This past month, America experienced one of the deadliest tragedies to ever hit our nation. A gay club in Orlando was shot up by New York native Omar Matteen on Latinx night. Forty-nine club goers were killed, and countless more were in critical condition. If you wish to donate to the families and loved ones of the […]
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Her body lies bare— open; her skin, white-washed in the milk of a thousand lovers; her veins, broken blue threads, skeins of frozen sapphires melting under the heat of kneading hands. Amy Lauren Jones is a graduate music major at Mississippi College, a Christian university in the Jackson metro area. […]
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Your fingers will never be enough, To count the number of times They called you a slut. But your soul, your soul is armoured enough, Their grenades are the seeds you were born from. They have built a warzone out of your body, You’re the country they fight over. But you never asked to […]
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Oh boy, have I got an audiobook recommendation for you! Beauty Queens, written and narrated by Libba Bray, is a hilarious concoction of feminism, anti-consumerism, and pirates! The satire, a rarity in the young adult genre, tells the story of a plane full of diverse beauty queens — who are set to compete in the […]
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Happy New Year, everyone! Welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres. I hope 2016 has been good to you so far and will be filled with love and wonderful blessings. Paula Gunn Allen is the Belle for this month. Allen was a novelist, poet, and scholar, and she drew on the influences of feminism and […]
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About three months ago, Glamour magazine sponsored an event that collaborated with the White House’s Let Girls Learn Initiative. A group of female leaders — including First Lady Michelle Obama, actor and activist Charlize Theron, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and the sixteen-year-old ambassador for Plan International, Nurfahada — all gathered to talk about the […]
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out of the cement the plaster come unholy diamonds. these slate men pointing fingers at priestesses goddesses hookers in silver. water pools from the salivating mouths of a thousand saviors with coal-like hands given by these loincloths of silk and pearl above caverns corroded by greed and divine intentions. Farah Ghafoor […]
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Over the years, there has been more controversy over the types of dolls that are owned by young girls. Many people feel that Barbie dolls or Bratz dolls are hypersexualized and don’t provide good role models for girls to look up to. In an attempt to start changing the world of dolls, artist Wendy Tsao has done […]
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Female representation in the ten-year comic wave that’s hit both the big and little screen has been a big discussion in the last few years. With the exception of Marvel’s Black Widow, very few female heroes have surfaced. Where are all the kick-butt female leads jumping off the comic pages? CBS finally came through in […]
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