All The Shades of Beauty [VIDEO]
In 2020, there are so many external influences that have tried to reform beauty to specific standards. For Black teen girls especially, the pressure seems to constantly intensify as they are approached with social norms of colorism, racism, and westernized beauty standards.
VOX 5: Modern Ways To Stop Global Warming
Normally when you look up climate change solutions on the web, we see the usual answers: use renewable resources, don’t burn fossil fuels, reduce car emissions, take public transportation, go vegetarian, etc. But these things have been around for years, and global warming is still getting worse.
Outdoor Drive Thru ATL Art Exhibit Brings a Museum Experience to a COVID-weary World
Rolling into the Drive Thru space was like entering a curiosity shop. Visitors were met with a meandering row of artifacts of 21st century-life that ranged from the seemingly mundane (a solitary chair), to the enigmatic (unidentifiable creatures composed of what used to be chairs).
VOX Teen Mental Health: Dissecting Your Underlying Condition
VOX ATL’s Isabella Cavienss speaks directly to teens who are living with and learning to understand their “underlying conditions.”
VOX Trot: Graduation Kudos!
A Note From The Cartoonist: This one is for all the seniors who missed their proms and graduations. Quarantine has been tough, but you still graduated, and that’s something to celebrate!
Poetry: ‘Plans’
This endless sea of days, Looms large in my gaze. Undeniably forbidden, I try to make plans unbidden. Not by law or legislation, This treachery speaks of social defamation, The question “Are you free?” Is answered, “What else could I be?” And yet, by wish or luck, We decide to run amok, Adhere to social […]
VOX Teen Photo Essay: “How I See It” [PHOTOS]
Sometimes it is easier to show how you feel. So, I chose objects around me that represented the experience around my mental health journey. sometimes it’s felt musical, i’ve wanted to sing how i felt but scared no one would listen when I feel overwhelmed and anxious, i clean to make myself present and gain […]
Opinion: As America Watched George Floyd Die, I was Staring at Officer Tou Thao. Here’s Why.
“Seeing someone with my cultural background doing nothing about the blatantly immoral actions right in front of him shook me to my core,” writes VOX ATL’s James Rhee. “It was then that I realized we, as an Asian community, have been doing the same thing for decades.”
VOX Trot: Swim
A Note From The Cartoonist: Those elephants have to make sure they gear up before a day at the beach!
VOXCast: Franklin Ayzenberg on Weaponizing White Privilege and Defending the Trans Community
Franklin Ayzenberg is a white transgender man and social media activist who’s living in New York City. When I asked to interview him, it was late May, and the political atmosphere of our country was unbelievably different. In fact, part of me is cringing at highlighting a white voice, when now is the time, more […]
