The Beauty of self acceptance

I remember waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store with my mom and seeing tabloid magazines featuring celebrities, “caught”, by paparazzi without makeup. As an eleven-year-old who had just started experimenting with makeup, I wasn’t aware of the societal expectations placed on women concerning its purpose and maintaining a particular image. Flash forward […]

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#Loveforall event, yes even you

Recently, an event on campus I went to was JMU Pink’s #LoveForAll event. This event wasn’t one where someone was talking at you telling you to love yourself and love others, and that was maybe the best part about it, because let’s be real… when does that ever work? The JMU Pink team hosted this […]

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Connecting with a Character

When you sit down to play a new game, that has garnered a lot of attention and accolades there is a lot of excitement and anticipation for that title screen to first greet your eyes. As I got older a lot of the excitement and anticipation for new games has dwindled, I kept asking the […]

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Take Care of Our Caretakers!

On Sunday March 23rd, an annual event called Women in Focus was held at the Court Square Theater. Each year the event focuses on women in some aspect. This year they concentrated on female caregivers such as women who care for their aging parents. Alzheimer’s disease runs in my mother’s side of the family. Both […]

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