August - 2013

Changing the World: One Story at a Time

Youth Citizen Journalists Tell Their Stories

THE HUB is an online magazine and blog that features feminist articles and films by citizen journalists. The publication is a longterm project conceived by Advice Project Media, and its mission is to help lift the voices of youth, women, and indigenous peoples from around the world by sharing their articles and films about gender, the environment, intersectionality, and climate change.

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It's not your fault... You didn't deserve it.

I really, really, really like Dale. He’s cute, and adorable and sweet and his pimples only sometimes gross me out. The only problem is that he’s my brother’s best friend. So what? Chris is always going after my friends. Just because Dale is almost 16 doesn’t mean he’s too old for me. I’m almost 14 for God’s sake. I know he likes me too. I can tell. My parents adore him. “Why can’t you be more like Dale?” they ask my brother all the time. “Dale gets good grades, always says ‘m

You will be fearless

Dear Shemena: When you are 44, you will be the kind of woman who drives a fast, black car with manual transmission. You’ll have long hair, and you will still be wearing whatever you please and pulling it off. You will own a 110-year-old house that you bought with your husband (whom you will meet in just one short decade), but you won’t live there. The house you do live in will be clean on most days, but overall have the feeling of benign neglect. You will love your husband de

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SUBMITTING ESSAYS We want to read powerful essays, longform nonfiction, and op-ed articles written by youth, women, indigenous peoples, people who identify as trans/genderqueer, and all feminists and environmentalists working for good. We want pieces from people from all walks of life and from all cultures, and especially want to hear from people whose voices are traditionally silenced. All pieces must partner a problem with an applicable solution. We love stories that off