Unfortunately, this is someone who simply won't take "no" for an answer. Turning her down politely was the right thing to do on your end. On her end, she should have respected your request and ended her pursuit of you.
Instead, she's ignoring what it is that you want and is focusing only on what she wants. That's not the characteristic of someone who truly cares for someone else and is looking out for their best interest, that's characteristic of a selfish person who will act selfishly at the cost of the personal feelings of the other person. This girl is not behaving like a friend, she is behaving like someone who doesn't care whether or not you like what she is doing.
It's time to be harsh with her: tell her to butt out, NOW, or she can count on losing you as a friend altogether. Normally I don't advise harshness, but when a person blatantly will not take the polite "no", they sometimes need a sharp kick to the rear end.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.