Have you ever eaten a tomato that tasted like dishwater? Does the idea of consuming spinach make you cringe? Do you avoid most vegetables because …
Daily Germ
“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” -MaryLou Cook
A Letter to You
To the Ask Lara readers who read and believe in my words, this one is for you… This past week I had the honor of going …
Morena
“You’d be pretty if only you had pale skin.” “Aach. You’re so dark.” ”We’ll probably lose you in the dark.” I heard those comments frequently enough from a lot of people that I started to get used to them before I even reached my teenage years. My parents and siblings called me negra or Kirara, based on a character with dark skin and curly hair from a Philippine TV show that was apparently aired before I was even born. Growing up, I felt like everyone and everything treated my color as something to be frowned upon instead …
For All the Girls with Messy Hearts, and to the Men Whose Skin Have Tasted Mine by Sade Andria Zabala
Let’s be honest here — I am not the girl men fall in love with. I am the girl that men want to fuck. I …
To the Twelve-year-old Me by Lisa Zou
You have not yet seen leaves swiftly fall to the ground, traveling from the abstract to the concrete, the way air and beliefs solidify while …
Cooking Together: Food for Your Health and Your Heart
Food has mystical properties. It feeds the spirit as well as the body. Think about a food that conjures a memory for you. I remember …
