Editor’s note: Guest blogger Casey McNulty is a senior at Boston University. She’s interned for CosmoGIRL! and has worked on her school newspaper. She writes a blog for the Albany, New York newspaper the Times Union, where a longer version of this blog post is published (so you can also weigh on the […]

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Courtney Macavinta is a writer, non-profit executive, and teen advocate extraordinaire, who I have the pleasure of publishing on GHQ! She’s the author of Respect: A Girl’s Guide to Getting Respect and Dealing When Your Line is Crossed. She’s the founder of Respect Rx, a program designed to empower girls and women and […]

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Last year I read Judith Stone’s book titled, When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race. This text is a true story about Sandra Laing, a light brown skinned woman who visibly appears to be “mixed-race” or “colored” according to South Africa’s former apartheid caste system was born in Piet […]

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The Washington Post reports that a small amount of so-called “pro-life” drugstores are cropping up in some suburban and rural areas around the country. This interesting new trend brings up all sorts of issues about the implications of free speech. Even though the owners of these pharmacies are claiming to serve as simply an alternative […]

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In light of the new developments in California, I feel compelled to invite us to think critically about the institution of marriage and what it means… It is important for us to consider the implications of certain rights.
Beyondmarriage.org is an amazing statement signed by some of the greatest contemporary thinkers and other community members about […]

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I have been fascinated by the Fundamentalist LDS for quite a while. I watch “Big Love” via Netflix like its my job. Yesterday, law enforcement officers moved a large group of members from The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints in Eldorado, Texas. 220 women and children were escorted off of the […]

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And I thought it was disgusting that young boys were playing video games that encourages them to kill women in order to receive “health points”. Then my friend showed me an article about this website game called Miss Bimbo. Described as a “fashion” game, this game encourages young girls (the majority between the ages of […]

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The other night, in the midst of what, for New York City, was a complete blizzard, I went to see the Broadway show Spring Awakening with my friend Kate and some other kids from the Honors College at Pace. And I have to say, I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this […]

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So imagine my shock and utter disbelief this evening when I read on People.com that Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s little 16-year-old sister was pregnant. Apparently she and longtime boyfriend Casey Aldridge, 19, are expecting a baby sometime this summer. OK! Magazine was the first publication to break the news.
I can’t believe this family. […]

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This week one news story in particular seemed to stand out to me. It was about the secret life of a teenage girl. On the surface, she seemed like a normal college student. The girl went by Emily Sander among her friends, but was actually porn star Zoey Zane.
It’s something you hear about […]

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