Imagine growing up being fairly certain you don’t exist. You’ve never seen anyone like you. Not in movies, not in books, not in songs. You’re struggling to figure out just who you are, but you don’t have any role models to look up to. No examples at all, not even the language to describe how you feel...
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I am a full-blooded Mississippian — well, half. My father is a Georgian — he moved here with my mother years before I was born. After my 21 years of residency, I am fully acclimated into Mississippi culture. My Georgia blood stands no match for the passion I have learned for this state: the food, the rolling hills and deep woods, the music. I was still...
I spent years anticipating this last Saturday, the day that, 10 years later, still represents the most radical shift in my life. It was hard then, as a nine-year-old, to understand what those changes would be. Coming back to a hometown washed away by the waters to which I had grown so close over my short life would not be something I could immediately process. What did...
Colleges and universities everywhere are taking an initiative to decrease the number of sexual assaults that occur on various campuses. To some, this task may seem somewhat impossible. Others believe that a screeching halt to such activity can be forced upon students through rigorous school policies. Rape is no laughing matter. It is a serious and prevalent reality that...
