Out Here On My Own

A few months after the start of 8th grade, my family moved from Staten Island to Brooklyn. I remember being really scared that I was going to have to transfer schools. I couldn’t think of anything worse. We were only a few months from graduation, and, more importantly, I didn’t want to leave my friends. […]

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Coachella: The Love of Music

Music. Say the word, and most girls in California will think of Coachella. My friends Emerson, Sage, and I went to the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, held annually in Indio, California, from April 11th to April 13th. It was the first time that all three of us had gone […]

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Jam Session

I try not to think too much about how old I am, but it never seems to work. Every day, I correct “16” with “17” and remember that my mom still knows lyrics from songs that haven’t been big since 1968. This is when I remind myself that the music I listen to every day […]

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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 Universal Language

Music is often called a “universal language,” and I would have to agree with that. In terms of reading music, it is the same across the board. And beyond that, even if you don’t know the actual words to a song, music can be understood through the feelings being evoked. For years we have all […]

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Planned Parenthood 101

Hello, lovely Germs! Prepare to educate yourself. Today, we’re going to be talking about Planned Parenthood. Now, I realize that there are a lot of misconceptions that go along with this topic, so let’s get the biggest one out of the way. Planned Parenthood is not an abortion clinic. That’s not to say that they […]

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