Micah Watkins expresses the importance of challenging he American “history” we are often taught and why it is meaningful to do your own research outside of what you already know.
Read MoreFor pride month, Grace Ellsworth discusses sexuality, the intricacies of labels, and the harmful connotations that come with being bisexual.
Read MoreDiscussing the lack of respect and appreciation black women in America receive and the harsh impact this has on a black woman’s self-worth.
Read MoreCamilla Johnson shares her take on the lack of black representation in pop culture today as well as the detrimental effects it has on black youth.
Read Morea blush of pink, freckled violet, and dotted with scarlet
a curl of amber lip, with a soft ochre smile
Read MoreAdam awoke to his screeching alarm at four in the morning.
Read MoreMy weight is something that I am confronted with constantly; every single time I look at the mirror, see the numbers on the scale, or pick at the extra fat stored in my hands or behind my knees, I remember how different I am than the majority of my peers.
Read MoreThen comes the thoughts. Oh, the thoughts! Those annoying little voices saying you are not good enough, that you will mess something up, that something will go horribly wrong.
Read MoreGrace Ellsworth delves deeper into the many flaws of the private school system.
Read MoreI must play sports, I must have gotten my height through genetics, and I must love it, right? No, not exactly.
Read MoreDebunking the “If they’re older than you, they must be wiser than you” myth with Mischa White.
Read Morei stand at the top of a staircase.
enveloped in light, but mired in sin.
a lucifer complex.
Earning your own self-respect
is more important
than the respect
of any passerby.
you.
your hair, running through it
drives me insane.
all the things I need to say to you, but I can’t
I don’t want things to change
Adventure: an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.
Read MoreA reflection of simpler times—of youth and innocence—with G. Holliday.
Read MoreThe day I started asking questions I was ten. It was the same year I decided that I wanted to be called “Pink” instead of “Catherine”. Both my mother and I loved the color, and all of my mother’s clothes were pink, but that’s not really important.
Read MoreWhy are we not included in the Dream?
Read MoreI tried to kill myself. Twice. Within the same year.
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