Trading long winters for long summers, Deborah has been living in the Sunshine state to complete her education. Deborah currently attends the University of Central Florida where she majors in political science and psychology. Her hobbies consist of singing, writing, reading, and playing on the ukulele. If you want to see more writing from her outside of Her Campus make sure to check out her social media!
"Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us." — Tracee Ellis Ross
The public transportation, the skyscrapers, the mom-and-pop shops and the musicians provide a break from the stressors that come with life.
A lot of people love to limit Haiti's potential and excellence by only mentioning the negatives.
Telling a man to "man up" won't push away the emotions he feels.
Living in the 2000s has never been better.
Is Michael Cohen lying?
“But you’re biologically (fe)male?"
“The most disrespected woman in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” —Malcolm X
"I am forever beyond the clutches of these two criminals.”
That’s where the saying "there are three sides to every story" holds truth. There’s yours. There’s the other person's. Finally, there’s the objective truth.
Sometimes it may hurt to not talk that much to the people who were there for you during a certain period of your life, but it doesn't always have to be a negative reflection.
"I’ve had white guys tell me that they would marry me if I wasn’t Indian . I’ve had guys tell me that they would’ve dated me and loved me if I hadn’t slept with so many people . I’ve been called desperate and stupid ."
"I spent pretty much the next three-and-a-half to four years in and out of the hospital. I had to drop out of normal high school, and I'd say in those three-four years I spent more time in the hospital than at home."
It didn’t just happen on one random morning where Shelby Stanley, an 18-year-old woman from the Tampa Bay Area, felt lethargic, hopeless, a lack of concentration, and a change in appetite.
