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Alexis Dent

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Buffalo, NY, United States

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Past:
  • Business Insider
  • Greatist
  • Harper's Bazaar
  • Washington Post
  • Medium
  • HelloGiggles.com

Past articles by Alexis:

I used to write wedding vows for a living, but since COVID-19, I've pivoted my business to writing eulogies

"At first I felt guilt about expanding to this niche," writes Alexis Dent, whose business tagline is "We put your love on paper." → Read More

Digging into Our Love/Hate Relationship with Candy Corn

Candy corn tastes sweet, like sugar is supposed to. It also gets a lot of hate, so let's unpack that. → Read More

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Episode 10 Compared to Donald Trump Separating Immigrant Children from Parents

We’re appalled at the dystopian nation depicted on 'The Handmaid's Tale,' yet the same devastation is unfolding in the U.S right now. → Read More

Alexis Dent Contributor

Alexis Dent is an essayist and poet whose debut collection, Everything I Left Behind, is available now. She also puts her skills as a wordsmith to use by writing custom wedding vows for clients at her company, XO Juliet. When Alexis isn't writing or editing, she is probably drinking frozen margaritas on a beach. Follow her on Twitter at @alexisdent. → Read More

The Backlash to #TakeAKnee Proves We Can't Be Quiet About Politics Anymore

"It is an immense racial and economic privilege to pretend that politics are only reserved for conversations behind closed doors." → Read More

The Backlash to #TakeAKnee Proves We Can't Be Quiet About Politics Anymore

"It is an immense racial and economic privilege to pretend that politics are only reserved for conversations behind closed doors." → Read More

I’m not close with my in-laws, and I’ve stopped worrying about that

My partner's love is enough. → Read More

Is Condé Nast exploiting marginalized writers? – Alexis Dent –

Let’s be real: being #woke is all the rage these days. In an era that is divided between the uber conservative and the proud left, people are more determined than ever to be on the “right” side of… → Read More

6 things you didn't know about Martin Luther King Jr.

There's much more than meets the eye. → Read More

21 tweets about Obama leaving that sum up exactly how much we're going to miss him

We are going to miss President Obama. Like, a lot. Like, so much we may have shed more than a couple tears while watching Obama's farewell address. And uns → Read More

Jaden Smith failed his driving test, because celebs are just like us

It's going to be OK. → Read More

Can't attend the Women's March on Washington? Here are 4 ways you can still be heard

Well, this isn't shocking: The Women's March on Washington might turn out to be the biggest protest on record. Occurring just one day after current preside → Read More

Regina King is helping children out in a major way

She's on a mission. → Read More

Shay Mitchell has some very good news for ‘PLL' fans

It's bittersweet. → Read More

These teachers in a rock band are #lifegoals

Rock on. → Read More

Please allow us to geek out over these floating Mexican restaurants

Winter travel? Done. → Read More

Apparently, all we want from our wine is a pretty label which sounds about right

You judge your wine by the cover, don't lie. → Read More

Over the counter birth control might be coming out way sooner than we thought

The first steps have been taken to make over-the-counter birth control a reality in the United States, which would be a huge step forward in offering American women the easy access to reproductive care that they rightfully deserve. A French pharmaceutical company is applying for approval from the Food and Drug Administration in order to make a progestin birth control pill that can be purchased… → Read More

This is the mannequin challenge to end all mannequin challenges (let's hope so)

Holding it down in outer space. → Read More

Obama and George Clooney played basketball together so 2016 wasn't all bad

Nothing to see here, folks. → Read More