Lately, I have found it impossible not to acknowledge the growing impact of social media on any sort of relationship. You think that social media would be used to connect with one another. Instead it has become something that tears people apart and tears ourselves apart. The impact that social media has on our self-image […]
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Jes Baker is a woman who is making waves with her new campaign: #FatGirlsCan. Baker owns a blog called The Militant Baker, and she advocates for loving your body and self. An overweight woman herself, Baker wrote a book called Things Will No One Will Tell Fat Girls. The overwhelmingly positive response to the book is what caused Baker […]
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What happens when the biggest boy band in the world announces that they are going on a year-long hiatus? The sound of a million hearts shattering to pieces becomes the world’s number one heartbreak song. The report issued by People confirmed that British-Irish boy band One Direction will go on an extended break, starting March […]
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The millennial generation is one like no other. We have experienced more technological advancements in our lifetime than any other. With technology under our belt, we are seeking new ways to change the world — thus the rebirth of activism. Recently, more and more people are speaking up and advocating for causes that they see as […]
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Anyone who has gone to a sleepaway camp knows that the moment you leave camp and return home, you get really bored. “I have nothing to do today.” It’s annoying. You text your friends to see who is free to hang out. No one is. Everyone is busy. There’s nothing to do. Let’s face it; life is […]
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In the wake of the Ray Rice domestic violence scandal, people have turned to victim blaming Rice’s wife, Janay Palmer, for being complicit in her own abuse by staying in the marriage. The questions of “why would you stay” and “why didn’t you just leave him” have been packing the twitter air waves, with the […]
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This past month, the story that has swept the news is that of Mike Brown’s tragic and unwarranted death in Ferguson, Missouri. The innocent 18-year-old, days away from starting college, was gunned down by a police officer and died “black, unarmed and from multiple gunshots.” Most have recognized this situation as a blatant act of racism, […]
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There are certain rules to texting. Don’t threaten, don’t bully, and don’t send naked selfies to your father. This week, twenty-three-year-old Nyjah Cousar went from unknown Inglewood, California girl to web celebrity after she accidentally tweeted a photo (meant for her boyfriend) of… well, let’s just say of herself… to her dad, and then recounted […]
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