

It's Your Body, PERIOD.
Everyone has an opinion and rightfully so. When it comes to our bodies; however, the only opinion that matters is our own. Samia Gore, author of Plastica, is fighting against Body Shaming. This summer she launches her campaign My Body Period. The campaign promotes body positivity by discouraging judgment, shaming and abuse of one’s body regardless of how they look or what is deemed acceptable or encouraged by mainstream society. We have the right to do whatever we want with


Juneteenth
It’s Juneteenth! For Americans, it’s a time to celebrate true liberation and freedom. For African Americans, it’s often referred to as the Black Independence Day. While America became independent on July 4th 1776, hundreds of thousands of slaves were still in bondage. It wasn’t until the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1963 did slaves legally become free. Unfortunately, as a result of the Civil War, Confederate states missed the memo. On June 19, 196