• Express Yourself

    • Visual Arts: Fall 2022

      Visual Arts: Fall 2022

      We 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 file out the submission form.Learning Me by Chaela McGinnis (16), New...

    • Azalea Trees

      Azalea Trees

      I am from flower walls and soccer balls and swings I am from a broken fence and in a sense two of everything I am from azalea trees whose flowers bloom pink in March I am from movie nights, tacky lights, from happy and grumpy hearts I am from chicken fights and...

    • Be Well

    • Peace Out

      Peace Out

      Peace Out by Laurie Azzano of Lolo’s Youth StudioYaaaah! Feel like screaming sometimes because there's never enough time for everything you have to do? Homework, ballet class, debate club, band practice... Whatever your agenda may be, we know you have A LOT going on...

    • Pantry Power Couples

      Pantry Power Couples

      I vividly remember the first time I saw someone swipe a Wendy’s fry through their Frosty. Middle school, after soccer practice, in the back row of someone’s mom’s station wagon. I thought it was sorcery. I thought it was a stunt. And then I tasted it. Creamy, crunchy,...

    • Between Us

      Between Us

      Earlier this year, a group of us represented Geaux Girl! at the New Orleans Museum of Art’s Teen Night and asked other teens to share some advice. We were blown away by the thoughtful, vulnerable, beautiful, heartfelt, and encouraging responses we received and wanted...

    • Real Talk: Spring-Summer 2023

      Real Talk: Spring-Summer 2023

      Whatever your questions may be, Geaux Girl!’s very own sex ed and girls’ health expert, Dr. La’Nasha Tanner, and her team at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine are here to answer them. Dr. Tanner, a native New Orleanian and graduate of Spelman College and...

    • Have Fun

    • Zodiac Gemstones

      Zodiac Gemstones

      You may already know which gemstone is attributed to your birth month, but did you know that there are also links between your sun sign and specific gemstones? By working with stones linked to your planets, you can strengthen various energies in your life. And you...

    • How to Show Your Hair & Face Some Love

      How to Show Your Hair & Face Some Love

      Showing our hair and face some TLC is often all we need to feel confident and excited about ourselves again. Change up your beauty habits by starting a daily routine, doing something special, or just taking a little bit more care of your precious hair and...

    • How to Start a Bullet Journal

      How to Start a Bullet Journal

      With so much going on in the world, it’s more important than ever to create space for reflection. Bullet journaling can be a great way to capture and process your emotions and experiences while staying organized.by Courtney Pellegrini What is a Bullet Journal? A...

    • Dat’s My Jam Spring-Summer 2023

      Dat’s My Jam Spring-Summer 2023

      Jia (15), Benjamin Franklin High School Favorite happy song: “Loose Lips” by Kimya Dawson (or anything by Kimya Dawson to be honest!) Best song to cry your eyes out to: “Before the World Was Big” by Girlpool Song I’m embarrassed to admit I love: “Garbage Truck” by Sex...

    • Program Spotlight: The 18th Ward Sports Club

      Program Spotlight: The 18th Ward Sports Club

      New Orleans is divided into 17 wards. The 18th Ward Sports Club was created so kids from across the city can come together and play baseball, basketball, flag football, soccer, and run track no matter their race, gender, income, or athletic ability. The low-cost,...

    • Expand Your Mind

    • Let’s Talk About Human Trafficking

      Let’s Talk About Human Trafficking

      Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. Since December 2007, the National Human Trafficking Hotline has documented more than 63,380 human trafficking cases in the United States alone. Sadly, this number likely does not reflect the true...

    • Kelci McGinnis: You Geaux Girl

      Kelci McGinnis: You Geaux Girl

      Meet KELCI MCGINNIS, a clarinet player and the female drum major of the Roots of Music marching band!Age: 14 Best advice ever received? Don’t worry about what other people think of youand you’ll be okay. Personal Motto: Be different! What’s the role of a drum major?...

    • When I Grow Up: Careers in Beauty

      When I Grow Up: Careers in Beauty

      Do you love hair and makeup? Are you dreaming about starting your own business in the beauty industry one day? We interviewed two local beauty entrepreneurs to learn about their professional journey and ask them for advice. Karen Wallace Independent Hairstylist...

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Category: Writing

Imprisonment to Freedom

Imprisonment to Freedom

It was 769 days agoThe smell of medical toxins filled the airLike a dentist’s office or a pediatrics center That note, placed on the table, consumed me through the day When would I be takenThen...
Murder Capital

Murder Capital

Spend time with the people you love before it’s too late. I’d rather make memories now than respond to someone who can wait. But how do you know who can wait? These days everyone is dying. Not...
Erasure

Erasure

The Choctaw children could weave basketsCould skin and tan hides like their fathersCould sing the songs of their people like larks But the law forbade them from touchingPen to paper in public...
Love and Heartache

Love and Heartache

I want to see your face,And be reminded of the days,Of the honeymoon phase,Before the heartbreak,Before flashbacks of pain,I know you feel the same, Say it… let me hear it today,Before it’s...
What the Flowers Said to the Little Girl

What the Flowers Said to the Little Girl

i know how you feel we waited so long to sprout but people finally noticed us when we bloomed they pick on us when we’re too young they say we’re not beautiful once we’ve dried off once our petals...
Little Black Girl

Little Black Girl

Does the pigment of my skin determine my character? Or am I just a little black girl? Does the pigment of my skin change your perception of me? Does it determine my worth? Or am I just a little...