Happy New Year, Germies, and welcome to our 3rd annual reading challenge! The past two years I’ve given you checklists to complete over the course of the year with different genres and authors and such so that you might read a little more diversely than you would have without it. This year, I’ve gone a […]
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When I first read James Damore’s now infamous memo to his coworkers, I wasn’t outraged, or even angry, really. I don’t believe that Damore is a misogynist or a bad person, and he was clearly convinced enough of the soundness of his own argument that he distributed his opinions company-wide. That doesn’t change the fact […]
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Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling Six of Crows series defies expectations. Its pages are filled with female empowerment, complicated anti-hero protagonists, dangerous heists and cons, and witty dialogue. The series follows six main characters — Kaz, Inej, Nina, Jesper, Matthias, and Wylan — through a deadly heist, a mission to recover one of their own, and a […]
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Summer is a time for sunshine and beaches, ice cream and relaxation. School is out, and whether you are headed to camp, have a job lined up, or just plan to lounge by the pool, a good book should always be within close range. When I started looking for a book to begin my summer […]
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Image is everything in the fashion world, which is why Kelly Knox is putting hers out there. Knox, a 31-year-old model, is fighting her way into the fashion world for individuals with disabilities. Knox was born with one arm and never believed she was different. She never thought of herself as being disabled because that […]
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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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Kylie Jenner caused quite a stir in the media when it came to her Interview magazine cover photo. The photo shows Jenner posing in a wheelchair, which expresses her claim that she is bound by her fame, which she cannot escape even if she wanted to. As many can imagine, this did not settle well with the public and, […]
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So many different aspects make up who you are today — likes, dislikes, hobbies, friends, family, choices, religion, nationality — and yet, until a few months ago, I had never been given the opportunity to embrace these variations in people. Moving to Dubai, an extremely multicultural, global city, gave me the chance to understand the […]
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If you’re like me, stopping by the CW during midweek primetime has taken a severe halt as of late. The remake of Beverly Hills: 90210 was a ridiculous flop, following the gilded lives of 25-year-old looking 16 and 17-year-olds who, miraculously, never had homework assigned to them. But seriously, how were these kids in three […]
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