a resource collective for women /blogs/grit/articles/category/resilience Kaile Bravo July came and I had what felt like the worst week of my life. My dog died, I got broken up with, I had problems with housing and while all of this was happening I felt like I was becoming a shelf for everyone's problems around me. I didn’t expect... Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/grit/2022/graves-into-gardens /blogs/grit/2022/graves-into-gardens Jenna Mindel I am an upperclassman. How strange! I have only lived on campus for a year, and now I only have another year after this one until I graduate. We have been forced to move on from the grief of our not-so-normal senior year of high school and first... Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:54:21 -0700 /blogs/grit/2022/dear-returning-students /blogs/grit/2022/dear-returning-students Zoe Taper <strong>Trigger Warning: There will be mentions of sexual assault and suicide.</strong> Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an annual campaign to help raise awareness about sexual assault and educate communities and individuals. For this year, GRIT wanted to hear... Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/grit/2022/freedom-in-jesus2 /blogs/grit/2022/freedom-in-jesus2 Thecla Li The arrival of a new school year often brings with it a wide range of emotions. Feeling fear, excitement, loneliness, and everything in between is a common marker of a new beginning as well as the passing of time. School is an especially hard... Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/grit/2019/let-s-have-a-talk-girl-to-girl2 /blogs/grit/2019/let-s-have-a-talk-girl-to-girl2 Logan Lusk The challenges that accompany adapting to a new environment, such as college, are peculiar and can be draining. But most first-year students can count on returning to a comforting familiarity when they visit their hometowns: landing in familiar... Sun, 07 Apr 2019 19:50:00 -0700 /blogs/grit/2019/heading-home /blogs/grit/2019/heading-home Jasmyne Bell As a culture, we work hard to emphasize the urgency surrounding self-care and self-love. These things look different for everyone; some may sleep in a little longer and have a lazy face-mask type of morning, while others wake up early and eat a... Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:29:00 -0700 /blogs/grit/2019/on-self-hate /blogs/grit/2019/on-self-hate Chantel Barnard Quentin Keller I was in the fifth grade when I first became aware of my blackness and my emerging womanhood. I was sitting in the classroom and we were learning about science. My teacher, Ms. Woods, told us about a scientist named Dr. Mae... Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:39:00 -0800 /blogs/grit/2019/the-sky-was-never-the-limit /blogs/grit/2019/the-sky-was-never-the-limit Marijane Fasana Everyone knows that life comes at you fast. Things can change overnight. It happens often and each time we feel knocked off our feet for a moment (or longer). You’ll wake up one morning and life will look different, or be different. Maybe the... Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:08:00 -0800 /blogs/grit/2019/life-comes-at-you-fast3 /blogs/grit/2019/life-comes-at-you-fast3 Jasmyne Bell Have you ever wondered why negative emotions are a part of our psyche from day one? When we’re born, our brains are already set with the capability to feel a broad spectrum of emotions. It only a matter of time before we access all of them. But,... Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/grit/2018/good-grief /blogs/grit/2018/good-grief Jasmyne Bell From our early stages of youth until now, we are taught to keep our “purity” at all costs. We are held by a firm grasp of moral standards from the minute we start to develop our own views on sexuality. If you were a Christian before middle school,... Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:25:00 -0700 /blogs/grit/2018/women-and-pornography /blogs/grit/2018/women-and-pornography