By Atiya Hasan – Houston, TX Read the intro Brown Girl U: Mahila Facts How many times have you blamed your latest acne break out on hormones? Or your irrational desire to cry over a restaurant not getting your order right? Personally, I despise when a man tries to blame anything I do on my hormones...

By Atiya Hasan – Houston, TX During my second year of medical school, I remember standing in the office of one of the most hated teachers on campus as she questioned me on a topic I had been absent for. It was a fairly simple question, yet my fear and my uncertainty over the answer made me pause...

by Rishika Reddy– University of Houston Recently, there has been quite a bit of attention surrounding issues targeting women. Much of this attention focused around the contraception issue, which brought light on to issues like personhood amendments, transvaginal ultra sounds, and of course the unnecessary...

By Keertana Sastry – University of Missouri graduate After just one season, TLC has cancelled its controversial new show about the lives of Lebanese Muslim American families in Michigan after a disappointing drop in viewers. When the show premiered, it was instantly met with controversy from the...

By Atiya Hasan – Houston, TX  We are the generation of the Internet. We are stereotyped as the self-absorbed, pretentious, incredibly social and aspiringly superficial generation. Very often, we successfully fulfill all those criteria. My favorite lazy days are spent in bed catching up on TV shows,...

by Rishika Reddy – University of Houston Like many of you may already know, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation that started the famous pink ribbon campaign has recently been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a charity organization that has been known to...

by Anurag Lahiri – Guest Contributor [painting by Charuta Paresh] I have news for y’all: gossip can be lethal. A lot of us have been affected by the grand epidemic of gossip in the South Asian community. However, it isn’t just annoying, it can seriously harm people. Gossip isn’t just over...

By Sneha Goud – Managing Editor Amongst many South Indians, the first menstrual cycle in a girl often calls for much joy and celebration as it indicates that the girl is now a ‘grown up woman’, with her womb ready to ‘receive’. At the same time and in a seemingly contradictory manner, it...

by Aditi Mehta – Houston, TX Since BG’s inception, we have had many, many readers send us comments about the sticky topic of interracial relationships. Girls have asked for advice, shared their own stories, and even left advice for girls in facing the same dilemmas. There is a wide array...

by Neha Uberoi – Princeton University Miss Representation has been hitting college campuses around the country. If you haven’t heard of the movie, I urge you to at least watch the trailer. The film covers an extremely important issue that our society is facing today. It is one that is detrimental...