Beauty Standards Are F’d Up [VIDEO]

VOX Media Cafe reporter Braxton Smith explores today’s beauty standards and how they are in her words, “f’d up.” In this video she shows examples of how and also speaks with Black women to get their thoughts.
Trace the Sky’s Scars [Poetry]

“trace the sky’s scars” I want to write a love poem to my ghost, but I do not like her. my phone case is a daily reminder that, I, am “lucky to exist” because supposedly there are people who love me; and while I don’t deny this, somehow, I don’t really feel all that lucky, […]
Pills [Poetry]

Popping pills. One after another; been doing so ever since we were children. Open bottle. Take one. Swallow. Drink. Pills haunt us, cure us, poison us. They save us and kill us. We trust them so much that we agree to let them end us. We get addicted to it. We […]
Society (Noun) [Poetry]

Where people don’t belong. Where people crumble Where people say to be themselves, but then say “not like that”. We have a set of unspoken rules. We have to follow others There are rankings. Why? We classify. We discriminate. We label. Why? It’s because of these unwritten rules, we follow without any […]
The Truth About Why Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep [VIDEO]

This video talks about the reasons why teens are not getting enough sleep, and it gets perspective from different people from the ages of 13-18 about their sleep schedule, as well as advice from a medical professional. VOX ATL invites all Georgia youth to speak up through our annual survey! It’s anonymous, easy to […]
Top 5 Reasons ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse’ is the Best ‘Spider-Man’ Movie

“Spider-Man Across the Spider Verse” is the best Spider-Man movie because of its amazing, diverse and relatable cast of characters that represent teens like me.
Atlanta’s Invisible Homeless [Opinion]

Did you know most of the people who are homeless are not even counted as being homeless?! According to the Point In Time Count Report, which measures the homeless population, the counts are only of the people in shelters and on the street. That’s why I’m raising awareness and addressing the different aspects of homelessness that often go unnoticed or unspoken.
Why Be Stressed About College Now?

Pressure, stress, degrading mental health — all of these are the effects of being a young adult or teen in high school today. Even before we become full-fledged high schoolers, we already feel that pressure.
Asian American Teens vs Racism in Atlanta [OPINION]

Many students in middle school face the challenges of fitting in with the social cliques or navigating social media. As a 14-year-old Indian American teen, I however faced another challenge — defending myself from microaggressions and insults about my race. If school curriculum incorporated Asian immigrants’ stories or events that helped form the Asian American community, teens would be more educated.
Why Aren’t We Talking About Oversharing On Social Media? [VIDEO]

Venting is getting your feelings out to someone you trust, while oversharing is saying things you didn’t mean to say, which people could use against you. Here metro Atlanta teens answer the question: “What’s one thing you shouldn’t post on social media”