Mia Guillen

Mia Guillen is a junior at the Orange County School of the Arts. She's passionate about social justice, poetry, and roller skating. She created an activism + mental health awareness account @her_activism on Instagram.

Opinion: The danger of ‘All Lives and Blue Lives Matter’

by Mia Guillen | Jul 14, 2020 | News

While the Black Lives Matter protests continue to fire around the world, some people — mostly conservatives — have found two new slogans to contradict the message of the BLM movement — "all lives matter" and "blue lives matter." However, before delving into the...

Opinion: The toxicity of social media’s ideal Barbie image during COVID-19

by Mia Guillen | Jun 19, 2020 | Opinion

Ugly. Fat. Curvy. Skinny. Boxy. The labels are endless. Among teenage girls in the 21st century, the ideal yet unrealistic body type is toned, skinny, a bit curvy, tall and white. A vague, race-centric body type that has been placed on a pedestal by society to gaze at...

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