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MAGPIE
A lifestyle blog that's kind of a mess from a broad just doing her best
The magpie is a mouthy bird who hoards sentimentality, lives unabashedly, and will eat almost everything. That is me. I’m the magpie. Also my name is Maggie. See what I did there?
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Very Bien- My Franglais Missed Connection
Two things happened on the same day recently that opened up a subject that I have desperately tried to avoid for a while now: my...
maggiemac
Feb 9, 20174 min read
Since graduation…
As Facebook kindly reminded me, last year I graduated college. After three and half years of hard work, I finished college magna cum...
maggiemac
Dec 16, 20164 min read
The Starbucks Effect
(Writings from a particularly gray Wednesday) The Starbucks Effect: (noun) The phenomena of seeing someone that you know or knew, no...
maggiemac
Dec 7, 20162 min read
The Mindi
*Just a disclaimer: this post was definitely NOT the product of my mom’s v subtle hints that if my dad got a birthday post about how much...
maggiemac
Nov 17, 20163 min read
A Case for the Statue of Responsibility: What is to give light must endure burning
Last night’s Google search went like this: What is the name of the adorable actor who stars in my favorite underrated fairy tale movie,...
maggiemac
Oct 28, 20165 min read
God Needs the Critics, Too
I have had many experiences in my life where my critical eye has helped me. It’s made me a good student, one that sees in a different...
maggiemac
Oct 8, 20164 min read
Thank you, Taylor Swift
I’m cashing in on this #KimExposedTaylorParty *drama* with something that I’m sure no one else is saying right now. No I’m not going to...
maggiemac
Jul 18, 20164 min read
Engaged and Enthralled
In Hunger Made Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein, of the punk 90s rrriot girl band Sleater-Kinney and ultra-alt comedy show...
maggiemac
Jul 12, 20163 min read
I Want Something Done: My Experience with the Indiana GOP
(I debated writing this post because I wrote it in a dramatic and overemotional state, which when you read it, you’ll understand why I...
maggiemac
Jun 17, 20168 min read
Impostor Syndrome, Sylvia Plath, and Being 20
Alternatively Titled: How I Went From Being Ahead of The Game to A Prime Example of Failure to Launch At the beginning of the year, I was...
maggiemac
May 9, 20165 min read
Accompanying Awareness: Thoughts for Our Social Justice Age
Graduating from my liberal arts college has been strange and a bit empty. I no longer see people in public places not wearing shoes, or...
maggiemac
Feb 29, 20164 min read
A Heroine’s Book Guide: Part 1
One of the perks of post-grad life that I’m really enjoying is how much time I get to read again. I realize that my unique circumstances...
maggiemac
Feb 12, 20164 min read
post-grad
It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not...
maggiemac
Jan 12, 20161 min read
Dear Person I Have Hurt
I believe it’s important to go through a season of humility, to confront yourself with the grimy, uncomfortable realities of human...
maggiemac
Nov 9, 20152 min read
How A Piece of Paper Debunked the Image of Perfection
I want to begin by stating that I’m obsessed with my apartment. Bromley 208 is, in my professional opinion, the best place on campus....
maggiemac
Sep 23, 20153 min read
Names
Lately, I’ve been thinking about names. One of my friends has started to call me (jokingly in an obnoxious Valley Girl accent) “Mar”...
maggiemac
Sep 6, 20152 min read
Good For You, Not For Me
In Amy Poehler’s book “Yes Please”, she talks about a concept that not only is guiding wisdom but also a beautiful way to reconcile. She...
maggiemac
Apr 24, 20152 min read
A Spring Cleaning Of Sorts
Confession: I am a hoarder. I have at least fifteen Sticky Notes on my computer filled with random thoughts I cling to. I’ve written...
maggiemac
Mar 30, 20152 min read
50 Things More Important Than “50 Shades of Grey”
Every time I go on the Internet lately, it’s “50 Shades” this, “50 Shades” that. And I’m pretty sick and tired of it. I know, I know, you...
maggiemac
Feb 6, 20155 min read
I am quite guilty…
Dear readers, friends, and general internet community, I wish to inform you that I have deeply failed you and in fact, have perpetuated a...
maggiemac
Jan 25, 20153 min read
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