The Art of Chillin’

What does it mean to "chill"? There are many meanings behind the surface level vocabulary word. However, according to Urban Dictionary "chill" can be defined as: 1) to stop from doing something. Example: "Bruh, chill it's not that deep put the scissor down". 2) to hang out. Example: "Girl stop playing and come over to...

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A Quick Look into Violence against Women

In a 2008 interview with Ladies’ Home Journal, President Barack Obama stated “The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women. If it's educating its girls, if women have equal rights, that country is going to move forward. But if women are oppressed and abused...

“On the Ground”: A Closer Look at Indianapolis  By Paris Ch. Walton Intro The #BlackLivesMatter movement became a powerful core in the mist of the Trayvon Martin v. Zimmerman trial in 2012. The acquitted suspect caused an up roar in nearly every home across the Nation. From there the popular hashtag has soared as a...

The Dread of Being Raped

Rapists come from all areas of society. Many times, they live in normal relationships with other women. It is difficult to determine a particular biological reason or personality trait of the typical rapist. An attack can happen to anyone, anywhere. Most attacks in fact, take place in the victim own home and by someone they...

I am using this book for my Women in Developing Countries class. It has great data from almost any topic concerning women from wages to domestic abuse. Here is an example from one of the pages (click to enlarge): This page is dedicated to women and breast cancer. The map  shows the rates of breast cancer per 100,000 women...

More Cushion for the Pushin’ !! A Slight Peek into Gavage.

To many people in Western culture the ideal of "fat" as beauty may be a shocker. Our standard of beauty is tall, thin, and fit. I was recently watching the TV show "Taboo" when a segment about gavage came on. I was not able to to catch the entire episode so I decided to do my own research....