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This Shakespearean insect was artfully caught by Instagram user _daneisha_ and submitted using the #CoolCapture hashtag.

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Never have neutral colors been more wearable than in the Summer, and community member Jackie Giardina showed us how it's done. Classic white shorts were dressed up with a flowing, jeweled, off-white blouse, while gold bangles and a tan bag added to the crisp look. As for the finishing touches, her tan-and-orange strappy sandals added an instant pop of color, and a pretty blue sunhat topped it all off — literally.

Congrats, Jackie Giardina!

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This question is from a Group Therapy post in our Community. Add your advice in the comments!

We all have had bad relationships and wanted to take revenge at some point for being hurt by the one you love. I was eating lunch today and a friend and I were talking about how much we hate cheaters. She told me a story of what she did to her boyfriend when she found out he was cheating. She didn't tell him she knew instead she talked him into getting a tattoo. She chose it so she wrote her name on paper and kissed the paper with heavy lipstick and had that tattooed on him. After it was all finished, which it took a couple visits to finish, she packed her stuff and said look I even kissed your ass good bye. So now he has her name and lips on his butt.

Do y'all have any good stories?

Have a question of your own? Post it anonymously in Group Therapy for advice!

Student loans are a huge burden on today's college graduates. LearnVest shares the plans of three individuals still working to be debt free.

A college graduate without student loan debt is akin to reading a kind quote about Kim Kardashian in a tabloid—it’s rare.

In the past eight years, student loan debt has nearly tripled to a whopping $1.1 trillion, and in the past 10 years, the percentage of 25-year-olds with such debt has risen from 25% to 43%.
It’s gotten so bad, in fact, that New York Fed economists warned last month that the burden of student debt could stilt consumer spending by twentysomethings, as well as further hamper the recovery of the housing market and economy.

RELATED: 7 Things to Consider Before Starting Your Own Business

To get a better idea of what massive student loan debt (we’re talking over $100,000 massive) looks like, three people in different professions have given us a glimpse at their situations—specifically, how the debt is impacting their lives and how they plan to pay the money back. We also consulted LearnVest Planning Services CFP® Katie Brewer to see just how their repayment plans stack up.

Read on for more.

Our friends at Self asked professional dancer Rachael McLaren which move helps keep her in performance-ready shape. She shares her fit secret below!

"Everybody is a mover; everybody is a dancer," says Rachael McLaren, a dancer for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. So how is it that pro dancers (and their amazing dancers' bodies!) often manage to strike us speechless and move us to tears? "[Dancing] is my way of communication," she explains. "My job is to refine the way I can open my body and express myself."

In order to keep those messages flowing from her lithe figure, McLaren has to keep every part of her body strong and limber — including her arms and core. "I do a lot of partnering," says the dancer, who'll be performing with the Ailey company at a Lincoln Center engagement. "You have to have a lot of strength to be able to lift up [others], and [to] be thrown around and do all the choreography that we do!"

Every dancer in the company does some version of the push-up as part of their routines, and McLaren swears by the half push up to keep her arms and midsection tight. So . . . what if the closest we'll get to dancing is the two-step and Electric Slide? We're thrilled to be a half-step closer to getting that dancer's body, right?!

The Move: Half Push Up

We're happy to present this excerpt from one of our favorite sites, HowAboutWe. Today, Alison Leiby has a handy quiz for you to find out if there will be a third date.

1. How did he ask you to go on a second date?

a. He called you and asked you out to dinner on Saturday night.
b. He texted, "U up?"
c. You waited outside of his apartment so you could "casually" run into him and then proposed going out again yourself.

2. What did you do for a second date?

a. Dinner at a cute restaurant that you had mentioned to him when you first met.
b. Ripped shots of rail liquor at a bar below his apartment because he was already there and asked you to meet up with him.
c. You planned a day of watching soccer and eating Vietnamese food, because that's what his profile says he's into.

3. Who paid on the second date?

a. He paid for everything, even splurged for champagne.
b. You split the bar tab, to the penny.
c. You paid for everything — and splurged for strawberry shortcake even though you're allergic.

4. How did the second date end?

a. He walked you back to your apartment where you shared a really romantic kiss.
b. He left your place early in the morning saying he had "a lot of stuff to do today."
c. He went to the bathroom halfway through the date and still hasn't come back.

5. How often are you talking to each other?

a. You message each other pretty regularly.
b. He texts you on weekends, but only after 1am.
c. You are constantly contacting him: texts, emails, calls, Facebook chats, Twitter messages, LinkedIn requests, inter-office mail.

6. What do you talk about when you're together?

a. Cooking, which is a shared interest.
b. The wild party he went to last week that was "loaded with models."
c. Mostly about him: when he wants to get married, how many kids he wants, if he prefers the suburbs or the city for raising a family.

7. What was his last text message to you?

a. "Great time tonight!"
b. "sure"
c. It's taking too long to scroll back because all of the recent texts are from you.

8. What song best describes your last date?

a. "Everlasting Love"
b. "Part Time Lover"
c. "Obsession"

9. What is his name in your phone?

a. His full name.
b. "Dave blue shirt"
c. "The Beau" with a heart next to it.

10. What is your name in his phone?

a. Your full name.
b. "Sarah uptown"
c. Do Not Answer

To find out what your results mean, head to HowAboutWe: QUIZ: Is There Going to Be a Third Date?

Check out these other great stories from HowAboutWe:

• Why the Sex on Mad Men Is Better Than the Sex on Game of Thrones
• Anti-Pervert Stockings For Young Girls Going Out
• This Prank Is SO Mean (But SO Funny)

We're excited to bring you a new post from mother and actress Tori Spelling and her ediTORIal by Tori Spelling blog. This week, Tori shares a fun DIY project.

Crafting is more than a hobby in our house. It’s a way of life! As you might recall, I even carry twine around in my purse. Ha ha. We love to craft together as a family. The kids and I usually craft together at least 2-3 times a week. I find it very therapeutic and the kids love it.

Related: Take a Tour of Tori's Store — InventTORI

Today I have some exciting news to share with my fellow craftistas… I recently launched my very own {styled} by Tori Spelling line of jewelry making supplies with Jo-Ann Fabrics and Craft Stores. I am so excited to partner with Jo-Ann and even more excited about the special sweepstakes they are running to go along with it. One of you can win a trip for two to L.A. to craft with yours truly. It’s going to be a ton of fun and I can’t wait to get crafting. So make sure you enter.

But first, I wanted to share my Vintage Pop Silhouettes project that Jo-Ann Fabrics recently featured as a part of their Creativity Made Simple campaign. Check out this super cute (and easy!) project and then enter to win the trip to L.A. to craft with me at a Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft store.

Keep reading for the easy DIY instructions!

Want to make the most of your precious time spent at the gym? Our friends at Health share the weight machines you should skip and the exercises to do in their place.

By Jennifer Cohen

We have our reasons for picking each of these exercises, but with each one you’re just not getting the most bang for your buck when you use exercise machines. Why? For one, you usually end up not using the muscles you want to be targeting as much as you think, because your more dominant, stronger muscles end up doing most of the work. Two, these machines end up doing 30 to 40 percent of the work for you, robbing you of your progress! Try these alternatives to engage multiple muscle groups at once, force yourself to engage your core, and make your workout as efficient as possible.

1. Crunches. An improper crunch is the best way to strain your neck and totally ignore your abs. Many people pull from their neck and then curl up in a way that puts needless strain on key points of their spine. And using an exercise machine is no guarantee that you will be doing it correctly.

Try instead: Planks. Get in a push-up position, propping yourself up on your elbows and forearms. Holding yourself up while keeping your back, butt and heels in line with each other works your entire core, without any of the strain of crunches. With planks, you’re working your entire core, making it more effective than a crunch. Try holding the plank position 3 times for 30 seconds each.

2. Thigh Adductor Machine. If you’re fixated on your thighs and think the adductor will help them spot reduce, think again. Here the machine is doing a lot of the work for you and you’ll get much more out of it by doing something else. Without the machine you can work on the thighs you’re after, and you just may be able to reduce knee pain at the same time.

Try instead: Squeeze bridge. Get on your back, feet on the ground and knees bent, holding yourself up so your body is at a 45 degree angle, and hold a yoga block between your knees. You’ll feel your core and your inner thighs burning. If you don’t have a yoga block, try a rectangular tupperware container — just holding it there will do the trick for beginners.

Keep reading for three more weight-machines to skip.

If there's one time in the day to get out of the house on a photo walk, it's golden hour. Instagram user faundez_alex, shares this picture of a lighthouse on Geneva Lake, taken with the VSCO app.

Have you been testing out your photography skills and snapped a shot you want to share? Submit your pics to our Cool Capture group or to Instagram with the #coolcapture hashtag, and your pic might be featured on the POPSUGAR Tech homepage. And don't forget to follow @popsugartech on Instagram!

There are some outfits that just scream Summer — and this is one of them. Community member MissLeaanne kept things classically preppy in her cobalt blue sundress with white polka dots and coordinating blazer. She playfully reinterpreted the classic pearl necklace with her pair of pearl-encrusted sandals, adding a bit of unexpected whimsy to her outfit, and then polished things off with a jolt of color thanks to her hot pink purse and matching arm candy.

Congrats, MissLeaanne!

Everyone else, submit your looks, and we just might feature you on POPSUGAR Fashion!