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Mason Shaffer

Mason is a junior at Penn State studying Public Relations. In addition to her work for VALLEY, Mason is an active member of her dance company, Volé. She loves to sing, shop, and binge watch chick flicks from the 90's and 00's. After college, Mason plans to work in fashion, where she hopes to honor her biggest style icon, Audrey Hepburn.

Self-Improvement

Get In, Bimbos, We’re Reclaiming This Word

By Mason Shaffer

Ladies, it’s 2020. We can wear what we want, do what we want and go where we want when we want (socially distanced and following…

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Entertainment

Yungblud Talks New Music, His Fan Base and Connection in the Age of Isolation

By Mason Shaffer

“I’m not Yungblud. Yungblud is us, a culture of people – it blows my mind that a community can come together and change lives,” says…

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Fashion

Fashion Inspo or Thinspo?

By Mason Shaffer

Do you remember the last time you saw an influencer or a model wearing an outfit you thought was questionable at best but decided that…

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Beauty & Health

Can We Talk About Being Midsized?

By Mason Shaffer

Have you ever noticed that your jeans have a wild variety of sizes ranging anywhere from a 6 to a 12? Maybe one day you…

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Entertainment

Drop Everything: Ne-Yo is Releasing New Music

By Mason Shaffer

If you’re looking for some early adolescent nostalgia, look no further; Ne-Yo is dropping new music. The “Miss Independent” singer, everyone’s designated middle school crush,…

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Entertainment

Not Another Sellout: Jamie Fine

By Mason Shaffer

If there’s one name you should remember going into 2021, it’s Jamie Fine. The Canadian native is breaking out into a solo career after several…

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Entertainment

Actual Friend Goals: Tank and the Bangas

By Mason Shaffer

If you’re in the market for new music to groove to or a new group to follow on Spotify, VALLEY has just the band for…

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Fashion

How to Make Christian Girl Autumn Your Own

By Mason Shaffer

As Hot Girl Summer (coined by Meghan Thee Stallion) draws to a close, the weather gets colder, and Twitter’s favorite seasonal meme approaches; Christian Girl…

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Entertainment

Not-So-Scary Movies to Binge This Spooky Season

By Mason Shaffer

The leaves have turned, the temperature’s dropped, every coffee chain has dropped its fall line, and hoodies are everyone’s go-to; it’s officially Spooky Season. There…

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Self-Improvement

The Best Fall Scents and Flavors That Aren’t Pumpkin (And May Actually Be Better)

By Mason Shaffer

September has come and gone, and we all know what that means; autumn is in full swing. Chunky sweaters, football, apple picking and Halloween movies…

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Entertainment

“This is Paris” and, Actually, So Are You

By Mason Shaffer

If you’ve been on social media in any way, shape or form in the last 14 days, you probably know that Paris Hilton released a…

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Beauty & Health

’90s Soft Glam: The Look You Need to Master This Fall

By Mason Shaffer

When you think of the 1990s, a lot of things probably come to mind: Boy bands, campy chick flicks, Britney Spears, bead curtains, roll-on glitter,…

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Fashion

A Comprehensive Look Book for Fall 2020

By Mason Shaffer

Who doesn’t love fall? The September issue of Vogue, the return of the coveted PSL and the annual circulation of the tweets about being the…

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Entertainment

#FreeBritney: Britney Spears’s Career, Conservatorship and Why We Should All Be Angry

By Mason Shaffer

When a 16-year-old Britney Spears sang to the world her loneliness was killing her, she meant it. There was a time when the single best-selling…

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Entertainment

Teen Queens of the Small & Silver Screens Who Shaped Our Generation

By Mason Shaffer

The 1990s and early 2000s were unquestionably one of the most definitive times in the film and television industries. Chick flicks and rom coms were…

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Fashion

From Graphic Tees to Gucci: Harry Styles’ Fashion Transformation

By Mason Shaffer

From dressing like a frat boy in his early One Direction days to wearing the most notable designers at places like the Met Gala, it’s…

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