by Lauren | Sep 11, 2021 | Opinion
It feels like my adult life started the week of 9/11 I was 16 years old and sitting in my high school math class when the intercom came on announcing the first World Trade Center building being hit. Our teacher turned on the tv and we watched in horror as another...
by Lauren | Jan 1, 2021 | Opinion
2020 was a Year of Reckoning In the last few years, I started a fun tradition with Michelle Khouri — Founder & CEO / Executive Producer at FRQNCY Media. As we wind down the past year and roll into a new one, Michelle and I catch up to discuss a theme for the...
by Lauren | Dec 30, 2020 | Opinion, Politics
Georgia has always been a battleground state. The Revolutionary War started in Georgia when a couple of renegades broke into a powder magazine in Savannah in 1775. Less than 100 years later, in 1861, Georgia would secede from the same Union she helped to form. The...
by Kyiah Oliver | Jul 15, 2020 | Opinion
Breonna Taylor was killed by three plain-clothes police officers in her home on March 13, 2020. She was in bed, unarmed, and shot fatally after the officers entered her home using a no-knock search warrant. She was an emergency medical technician and 26 years...
by Lauren | Jul 9, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s Note – a brief intro to the powerful words by Quay Bowen. We connected with Quay through a marketing group on social media. After hearing her story, we asked Quay to share her experiences with our audience here at Pretty Southern. It has been edited...
by Lauren | Jun 10, 2020 | Opinion
My birthday is coming up and it’s making me feel all sorts of feels. I’d hoped to have a big blow out party (dba “The Revival”) as Kevin and I are also celebrating 10 years of owning our house + 10 years of marriage this fall. I said a lot of...
