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Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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Festival Mumbo Jumbo and Gumbo: My Return to the Land of Mardi Gras

March 23, 2014

Austin is a city that lacks very little. After about seven months of being an adopted Austinite and UT student, I’ve come to realize that I could stay here for the rest of my life and never grow tired of it. Austin has stolen my heart. But it isn’t my first love. Louisiana is.

The Bayou State.

Linked: Friends with Loser Boyfriends

March 3, 2014

I have a friend who’s dating a loser. She tells me stories of all of the awful things he says and does to her. Although her boyfriend isn't physically violent, he’s verbally abusive. And sometimes words hurt just as bad as a black eye.