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Growing up, the representation of brown characters on TV I was exposed to were Baljeet from Phineas and Ferb and Ravi from Jessie. Household favorites like Mean Girls fed into stereotypes portraying the white protagonists as beautiful, popular women while the South Asian character was relegated to the role of the dorky mathlete. In both the movies and television shows I watched, I never saw South Asian women or men playing characters who had depth, while telling stories that could inspire.

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Right now as a society we have reached a pique point of activism. When you open your social media, you are bombarded with people advocating for positive change in this country and in the world. These topics cover serious matters that span from racial equality to global warming. You may have caught yourself thinking about whether body positivity awareness fits in with the rest of these serious topics. Is body positivity even worth talking about?

The answer is a resounding yes. Body positivity is

Positive. Nearly a year after we entered quarantine, I tested positive for COVID-19. Despite locking myself up in my room, my mom tested positive 3 days later. My mom and I were at home together for 21 days for the first time in our lives.

I have a single mom which means, for my entire life, she has worked a full-time job to be able to support us. Therefore, our COVID quarantine was the first time we got to spend 21 consecutive days in our house together.

At first, I was pretty nervous about h

When you think of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the immediate visual you get is her signature bright red lip and her dangling gold hoops. AOC’s trademarked look has broken the molds of “professional wear” for young women.

As the youngest woman to ever be elected to Congress, AOC is used to following her intuition and doing the unexpected. Women have always been expected to live up to an extremely high standard when it comes to looking professional. In order to look the part, women have to meticulou