VOX Teen Poetry: Missing [VIDEO]
missing a word with so many different meanings a feeling you’ll never get back you will forever carry it in your heart but in the end it will fade away in the moment you sit and wish it would last forever until. it doesn’t. you think about how it was trying to relive the moment […]
The VOX ATL Interview With Georgia House District 90 Candidate Bentley Hudgins
Asian-American community organizer and activist Bentley Hudgins has thrown their hat in the ring for Georgia House District 90, a newly created seat that has been redrawn from former House District 89. House District 89 was home to big political names, including gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, and Secretary of State candidate Bee Nguyen. Hudgins, 28, graduated […]
MARTA Offers Economical Mobility to the City’s Teen Creatives [Opinion]
MARTA’s buses have been running in Atlanta since 1972 and MARTA trains have been rolling through the metro area since 1979. As MARTA asks the public for feedback on its planned bus network redesign, I thought it would be important to denote the ways that MARTA has already positively impacted its serviced areas. MARTA runs […]
Harmless Debates EP 5: Best and Worst of the 2022 Academy Awards
In this episode VOXers Nick, Jennie, Belle, A’Marie, and Tomi discuss and reflect on the best and worst moments of the 2022 Academy Awards!
Why Teens Can’t Finish Books, and How to Break the Cycle
When I got home from school a few weeks ago, I ran upstairs, into my bedroom, and straight to the bookcase next to my bed. Seconds later, I was under a stack of blankets – probably too many for the strangely warm winter day – with a book in hand. A few minutes after that, […]
VOX Teen Poetry: Pretty When You Cry
Beauty, I’ve learned, must never be rushed Nine months are required, at least Beauty can’t be bought, no matter what is said or seen For then, beauty becomes a replica of something else And wonder is the root of beauty; effortlessness is its voice Some people are blessed with the gift of beauty from the […]
Netflix’s New ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Docuseries Offers Inspiring Look At Kanye West’s Rise to Stardom [Review]
In the new Netflix docuseries ”Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,” a filmmaker named Clarence `Coodie” Simmons interviewed iconic rapper Kanye West when he was just a producer and no one really knew him. Coodie saw the talent in Kayne immediately. Inspired by the movie “Hoop Dreams,” Coodie had an idea to make a documentary on Kayne to see […]
VOX Teen Poetry: What A Woman Truly Means
What would it take For a voice like mine to be heard For a body like mine to be respected For my potential to be seen In ignorance Society has defined who I’m supposed be An illusion as to what a woman truly means It’s barbaric if you ask me The world has grown foolish […]
Teens Talk TV EP. 2: Revisiting Shonda Rhimes’ Greatest Hits: Do They Still Hold Up?
In this episode of Teens Talk TV, VOX ATL board member Zariah Taylor revisits two of Shonda Rhimes’ most successful TV shows, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” to determine what’s still good, and what hasn’t aged as well.
As College Decisions Near, Focus Less on ‘Prestige’ and More on the School That Feels Right For You
I remember going back home from my small college in New England for the first time. I sat on the Amtrak train as I reminisced of all the great times I had with my friends partying, studying, and the late-night talks we’d enjoyed. Knowing the home I had accumulated in a small Connecticut town 800 […]
