Ask Elle: Pushing people away
Elle Smith, Staff Writer
March 11, 2020
Dear Elle: My parents are driving me absolutely insane. Life hasn't been easy on me this week and every single time I try to talk to them about it, they just tell me that life is hard and I should just get over it. But that literally doesn't help! I've vented about this with my friends and on my spam...
Ask Elle: Crushed
Elle Smith, Advice Columnist
December 19, 2019
Dear Elle: So, I’m a lesbian. I don’t hide it, but I also don’t make it my mission to announce it. At the moment as I write this I am chilling in a car with the most beautiful woman in the world. She’s a force to be reckoned with, and she is filled with passion it makes me stop in awe. I wa...
Ask Elle: Winter blues
Elle Smith, Advice Colummnist
December 3, 2019
Dear Elle: During the summer, most of my friends know me as someone who is fun, outgoing, and loves to go on adventures. But now that it's getting colder and darker day by day, I'm finding it harder and harder to be motivated to do anything. It's not just going out with friends or getting Starbucks...
Ask Elle: Feeling like a fifth wheel
Elle Smith, Advice Columnist
October 10, 2019
Dear Elle: My friends have all been hanging out without me for quite some time now without telling me. Every time I bring it up to them, they get mad at me and say I'm overreacting and that I shouldn't be mad at them. I don't know how to react because I don't want them to keep telling me I'm in the w...
Ask Elle: The stressful junior journey
Elle Smith, Advice Columnist
September 23, 2019
Dear Elle: So, basically, last year I coasted through the year with only doing the major homework and whatever I wanted to do. This year, I'm a junior and every class I get a lot more homework—every single day. Lately it's been quite stressful because I am in theatre and it’s my first year i...
Ask Elle: Should I stay or should I go?
Elle Smith, Advice Columnist
September 4, 2019
Dear Elle: My boyfriend and I have been dating for two years. We are seniors and have been talking a lot about college. I've decided to go to MCC, but my boyfriend is looking at a private school in Wisconsin. We even visited the college last week. I'm worried, though, because I don't know if our re...
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Bella Alexander is a senior at McHenry High School's West Campus. She enjoys drawing and playing/listening to music. She loves her family, her friends, and her two cats, Baby and Prince.