Mental illness. To some such a condition is taboo, and for others, widely misunderstood. Mental illness affects nearly 26.2% of the American population, or about 57.7 million people. Of those that are homeless, mentally ill individuals constitute approximately one fifth of the homeless population. This trend of mentally ill individuals ending up on the streets began […]
Feminism is defined by the dictionary as the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. The problem is, I don’t label myself as a feminist. I understand that without the feminist movement, millions of women around the world would not have been provided the rights they have today, […]
With the recent and continuous exposure of the torture that goes on at places such as Guantanamo Bay, the reasons to shut down the facility seem to pile up. Guantanamo Bay, or gitmo, opened up as a coaling station in 1903, and since then has transformed into a naval base/detention center utilized by American forces. […]
With every new opportunity to start something new, I often find myself leaving behind some of the projects I’ve already begun. Unfinished projects, you could say. It isn’t because I have given up any hope of finishing them, I often times come back months later to finish something as simple as a drawing. It’s the […]
What solidarity? When it comes to The standards you Would happily maintain To keep yourselves In the position Of power Above all the rest You pretend to protect With the evergrowing Restriction and resistence To the voice of the people. What solidarity? When you did not Condemn The murders of innocents In places you Dumped […]
Yes, corporations these are. When all of the test prep material is under the monopoly of College Board, and my life is supposedly based off of a college degree, I start to wonder whether a university is really an institute to help me get ahead in life, or just a cleverly disguised ploy to put […]
Regarding what happened in Paris with the shooting of those working at Charlie Hebdo along with other victims, I believe that we need to look past the background of the attackers and instead regard these difficult times with patience. I strongly condemn acts of violence and hate/racism of any kind, and I urge others to […]
Despite time being that which heals even some of the most painful memories, cuts and scrapes, it seems that time is also one to make even the closest of people drift apart. When one is a child, everyone is a friend, time is irrelevant and everything lasts forever. The sad reality which I’m sure many […]
This year has been filled with its ups and downs, twists and turns and through all of the things that have happened, I can say I learned a bit more about this crazy world we live in. I realize that with every year comes wisdom, heartbreak and the notion that next year will be filled […]
Ah yes, 2014, a time where we as Americans, as a civilization of human beings can be thankful for all the great advancements. Wrong What we’ve advanced in technologically or even in terms of engineering, physical feats and other various portions of everyday life, somehow we haven’t gotten past the barbarism that’s plagued us for […]
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