Hello, Germ readers, and welcome back to Badass Ladies in History! I am so excited to be writing about someone who changed the game with medical …
“Null Dating” Means No Difference
Basketball is a pretty big deal in Indiana. In 1986, Hollywood made a movie called Hoosiers and filmed it about forty minutes from where I live. …
An Open Letter to a Church Kid
To the person who spent a majority of your life growing up in church: After all those Sundays, it became ritual. We sat in the …
Happy International Women’s Day!
Take some time today to appreciate the women in your life and all of the contributions that women have made to society since the dawn …
Badass Ladies in History: Black History Month Edition
Welcome, Germ readers, to Badass Ladies in History: Black History Month Edition! I hope your month has been filled with amazing new discoveries of black …
Lost Art
“A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.” —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice We tweet and snap pictures that only last …
Dear Lizzie B.
The meanings of my Tuesdays and Thursdays have changed since I left high school. Now, Tuesdays and Thursdays mean class at 9:40 and at 1:10 …
Go the Distance
“The distance is nothing when one has a motive.” —Jane Austen We are supposed to stay connected. We create meaningful relationships with people from far away, …
What Is the Flint Water Crisis?
It would really only take a few words to sum up the Flint Water Crisis: an atrocity that could have and should have been avoided …