Brit Victoria
Discovering My Identity and What I Wore
An Ephron-inspired look at how finding your authentic self can influence your closet, and vice versa Coming of age and what I wore I...
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Brit Victoria (she/they)
Has camera, will climb, stand in a raging river or perch on the edge of a cliff for a good photo.
I'm not exaggerating.
Nowadays my photo business takes a bit of a back seat to my full-time passion of community journalism, but I'm still game to schedule a photo shoot around my hectic interview schedule. I love capturing moments for people to cherish throughout their lives. It's an honor to be welcomed in to be part of someone's life story.
I'm also working to get more blogging in, spreading the literary love I give my newspaper community on a daily basis to this website and its readers.
Brit Victoria
- Jun 14, 2020
- 3 min
Amplifying the American voice
Well, Mom. Guess what? In 2020, I don’t need to be a foreign correspondent to be endangered as a journalist. The American government and ...
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Brit Victoria
- Apr 25, 2020
- 4 min
Raising the bar
Earth Day 2020: Unbottling your beauty regimen Before COVID-19 became the lens through which we view everything I already had a plan for...
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Brit Victoria
- Apr 12, 2020
- 3 min
Stress by association
Let me start this by acknowledging how fortunate I really am. I have at least partial employment; I have a roof over my head; I have...
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Brit Victoria
- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min
Boycotting is a privilege
I’ve never been a big fan of big business or a believer in the concept that seems to be most fiscal conservative’s wet dream:...
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Brit Victoria
- Mar 15, 2020
- 2 min
Self-care isn't selfish
It has been quite some time since I’ve posted, and not for lack of inspiration. I actually have multiple things written – written, not...
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Brit Victoria
- Jan 23, 2020
- 3 min
Possibilities not resolutions
Written on Dec. 31, 2019. I've always loved the idea of starting fresh in a new year. Growing up, I remember my mother waking my dad and...
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Brit Victoria
- Dec 27, 2019
- 3 min
Be Like Mary
First off, before you ask, I’m not promoting celibacy. Besides Mary allegedly being a virgin mother, there are a lot of other aspects of...
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Brit Victoria
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
Gifts that can't be wrapped
Over the past year, the newspaper business here in Oregon has changed in some both expected and unexpected ways. One unexpected way was...
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Brit Victoria
- Dec 4, 2019
- 4 min
The marathon of self-love
26 months ago, I was about 282 lbs., depressed, stressed and I hated seeing myself in the mirror. I remember standing in the bathroom of...
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Brit Victoria
- Nov 14, 2019
- 4 min
Same love. Same me.
Around the time I turned 19 I remember being in the car with my mom, en route to see my grandparents. It was 2012, around the time Obama...
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Brit Victoria
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
From PDX to CVG
For longer than I can remember I've had dreams of travelling. When I was a child and rotating through my array of various "dream jobs,"...
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Brit Victoria
- Aug 31, 2019
- 3 min
Purpose in imperfection
Does God making us mortal, though we are meant to be built in Their image, give us more purpose? We are flawed, but does that not teach...
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Brit Victoria
- Aug 25, 2019
- 5 min
I am kayak, hear me roar
If you’re a fan of comedy, you’ve hopefully by now watched Amazon Prime and the fabulous Amy Sherman-Palladino’s “The Marvelous Mrs....
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Brit Victoria
- Jul 24, 2019
- 5 min
Be like Dorothy
When my ex-fiance and I broke up, I'll admit it. I was terrified. When you live with your S.O. it's a whole different ball game. The...
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Brit Victoria
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
Faith and first dates
At this point in my life, I am 100% certain of a handful of things. Jean jackets are a must-have addition to any wardrobe; power naps...
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Brit Victoria
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4 min
I made it
I honestly can’t remember the date of the last time I attempted to take my own life. I’m sure it’s stored away up there in my brain...
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Brit Victoria
- May 30, 2019
- 6 min
Yeah Alright So What
The Year in Which I Finally Accomplished Reading My First Whole Book Since College As an aspiring full-time journalist in college I was...
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Brit Victoria
- May 18, 2019
- 3 min
Generation Y: Why Not Talk about Sex
As a twenty-something working woman, girls’ nights have become increasingly infrequent, but also increasingly important. In your youth,...
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Brit Victoria
- May 9, 2019
- 6 min
You, me, and anxiety makes three
For my entire life I've pushed myself to succeed. That ambition and reality haven't always lined up. I've gotten my fair amount of Cs in...
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Brit Victoria
- May 5, 2019
- 5 min
Why "Someone Great" is the f***ing worst
... And therefore the best I have a sort of love-hate relationship with rom-coms. Seldom have ever watched a romantic comedy and thought...
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Brit Victoria
- Apr 30, 2019
- 7 min
A spa day sponsored by United Airlines
Since I was in the womb, flying hasn't been a big deal. A lot of people I know who haven't flown are weary that they'd have in-flight...
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Brit Victoria
- Apr 21, 2019
- 5 min
Patio sets and positive vibes
It’s been a little over a year now since I was unceremoniously thrust back into the single world. To recap for those unfamiliar, I was...
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Brit Victoria
- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min
Daughter of Aries
You’ll be happy to hear, though I’ve been terrible about keeping up with the #lentphotochallenge this year, I have been very diligent...
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Brit Victoria
- Mar 27, 2019
- 5 min
Hello, I'm watching "Shrill"
If you have Hulu you need to be watching “Shrill.” It’s a brand new Hulu original starring and co-written by SNL personality Aidy Bryant,...
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Brit Victoria
- Mar 21, 2019
- 3 min
Excelling in emotional homework
As a journalist, I feel like I never really stopped having homework. There are countless times I’ve not been able to fit all of the tasks...
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Brit Victoria
- Mar 17, 2019
- 4 min
Being a cause agent of faith
Since not all of you follow my personal social media, let me start with this: It’s Lent. And being a woman of faith, every Lent I feel...
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Brit Victoria
- Mar 9, 2019
- 3 min
Anything could happen
February was, to sum it up in one word: intense. It started out with the launch of the redesigned Millennial Pink, a joyous, maddening...
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Brit Victoria
- Feb 24, 2019
- 3 min
My faults, my faith
“… Man’s desire for God is bedded in his unconscious and seeks to satisfy itself in physical possession of another human. This...
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Brit Victoria
- Feb 3, 2019
- 2 min
It ain't for you. It's for me.
First dates, job interviews, or any first-time experience really can be incredibly daunting. In my life, that means first impressions...
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Brit Victoria
- Jan 18, 2019
- 3 min
Stick with who you know
Aspiring writers are often advised to “write what you know.” And lately, I’ve been thinking, though it’s 2019, it seems many people still...
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Brit Victoria
- Jan 11, 2019
- 2 min
Call me Tzeitel
Back when I was about 50 lbs lighter and had what seems like oodles more time to devote to blogging, I wrote a piece for “Bright Eyes...
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Brit Victoria
- Jan 3, 2019
- 5 min
It's a God thing
Though I’ve very recently started taking more credit for my own accomplishments when credit is due and recognizing that where I am in my...
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Brit Victoria
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
Why I traded my Tinder Gold status for an Audible subscription
As a full-time writer, I have a love-hate relationship with reading. I read on a daily basis, but I haven’t finished a book in years....
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Brit Victoria
- Nov 22, 2018
- 3 min
Holiday jingles and being single
There are few times I’ve ever felt grateful to have a rather small immediate family – this holiday season is one of them. I don’t think...
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Brit Victoria
- Nov 16, 2018
- 3 min
Somewhere between Rizzo and every ‘80s Molly Ringwald character
For starters, I know I’m not an exception. I don’t claim to be some one-in-a-million woman or even all that unique. That said, I often...
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Brit Victoria
- Nov 8, 2018
- 2 min
Curves Ahead: Promoting self love rather than apologizing for breaking the mold
In high school, I think we all have this rather half-baked idea of what being an adult is like. We recognize some of the associated...
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Brit Victoria
- Nov 1, 2018
- 4 min
Voting in moderation
For longer than I can remember, I’ve carried around the value that voting is important. Even now in 2018 there are many people who aren’t...
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Brit Victoria
- Oct 31, 2018
- 2 min
Savor being single
For someone who spent the better part of three months distraught over having been unceremoniously abandoned by a man boy, I honestly love...
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Brit Victoria
- Oct 24, 2018
- 4 min
Amending the girl code
You see it in TV and movies, everything from teeny bopper after-school specials to classics – yes, I mean classics – like Sex and the...
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Brit Victoria
- Oct 17, 2018
- 5 min
Finding my role model
Let me tell you a love story. There was this girl. She was a jack of all trades, loved to read and loved her high school sweetheart,...
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Brit Victoria
- Oct 11, 2018
- 5 min
How do you feel about chicken parm?
As much as I love coffee — like the best beer I've ever had was only the best because it was an Antigua coffee brown ale — I hate coffee...
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Brit Victoria
- Jul 24, 2018
- 1 min
Firefly
Every moment I spend with you is an act of love that's slowly ripping me apart at the seams. With every stitch I become more vulnerable....
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Brit Victoria
- Jul 4, 2018
- 4 min
Independence of the heart
It’s been nearly three years since I last wrote on my blog at brighteyesphotos.weebly.com/bright-eyes-nw-blurbs. Last I wrote, I'd been...
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Brit Victoria
- Jan 14, 2015
- 4 min
Over the counter
*Originally written on January 14, 2015. Revised June 9, 2018. As I advance in my journalistic career, my tendency to enter any and all...
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