I honestly don’t know what possessed me to not read the Harry Potter series sooner. I’ll admit, I’ve always had a secret desire to be a children’s book author, and worshiped Ann M. Martin (author of The Baby-Sitter’s Club series) throughout my childhood. I was kind of jealous of J.K. Rowling and her […]

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I have been online for the past few hours researching anti-street harassment actions women across the country have been organizing to fight sexism on the street. I’m really passionate about ending street harassment and making the streets safe for women and girls. Anyway, as I was web surfing I discovered a cool website called OneAngryGirl.net […]

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Hello everybody! I’m home!!! Ahh!
So my flight just landed on sunday night, and now I am home for the rest of the summer! The jet lag is horrible, though. I didn’t go to bed until 4:30 am, having slept 7 hours on the plane, and then woke up at 8:30 am to go to […]

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There is a new phone ladies (and gentleman) by Samsung and it is geared towards women. Now, like myself, I am sure you are wondering, what makes this phone more appealing to women than to men? Well, apparently women need to count their calories, check their BMI (Body Mass Index), check their Bio […]

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I LOVE a good debate. I love debating my friends, my enemies, and myself. Debate keeps us on our toes and challenges our brains to look at all sides of issues we care about… Debate allows us to form and defend opinions or be swayed to change our minds and adopt a new outlook. So […]

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This generation is going to be remembered for changing the face and sound of politics… online.
User driven media is giving us and so many other young people (and web savvy older ones) an outlet to raise our voices, collaborate, organize, share ideas, and raise awareness about the things we care about. The fact that You […]

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Have you ever just had one of those days where you just forget all the stresses in your life and just sit back and enjoy life’s ride? Well, today definitely turned out to be one of those days. My 19-year-old sister, who’s a biology major, had her entire lab over for a pool […]

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Since it’s Sunday and–wait for it–I can’t think of anything to write about, it’s time I unleashed a long overdue poll.
As much as we love writing for GHQ, we also love money. And getting paid with money to write. So, there is a vague possibility that we might start having ads on the […]

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India named its first female president. I hope our great nation will show the world that we really do believe in the democracy and justice we talk so much about. We need to put our money, time, and energy into creating opportunities for marginalized populations to gain power so that power is more balanced and […]

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I suppose this post goes along with my prior one regarding love songs, but to me it’s important. I saw the cover of US Weekly and in huge letters the caption read: “Why They Can’t Find Love: Beautiful, Rich and Alone.” Now, I’m not ashamed to admit that I do enjoy celebrity gossip, […]

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