Laura Aguilar is a renowned Latina photographer from San Gabriel, California. She was born in 1959, but now lives in Los Angeles, CA. Aguilar self taught herself photography. She is very open with the fact that she has extreme dyslexia, which caused her to turn to photography at the age of fourteen. Her instructors in school...
I’m the fairest: Thrifty Fashions Make Shopping Practical Are you in college? Do you have rent or bills to pay? Credit score getting you down? Have a shopping problem? Well do not fret! Hit the thrift store or your mother’s closet. Thrifting allows you to truly have a one of a kind look (especially because...
In recent years, many people have begun to take the vegetarian route. Who can blame them with the uprising of “special” meats and the horrors of meat packing; it seems like the only option. Well, let’s investigate this world. There are three different types of vegetarians. A lacto-ovo vegetarian is one who does not eat...
Tyra Banks stands in front of a group of girls and recites these famous words, “In my hand I have the pictures of the girls who will continue to become America’s Next Top Model. If I do not call your name, you must immediately return to the house and pack your belongings.” This show has...
With the recent attention that has been garnered by the revolutionary (raises clenched fist) protesters in Egypt, I have found myself consciously and anxiously anticipating receiving other’s viewpoint of the land named Kemet, that we have been trained to call Egypt. My interest particularly lies in how my fellow Black people perceive the series of...
The fact that so many people walk around this country thinking that all is well and fine is ridiculous. The disenfranchised groups in the United States seem to be climbing in numbers every day, and most of us have on blinders. The injustices are hidden because we don’t care or it is too painful to...
Dear Knight in Shining Armor, I feel like I’m always being overlooked. I’m fairly attractive, smart, athletic, etc., but I feel like guys are just going for those really pretty girls. I’m often told that I’m just “wifey” material. What do I do to change this? Signed, Impatiently Waiting for Love Dear Impatiently Waiting, I understand. I...
The number of women incarcerated in the United States has been on the increase since the 1980s. In the year 2000, women accounted for 22% of all arrest made. There are about twice as many Black women imprisoned, than their white female counterparts. While men are 15 times more likely to be place behind bars, than...
The American dream includes the big house, dog, white picket fence, and a well paying job. However, in order to get that job, one must attend a school of merit. The educational system in the United States is under serious reconstruction. Many people will argue that the system is failing the country’s rising youth; that...
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti; following the earthquake, were over 50 aftershocks. The disaster left the country in shambles and hardships. Many other countries and organizations rushed to aid the Haitian nation. A country that has been highlighted for its poverty and sometimes its violence is often overlooked for its resilience, spiritual...
What do you do when the past is calling? Stopping by your house on the way to work with flowers and your favorite box of chocolates. What do you do when that familiar face shows up amongst the unfamiliar crowd? Do you accept it, and everything that once went with it? Or do you hold...
Former Republican Gabrielle Giffords has been in the news lately. Not for the many good deeds she has done throughout her candidacies, but the fact that she was recently a victim in the Tucson shooting on January 8th 2011. Graduate of both, Scripps College and Cornell University, Giffords started her career as CEO of El...
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