Our world is full of myths. Every culture in every part of our world has conjured up vibrant, brilliant myths to explain the constellations, the universe, and ourselves. This is one of my favourites. This Chinese myth is about the doomed romance between two of the stars in our very own sky, Vega and Altair.…
Are all of us at risk of Covid-19? What protects against the virus? Bleach? Pepper? Garlic? Over the past few months, Covid-19 has been largely covered by the media. We are exposed to a rush of new information every single day. However, many times, this information can be false. This has blurred the borders between…
The scary truth is… these days, seeing someone in class or in the hallway with scars on their arm is no longer a rare thing. Each individual that I see with self-harm scars hits my heart, because I know they must be struggling deeply inside. Everyone experiences struggles in different ways, and everyone acts upon…
{Original Image} This weekly post has started to turn into the occasional bi-weekly post, but I’m sure that none of you would have noticed if I didn’t point it out. Life has been pretty busy lately (in a good way) so I haven’t been on Pinterest too much. But I digress, you came here for…
We’ve all seen the pictures of skeletal teenage girls looking in the mirror, standing on the scale, or eating nothing. I’m here to tell you that those visuals do not properly capture an eating disorder. Too many people in today’s society are suffering from this deadly mental illness, and too often that struggle is worsened…
Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen someone eat something off the floor because of the five-second rule. I am. But according to this post by the New York Times, the five-second rule is actually a myth. When you drop food on the floor, and it touches germs, the germs stick to the food immediately.…