In an honest and self-disclosing article for the New York Times, actress and director Angelina Jolie announced this morning her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy. Several questions may be circling your head: Why? When? What does it entail? How will this impact her acting? To address the last one, it looks like the [...]
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I’m a Scholar, Not a Criminal: The Reality of LAPD’s Hostility Towards Black Students
By Makiah Green Instead of studying for the last final of my undergraduate career, I am writing this letter in protest of the University of Southern California’s latest atrocity. On the night of May 3rd, students gathered at a house near campus to celebrate their completion of another rigorous school year. Many attendees were graduating [...]
Go Inspire Go: Why YOUth Matter
If I could choose one quote that defines the ethos of our youth today, it would be, “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” Simple but sweet words carefully crafted by my favorite poet, Dr. Maya Angelou. This is a bold statement, I know, but hear me out. Before I was invited to develop [...]
“Public Sex, Private Lives”: The New Documentary That Will Challenge Everything You Know About Porn
“Who in their right minds would want to have sex in front of a camera? They must be damaged.” This is how pornography actress Isis Love describes the common perception of the industry – that it’s a bunch of love-starved sex fiends who get off as a way of dealing with past traumas. The new [...]
The Real Risks of Wearing High Heels (Infographic)
Heels can inspire confidence, bring you closer to your beau’s face, and effortlessly dress up a plain outfit. As any woman – or man – who has encountered the spiky devils knows, they can also turn a perfectly good pair of feet into a mangled, puffy bundle of pain. So why do we insist on [...]
Deepak Chopra: Reply to Chris Anderson, TED and Claims of “Pseudoscience” (Part 3)
Click here for part 1 of this article. Part 3 of this letter is in response to the recent letter to all the TEDx organizers, posted by Chris Anderson, the head of TED. The original letter proposed certain “red flag” topics, among them health hoaxes and the medicinal value of food but also the general [...]
18 Amazing Facts About the Human Body (infographic)
Did you know human bone is 4 times stronger than concrete? That a sneeze can travel at 100 mph or more? If your lungs were laid out flat, they would span 1,500 miles! Check out this amazing infographic and learn some unbelievable facts about your own body:
Deepak Chopra: Reply to Chris Anderson, TED and The TED Community (Part 1)
This letter is in response to the recent letter to all the TEDx organizers, posted by Chris Anderson, the head of TED. The letter proposed certain “red flag” topics, among them health hoaxes and the medicinal value of food but also the general area of pseudoscience. Dear Chris, Thank you for clearing up some [...]
An Open Letter to Michelle Obama: Beyonce is Not a Role Model
Dear Michelle Obama, I’m addressing this to you because I admire you. Because you’re smart and a mum to two young girls. And you’re the First Lady of the USA. And because you were recently quoted as saying that Beyonce is a great ‘role model’ to your two daughters, and because you recently tweeted, after [...]
How One Doctor Is Giving A Voice to Victims of Rape
Bulbul Bahuguna, M.D., is a Chicago-based psychiatrist and author who has specialized in helping victims of sexual abuse for the past 22 years. She is giving a voice to the many silent victims of sexual abuse through her sobering book, The Ghosts That Come Between Us. Her main character, Nargis, narrates on the complexities of [...]
