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Month: January 2022

Empowerment Through Other Women

January 26, 2022 Elizabeth Page

Growing up, I often found it difficult to feel empowered, motivated, or inspired.  Sometimes I still struggle with these concepts.…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS, CULTURE, LIFESTYLE Filed under: activism, Amanda Gorman, author, empowered, inspired, poetry, The New York Times, writer, writing

My Fictional Big Sisters

Marissa Cassayre

We have role models everywhere. They raise us, sit next to us on the bus, teach us, sing our favorite…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: Carve the Mark, female empowerment, female role models, graceling, Katniss, literary females, Shadow and Bone, Shyhunter, the hunger games, The Invisible Library, The Lost Apothecary

Dumplin’

January 23, 2022 Meredith Granmayeh

As someone who is not thin and self-conscious about their size, I am always skeptical of media surrounding people who do…

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Posted in: FILM + TV Filed under: beauty pageant, body positivity, body type, Dolly Parton, Dove Cameron, Dumplin', Jennifer Aniston, netflix, netflix original, plus-size, Willowdean

The First Chapters of Our Lives

January 17, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

Over the years, I’ve realized how impossible it is to separate my life and my mind from the books I’ve…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: books, identity, influence, inspiration, Little House on the Prairie, Little Women, Percy Jackson, The princess plot, warriors

The Good Place

Meredith Granmayeh

One of my favorite shows of all time is NBC’s The Good Place. I have binge-watched this show multiple times…

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Posted in: FILM + TV Filed under: Chidi Anagonye, eleanor shellstrop, Michael, nbc, netflix, Philosophy, the Bad Place, the good place

We All Need A Little Reminder

January 15, 2022 Elizabeth Page

Sometimes, we all need a little reminder that things aren’t always as bad as they may seem.  Recently, I’ve been…

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Posted in: NEW MEDIA Filed under: anna x sitar, community, positivity, social media, tiktok, tiktok creators, tiktok videos

Reading Goals: Not Just for Your Elementary School Days

January 5, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

Do you remember those reading goals our teachers gave us back in elementary and middle school? As a little bookworm,…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: 2022, bookworm, elementary school, New Years, reading, reading goals, To Be Read list

Learning From “The Hate U Give”

January 1, 2022 Tara Mann

When I took a “Writing the YA Novel” class in 2019, I knew it would entail reading YA novels. I…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: Angie Thomas, Black Lives Matter, BLM, society, The Hate U Give, ya, Young Adult Novel

My Winter Break Plans

Meredith Granmayeh

Personally, I’m not someone who has Christmas/winter holiday traditions to uphold every year. I do not put energy into decorating my…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: Chloe Brown, Get a Life, Jia Tolentino, Malibu Rising, Talia Hibbert, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Trick Mirror: Reflections of Self-Delusion, winter break, winter reads

Hunger: A Perspective-Changing Memoir

Meredith Granmayeh

When I first picked up the memoir Hunger by Roxane Gay, I was expecting a work solely centered around the…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: Bad Feminist, BMI, eating disorder, fat phobia, Hunger, memoir, reality tv, Roxane Gay, society and size

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