you shrink yourself you fear being melodramatic and so you adjust your vision so the world becomes monochromatic but that’s not what you want, is it? you are not flesh and bones created just to be given a gravestone you are a mind, body, and soul worth far more than your weight in gold I […]
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I was but a child when I learnt what it meant to lose your identity. So I searched for it silently, but I did not find it at the bottom of a bottle, nor a packet of cigarettes. I did not find my self-respect in a new man’s bed. I could not see to the […]
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As young people, we often look for respect in our peers, our parents, or our relationships. And that’s okay. It’s natural to want to be respected by the people who matter the most to us. But what about self-respect? Most people associate self-worth with simply having confidence and feeling good about yourself. However, self-respect is […]
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As much as you may have been denying it, there is no escaping the truth: It’s time to go back to school. For many of you this means back to the daily school uniform of pleated skirts and white polo tees. And when it comes to uniforms, there is not much room to express yourself […]
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Q: Dear Lara, in the last couple of months my musical taste has completely changed. I went from listening to the top hits on the pop charts to listening to more “indie” music. Unfortunately, my friends, who still listen to the same music I used to, haven’t been taking this so well. They call me a […]
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A few months after the start of 8th grade, my family moved from Staten Island to Brooklyn. I remember being really scared that I was going to have to transfer schools. I couldn’t think of anything worse. We were only a few months from graduation, and, more importantly, I didn’t want to leave my friends. […]
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I’m sure that at one point in your life your parents pushed you to try and pick up an instrument or take some sort of music lessons. Many of you probably thought they just wanted to torture you or get you out of the house for thirty minutes, but, in reality, there are endless benefits […]
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Hey there, Germs! I’ve always been the girl who marches to the beat of her own drum. One of the big contributing factors? I love anime, video games, conventions, and all of that. This often put me into the category of “one of the guys” when I was younger, and I really liked that area. […]
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Lovely is in the details…
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