“Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn’t be about the either/or. We’re capable of…
Last week, I had the honor of meeting Judith Ortiz Cofer, whose work I have been reading in my Women in Literature class. (Some of…
“And the heart, like a well-constructed little boat, will resume its course toward hope.” – Judith Ortiz Cofer, “To a Daughter I Cannot Console,” The…
“She was right, of course. I’ve always blamed my tendency to vacillate on my mixed ethnicity. Halved, I am neither here nor there, and my…
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks…
“Just because a girl isn’t tied to some train tracks doesn’t mean she should be ignored.” – Kirsten Cohen, The OC * We’ve seen it…
“Sometimes people use thought not to participate in life.” – Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower * All too often, we let our…
Every week, as I turn on the latest episode of The Hard Times of RJ Berger, I am reminded of how formulaic and unrealistic society’s…
“And all at once I knew how Margo Roth Spiegelman felt when she wasn’t being Margo Roth Spiegelman: she felt empty. She felt the unscaleable…
Tomorrow I leave for my summer semester at school, and as I take a break from packing, I realize that a lot has changed in one…