Point of View by Kylie Fisher (16),New Orleans Center for Creative ArtsWe love receiving your visual art submissions, NOLA girls! Y’all are seriously talented. If you want your visual art to be featured in Geaux Girl!, click the Get Published in Geaux Girl! link and...
i planted a flower,one little flower in its own little pot.on the surface it was pretty ordinary,but something about it was special. or maybe i just thought so. the bees loved it,and the butterflies loved it,and the birds loved it,and even squirrels and rabbits loved...
It feels a little funny to write a recipe for a smoothie. In a way, anything can be a smoothie if you just throw it into the blender. Still, the right blend of ingredients has the power to not only give you a fast, convenient meal but also a slew of health benefits....
Effortless perfection: The expectation that one would be smart, accomplished, fit, beautiful, and popular, and that all this would happen without visible effort.The term “effortless perfection” was coined at my alma mater, Duke University, in 2003 and has since been...
Teen-Friendly NOLA ClinicsClinics that serve adolescents usually focus on the reproductive health needs of adolescents and young adults but may also provide primary care services. The ages served vary depending on the clinic, but they usually include preteens (11 or...
Dreaming has always been one of my favorite ways to get to know myself on a deeper level. Although dreams can rarely be fully understood and interpreted, the process of trying to make sense of our dreams is important for self-reflection and personal growth. When I was...
It’s the season of dressing up! Woot woot! (Well, is there ever a time when us New Orleanians don’t get to dress up!?) The fall and winter months are perfect for a little extravagance. Voodoo Fest, Halloween, holiday parties, winter formal, Mardi Gras… lots of...
by Lauren PerryEver had a moment when you feel overwhelmed and completely stressed by your thoughts, feelings, and emotions? Me too, and hear me when I say: it’s completely normal. It’s normal to want to yell, shut down, cry, throw something, or fall into a rabbit...
Does My Body Offend You? by Mayra Cuevas & Marie Marquardt What it’s about: Malena is attending a new school in Florida, displaced from her home in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria. After getting a bad sunburn, she goes to school without a bra and is humiliated...
ABOUT NOVAC: Since 1972, NOVAC has been offering video production classes to New Orleanians and empowering diverse communities to use film as an educational and social action tool. They’ve got a big birthday coming up: 50 years in 2022! NOVAC offers free youth...
Every Body is Beautiful Bodies come in all shapes, sizes, skin types and tones, and with different physical abilities. Every body truly is unique. Yet, our world—especially the media—tends to diminish this body diversity and instill in many of us a narrow...
MEET AUDREY LIGIER, a rising high school sophomore at Morris Jeff Community School who became Louisiana’s first transgender homecoming queen last November.Age: 15 Best advice ever received? Confidence is everything. Personal Motto: Don’t be afraid to do what you want...
Public Service & Public AffairsDo you want to have a career that makes a difference in the community and never gets boring? We interviewed former Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer, who recently finished a second term on the New Orleans City Council...
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