By: Na'ilah Williams September 29, 2021November 15, 2021 OPINION, POLITICSLeave a Comment

Abolition is Necessary for a Safer America

Featured Illustration: Nicole Medina In 1966, James Baldwin wrote, “The police are simply the hired enemies of this population. They are present to keep the Negro in his place and to protect white business interests, and they have no other function.’’ Now, this sentiment is one that still rings true in 2021. Which begs the…

By: Nadia Kamies July 7, 2021August 3, 2021 EMPOWERMENT, FEMINISM, LIFEempowerment, imposter syndrome, public speaking, racism, role models, sexism, voices, women of colorLeave a Comment

Voices Leak Identities: On Speaking Up

Featured Illustration: Camila Rosa Voices leak identities, someone told me recently when I confessed to being terrified of public speaking. I had been asked to present a lecture on the cultural aspects of slavery, for an online seminar. In spite of feeling confident about the topic, I was aware of a familiar pervasive feeling of…

By: Asia Khatun January 9, 2021August 3, 2021 CULTURE, MENTAL HEALTH, OPINION9 Comments

Unburdening From Intergenerational Trauma: A First-Gen Journey

Featured Illustration: Hanifa Abdul Hameed First-generation immigrant household. South Asian. Eldest daughter. I am sure that some of you are more than familiar with the life that that entails. Many of us have grown up hearing how our parents’ and grandparents’ generation struggled to create a better life for us having moved halfway across the…

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My parents didn’t have a voice, but they helped me find mine.

By: Dedeepya G November 15, 2021November 15, 2021

CULTURE, LIFE, LITERATURELeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: Maxine Vee Growing up, I was an avid reader who spent most summers sprawled out on the carpet, legs crossed, rolling sideways to avoid the path of my mother’s vacuuming rather than choosing to momentarily take my eyes off the page. Most of the books I was reading at the time were from…

The Irony of Menopause

By: Aishwarya Viswamitra November 14, 2021November 15, 2021

FEMINISM, HEALTH & WELLNESS, WOMEN'S HEALTHLeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: Aishwarya Viswamitra My name is Aishwarya Viswamitra and I am a final year Master’s student studying lived experiences of menopause in India. Through qualitative interviews with menopausal and postmenopausal people, one of my study’s aims is to study social structures that play a role in an Indian woman’s menopause. One woman’s narrative of…

Beautiful Inside and Out: A Conversation with Entrepreneur MJ Thomas

By: Haley Sengsavanh November 2, 2021November 10, 2021

CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT, FEMINISMLeave a Comment

Entrepreneur MJ Thomas is the proud owner and founder of Malaya Studios in Pacifica, California. They offer lash, ink, skin, and wax services at two locations in the area with 10 resident artists and growing. Thomas also founded and is the lead educator at MalayaMade Pro Academy. She uses her 12 years of industry experience…

Sarah Everard’s case: If those who are supposed to protect us abuse us, what options do we have left?

By: Delali Amegah November 1, 2021November 2, 2021

FEMINISM, OPINION, WORLD ISSUESFEMINISM, murder, racism, sexual assault, women, women of color, women's rightsLeave a Comment

Featured Image: NBC News Earlier this year, Sarah Everard’s disappearance sparked the outrage of a nation. The 33-year-old woman was last seen in Clapham, South London late at night, only for her body to be found in Kent after almost ten days of investigation by the Metropolitan Police. On the 30th of September, Wayne Couzens,…

Sixteen in Clarksville

By: Kennedy Kelis October 31, 2021November 2, 2021

LGBTQ+, POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTScreative writing, lgbt, lgbtq, LGBTQ+, prose, sapphic, sapphic loveLeave a Comment

Featured Artwork: Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, 1864 by Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) In Clarksville, they were just children — arguably too young to know what love was, but evidently old enough to know that they’d found it in each other. They’d known one another for nine of their sixteen years. It was…

The Plight of an 18-year old in the Pandemic

By: Haleema Ahmed October 30, 2021November 2, 2021

LIFE, MENTAL HEALTH, OPINIONLeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: ‘Lights On’ by Ranganath Krishnamani With the fall blues now fully upon us, students have returned to the back-to-school groove. Yes, unlike previous years, I feel oddly stuck to the preceding one. A year, a milestone even, that disappeared without realization. Leaving high school without graduation, without yearbook signings, and without senior trips…

The Flowers are Waxing Poetic

By: Lydia Strohfeldt October 3, 2021October 4, 2021

POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS1 Comment

I wonder what Spring and Colour do while they observe from the alcoves of their Season. I like to think they flirt and wax poetic about van Gogh, calling themselves a muse; that they romance each other, then dance until they’ve spun into warmth and light. As the months pass Spring becomes overworked, while Colour…

Smiling Behind Our Masks: Travelling in a Pandemic

By: Nadia Kamies October 2, 2021October 4, 2021

HEALTH & WELLNESS, OPINION, WORLD ISSUESCOVID, quarantine, travel, vaccinationsLeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: Robert Beatty “We are smiling behind our masks,” says the announcement on the Turkish Airlines flight as I buckle myself in. It was only when it clicked into place that I believed I was finally on my way. The week leading up to this had been fraught with last-minute changes to flights, accommodations,…

On the Digital Learning Gap in America

By: Na'ilah Williams October 1, 2021October 4, 2021

EMPOWERMENT, OPINION, POLITICSLeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: The Washington Post Disclaimer: Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of interview participants. . . . Modern technology is the future of education, but it’s a luxury many cannot afford. In the age of digital learning, how do we progress without leaving our peers behind? The digital learning gap is…

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