by Simerjeet Sahota – Ohio State University Graduate Good news, I wasn’t as upset with clothes as I thought (you were worried I know). In fact, after a much needed break, I realized me and clothing have this bond. This amazing, unbreakable bond. Yes, we fight, we get mad at each other, we...

by Komal Thakkar – George Washington University If I am not watching Mean Girls or Princess Diaries for the millionth time, Bollywood films are my movie night staple. The singing, dancing, classic love stories, and gorgeous costumes always take me away into a fantasy world where I can imagine my...

by Shritin Patel - Houston Baptist University At my yoga class today, my instructor said something interesting and profound: ” If you change your wants into preferences, you open yourself to a whole new world. Wants breed expectations, and expectations lead to disappointments; and expectation and...

Meet our newest staff writer, Vijaya Prasad - Syracuse University It took Vijaya Prasad a while to really figure out what she wanted to do with her life. She started as an International Relations major in college and since she loved it, chose to pursue a masters in Public Policy. It wasn’t the right...

by Farah Mithani – Houston Baptist University Graduate The human soul craves a packaged state of an emotion that is so strong, yet fragile.  There is a need and want of comfort, company, and love, mixed in with honesty and understanding.  It is an in-depth relationship that is being reached out...

by Priya Patel – University of Florida Indians and cinema are usually synonymous with the family friendly, melodramatic epics produced by the multi-billion dollar Bollywood industry. However, the seventh annual South Asian International Film Festival, running from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 in New York...

by Farah Mithani – Houston Baptist University Graduate It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  It is time to wear your pink! Be sure to get your mammogram to find out early. Breast Cancer is not the common cause of death, however it is the fifth.  According to CDC, the latest statistics show 191,410...

by Sneha Goud Dharun Ravi, a freshman at Rutgers University, is now known worldwide for taping his roommate’s hook-up with another man in their shared dorm room and advertising the events on his Twitter feed. Though the motives of Ravi’s actions are not known – did he think showing...

What makes you, as a brown girl, smart, hip, and beautiful? In honor of hitting 700 fans on facebook this birthday month, we’re running a contest!  Send us in your answer to what makes Brown Girls smart, hip, and beautiful, and we’ll showcase your answers. The top answer wins a goodie bag of some...

by Reshma Jae – Georgia State University This is the first in a series offering career advice to Brown Girls. I’ve spent the majority of my high school and my college years interning at anywhere that would take me from accounting firms, celebrity PR firms, fortune 500 companies, to a local radio...