Affirmative thoughts are critical for black girls – urgent even – since everything society has told us about ourselves is bull. We aren’t aren’t angry or aggressive. We don’t all have extroverted personalities and “act ghetto,” in the words of the white man. …

Cinderella is one of the most popular fairytales of all time. — Children and adults love to hear about the magical night when the hard-working young woman triumphs over her mean stepsisters and cruel stepmother. The story has captured our imaginations so completely that we tend to call all sorts of events a Cinderella story long as things turn out well for…

I was in a period of my life where I heavily doubted my validity. Photo credits|captured_deguia via Unsplash I was a junior year in high school trying to juggle a ‘part-time’ job that overworked and underrated me while trying to keep my grades together and maintain a social life; that…

The education system is slowly transitioning into kids only striving for a passing grade. Photographed by inactive user via Pixabay From A Student’s Perspective My freshman and sophomore year was like any other underclassmen’s. …

The people in Haiti need support more than anything right now. — Photographed by georgephoto via pixabay The truth is Haiti has been struggling to cope with natural disasters, security crises’, and armed violence for over a decade, and it’s sweeping the restless country yet again. Haiti’s been hit by 5 earthquakes of 4.0+ magnitude in the past 30 days. Not to…

Photographed by bankrx on stock.adobe The whole idea of it makes me feel kind of queasy and uneasy And I know of the endless opportunities waiting ahead for me But it’s kinda like that feeling when you get the new job you’ve been praying on Or kind of like how…