halfnhalfgyrl's blog

I'm sure many of you know about, heard of, or participated in the Day of Silence today. This year was my first year participating and I found it very moving and enlightening.  Read More »

I'm talking about teenage girls and STDs. A study done at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that one in every four teenage girls has an STD. This ranges from the most common and preached about ones, such as AIDS, to others that seem to be the newest and most frequent threat, such as HPV (although it is not new I think it's talked about more now).  Read More »

I'm a young girl, 17 to be exact, currently living in Michigan. Michigan is the home to some of the greatest ( I would like to include Madonna, Sufjan Stevens, and Eminem in that category, yo). The winters include snow piles about six feet deep and your car is never clean thanks to the slush and ice. During these months, school is spent wishing that the next snow storm will bring a snow day.  Read More »

That's right....we're all black. Well, some of us more than others.  Read More »

Most people know that there was a shooting in Nebraska last week in a mall department store. If you do not know this, then I'm going to infer that you do not own a compuer, television, radio, or read the newspaper.  Read More »

Another strike in France, how surprising....not!  Read More »

I've always learned that during times of war, a country's economy benefits. Large businesses that supply the war make money, and that money is then recycled back into the economy. This isn't exactly the case with the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our economy is actually doing much worse than it would be if we weren't in the war.  Read More »

Nature vs. Nurture

Most people would agree that racism is bad, but many of us don't know why. Many say that it is bad just because. Well, that's not exactly a persuasive answer. I agree that racism is bad but WHY it's bad, I don't know.  Read More »