Acclaimed rapper and lyricist Lupe Fiasco is taking his talents to academia as he joins the prestigious Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute to teach a course on rap. The groundbreaking artist, known fo…
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What School Dress Codes Are Really Teaching Children
TW: This article may contain triggering information regarding sexual harassment Clothes are a great way to express ourselves. Still, public schools worldwide have been restricting students and unfa…
The School-To-Prison Pipeline: What It’s Doing To Our Children
The school-to-prison pipeline is the criminalization of children and youth, excessive and exclusionary school discipline policies, and juvenile justice involvement push children and youth into or d…
Sex Positivity: What Does It Really Mean?
You’ve probably seen the term sex positivity trending under hashtags like #FreeTheNipple and #SexualHealthIsHealth, but what does sex positivity really mean? Sex positivity is a way of being…
Unlearning Is The New Learning
Unlearning is one of the most important things we can do in life. Unlearning allows us to evolve and adapt to new ideas and be more open. Unlearning is the process through which we break down the…
The American Dream: Myth or Reality?
My parents are both Albanian Immigrants who came to America in search of a better life. They, just like everyone else in the outskirts of America, had romanticized the country they would soon ca…
Let’s Talk About Sex: Consent 101
TW: This article may contain triggering information regarding sexual violence, sexual assault, and abuse. Over the past few years, we have begun emphasizing the importance of sexual consent more th…
The Struggle Of Looking “Perfect”
“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” ― Edgar Allan Poe As a twelve-year-old girl, I knew I looked different than all the other girls my age. I had darker skin…
Why Native Americans and Indians are Not the Same Thing
One of the first real history lessons we are taught in school is usually something to do with colonization. Usually, we learn about how Christopher Columbus accidentally sailed to America and colon…
Megan Thee Stallion Launched A $10,000 Scholarship To Women Of Color
Listen up college hot girls; last Thursday rapper Megan The Stallion launched her new Don’t Stop Scholarship fund for women of color pursuing a degree in any field of study. COLLEGE HOT GIRLS THIS …