My Hyphenated Heritage: Why ‘American’ Must Come with ‘Indian’
Meandering through Macy’s on the busiest shopping day of the year, my mom and I passed the Clinique makeup stand where an elderly woman stood waiting to see a representative. A sari draped over her shoulder and her hair braided with flowers, she obviously stood out from the hundreds of others in the Black Friday […]
VOX Teen Poetry: ‘Blind Justice’
Friends, there is a miracle for praise to be! For the Goddess of Justice can finally see! With the balancing scales in her right hand, Will my people finally be able to stand? I think of all of my killed people, six feet under they are found, Justice not delivered to them, because of the […]
Harmless Debates EP. 4: “Euphoria” Season Two Reflections [AUDIO]
Welcome to Harmless Debates, a podcast here at VOXATL where teens come together to discuss pop culture topics all the way from new TV shows to new indie and pop artists. Come along with us as we uncover new aspects of today’s pop culture. Be sure to tune in every week for a new episode. […]
REVIEW: ‘The Fallout’ Explores How Teens Handle Trauma in Tragic School Shootings
Does one ever truly heal from a traumatic experience? That is the question HBO’s “The Fallout” starring Jenna Ortega and Maddie Ziegler (Mia) seeks to answer. In this film centered around the life of Vada (played by Ortega) following a fatal school shooting, Vada seeks those feelings of normalcy which she lost. As she does […]
VOX Teen Poetry: My Harlem Renaissance
I dreamt of my Harlem Renaissance, but in elementary school, we split crayons. I moved, got into the bougie school Where they talk to me about struggle, but do they know strife? Have they been sung to sleep with the sounds of gunshots at night? Have they cried about policemen? Or wondered IF the bills […]
A Story Untold: The Wives of Frederick Douglass
I enjoy Black History Month each year. It’s a time when I get to hear about and study great African American people that have made a great contribution to society. Frederick Douglass is a notable person of interest. “He’s Black royalty,” as my mother would say. During my studies of him this year, something that […]
VOX Teen Poetry: Fragile Flower
During winter a Flower bloomed White and pure just as you’d assume She was told to keep her nectar to herself As one day bees would be fighting over her stem The tulip’s birthday party is where it begun Everyone from the garden came around as one As the night began to approach and the […]
On ‘Laurel Hell,’ Mitski Retires from Rock for a New Career in Dance Pop
Singer-songwriter Mitski has a lot to say about her career on her latest record, “Laurel Hell.” Released on February 4, “Laurel Hell,” tells the dark and dramatic tale of her career in the music industry. Many of her past projects like “Retired from Sad, New Career in Business” and “Be the Cowboy” have exploded on […]
Why I Started Putting Free Pads and Tampons in the School Restroom
When attending public schools all your life, you don’t expect much from the school restroom. That all changed when I got older and got the gift of my period at school. A period occurs when a woman’s vagina bleeds for several days throughout her menstrual cycle. Most women’s periods occur every 28 days, although it’s […]
BFF (Beautiful Fearless Fools) EP 1: What is Self-Awareness?
This podcast is filled with everything Teen and everything Real. In this podcast three teen girls Ila-Rose, Paige, and Emmanuella sit and talk about everything that we as teens experience and can grow from. We will talk about the truth about relationships at our age to mindfulness or self-awareness. Our goal is to connect with […]
