By: Manavi Nag September 4, 2020March 2, 2021 POLITICS, WORLD ISSUESfeaturedLeave a Comment

How Has Black Lives Matter Affected the Rest of the World?

Featured Illustration: Maya Kay Following the death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM) has become a widespread phenomenon. A movement that fights to combat police brutality against Black people and abolish white supremacy, Black Lives Matter has provided a much-needed wake-up call to many. All over the world, people are standing in…

By: Shira Speaks August 24, 2020March 4, 2021 OPINION, RELIGION, WORLD ISSUESfeatured7 Comments

we walk in her footsteps

Featured Illustration: @stuelleta Black Lives Matter x Free Palestine The brutal murders of George Floyd and Eyad Hallaq have been on my heart for a while. Although we are no longer seeing Black Lives Matter or the injustices that Palestinians are facing on traditional media, Black lives still matter and so does the genocide Palestine…

By: Mika Alexander August 9, 2020March 2, 2021 EMPOWERMENT, MENTAL HEALTHfeaturedLeave a Comment

Turning Loneliness Into Passion

Featured Illustration: Seung Won Chun I’m sure most American students are familiar with “burning out”. Our society is no stranger to the work hard, play hard mentality of which people of all ages are taught. I mean, there of course is some truth to this teaching, but Americans equate this ideology with never taking a…

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What We Lost in the Fire

By: Nadia Kamies April 26, 2021

CULTURE, LIFEAfrican Studies, alternative archives, archives, heritage, library, mountain fire, South Africa, University of Cape TownLeave a Comment

Cape Town burned for three days this April in one of the worst fires that I can remember. I woke to the sound of helicopters transporting water from the dam in the city to the mountainside that was on fire. I fell asleep to the sound of sirens from fire engines, hoping that the wind…

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

By: Sanaa Mirz April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

POETRY & PROSE, POLITICS, WORLD ISSUESLeave a Comment

Featured Image: Nathan Dumlao Derek Chauvin is Guilty of second-degree murder Guilty of third-degree murder And guilty of second-degree manslaughter. Are the first words I wake up to This ugly truth I always knew But they wrapped up under that statement It was one bad apple Asking, What was George Floyd doing? As if it…

Stop Asking People to Reach Out When They Are In a Mental Health Crisis

By: Sania Nasir April 24, 2021April 26, 2021

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Featured Image: Tim Mossholder Every day we see social media posts like: “If you’re feeling depressed, message me”, “Please reach out to me whenever you feel like talking”, “If you’re thinking about taking your own life, call me. I am here for you”, and countless others. Likewise, if we ever come to know that somebody…

1 Pulitzer, A Hundred Dead

By: Jericho Zafra April 23, 2021April 26, 2021

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Featured Image: Tyler Franta It was the last week of the semestral break when the first breakdown (supposedly) for the next term transpired. I sat on the edge of my bed with my laptop in my lap — crying over my early preparation for my undergraduate thesis for journalism. I stared at my laptop’s wallpaper…

Now That’s a Meet Cute

By: Tejashree Murugan April 22, 2021April 26, 2021

POETRY & PROSELeave a Comment

Featured Image: A still from the movie ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ (2013) Henry cracked his knuckles and took a huge swig out of the ornate goblet on his desk. The laptop screen cast a blue tint over his already languid pallor as he rubbed his eyes, and the red tinge they began to take on…

The End is The Beginning

By: Sanjana Karthik April 21, 2021April 26, 2021

LIFE, POETRY & PROSELeave a Comment

Featured Image: Ray Hennessy Let our hearts unlock And our skin touch time Grant life’s movements Life’s changes To uphold on our skin And the reminiscences we hold Quench the barren lands From within And the sweetness Linger For as long As we let in And our hearts are pregnant With an…

Castles in the Sky

By: Emily Mais April 20, 2021April 26, 2021

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Featured Image: Billy Huynh I always wondered what it would be like, playing house with the person you love. Our imagination works to create a fairytale, like the ones we grew up reading. My mind painted a picture of white duvets and breakfasts in bed, where we talk about the lives we’d lead if we…

To be loved.

By: Sanaa Mirz April 19, 2021April 26, 2021

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Featured Image: Guilherme Stecanella I’ve learned I don’t want to be loved like the world is ending Because in that moment You’d love the Devil himself If it meant having something to hold on to And call yours Because in darkness there is desperation And in death acceptance So long as we may say we…

The Controversial Blackness (or lack thereof) of Ancient Egypt

By: Amir M. W. April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURELeave a Comment

Featured Image: Nick Brundle/Getty Images My first historical love was the history of Ancient Egypt. One of my fondest memories was my Dad gifting me this large coffee table book with pictures of various artifacts from Ancient Egypt. My tiny fingers flipped through the pages as I was mesmerized by the pictures of Ancient Egyptian…