2/22/22: A Groundbreaking Day for Women’s Soccer
2/22/22. For everyone in the world, the day held significance for its uniqueness of the date, including that it was on a Tuesday. Likely, you have a screenshot on your phone, or you might remember the moment it hit 22 seconds, because it was a special day. However, the United States Women’s Soccer Team was enjoying a different celebration on that day. The US Women’s … Continue reading 2/22/22: A Groundbreaking Day for Women’s Soccer
Are We Evolving Past Identity Labels?
Especially in this generation, labels, specifically identity labels, have become a topic of great importance. From the second people are born they are assigned a label. Categorized. Numbered. Girl. Boy. Healthy. Unhealthy. Weight. Height. Wealth. And from these labels come assumptions, which are often used to turn large groups against each other, unintentionally or not. You may have been taught to avoid people of lower … Continue reading Are We Evolving Past Identity Labels?
Black Americans’ Mental Health Matters
Trauma. A deeply distressing or disturbing experience. A Greek word for “wound,” which in present time refers to emotional wounds. Slave. A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. Oppression. A prolonged cruel and unjust treatment or control. Neglect. Failure to care for a being or thing properly, to be uncared for. Segregation. The action or state of … Continue reading Black Americans’ Mental Health Matters
Why Does the US Care About Ukraine?
In recent weeks, the simmering conflict between Ukraine and Russia has escalated with the deployment of Russian troops to the Ukrainian border. It has raised security concerns both in Europe and globally. World leaders have threatened to tighten sanctions on Russia if they go through with a full invasion of the former satellite nation, afraid that if there is a full scale invasion, it will … Continue reading Why Does the US Care About Ukraine?
Understanding Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is growing more prevalent among children and youth, but many remain uneducated about what it is and how it affects daily life for those who have it. A lot of people also don’t realize how it is different from type 2 diabetes. An understanding of this chronic illness will help to clear up common misconceptions. As a type 1 diabetic myself, responding … Continue reading Understanding Type 1 Diabetes
The Stock Market and Teenagers: What to Know
When thinking about investing in the stock market or wanting to buy stocks, there is a lot to know and a lot of little details that can make or break your experience. Hopefully, after reading this, you will have a better idea and understanding of the ins and outs of investing and investing as a teenager. So what exactly is stock? Stock is where you … Continue reading The Stock Market and Teenagers: What to Know
We Should Talk About the Pledge
Recently, McCaskey High School began playing the pledge of allegiance every morning on its announcements. “It mocks our ancestor’s cries and screams: their terror,” shared Essence Winters. “What justice has America shown?” she asked. “Black people still haven’t received reparations.” “Not saying it is disrespectful to those who have died. We should honor it, value it, and be fair to it,” said Sujan Upreti. These … Continue reading We Should Talk About the Pledge
Candy Corporations in Hot Water Over Child Labor Dispute
Companies Nestlé, Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey and Mondelēz are involved in an ongoing lawsuit that was filed on February 12, 2021. The human rights firm International Rights Advocates (IRA) filed against the companies on behalf of eight former child slaves. The children, now young adults, are suing for forced labor and compensation for unjust enrichment, negligent supervision and intentional infliction of emotional distress. … Continue reading Candy Corporations in Hot Water Over Child Labor Dispute
One Asian American’s Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is the most significant holiday for those that celebrate the lunar calendar. It’s different from the calendar we are used to and was used before the 12 month calendar. Depending on where you celebrate it, the duration of the holiday varies from country to country. As for me, I had spent most of my Lunar New Year’s Day alone. I had not … Continue reading One Asian American’s Lunar New Year
The Glowing Man: A Masterpiece of Progressive Rock
The current scarcity of quality rock music within the mainstream during the last decade has certainly been felt. Although there are many rock-influenced fusions that produce quality music, it seems that the self proclaimed “rockstars” of this generation are cash-grabbing derivative clowns that attempt to tear a piece of cloth away from a bygone era of music. Many critics claim that the lack of sonic … Continue reading The Glowing Man: A Masterpiece of Progressive Rock
The Isolated Immigrant: A Narrative
Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year. Or that one holiday you don’t know anything about but support awkwardly anyway. Lunar New Year is supposed to be a season of celebration but for me it’s just a culmination of all of the aspects of my culture that I can’t appreciate. That culture, the Vietnamese community who travelled by sky and sea to get to a … Continue reading The Isolated Immigrant: A Narrative
Respectability Politics and the Black Body
Assimilationism and Respectability Politics, perhaps the same theory when bound to the black body, are both relative to the concept Dr. W.E.B DuBois coined as “double consciousness”. However, his claim “One ever feels his twoness, — an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder,” can be … Continue reading Respectability Politics and the Black Body
Amanda Gorman’s New Book is a Necessary “Message in a Bottle”
Our Testimony. This book is a message in a bottle. This book is a letter. This book does not let up. This book is awake. This book is a wake. For what is a record but a reckoning? The capsule captured? A repository, An ark articulated? & the poet, the preserver Of ghosts & gains, Our demons & dreams, Our haunts & hopes. Here’s to … Continue reading Amanda Gorman’s New Book is a Necessary “Message in a Bottle”
Toxic Masculinity and Covid-19: Deadly Consequences
Toxic masculinity. It’s an amorphous concept, often scorned as overly intellectual, criticized by the right as a war on traditional masculinity and by some on the left as ignoring the role of individual choice in determining behaviors. It generally manifests itself in performative male aggression, the desire to project physical strength, sexual dominance, and no signs of vulnerability. And discounting the significance of toxic masculinity … Continue reading Toxic Masculinity and Covid-19: Deadly Consequences
We Need Sensory Rooms
You are holding back tears in a classroom, triggered by some unknowingly hurtful statement made by the teacher. You’re mad at the teacher, despite her not knowing she was causing you pain. You want to fight, or leave; that is if you could get unstuck from the prick of survival response, your brain snagged like a loose thread on the oversized sweater you wish you … Continue reading We Need Sensory Rooms
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