It’s my birthday so I’m going to talk about myself.  HA.  But seriously though, there’s nothing I’d like to do more than tell you all how I became the confident, proud, bold, FEMINIST, twenty year old that I am today.  It took a while, but I finally made it! You’d never believe it, but before […]

I originally started this post 5 months ago, it sounded scattered. It was hard because of the complexity of this concept. I remember sitting in my bed thinking how can I explain to others that my identity in particular my physical features as a black woman are not celebrated until on a white individual. Along […]

Have you ever been in a class having a discussion and someone just says something so infuriating that all you can think about is all the different ways you want to yell at them? I recently felt this in one of my Justice Studies courses here at James Madison University. I’m in a course called […]

Your chest is feeling tight, heart pumping fast, and mind racing with thoughts you just don’t want to think about.  You’re having an anxiety attack.  Anxiety attacks can happen at any moment from a wide variety of different triggers, and with Anxiety disorders being the most common mental illness in the US and one of […]

*I would like to start off with a disclaimer. This post is in no way, shape, or form attempting to make a negative comment or judgment on people who choose to date often/ have sexual encounters often/ etc. This post is, however, attempting to comment on the social constructs which often control the way that […]