Highly Indy Project

An independent online journalism and art platform for NYC students, by NYC students. Click the link. Get involved. Be heard.

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We are the Highly Indy Project: A New York City-based, online platform dedicated to celebrating the expression of students in all 5 boroughs. Click the link to hear their stories. Get involved today. #HighlyIndy
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Check out our #HighlyIndy December #playlist!

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Check out our #NewLogo! Our #HighlyIndy staff works so hard and we cannot wait to see what the #NewYear brings. Check out https://t.co/Iiy8bqD2Zn now to see what they’ve been up to so far.

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⁦@AOC⁩ is #winning this week https://t.co/YPKFrNEgXx

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Check out Editor Declan Gunn's new article about NAFTA coming to an end and the potential upsides to the end of this decades-old trade agreement. Now on our website! https://t.co/cv9MTdA16c #NAFTA #NorthAmerica #Trade #InternationalTrade #ForeignTrade #HighlyIndy #NYC #Teens

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Check out new writer Stevie G.'s piece about their experience with vegetarianism and their reasoning behind it. Now on our website! #Vegetarian #Vegan #Pescatarian #Animals #Meat #AnimalCruelty #DontEatMeat #HighlyIndy #Teens #Writers #TeenWriters #NYCTeen
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Check out contributing writer Natalie Pena's new piece about her experience with the TV show 13 Reason Why, including her experiences with reading the book, watching the show, and how all that changed after losing her best friend to suicide #13RW #suicide https://t.co/nvDz3g4Toe

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Check out new writer Ginger Mullen's piece about popular clothing brand Brandy Melville and how their "One Size Fits All" policy has an extremely negative effect on young girls' self esteem. Now on our website!#highlyindy #brandymelville #1size #selfesteem https://t.co/0943o0Gasd

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Check out Teens Resist's new list up on our website! Educate yourself about net neutrality, Trump's anti-choice laws, Chikesia Clemons' Assault, and Islamophobia. Now on our website! #HighlyIndy #ProChoice #AntiChoice #NetNeutrality #Islamophobia #Chikesia https://t.co/826MSOiBMU

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Check out contributing writer Lily Zufall's heartfelt piece about her experiences walking by her old school, P.S. 158 every day. Read about her experiences at the school and how she feels about it now. Now our our website! #ps158 #publicschool #highlyindy https://t.co/eRqhTHVPvA

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Check out Teens Resist's new list up on our website! Learn more about Queer Purges in Chechnya, Puerto Rico's continuing recovery, and Abortion Laws in Iowa, and what you can do to help! #PuertoRico #HurricaneMaria #Chechnya #QueerPurges #IowaAbortionLaws https://t.co/whzFE14qxV

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Check out contributing writer Matthias Schupp's follow-up article about how his position of privilege makes his opinion about gentrification in Williamsburg perhaps not the most important one. Now on our website! #gentrification #hipsters #privilege https://t.co/RoIy20b4wW

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Check out co-EIC Maria Milekhina's exclusive interview with singer-songwriter Chloe E.W. Levine about her new album Cathexis, the process behind the album, and what's next for Levine. Now on our website! #singersongwriter #highlyindy #journalism #folkmusic https://t.co/NJVvtQkITp

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Check out co-EIC Proof Schubert Reed in Ms. Magazine's article about young girls in journalism! Click the link below to read!!! @MsMagazine #women #journalism #highlyindy #feminism #girlpower #teens #teenvoice #writing #censorship #womeninjournalism https://t.co/hfY2pxeiid

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Check out contributing writer Adrianna Beno's new piece about how her perception of women and femininity, laced with misogyny, has changed as she has grown up and spent more time around girls and young women. #highlyindy #women #feminism #misogyny #girls https://t.co/ROeHqpA91g

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Check out contributing writer Itajah B.'s new piece about loving and accepting each other, with an excerpt from Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator. Now on our website! #ThenVSNow #CharlieChaplin #LoveOneAnother #StandUp #SpeakOut #Resist #Activism #Teen https://t.co/Q3bZReWqAe

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"As much as Lady Bird annoyed me, I saw too much of myself in her and there was nothing I could do about it." Check out contributing writer Adrianna Beno's new piece about her thoughts on the 2017 hit feature film Lady Bird. #ladybird #highlyindy #movies https://t.co/9Cbk8WrKhb

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Reminder: this #AprilFoolsDay, don't call someone "ugly" or "fat" as a joke.

Don't pretend to be pregnant as a joke.

Don't come out as LGBTQ+ as a joke.

Don't trigger someone as a joke.

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Check out new writer India Yeoh's piece about her first protest experience at The March for Our Lives and what the movement has made her realize. Now on our website! #MarchForOurLives #endgunviolence #stopthesilence #resist #neveragain #notonemore #enough https://t.co/laKBVkQeAl

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*TRIGGER WARNING* : discusses depression, hospitalization and suicide, reader discretion advised. Check out contributing writer Rai's intense, moving new piece about depression, suicide, and hospitalization. Now on our website! #depression #suicide #poetry https://t.co/HKOq2mFTiW