She Speaks Blog

Impact. ___ As a student in psychology, social psychology has become one of my first interests. Understanding our behaviors and how we...

We all value human rights, but some fight for them more than others. I had the opportunity to speak with Zaira Livier; the director and...

Social media is the world of the Gen-Z-ers. We grew up with this; it’s second nature to us. Luckily for some of us older Gen-Z-ers,...

Today is Memorial Day, an American holiday that celebrates the men and women who have lost their lives while fighting for our country...

Self love: regard for one's own well-being and happiness, respect towards self, achieving good self esteem and self confidence. I think...

Food - we love it, we hate it, we crave it. From the gooiest chocolate fudge brownies to sinking your teeth into the cheesiest tuscan...

It is National Women’s Health Week, May 10-May 16th, led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office On Women’s Health....

Human rights are a simple, yet controversial topic, and have been for centuries. What should we be allowed to do? Should gender play a...

Why invest in education? It's called “teen pregnancy” -  pregnancy of women under the age of 20. The United States has the highest...

*Potentially triggering, talk of suicide and depression* There have been times when I didn’t know if I could go on. When I failed at...

Feminism - it is defined by Merriam Webster as "the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities" (Dastagir,...

My fingers shake as I open the envelope, praying that it will be a good check, that my tips this week were enough, that I got enough...

Women’s rights has been, and continues to be a cause that women in many countries are still making strides towards, as equality, in many...

When I was 16, I met someone on MySpace (MySpace! Ha!) from Florida while I was visiting Ohio for the summer. We struck up a...

Boys, boys, boys. As a woman, that’s all we’re trained to think about just as soon as we can talk. Do you have a boyfriend? When are you...

For weeks on end, there has been a mad dash - for toilet paper, for food, for hand sanitizer, for face masks. Something else that people...

One year, one month, and seventeen days ago, my father passed away from complications with radiation from cancer. We watched him struggle...

Self care during covid-19 doesn’t always mean you have to do something. It could be that we are able to sit at home and do nothing. And...

April is sexual assault awareness month. Although it is a topic not too often discussed, strides have been made in attempts to bring...

The Coronavirus is on all of our minds. How serious is it really? Does it warrant closing down schools and parks? Are we all losing our...