By: Hasheemah Afaneh August 12, 2019November 16, 2019 CULTURE, POETRY & PROSEfeatured, micro aggressions, palestine1 Comment

FWD: Lament The Microaggressions

Some of my colleagues and I received an e-mail from the Diversity and Inclusion committee at my workplace, also my alma mater, titled “FWD: Policy on microaggressions”, asking for feedback. I read the few pages, and all the microaggressions my family, my friends, and I have been subject to (and we too may subject those…

By: Alyssa Proulx June 15, 2019November 10, 2019 OPINION, WOMEN'S HEALTHbody shaming, featuredLeave a Comment

I Need To Be Thin: A Psychosocial Perspective

Of all the women I’ve known and loved, there is an underlying effort that is, for the most part, unsaid. Among the bravest of us, a few voices on body-image dissatisfaction have started to ring in the air and find their place in the research and literature around the pressure for women to be thin.…

By: Alexyss Panfile February 1, 2019November 16, 2019 EMPOWERMENTfeatured, me too, metoo, sexual assault, survivors, times upLeave a Comment

Channeling Survivor’s Anger

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault Coming around to writing this piece has been a constant struggle for me. When I finally get to it, I am frozen like I was when it happened to me. I am angry and unable to coherently put my emotions onto paper. Over time, I have realized that I can turn…

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WHO ARE WE? Reclamation Magazine is a digital publication committed to amplifying the voices of the marginalized. We attempt to give the communities and the people whose perspectives have been cast off in the mainstream a platform to express themselves — to showcase their vulnerability, to stand tall in the face of adversity, and to…

azaadi

By: Astha Sharma January 27, 2020

CULTURE, POETRY & PROSE, WORLD ISSUESLeave a Comment

grúhún (eclipse) in the sky nunchai salted with the tears of your grandmother, given its pink hue with the blood of martyrs the blood of martyrs, matching the red pherans one dead. two dead. three dead. four. the sun has disappeared zain ul-abdin sheds tears for his people beyond the grave saraswati and shiva watch with downturned eyes…

Girl Garden

By: Gina Atanasoff January 24, 2020

FEMINISM, POETRY & PROSELeave a Comment

Me, a little girl In the crazy garden Working for the big girls I look up as They strut in With the wind at their back Effortless Gliding In glistening pumps Big hoops Blazer, sneakers, jeans —Doesn’t matter Me, a little girl Big eyes Staring after them As they breeze by Warm and watering…

The Bubble of Expat Privilege

By: Irene Schrader January 24, 2020January 24, 2020

CULTURE, OPINIONLeave a Comment

My German and Chinese parents have always found it important for me to be culturally aware and open-minded. As a result, I am one of those lucky third-culture kids who got to spend the entirety of their primary and secondary education in bilingual and international schools. It is a fair assumption that exposure to different…

Wolves and Lambs

By: Gina Atanasoff January 24, 2020

POETRY & PROSE, WORLD ISSUESLeave a Comment

Here we go, baby Early city, hungry to conquer The doors open but you Ignore the beggar on the train Weak grandfather eyes As the herd swarms the streets, a mob Symphony, taxi!, mosh-pit cocaine Noises flashing Deaf in the eyes Feeling big, like its owner, its master Facing the forest of glistening towers…

Familiar, Familial Border

By: Hokis January 24, 2020January 24, 2020

POETRY & PROSE, POLITICSLeave a Comment

When do unattended-to childhood patterns Turn away from shame and Toward intentional tools of destruction Requiring only a whispered demand to be handed the bleeding heart’s supply They count on your sadness to Fill their bottomless cup of gladness And before you know it You’ve been punched in the eye Swallowing excuses, like in generations…

jew-nerational trauma

By: Astha Sharma January 19, 2020January 19, 2020

CULTURE, POETRY & PROSELeave a Comment

What they’ll say: “What’s your opinion on Palestine?” “You don’t look very Jewish.” “You look too Jewish.” “Did you know that other gentile people died in the Holocaust, too?” What they mean: “Are you a Good Jew or a Bad Jew?” (There’s no right answer) “You would survive the Shoah.” “You wouldn’t.” “Your people need…

the blue mountained heart

By: Meriem Sadoun January 19, 2020January 20, 2020

POETRY & PROSE, RELIGIONLeave a Comment

softening denotes a lesson learned and overcome: the reunification of soul wisdom with the mind i examine a slice of the atrium wall, striations of color hidden by a neutral crust. my heart is coated with something gray yet inside it is still alive! i wait for the hardness to weaken by waters crash and…

Freedom: Thoughts on Growing Up as a Teenager

By: Ava Evans January 19, 2020January 19, 2020

EMPOWERMENT, LIFELeave a Comment

I thought that for my first contribution to the magazine, I should get a little personal to show who I am, or at least show a part of my identity. I define part of my identity as growing up as an only child in a sole parent household. I call it “sole parent” because I…

The Corporatization of Media and The Distortion of Political Reality

By: Ron Rocky Coloma January 14, 2020

OPINION, POLITICSLeave a Comment

The media is driven by commercial bias, which is associated with advertisers who want to increase their profits. Aside from earning money, publications would be able to retrieve a diverse set of readers. Since journalism is a ‘dying’ industry, marketing and advertising are critical to media’s survival. Thus, readers would rather read celebrity or political…

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