Clara Barton was born in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She first showed an aptitude for nursing as a young girl in Massachusetts when she took …
Emma Watson Addresses ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Stockholm Syndrome Concerns
I’ve always loved Beauty and the Beast. Like me, Belle loves to read, and I love that she has an active part in the story rather …
Poetic Tribute to a Badass Lady in History: Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder grew up as the daughter of hard-working immigrant parents. Her birth name was Josephine Esther Mentzer. “Esty” was a childhood nickname she later …
Who Run the World? Girls — And Babies!
The other day, a couple of my friends and I were talking about the state of our country, which has been a popular topic of …
Thank You, Donald Trump
To all who are reading this, you must be thinking a number of things, like, Why on Earth would this girl be thanking this horrible …
Lilith, Proserpine, Venus by K. S. Keeney
Straighten the nose and push together the soft rosebud lips. Brush, with a touch hardly there, the auburn locks. Make sure her eyes are a …
To Weather Your Own Violence by Shirley Wang
my girlhood is defined by what can be seized from me, body sowing a war since birth. to be a girl is to swallow loss, …
Don’t Text Him by Kate Foley
Don’t text him. Don’t call him at 2 AM. Don’t think he is your cure. You can’t keep dialing through men as if they are …
Why are you censoring my femininity? by Vrinda Jotwani
Shoulders, calves, thighs, belly, side breasts, breasts, body, skin, bones, why are you censoring me, why are you censoring my femininity? How does a body …