Beca Grimm

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Bio

Beca is fueled by shoegaze and vodka. She regularly contributes to VICE, Village Voice and others. If you see her on the streets of Atlanta, hand her anything with guacamole and she might kiss you on the mouth.

6 Revelations You Have When You Forgive Yourself

Recently while making dinner together, a friend asked me a pretty mortifying question out of nowhere. I was dicing up green onions when he went glib and hollered from the couch, "So, what is the biggest regret of your life?" He certainly caught me…

14 Times It's Totally OK To Unfollow Someone

Social media hooked its pixelated, mental health-deteriorating claws in us long ago. We know it's straight up bad for us. There's hope — we can quit social media. But will we? Probably not...at least for a while. As we take a moment to swallow…

12 Things You Miss About NYC When You Leave

I never meant to end up in New York City, yet somehow I managed. I followed a boyfriend to Brooklyn who was following a sick internship opportunity, and even after we split, I ended up, well, staying. For awhile. It's a pretty magical place we grew…

10 Ways Broke People Can Satisfy Their Wanderlust

Even just affording to LIVE — groceries, rent, health insurance, allergy meds, water bills, paying back student loans, replacing brake pads — adds up. That's all sans luxuries like the occasional manicure, new tattoo, or restaurant meal. It can…

12 Things People With Clean Freak BFFs Understand

I never really noticed I started operating in a new way until others started calling me out. After 26 years of managing to dodge shower-cleaning duties, I miraculously flipped a switch. First, my dad made note: "Either you clean a lot or lie to me…

9 Stages Of Saying "ILY" For The First Time

When you consider chance and its wily nature, it's a GD miracle any two people ever come together in a romantic way. It's not just a combination of right place (emotionally, physically, spiritually, intellectually) and right time. There's gotta be…

15 Things Texting Someone The Word "Cool" Means

Texting is kinda dumb, but unfortunately, it's an unavoidable thing in 2015. Through practice and patience, we learn the careful nuances necessary in crafting a perfect text. It's almost as if vocal tone, facial expression, and IRL human interaction…

8 Stages Of Accidentally Being In A Relationship

If habits were easy to break, the servers at my local Tex-Mex joint wouldn't immediately chariot over a deep dish of queso before I got the chance to order. There also wouldn't be so many ways to trick your brain detailed on the internet, aimed to…

12 Things SOs With A Height Difference Understand

Love isn't blind, and we sure know dating isn't blind, either. There are a lot of nuanced factors that go into triggering that ultra-dopamine rush... especially one that can be sustained long enough between both parties to necessitate developing a…

Friends You Make In Bar Bathrooms Are The Realest

Foraging friendships as an adult is typically awkward. It's a mission lubed up with ridiculous activities like joining a knitting club that meets at a kombucha bar, or trying to smile at cool-looking people at the record store also perusing the twee…