Stolen Girls

On April 16th, while America was cooing over the latest famous person to carry a life inside of her (Chelsea Clinton), over 200 girls in Nigeria were having their lives threatened by extremists.  These girls’ perceived infraction?  Getting an education.  Several dozen of the girls were able to jump off of the truck that was […]

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The Incredible Lightness of Being

I awoke in the middle of the night, unable to sleep because I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. In truth, I’d been feeling down for the past few days; sometimes life decides to challenge you in ways you’re just not ready to deal with at the moment. After comically making my way through […]

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Kissing Ethan Canin

“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides   Of all the loves I have had in my life, none has lasted as long as the love of my friends… Romantic love starts out intense —  the white-hot passion that’s so addictive — but it is hard to sustain. After […]

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This.Is.Not.Okay.

While surfing Huffington Post today, I came across this report and was stunned, because is said that: “Heather Hlavka, a sociologist at Marquette University, analyzed interviews with 100 girls between ages three and 17 who may have experienced sexual assault. Overwhelmingly, their accounts indicated that sexual violence had been normalized in their communities. They considered harassment […]

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Badass Ladies Spotlight: Angela Zhang

After graduating from Monta Vista High School, Angela Zhang began researching a nanoparticle system that is able to target tumors, eradicate cancer cells, and monitor treatment responses simultaneously. In layman’s terms, this seventeen-year-old girl may have found the cure for cancer. While most girls her age were out spending time hanging out with friends and going […]

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No Foolin’

It’s April Fools’ Day, Germies, so get your prank on!   If you are wondering about the origins of this lighthearted holiday, you are not alone.  April Fools’ Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, dates back to at least the 1500s.  In 1561, Eduard de Dene, A Flemish poet, composed a poem about a nobleman who […]

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