How ‘Positive’ Stereotypes Hurt Asian-Americans Like Me
It shouldn’t be a newsflash that not all Asian-Americans do well in school, but the model minority stereotype makes the actual problems in these communities invisible.
Shawn Wen
Teen Girls Flip the Script on Social Media
I’m 17 years old, and teen girls like me experience a lot of bad stuff online–mean comments, pressures to sext,…
First Generation Teen Has A Foot In Two Worlds
My mom and dad don’t sleep a lot. Their backs always ache. And sometimes when I see them, they’re walking like zombies. They’ve worked so hard to make a make a better life for my sister and me, and part of me worries that if I go away to school it’s like I’m abandoning all of that.
Teen Crooner On Love And Stage Fright
I was trembling throughout the song. And at the end, I stared at the audience for maybe two
seconds in silence.
Do Teens Care About the Oscars?
The Oscars have never been a big deal to me. The few times I’ve caught the show on TV, it seems like a small group of people celebrating themselves. Of course, they’re famous, wealthy, and mostly white. As a teenager and a person of color, it’s never felt relevant.
A Football Family Mulls the Decision to Quit
I felt like I was making big sacrifices for a sport that I couldn’t see myself playing beyond high school. What’s all of this time and energy for?
Feel the Bern: A Teen Reports On the Enthusiasm for Sanders in Iowa
This fall, I went to cover a Bernie Sanders rally… The event had to be moved to a bigger space, because so many people RSVP’d to see Bernie live.
Reflections of an Abandoned Chinese Girl: How China’s One-Child Policy Gave Me a Better Life — in America
Visiting the orphanage was a very emotional experience for both of my parents, as they kept imagining me as an infant living in the same poor conditions.
For International Women’s Day: Getting Girls Into Trades
From our archives: On ‘A Day Without a Woman,’ we wanted to remind you of the obstacles working women face.
“I had to endure a lot. Back then women weren’t typically seen on a work site… I had no one to talk to. I really didn’t have any example to follow.”