Category: Girl

The Soapbox: On The Need For Safe Spaces For Girls Who Develop Early

I started puberty earlier than my peers. Like 23 percent of Black girls and 10 percent of white girls, by about seven-years-old, I was already developing breasts. I remember the day my mother came home from work with a plastic shopping bag in hand. “You’re going to have to start wearing one of these,” she said as […]

Math Disproves The Myth That Women’s Periods Sync Up, Contrary To Popular Belief

One of the most widely circulated myths about menstruation has been proven false by math. It turns out women don’t sync their periods when they’re in close proximity — it’s all just a lie. In case you haven’t heard it before, many people believe that women who are close, spend a lot of time together, or live together, […]

Tampons Could Be Killing Us Softly At This Very Moment

I don’t want to ruin your day or anything, but here’s something terrifying you’ve probably never thought about: scientists barely know anything about the long-term effects of tampons on our health. Did you know that? I didn’t know that! You’re putting a foreign object inside yourself that was only sort of studied for safety risks, and I’m sorry to have told you that, because now […]

How to Choose the Right Birthday Gift for your Boyfriend

When it comes to materialism, men are generally simple creatures, usually not that difficult to please. In fact, going too far to astound your guy may have the opposite effect, especially when it comes to buying him a birthday gift. But before we delve into ideal birthday gifts for your beloved beau, let’s get obvious […]

Top 5 ways to deal with cellulite

Cellulite isn’t a disease, it isn’t a condition, it is a perfectly normal thing that around 80 – 90 percent of women have. It has been promoted as something bad and ugly, but the truth is that it’s completely normal and whether it’s “ugly” depends only on you. As soon as the word cellulite was […]

The Different Types of Hair Extensions

It’s easy for a girl to get confused with all the types of hair extensions on the market. Furthermore, the market is so vast that a girl can hardly understand what hair extensions are. Hair extensions are made predominantly from two types of hair, natural human, and synthetics. The latter of the two is usually […]