Saying high school and teenage life is rough is an understatement. As articles in Germ Magazine attest, high school is an awkward period that can be quite challenging to endure. In so many cases, it’s not at all like the perfectly curated images and videos you often see online, as many of us struggle with […]
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The topic of diversity in literature first came to my full attention in a college course: Women’s Literature. From the beginning, my professor declared that we would be specifically reading titles that were written by and that represented women of color and women on the LGBTQ spectrum. When one of the students raised their hand and asked […]
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For many, there’s nothing that feels quite as good as giving back. Whether it be donating to a charity, donating clothes, or helping out the community around you, there is something fundamentally inspiring about helping a good cause. Here are five fashion statements that prove giving back is always in style. 1. The Giving Keys This […]
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Jordan Emmons, a writer at Too Damn Young, created this lovely video for the #TellUsAboutThem campaign, sharing about the lives of those she’s loved and lost. In the description box, Jordan explains more about the campaign itself: If you have lost a friend, family member, or loved one: In partnership with Germ Magazine, Too Damn Young […]
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I picked up All the Bright Places toward the end of January 2015. I was over a month out from my birthday, weeks out from Christmas, and exactly two weeks out from my mom’s death anniversary. The winter holidays are always a hard time for me because it’s an avalanche of dates and emotions and […]
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On April 11th, 2015, four feminists — Nathalie Gordon, Lydia Pang, Abigail Bergstrom, and Karlie McCulloch, alongside renowned photographer Perou — took to the streets to take photos of women for the Rape Crisis center in South London. Through his pop-up photography studio, he got to know more about these women’s stories and their thoughts on rape culture. […]
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It’s SO RARE to find a campaign aimed at empowering women that is also realistic and inclusive, but it seems that it may have finally arrived! This Girl Can is a national campaign aimed at empowering girls and women to get healthy and active without being concerned about what they look like. Their video campaign is […]
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The Everyday Sexism Project was started by Laura Bates with the intention of providing a safe place for women to share instances of sexism that happen daily. The unfortunate truth is that we’ve all had to deal with this at some point or another. The range of offenses is vast, and women spend their lives being […]
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