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Nowadays with technological advancements, journaling may seem like an obsolete practice. But, journaling can actually have many benefits to your overall wellbeing and is also a great way to document your milestones and memories.

I personally discovered the benefits of journaling when I was transitioning to boarding school and college. I knew that I wanted a way to document my experiences and have something to look back on. There are many benefits to journaling, but keep reading to see my top 5.

1. You develop mindfulness of your past and current emotions and future anxieties.

The months leading up to leaving home for high school, I realized I had a lot of anxieties and fears that I constantly thought about. It could have been the fact that my brother had a lot of spare journals lying in his room or my desire to rant but not feel like I’m burdening another person, but…..

British Teens Remix Harry Potter, Other Films to Make Brilliant Point on Black Representation in Media

Originally, the posters were just a private effort among a group of teens who were tired of seeing black faces shut out of British media. But their designs—movie posters of popular films and TV shows remixed to show primarily black casts—became a major moment in London this week, as their posters were displayed prominently in bus stops around South London.

As the Guardian reports, the posters were the work of the group Legally Black, an activist group formed by four Brixton teens: Liv Francis-Cornibert, Shiden Tekle, Bel Matos da Costa and Kofi Asante. On an assignment from Advocacy Academy, a group that helps channel youth anger into political activism, Legally Black decided to make the posters to vent their frustration about the lack of black representation in British media.

The Guardian writes that the posters were originally supposed to line the walls of their rooms, until the “subversive advertising organization,” Special Group Patrol found the posters online. The group, which had previously run campaigns targeting police corruptions, love the posters and wanted to amplify Legally Black’s message. The enlarged the posters to mimic real movie billboards and, on Wednesday, placed them throughout bus stops in London’s Brixton neighborhood.

They were a huge hit.

The Legally Black designs focus mostly on British TV shows and films, including the James Bond film, Skyfall; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Skins, The In-Betweeners, Doctor Who, and Titanic.

A tagline on each poster includes the statement “If you’re surprised, it means you don’t see enough black people in major roles. Join us in our mission for better black representation in the media.”

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The British Film Institute found that only 218 lead roles in over 1,000 British films released between 2006 and 2016 were played by black actors (as the Guardian notes, there were 45,000 total roles, meaning black actors only played 0.5% of all the available roles in that time period).

The lack of representation in British TV and film has pushed top black British actors, like David Oyelowo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba and Daniel Kaluuya, to try their luck in Hollywood, where they’ve been met with critical and commercial success.

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David Vance, who works for the British far-right site, Alt News Media, asked why they couldn’t have some young white activists re-create movie posters with white actors in the lead role. “Too racist?” he asked. 

Quirky & Relatable Letter Boards to Brighten Your Room

Married couple Johnny and Joanna from Letter Folk have resurrected the vintage purpose of letter boards. Inspired by coffee shop menus to nameplates, each board follows the old-fashioned beauty of craftsmanship and dedicated labor, without the presence of digital alteration.

Constructed with a minimalistic aesthetic, the items contain white Helvetica letters against a textured jet-black felt background. Adorned with quirky phrases, literary quotes and other hilarious anecdotes from daily life, their mission is to bring artistry and a sense of humor inside every home. With eye-catching and inspirational phrases like “People who love to eat are always the best,” each board is charmingly relatable. Get them here!

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