in favor of not freaked out. maybe hold off on telling her her hair smells good or whatever, tho.

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if i wanted to do the whole undercut thing (like not very severe, just the general shape), would you suggest going to a more upscale salon or should i trust a pretty basic hair cutting place? I don’t really have a ton to spend.

Go to a really nice salon the first time. Pay someone a lot of your monies to do it. The you can maintain it at a cheaper place. But return to the nice place every 6 months or so.

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I feel like I might have contributed to this joke-y insecurity about your hair, but I REALLY REALLY LIKE YOUR HAIR and I’m sorry

no i liked my other haircut, but then i got a haircut like a week before camp that i hated/hate but it looks like it used to look all the time, so everybody thought they liked it but they were wrong, they were just biased because of how it was before. i’m trying to answer this question in a really serious tone, like we’re having a really serious conversation about my haircut.

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